Joe Moore

18U Gold Head Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons Volleyball Technical Coordinator
• Women’s Volleyball Assistant Coach
• NCCP Performance Coach – In Training
• U SPORTS National Champion, 2025
• Provincial Champion, 2025
• National Bronze Medalist, 2024
• National Silver Medalist, 2023
• Team Manitoba Black Boys Head Coach, 2025
• Bison Sports Assistant Coach of the Year, 2020

Ashley Simac

18U Gold Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• 10+ years of experience coaching youth
• Junior Bisons 18U Coach, 2025
• Various clubs and teams in Toronto, 2015-2022

Playing experience

• Junior Bisons U16-U18, 2004-2006
  • 2x National Champion
• University of Manitoba Bisons, 2006-2011
  • Rookie of the Year, 2006-2007
  • 3x First Team All-Star, 2008, 2010, and 2011
  • CIS Finalist, 2010
  • Captain for two seasons, 2009-2011
  • 2x Academic All Canadian
• Team Canada Volleyball, 2006-2010
• Professional volleyball player, Lugano, Switzerland, 2013-2014

Ian Taylor

18U Gold Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons, 2022-2027
• University of Winnipeg Wesmen Assistant Coach, 2004-2005
• Team Toba Provincial Team Assistant Coach 

Playing experience

• Canada National Team player, 2001-2003
• Professional Volleyball player SCC Berlin, Germany, 2001-2002
• Professional Volleyball player MTV Nafels, Switzerland, 2002-2003
• University of Winnipeg Wesmen player, 1995-2000

Roger Vermette

17U Brown Head Coach

Coaching experience

• 26 years coaching experience
• Elite Eoach of the Year, 2026
• MB Indigenous Coach of the Year, 2024
• Volleyball Manitoba AA and AAA Coach of the Year 2017, 2023
• A/AA MHSAA J-V Girls Provincial Champions, 2025
• AA MHSAA Varsity Boys Provincial Champions, 2023
• A/AA MHSAA J-V Boys Provincial Champions, 2021
• 15x  MHSAA Provincial Medalist

Steve Krosta

17U Brown Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• River East Kodiak Varsity Girls Head Coach, 2021-Current
• Assistant Coach for Team Manitoba Black program, 2022-Current
• Winman Volleyball Club Head Coach, 2022-2025
  • 15U, 16U, 17U, 18U

Vanessa Friesen

17U Brown Assistant Coach

Playing experience

• Junior Bisons 2017, 2018
• Canadian Mennonite Volleyball 2018-2021
  • MCAC Champions 2020
• MHSAA "AA" 2017 Provincial Champions
  • All star player
  • Player's Choice Award
• MHSAA 2017 Graduating All-Star

Mike Hamm

17U Gold Head Coach

Coaching experience

• 25 years of coaching experience
• Best of the West Champions, 2025
• Club Provincial Champions, 2022-2025
• Western Canada Games Coach, 2003
• AAA Provincial Boys Volleyball Champions, 2002
  • U16 Western Canada Champions, 2002

Playing experience

• University of Winnipeg Wesman
• Two years as a volleyball player in the German Bundesliga

Julie Trommel

17U Gold Assistant Coach 
Women’s Volleyball Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Bison Women's Volleyball Assistant Coach, current
• Oak Park JV Girls Assistant Coach, 2024-present
  • 2025 Provincial Champions
• Junior Bisons 15U Gold Assistant Coach, 2024-2025
  • Best of the West Champions, Provincial Champions)
• MB Summer Games Team Assistant Coach, 2024
  • Silver Medal

Playing experience

• Professional volleyball player in France, the Netherlands and Sweden, 2003-2008
• Team Canada Women's Volleyball Team, 1999-2006
  • Junior National Team
  • University Games
  • Senior National Team

JJ Ross

17U Gold Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• 27 years of coaching experience
• Club Director and Coach, Huskies Volleyball, 2021-2025
• Huskies Club Volleyball 15U Girls Provincial Finalists, 2025
• Volleyball Manitoba Grade 9 Girls School Champions, 2024-2025 

Cole Honoway

16U Brown Head Coach

Coaching experience

• 17U Gold Girls Junior Bisons Assistant Coach, 2025
  • 17U Provincial Champions
• 14U Brown Girls Junior Bisons Assistant Coach, 2024
• Part time volunteer with Bison Women's Volleyball, 2024-2026

Current full time student studying chemistry and finance

Nadia Hoxha

16U Brown Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons 14U Brown Assistant Coach, 2026
• Junior Bisons 13U Brown Girls Head Coach, 2025
• Junior Bisons 16U Brown Assistant Coach, 2024
• Albania Girls Youth Club Volleyball 8U-13U Assistant Coach, 2015-2017 

Playing experience

• Multiple clubs in Albania, Kosovo, Turkey and Italy, 2010-2016
• 2015-2017 8U-13U Girls Youth Club volleyball in Albania

Current full-time graduate student and working as a Customer Service Team Lead for Recreation Services at the University of Manitoba.

