Paul Funk, Head Coach - Guelph Gryphons Women's Volleyball Program   pfunk@uoguelph.ca

In 2008, Coach Funk enters his 4th season as head coach. The team will be looking to take another step in its evolution this coming season. A playoff berth eluded the squad in 2007 but this year’s team will continue to strive towards the next step in competition in the tough OUA West Division.

Prior to coming to Guelph, Coach Funk coached Orebro Volley of the Swedish Elitserien, where he led the club to 3 consecutive Swedish championships (SM-Guld) and an overall record of 78-7 in his 3 seasons. While in Orebro, his club competed twice in the European Top Teams Cup and once in the CEV Cup, compiling an overall record of 4-5, including matches versus club teams from Russia, Latvia, Bosnia, Belgium, Romania, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Poland. In 2002, he was an instructor at the Swedish national sport school RIG Falkoping where he was involved with the Swedish Junior national team program that competed in Chateauroux, France.

Coach Funk has also been involved with the Team Canada women’s national team programs at various levels since 1999, including the 1999 Pan-Am Games in Winnipeg, 2 NORCECA Championships (Bronze and Silver medals), 2 Olympic qualifying tournaments for Sydney 2000, 2 Montreux Volleymasters tournaments (Montreux, Switzerland), 1 World University Games (Mallorca, Spain 1999), 1 Pan-American Cup tournament, and various tours of Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, and Italy.

At the CIS level, Coach Funk was an assistant coach at the University of Winnipeg from 2000-2001, and at UBC from 1994-1999 where the team competed in the CIS National Championships finishing 5th (once), 4th(once), as Bronze medalists (once) and Silver medalists (twice). As an assistant, he has also won a BCCAA Provincial Championship & a CCAA National Silver medal with Douglas College in 1995.

Coach Funk started his coaching career in 1988 in his hometown of Surrey, B.C. where he coached his former high school team (Queen Elizabeth Senior Secondary) in 2 B.C. High School Boys Championship appearances finishing with one 7th place finish and one Bronze medal. He currently resides in Guelph with his fiancée Skye.

Cal Wigston, Head Coach - Guelph Gryphons Men's Volleyball Team.   cwigston@uoguelph.ca

Wigston has nine years of OUA coaching experience, serving as an assistant coach at Guelph for the past nine seasons (1998-2006). His resume also includes coaching the Under 21 Men in the Ontario Volleyball Association. Under Cal’s leadership, the Guelph Gryphon Junior Men’s Club team has captured 4 gold and 2 silver medals in eight years at the provincial championships. At the 2002 national championships, his team defeated Manitoba to capture the bronze medal. This NCCP Level II coach was voted Ontario Volleyball Coach of the Year in 2004. "We're excited to have Cal join our coaching staff," stated Director of Athletics Tom Kendall. “He already has a solid connection with our student-athletes and has the ability to contend for a playoff spot. He knows what it takes to be a champion.” Doug Dodd resigned as the Gryphons coach in April after 36 years of service. Under Dodd’s reign, the Gryphons posted a 7-13 record in 2005-06. In his spare time, Cal is a management consultant at Eagle's Flight in Guelph. Cal and his wife Sue have 3 children, Brady, Kaj and Emma.

Luke Snider, Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks, Head Coach - Women's Volleyball Program. lsnider@wlu.ca

Shayne White, Wilfred Laurier Golden Hawks, Head Coach - Men's Volleyball Program. swhite@wlu.ca

Gabriele Jobst, University of Waterloo Warriors, Head Coach - Women's Volleyball Program. gjobst@uwaterloo.ca

Gaby returns to her second season as the head coach for the Waterloo Warriors. A Kitchener native and Forest Heights graduate, she went down to the states after high school on scholarship to the Ohio State University (OSU) where she helped lead the team to the only two final four finishes (1991 and 1994) in its history. She was a two-time All-American in 1993 and 1994, a 3-time first team All Big-Ten athlete, a 4- time scholar athlete and a 2-time NCAA Conference and Regional Champion. Gaby was recognized as one of the best athletes in OSU’s 100 year history receiving the Touchdown Award of Distinction in Sport in 1995 and was inducted into the Ohio State Hall of Fame in 2004.

Following university graduation, Gaby coached in Michigan for a season and received the Coach of the Year award. In 1997, Gaby returned to Canada to play for the Indoor National Team and subsequently, went on to play professionally overseas from 1997-2001 in the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy and Spain. While overseas, she coached both youth and adult club teams when she wasn’t training. Then in 2001, Gaby converted to the beach game and represented Canada internationally on the FIVB tour up until her retirement in 2004.

Chris Lawson, University of Waterloo Warriors, Head Coach - Men's Volleyball Program. cjlawson@uwaterloo.ca

Chris brings a solid background of coaching volleyball on several levels. He has over 15 years coaching experience with OVA and club teams, 20 years coaching senior high school (men’s and women’s), and over 25 years of volleyball camp leadership. Chris has also coached with the Team Canada – Youth program, Team Ontario Men, and the Ontario Summer Games team for several years.

Chris is a NCCP level III coach. He is currently involved in administrative roles with Volleyball Ontario including Provincial Team Coach Selection Committee and LTAD Implementation Committee. Chris has received numerous high school and provincial coaching awards in his career to date.