Greg Poitras, Head Coach

E-mail: greg.poitras@ubc.ca  

2011/12 will be Greg Poitras' seventh year as head coach of the men's volleyball team. In his first two seasons, he led the Lakers to back to back bronze medals in the BCCAA.  For the 2007/08 season, he built upon this success and coached the Lakers to a gold medal at the BCCAA Provincial Championships and a silver finish at the CCAA National Championships. In 2009/10 the Heat went undefeated in league play earning a wild card berth to the national championship in which they came home with the bronze medal.  In the 2010/11 season he lead the team back to the provincial championships- which UBCO hosted- and came away with another Gold medal.  The team went on to bring home the silver medal from Nationals.

Greg's post-secondary playing career started at Douglas College and ended with the UBC Thunderbirds. In addition, Poitras is currently the President of the Kelowna Volleyball Club.

Greg has gained a wealth of playing and coaching experience from a variety of programs. He has been an assistant coach at UBC, the University of Louisiana (NCAA Division 1), and Gonzaga University (NCAA Division 1). He has also worked as head coach in the Kelowna Volleyball Club. For 2 years, Greg has also coached the Team BC U16 Boys. Greg is currently working on his Masters in Education in Coaching at the University of Victoria. He is also in the NCCP Level 4 program.

His career highlights include:

CCAA Coach of the Year Across All Sports - 2010
CCAA Men's Volleyball Coach of the Year - 2010
BCCAA Coach of the Year - 2010
CCAA National Bronze Medalist - 2010
BCCAA Provincial Bronze Medalist - 2010
Team BC Beach Coach - 2009
Guest Coach Team Canada Senior Men - 2008 & 2009
City of Kelowna Team of the Year - 2008
CCAA National Silver Medalist - 2008
BCCAA Provincial Champions - 2008
Team BC Beach Coach - 2008
President Kelowna Volleyball Club, 2007 - Present
BCCAA Provincial Bronze Medalist - 2007
Assistant Coach Team BC 16U Team BC, Western Elites Gold - 2007
Assistant Coach Team BC 16U Team BC - 2006
Assistant Coach Gonzaga University, NCAA - 2002
Assistant Coach University of Louisiana, NCAA - 2001 

Kyle Joslin, Assistant Coach

E-mail:  kylejoslin9@hotmail.com

Kyle Joslin is a graduate from Mount Boucherie Secondary who played in the BCCAA at the College of the Rockies. Kyle was recruited from the Cranbrook school to continue his volleyball career at the University of Manitoba. From there Kyle continued with his volleyball career for a professional club in Switzerland. Kyle brings a great deal of enthusiasm to our practices in addition to different perspectives he has acquired from the various volleyball programs he was a member of.