Jim Grape

16U Brown Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• University of Manitoba Bisons Women's Volleyball Assistant Coach, 2015 - 2026
  • National Gold Medal, 1993
• Junior Bisons Assistant Coach
  • 15U Black National Champions, 2024
  • 15U Black Division 3 National Champions, 2017

Dan McGregor

16U Gold Head Coach 

Coaching experience

• Red River College Women’s Head Coach, 2014-2020
  • Manitoba Colleges Coach of the Year, 2018
  • Manitoba Colleges Conference Champion, 2019
• University of Manitoba Women's Volleyball Assistant Coach, 2010-2012
• Junior Bisons Head Coach (13U-18U), 2010-present
  • 5X Provincial Champion
  • Multiple silver/bronze medals
  • 2025 15U Nationals silver medal
• Team Manitoba Coach
  • National Bronze Medalists, 2014
  • Manitoba Cup Gold, 2025
• AAAA Girls Oak Park High School Head Coach, 1998-2007, 2025-present
  • AAAA Provincial Finalist 2003
  • AAAA JV Provincial Gold 2025
• AAAA Girls Head Dakota Collegiate Head Coach, 2014
• 8 West Winnipeg and South-Central conference gold medals

Kaia Bailey

16U Gold Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• AAAA Oak Park High School Varsity Girls Assistant Coach, Present
• Team Manitoba Girls Black Assistant Coach, 2026
• Dynamo 14U Assistant Coach, 2026
• École Charleswood School Head Coach, 2023 - 2025
  • Division Champions, 2025
• Blazers Inferno 14U Head Coach, 2025
• Beach Volleyball with Wanda G Assistant Coach, 2024 - 2025
• Blazers Seasonal Camps Lead Coach, 2023 - 2025
• Blazers Inferno 13U Assistant Coach, 2024
• École Charleswood School Assistant Coach, 2022
• Blazers Seasonal Camps Assistant Coach, 2021-2022 

Playing experience

• Université de Saint-Boniface Les Rouges, 2023 - Present  

Keziah Hoeppner

16U Gold Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons 15U Gold Assistant Coach, 2026
• Junior Bisons 13U Gold Assistant Coach, 2019-2020

Playing experience

• University of Manitoba Bisons Women’s Volleyball. 2019-2024
  • U SPORTS Bronze Medalist, 2024
  • Canada West Champions, 2024
  • Bisons Sports Teammate of the Year, 2023
  • Team Captain, 2020-2024
  • Canada West Bronze Medalist, 2020

Bryton Arnal

15U Brown Head Coach

Coaching experience

• NCCP Advanced Development Coach
• 16 years of coaching experience (seventh year with Bisons)
• Balmoral Hall Head Coach
• Volleyball Manitoba AAA Girls Coach of the Year, 2024
• CMU Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach, 2015

Playing experience

• Providence University athlete (Middle), 2009-2014
• Former Junior Bisons athlete
  • 2007 Provincial Champions
  • 2007 National Finalists

Bruce Kent

15U Brown Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Team Canada Men's Next Gen Pan Am Cup – Scout, 2025
• Team Canada Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach, 1997-2004
  • Participated in:
    • 2 World Championships
    • 2 World Cups
    • 2 Pan Am Games
      • 1999 Pan Am Games Bronze Medal
• University of Manitoba Bisons Men’s Volleyball Assistant Coach, 1994-2007
  • 4 National Championships
  • 1 Bronze Medal
• Canada Games Team Manitoba Assistant Coach, 2013
• Canada Games Team Manitoba Assistant Coach, 1995
• Multiple Years Assistant Coach and Mentor Coach 16U and 18U
• Grade 8 Girls HS Paul Head Coach, 2025
  • Division Finalist
• HS Paul School Grade 7 Girls Head Coach, 2024
• Junior Bisons Girls 18U Brown Assistant Coach, 2025
• Junior Bisons Boys Head Coach, Assistant Coach, 1997-2008
  • 3X National Champion

Muskan Bhandari

15U Brown Assistant Coach

Andrew Brewster

15U Gold Head Coach

Coaching experience

• 24+ years of coaching experience
• Team Manitoba White Program Head Coach, 2025
  • Manitoba Cup Champions
• Junior Bisons 13U Gold Head Coach, 2025, 2024
  • Provincial Champions 2025
  • Provincial Champions 2024
• 3X Provincial Silver Medal
• Multiple School Division Championships 

Maddy Senécal

15U Gold Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons 15U Gold Assistant Coach, 2026
• Junior Bisons 14U Gold Assistant Coach, 2024, 2025
  • Provincial Gold Medalists 2024-2025
  • National Silver Medalists 2025

Playing experience

• Junior Bisons, 2015-2019
• Team Manitoba, 2018, 2019
• Team Manitoba North American Indigenous Games, 2020
• Université Saint-Boniface Les Rouges, 2020-2025
  • Manitoba College Athletic Conference Champions 2022, 2023 

Maddy is a full time microbiology student and undergraduate research assistant at the University of Manitoba.

