Volleyball Canada – Volleyball Canada is pleased to announce its Senior B national team coaching staff for the 2016 season.
 
“We are proud of the coaching staff we have assembled this year,” said Julien Boucher, High Performance Director for Volleyball Canada. “All of our coaches have been part of our development programs in the past, which brings some continuity and stability to the team.”
 
The B team will compete at the Pan Am Cup, May 19-27 in Culiacán Sinaloa, México. Selection will take place in Gatineau from May 4 to 9, 2016.
 
The Senior B Team will be comprised of athletes from the Senior A team who are not travelling with the team, as well as four to eight athletes selected from the open selection camp held at the Centre Sportif de Gatineau.
 
The coaching staff is as follows:
 
Head Coach: Georges Laplante
Former Assistant Coach – Team Canada 
Current Head Coach – Université de Montréal
Resides: Montréal, QC
 

Assistant Coach/Statistician: Vincenzo Mallia
Current assistant coach and statistician – University of Toronto
Resides: Toronto, ON
 

Assistant coach: James Gravelle
Current Head Coach – University of Windsor
Resides: Windsor, ON
 

Assistant coach: Louis-Pierre Mainville
Former player – Team Canada 
Current High Performance Manager – Ontario Volleyball
Resides: Hamilton, ON
 

Assistant Coach: Tilen Kozamernik
Former Assistant Coach – Team Canada Volleyball B Team
Current Assistant – Arkas Izmir Volleyball Club
Resides: Radovljica, Slovenia
                                                                                                                                
Team Manager: Mélanie Desrochers
Current Assistant Coach – Université de Montréal
Resides: Montréal, QC

For more information on the men’s national team, please see www.volleyball.ca

Volleyball Canada media contact:
Jackie Skender
E-mail: jskender@volleyball.ca
Phone: 613.794.7676