CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Volleyball at CKSS – 1973-1998

Coached countless Kent championships at all levels (midget, junior, and senior) – in 22 year span (1977-1998) went to 18 OFSAA championships many at a higher level than required

Won 2 gold’s (1989, 1993) and 4 bronze medals as head coach and 2 golds (1990, 1991) as assistant coach

Convened 2 OFSAA tournaments (1980, 1990)

1980s-90s – initiated and convened Kent boys all-star nights


Club Volleyball

Co-founded, with wife Ingrid, Chatham Ballhawks Volleyball Club with teams in men’s, women’s, coed, boy’s, and girl’s competitions

1975-1989 – coached men’s, women’s, and boy’s teams – continues now to coach youth boy’s and girl’s teams

1982-player/coach of men’s team that won Ontario “A” gold medal and Eastern Canada bronze medal

1985 – coached women’s team that won Ontario “B” silver medal

1989 – coached women’s team that won Ontario “B” gold medal

2007-2008 – co-coached a beach girls doubles team in Provincials and Nationals

1976 – founded Southwestern Ontario Men’s and Women’s Leagues – convened and coached in league until 1989

1991 until present – convener and often coach in Region 3 18U Boy’s Developmental League

1991 – co-coached, with Ingrid, Boy’s Ontario Summer Games team to gold medal

1996-2005 – coach at Tim Horton’s Summer Volleyball Camp

1980-1985 – coach at Olympia Volleyball Camp at Huntsville

since 1976 – Ontario Volleyball Association Provincial Official

1976-1990 – ran local officials’ clinics for OVA

2001-2008 – founder and president of Chatham-Kent Volleyball Officials Association with responsibilities to oversee, assign, and pay officials


Outside Volleyball

1991-1996 – CKSS junior soccer coach – Kent champion all 6 years and SWOSSAA champion 5 of 6

1992 – Chatham Minor Soccer 14U Travel Team coach

1973-1978 – CKSS wrestling coach with 2 OFSAA appearances

1973-2007 – CKSS badminton coach – 1 senior and 1 junior Kent Championship and 4 OFSAA appearances

1972 – Merlin Juvenile boys baseball manager who were OBA silver medalist

1987, 1988, & 1990 – Chatham Minor Baseball travel team manager – OBA Pee Wee silver medalist in ’88

1976 & 1977 – Chatham Minor Baseball Instructor

1973-2007 – baseball and slo-pitch umpire

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Awards & Recognitions

1987 – OVA “Award of Recognition”

1988 – OVA “Award of Achievement”

1993 – OFSAA “Award for Leadership in School Sport”

1995 – Board of Education “Award of Appreciation”

2005 – CKSS “Outstanding Contribution to Athletics”

2006 – Admitted to OVA Quarter Century Club for 25 years’ service

2006 – Retired Teachers of Ontario Volunteer Award