Provincial Coaching Advisory Council Named

Sport Manitoba is pleased to announce the appointment of several prominent Manitoba coaches to the newly created Coaching Manitoba Advisory Council. The Council will provide a vision and guidance towards the future of coach education and development in Manitoba.

The Advisory Council is made up of active members of the coaching community representing a number of disciplines including those who coach at the community level, the education system, learning facilitators and representatives from Provincial Sport Organizations.

“Good coaching is fundamental to sport delivery as the coach has perhaps the greatest influence on the development of athletes at all levels from community sport to the Olympics,” said Sport Manitoba President and CEO, Jeff Hnatiuk. “We are extremely grateful to have excellent coaches in Manitoba willing to share their time and expertise as a member of the Advisory Council and help us guide the future of coaching development in the province.”

Bob Caldwell of Deloraine has been appointed by Sport Manitoba as the Chair of the Advisory Council. Caldwell brings a wealth of experience from his involvement as a coach and course conductor in school sports, hockey and baseball. He has been the Chair of the Hockey Manitoba Coaching Development Committee since 1997.

Coaching Manitoba Advisory Council Members and Affiliation

Bob Caldwell, Chair, Deloraine

Craig Baker, PSO Representative, Sailing, Winnipeg

Khadija Cutcher, Coaches of Canada, Synchro Swim, Winnipeg

Rob Gale, PSO Representative, Soccer, Winnipeg

Mandy Johnson, Disabled Athletes, Wheelchair Sport, Winnipeg

Sheldon Reynolds, NCCP Theory Education, Learning Facilitator, Winnipeg

Norbert Ross, Aboriginal Sport, Athletics/Football, Cross Lake/ Winnipeg

Jim Schreyer, School Sports, High Schools, Selkirk

Dr. Nancy Stanley, Post-Secondary Education, Brandon University, Brandon

Dave Telles-Langdon, (Ex-Officio), NCI, Winnipeg

In addition, a representative will be selected to represent rural Manitoba and one of the first tasks of the Advisory Council will be to develop a process to select a community level coach.

Advisory Council Member Bios:

Bob Caldwell – retiring high school teacher from Deloraine. Past Course Conductor for Baseball Manitoba and currently a Master Mentor Coach for Hockey Manitoba

Craig Baker – currently the Executive Director for the Sport Medicine Council of Manitoba. Level 3 Provincial Sailing Coach and Level 2 hockey coach

Khadija Cutcher – Synchro Manitoba Provincial Team Head Coach since 2004 and USA Head Coach for their 13-15 year old program. Graduate of National Coaching Institute.

Rob Gale – Technical Director and Head Coach for the Manitoba Soccer Assn and a CSA A License National Coach. Former professional soccer player in UK.

Mandy Johnson – Executive Director for Manitoba Wheelchair Sport Assn and for the past 6 years has been Asst Coach of the Provincial Jr. Wheelchair Basketball team

Sheldon Reynolds - a multi-sport learning facilitator with a passion for athletics. Currently teaching physical education at Whyte Ridge School and coaches athletics with Tough Track. He is also a Run/Jump/Throw learning facilitator.

Norbert Ross – Level 3 coach in both football and hockey; and a Level 2 coach in athletics and soccer. Coached at the 2006 North American Indigenous Games and will be coaching again at the 2008 Games in Cowichan, BC.

Jim Schreyer – Physical Education teacher at Lord Selkirk High School; lead mentor for Manitoba Volleyball Assn mentorship program and school/club for the past 25 years.

Dr. Nancy Stanley – a professor with the Dept. of Physical Education at Brandon University; she is a Master NCCP Learning Facilitator and Course Conductor.

Dave Telles-Langdon - Director of the National Coaching Institute Manitoba, Level 5 NCCP Sailing Coach, NCCP Coaching Theory Master Learning Facilitator and Faculty Member University of Winnipeg Kinesiology and Applied Health.