I feel honored to have the opportunity to have a group of coaches like this to make the Making the Cut camp a great four days. I am excited for it to start and look forward to learning from such a talented group.
Dr. Darren Cannell
Darren has coached club volleyball for two decades. Was the president of the Saskatchewan Volleyball Association for ten years and a Volleyball Canada Director for the same. He has coached a provincial team, CANAM teams, and national teams.
Darren played 5 years university volleyball in Ontario (nominated all Ontario), senior club player, beach and on the master’s national team.
David Chuong
David has played volleyball for the last 17 years. He started in elementary school and continued on to high school playing on the senior team from grade 10 and on. He also played club volleyball from U13 through to U18 and also played on the Arima Challenge team. He continues to play through indoor recreational leagues and beach volleyball leagues.
David has coached for the last 8 years and is an Advanced Development Certified Coach. He coached with the Atomic Volleyball Program teaching fundamentals to children aged 8-12. He has coached various club teams in Saskatoon including Huskie Volleyball Club, Jeff’s Crestwear Volleyball Club, Bridge City Volleyball and Saskatoon Ignite Volleyball. He is heavily involved in coaching in the high school program working with Holy Cross High School’s senior boy’s program.
Jenna Stevenson
Jenna played competitive volleyball growing up and played on club teams in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Jenna’s volleyball team won multiple city championships and won a medal at provincials my 16U year of club play. Jenna now enjoys playing beach volleyball in the summers and coaching in the winters.
Jenna started coaching club volleyball in 2015. I coached women’s volleyball during my first year. Jenna made the transition over to the men’s game after that and have coached men’s club volleyball from 14U to the 16U level ever since. Jenna has NCCP Level 1 certification and working on completing my Level 2 certification by the end of 2019.
Marianne Schneider
Marianne has played volleyball for many years and continues to play women’s volleyball on two teams.
Marianne has coached volleyball for 5 years and is Advanced Development certified. During the last three years of coaching club volleyball, the teams have finished in the top 8 and this past season was Provincial silver medalists. Marianne’s hope is that players have the opportunity to develop skills and have a love of the game that will continue into late adulthood.
Michele McKeown
Michele has been involved with volleyball as a player and coach for over 30 years. She has won provincial championships at the high school, club, senior, master, and beach levels. She has won Western Canadian titles and National Championships at various times over her career and enjoys being part of the Team Canada Master’s program where she has traveled to tournaments in the U.S. and Greece. She loves to share her knowledge and passion for the game through her coaching at high school, club, and beach programs, but most importantly, enjoys creating opportunities for upcoming players to learn, understand, and gain her passion for the game of volleyball.
Rob Dziadyk
Rob has played volleyball for 35 years at various levels in Saskatchewan. Rob started in the club system in 1983 and continues to play at the Senior men’s level. Volleyball is his true passion though he has coached other sports like softball and soccer along the way. Rob has spent the past 4 years coaching with SMASH Volleyball Club and has assisted them to 2 Provincial titles and a Division 2 Western Canadian title. Rob recently mentored under Coach Dale Regal and enjoys sharing his passion for the game with upcoming players hoping to ignite that lifelong love for the game.
Terry Graham
Terry played middle for the Assiniboia high school volleyball team, placing fourth in provincials in 1980. He played club volleyball while attending the University of Saskatchewan from 1980-1986.
In my Grade 12 year of high school Terry coached the Assiniboia High School Junior Boys’ volleyball team. Terry coached club volleyball during my six years of university. where he also became a level two volleyball referee. He coached the Marion Graham Junior Boys volleyball team during a coaching practicum and a Prince Albert Toppers Club volleyball team during my internship. Once he started teaching, he coached 27 high school and club volleyball teams in Spring Valley, Eatonia, Lanigan, and Saskatoon, winning three SHSAA provincial silver medals. He was awarded the SHSAA Outstanding Coach Award in 2018 and a SSSAD Coaching Merit Award in 2019 when he retired from teaching. He is a certified level 2 NCCP volleyball coach, and he has level 3 NCCP (theory). He is presently coaching the Saskatoon Christian School’s Senior Boys Volleyball team, hoping to attain that elusive gold medal in 2019!
Toaka Che Imamura
Chie as a player in 1990 played in the Asian Junior Women’s Volleyball Championship and won gold. She was awarded the best setter award. In 1991 she played in Women’s U20 World Championship and won bronze. She was awarded the best setter award. In 1990 and 1994 she played for the University of Tsukaba Women’s Volleyball Team. Tsukaba University was one of the top teams in Japan. In 1987 the Tsukaba University came to Saskatoon to play against the University of Saskatchewan and again in 1990 and Chie came with them. In 1994 Chie came to Saskatoon to be an assistant coach at the University of Saskatchewan. She has since that time coached Club volleyball, High school volleyball, Community volleyball and done individual practice in the province. By many, she is considered to be one of the best setter coaches in the province.
