2021 Club Coaches
BCO is proud to present our star-studded line up of coaches for the 2021 Club Season!
13U Girls Head Coach- Rob Hill
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Rob grew up on the North Shore where he enjoyed playing several sports before focusing on volleyball at UBC. Lacking the height, athleticism and skill level possessed by most varsity volleyball players, the rationale behind his selection to the varsity team in 1986 remains a complete mystery. Nevertheless, Rob found success on the court as a shagger of volleyballs during training sessions - which he did with remarkable vigor and determination for most of his first two seasons at UBC. Repeated suggestions from the coaching staff and several teammates to drop volleyball “for the good of the game” went unheeded. Eventually, in his third season Rob found himself a regular starting left side attacker. As a starter for the ‘Birds for his final three seasons, it remained clear that he had limited talent and was unsure of most of the rules of the game.
While the above is a generally accurate description of Rob’s experience as a player at UBC, he was also a 3-time Canada West All-Star, an All-Canadian and team captain for his final two years. He was invited to stay on with the Men’s program as a member of the coaching staff planning and running practices which he gladly did for five years. Rob has served on the Volleyball BC Board of Directors since 2014. Rob returned to the North Shore in 2005 where he and his wife Annie are raising their three kids. |
13U Girls Asst Coach - Karen Kirkwood
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Karen is a proud BCO alumni and, after completing a successful high school multi-sport
education at Sentinel Secondary which culminated with a Provincial Volleyball Championship and All-Star Team recognition, she played on the SFU varsity team while completing an Applied Science degree in Kinesiology. After being benched by law school, lawyering, and child rearing responsibilities, Karen returned to the “game” and over the past 15 years has had the privilege of coaching 40 (and counting) school and club soccer, basketball, ultimate and volleyball teams for athletes aged 5 – 17. She is currently coaching the Sentinel Senior Boys and Bantam Girls Volleyball programs. She is very excited to share her experience and love of volleyball with BCO’s young athletes. |
13U Girls Asst Coach - Charlotte Hill
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Charlotte was a setter for BCO from grades 9-12. She is a successful multi-sport athlete who, in addition to high school and club volleyball, played soccer competitively on HPL and Metro teams on the North Shore. She is currently a second year Kinesiology student at the University of British Columbia and hopes to become a physiotherapist.
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14U Girls Co-Coach - Danielle Corrigan
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Danielle is excited to be returning to BCO as a coach after recently finishing up her varsity career as a middle blocker for Queen’s University. She played for BCO from 13U-18U and has been coaching with BCO during her summers off since 2015 including indoor and beach camps. She has also coached Queen’s Women’s Volleyball development camps and was a head coach for the Kingston Rock beach program.
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14U Girls Co-Coach - Shannon Hopkins
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This is Shannon’s 4th consecutive year coaching for BCO Volleyball Club. As a BCO alumni, Shannon returned back to the club in 2016 following the completion of her varsity career as an outside hitter at Queen’s University. Shannon has a variety of experience coaching North Shore athletes. She has coached a range of club age groups, coached at North Vancouver’s Volleyball Canada Regional Excellence Program, and was an assistant coach with the women’s varsity team at Capilano University. Shannon loves to help young athletes strengthen and develop the foundational volleyball skills.
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15U Girls Black Head Coach - Chris Ruse
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Chris has been a long time fixture in the volleyball community, both as a player with the UBC Men's volleyball program and coaching high school and club teams at all ages. He began coaching with BCO in 2017. As a teacher, Chris is naturally passionate about helping young students and athletes work towards their full potential. Don't let the photo scare you off, Chris is actually a very nice guy - just passionate!
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15U Girls Black Asst Coach - Kendyll Carr
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After several years of competing as a player for BCO, Kendyll returns to the Club this year in her new role as Assistant Coach for the 15U Girls Black team!
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15U Girls Red Head Coach - Kat Dolguikh
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Originally from Ontario, Kat moved out to the West Coast to study at SFU, where she played 5 seasons as a defensive specialist/libero. She has coached a BCO team 4 of the last 5 years, and is very excited to be back at the 15u age group. Kat loves sharing her love of volleyball and is eager to grow the sport and keep athletes playing as long as possible.
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15U Girls Red Asst Coach - Hannah Shelemey
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Hannah is a third year, left side for the Capilano University Blues. In high school, she played for her school and BCO Volleyball Club team. When she was in her 15U year, she made the switch from her SCVC team over to BCO, where she stayed for her remaining years of club. Over the last two years, Hannah has assisted with Sunday leagues, camps, and teams. Although things look very different this year, she is excited to get to know and work with her team.
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16U Girls Black Head Coach - Carter Walls
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Carter was born in London, Ontario, Canada. He grew-up playing baseball, basketball, football and hockey. In high school and college he focused on volleyball, later becoming an OCAA record holder, MVP and an All-Canadian. Carter began coaching for BCO in 2019 and has quickly become one of our most sought after coaches. He regularly coaches BCO skills clinics and private training sessions in addition to this year's 16U Girls team. Through personal experience as an athlete he aspires to help athletes discover and reach their full potential.
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16U Girls Black Asst Coach - Vanesa Gatto
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Vanesa is currently in her 3rd year at Capilano University where she plays Libero for the Blues Women's Volleyball Team. In 2019, she helped her team earn a PACWEST bronze medal in her first year with the Blues.
