Team Ontario Coaches

Shane St-Louis - Boy’s Head Coach
Shane St-Louis, professor of the Fitness and Health Promotions program at collège Boréal in Sudbury is also the head coach of the men's Vipères intercollegiate team. Shane has had great success at the club level developing one of the first club programs in the northeast region and winning 4 consecutive Provincial Championship titles from 2005 to 2008 with his 18U Les Diables boys team.
This will be Shane's third season with the Ontario Provincial Team program. He had the honor in leading Team Ontario Women’s 1 team as head coach at the 2007 NTCC held in London, ON. He then took the role as an assistant coach with the Men’s Canada Games team during their 2008 training camp in Toronto, ON. Now as head coach of Team Ontario Men’s 19U, Shane is looking forward to preparing his squad for a great showing at the 2009 NTCC held in British Columbia, ON. Having worked along side some great coaches in the past 2 years with both the mens and women's programs, I am very focussed on building a great team that will progress not only during the sumer, but for long term success of the athletes as well as the provincial program. Shane is a certified level 3 coach, sport conditioning coach as well as a personal training specialist. He is currently enrolled at the United States Sports Academy in Alabama (US) to attain his Masters in Coaching and Sports Management.

Chris Galbraith - Boy's Assistant Coach
Chris Galbraith, an NCCP Level 3 volleyball coach, comes to the Provincial team having coached volleyball for over 20 years. After six years coaching at Queen's University (including 2 years as the Women’s varsity head coach) Chris returned to his coaching roots. This past season he has coached three different age groups, including elementary school clinics, U16 Boy's club, and Sr. Boy's high school volleyball. A firm believer in hard work and dedication, Chris says "I am really looking forward to working with this year's Provincial team. For
many of these athletes, these are the most important years in their development. The work that they put in over the summer will determine the future role that they will play with their post- secondary teams, and I am pleased to be able to
help them reach their goals."

Parrish Offer - Boy's Assistant Coach
Parrish is one of the newest members of the Team Ontario coaching staff. He recently finished his first professional season in the Danish Elite Division with Middelfart Volleyball Klub. While competing at a professional level, he also found time to coach two female teams. His success as the head coach of these two teams gained him notice, and several associations across the country invited him to be a guest coach and to run various youth clinics.
Prior to competing internationally. he spent five years with the McMaster Marauders, four of which he was captain and led them to an OUA championship in 2008 when he was also named a OUA First Team All-Star. Parrish's passion and drive for the sport is what makes him an effective coach. He has been given numerous awards for leadership and team play and hopes that he can use these skills to bring the team together in a very short time. Parrish is excited to be training some of the best athletes in the province in their quest for gold. "Practice doesn't make perfect. Perfect practice
makes perfect!"

Michael Wahbi - Boy's Assistant Coach
This is Michael's first year working with the Provincial Team. He is extremely excited to be working alongside some brilliant minds behind the sport. Michael currently serves as an Assistant Coach with the York University Men's Volleyball
Program where he continues to expand his tactical and technical knowledge. Michael has also had the opportunity to work with the Etobicoke WildCats 17U Team as an Assistant Coach. Michael is a secondary school Phys.Ed/Social Science teacher at Bishop Allen Academy (TCDSB). Within his first two years of coaching, his Jr. Boys Team captured the TDCAA title! A huge accomplishment as the Jr.Boys last achieved this in 2001.. Michael is eager to motivate our high performance athletes. Remember: "the game of volleyball can be won or lost in the mind - it's 95% mental."