Victor Lapeña is trying to lead Canada to Olympic glory 

When Canada’s senior women’s basketball coach Victor Lapeña wakes up every day, he crosses the Atlantic Sea to return to his longed-for Mediterranean Sea by looking through the window. The Lake Ontario views from his home in Port Credit remind him of his city on the Catalan coast, Tarragona, located 100 kilometers south of Barcelona. 

But what really makes the Spaniard feel like he’s at home is not what he sees, but what he hears from his players at the end of every practice when they...