In high school, Vanesa played left side for the Ducks and then switch to Academy volleyball at 17U. She also played for Team BC and won the National Championship. In addition to playing indoor volleyball, Vanesa plays beach volleyball with her twin sister, Anika. She has found this to be very influential on her as a player and she attributes a great deal of her skill set to playing beach. Vanesa is a familiar face at BCO, as she has coached at several clinics and camps over the past 3 years. |
16U Girls Red Head Coach - Cal Wohlford
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BCO is very excited to have Cal back this year after he recently retired from his university coaching career. Cal is a very familiar face in the volleyball community and previously spent over 20 years coaching for BCO. He has over 30 years coaching experience, including:
Assistant Coach - University Fraser Valley (2019-2020) Head Coach - Capilano Blues Women's Volleyball (2011-2018) Head Coach - Thompson River University Women's Volleyball (2008-2010) Assistant Coach - UBC Women's Volleyball Assistant Coach - SFU Women's Volleyball He is also the founder of the well-known local volleyball clothing company, Nothing But Volleyball. |
16U Girls Red Asst Coach - Cate Sykes
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Cate is currently in her third year at Capilano University, where she plays as a setter and left-side for the women's volleyball team. Growing up on the North Shore, Cate played many different sports: ice-hockey, softball, volleyball, etc. However, it wasn't until high school that she realized volleyball was her true passion. Cate played for BCO from U12 to U18 and has previously coached skills clinics and local high school teams. Cate misses competing in club tournaments, but is looking forward to returning to BCO as a coach.
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17U Girls Head Coach - Maverick Hatch
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Maverick doubles as BCO's Technical Director and the 17U Girls Head Coach. He spent 8 years with the Beach Volleyball National team. Some of his playing accomplishments include:
• 2 x Open Canadian National Champion • 6 years playing on the FIVB World Tour • 2014 Continental Champion (NORCECA Beach Volleyball) • 2 x Vancouver Open Champion • 2008 CCAA silver medal (College indoor) • 2 x BCCAA gold medallist (College indoor) • CCAA All-Canadian (College indoor) • Alumni of Malaspina University-College men’s volleyball team (now “VIU”) Maverick has also coached youth and senior national team athletes for over 10 years - his biggest focus and goal as a coach is to develop athletes, plain and simple. Currently completing his Advanced Beach Development Coach certification (formally NCCP Level III) and is a certified Indoor Development Coach (formally NCCP Level II) his long term goals are to drive the development and athlete support systems in beach volleyball for BC, while also contributing to BCO's indoor club volleyball teams as a head coach. |
17U Girls Asst Coach - Maya Griffith
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Maya is currently in her second year at Capilano University studying business and playing for the Blues as a right ride. Growing up in the Lower Mainland, in high-school she played for Thunder, Apex and Force. Over the last year Maya has coached at several BCO clinics and tryouts. She is excited to work along side with her old coach Maverick and coach a strong group if athletes.
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18U Girls Head Coach- Tessa May
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Tessa May competed for the SFU Women's Volleyball team for four years. During this time, she started in all but two of 111 matches and led the Clan to four straight winning seasons while registering 1,184 kills and 409 blocks in her career. May was GNAC All-Conference First Team in 2018, 2017 and 2016 after being an Honourable Mention as a freshman in 2015. She was also selected to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-America team for NCAA Division II in her senior season.
Tessa is now an assistant coach for the SFU Women's Volleyball Team and has spent the past six years coaching both indoor and beach for the BCO Volleyball Club. She has extensive experience coaching youth camps and clinics all around the lower mainland. |
18U Girls Asst Coach - Meghan Koven
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Meghan is a long-time figure in North Shore Volleyball. In high school, she competed for Argyle Secondary and BCO Volleyball Club. She recently finished her 5th year at Capilano University where she played left side and middle for the Blues. She is now an Assistant Coach for the Capilano Blues.
Meghan has racked up an impressive number of accolades during her time with the Blues including:
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15/16U Boys Head Coach - Vince Lok
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Vince grew up in East Vancouver and has been coaching volleyball since 2009. He has coached teams at four schools across Vancouver and North Vancouver and in 2015-2016 trained a rural team in Spain. He has coached many athletes into volleyball from other sports. As a coach, he is competitive, enjoys working with athletes toward achieving individual goals, and emphasizes success through teamwork. As a teacher, he continues to work at growing boys' volleyball on the North Shore through BCO and his school teams. Vince joined BCO in 2017 and, despite the 2020 season being cut short, is looking forward to his fourth season with the club and providing youth with safe and fun opportunities to play volleyball.
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17U Boys Head Coach - Shon Sim
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Shon is a veteran club and high school coach with over 20 years experience. He played junior varsity volleyball at UBC before venturing into coaching. Recently, he has been coaching the high school boys team at Argyle Secondary and has spent the past several years coaching with BCO.
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17U Boys Asst Coach - Jake Hagen
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Jake is from White Rock, BC and grew up playing club for FVVC 15u-18u. He played as a setter for Dalhousie University for three years earning an AUS championship in 2015. Later, he earned a Pacwest bronze medal in 2019 while playing Outside for the Capilano Blues.
Jake began coaching beach volleyball for Sideout Beach Volleyball in 2012 where he coached a variety of age groups. Most recently he coached for the 16u Boys Tigers Volleyball Club in Halifax in 2018. He also was the head coach for the 17u Men’s and Women’s BC Summer Games zone 5 Beach Volleyball Team in 2018 where the Men earned Gold and Women earned Bronze. Jake has been coaching clinics with BCO since September and is excited to work with a team to develop the next generation of athletes. |