Stacey Ross

14U Brown Head Coach

Coaching experience

• 13U Blazers Club Team Coach
• Junior High School Coach

Playing experience

• University of Manitoba Bisons alumni
• Over 30 years of playing experience at the school, provincial team, Western Canada Summer Games (gold medallists), university, collegiate and senior women's levels.  

Athalie Arnal

14U Brown Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• 13U Blazers Club Team Coach
• Junior High School Coach
• Jeux de la Francophonie Coach

Playing experience 

• Over 30 years of playing experience at the school, collegiate and senior women's levels. 

Jolene Chernichan

14U Brown Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• (10+ years of coaching experience) 
• Ecole Christine Lesperance Junior High Head Coach
  • Grade 8 boys Provincial Champions, 2024
• CJS 15U Club Volleyball Coach
• 13U Blazers Club Team Coach 

Playing experience

• Over 30 years of playing experience at the school, collegiate and senior women's levels. 

Moni Edwards

14U Brown Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Head/Assistant Coach with U13-U16 Big Sand Teams, 2004-2007
• Head Coach of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Varsity Girls Volleyball Team, 2007
• Head Coach at Chief Peguis Junior High - Grade 8 & 9 teams, 2009-2011
• Assistant Coach U13 Girls 204 Volleyball, 2026 

Playing experience 

• University of Winnipeg Wesmen, 2001-2003
  • setter

Jenna Szajewski

14U Gold Head Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons 13U Brown Head Coach, 2026
• Junior Bisons 15U Brown Head Coach, 2025
  • Provincial Bronze Medalists
  • Head Coach of the Year
• Junior Bisons 13U Gold & Brown Assistant Coach, 2023
  • Provincial Champions
• Junior Bisons 14U Brown Head Coach, 2024
• Dakota  Collegiate Girls Varsity Head Coach, 2025
• Team Manitoba Gold Assistant Coach, 2025
• Team East Head Coach, 2024
• St Mary's Academy Flames Assistant Coach, 2023, 2024
  • 2x Conference Champions
• Team Manitoba White Assistant Coach, 2023

Mike Pittman

14U Gold Assistant Coach

Nathan Toews

14U Gold Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons 16U White Head Coach, 2005
• Team Manitoba White Head Coach, 2026
• 204 13U Head Coach, 2026
• NCCP Olympic Weightlifting Coach, 2010-current
• 14U Flag Football Head Coach, 2026  

• University of Manitoba Bisons, 2003-2007
• Team Canada, 2004-2009
• Professional player in Germany and Sweden, 2008-2010
• Team Manitoba, 2000-2003
• Kilcona Premier Soccer, 1998-2000 

TBD

Nathan Yerex

13U Gold Head Coach

Coaching experience

• 25+ years of coaching experience
• NCCP Advanced Developmental Coach (Trained)
• Provincial Gold Medal Champion, 2023
• Provincial Gold Medal Champion, 2022
• Provincial Bronze Medal 2024
• MHSAA 'AAA' Provincial Finalist, 2023
• Team Manitoba White Head Coach, 2022
• Team Manitoba Black Head Coach, 2019
• Coach of the Year College Beliveau, 2024

Miya Osato

13U Gold Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons 12U Brown Head Coach, 2025, 2026
• Mini U Volleyball Head Coach, 2025
• Dakota Collegiate JV Assistant Coach, 2025
• Diggers Volleyball Club 14U Head Coach, 2024-2025
• Dakota Collegiate Grade 9 Head Coach, 2023-2025
• Diggers Volleyball Club 13U Assistant Coach, 2023

Soleena Vasquez

13U Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons 12U Gold Head Coach, 2026
• Junior Bisons 18U Brown Assistant Coach, 2025
• Junior Bisons 16U Gold Assistant Coach, 2022
• Junior Bisons 14U Brown Head Coach, 2021
• Dakota Collegiate Varsity Girls Volleyball Assistant Coach, 2025
• Dakota Collegiate JV Girls Volleyball Assistant Coach, 2024

Playing experience

• University of Manitoba Bisons Women's Volleyball, 2020-2024
  • U SPORTS National Bronze Medalist, 2024
  • Canada West Champions, 2024
  • Canada West Bronze Medalist, 2020

Soleena Vasquez

12U Head Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons 12U Gold Head Coach, 2026
• Junior Bisons 18U Brown Assistant Coach, 2025
• Junior Bisons 16U Gold Assistant Coach, 2022
• Junior Bisons 14U Brown Head Coach, 2021
• Dakota Collegiate Varsity Girls Volleyball Assistant Coach, 2025
• Dakota Collegiate JV Girls Volleyball Assistant Coach, 2024

Playing experience

• University of Manitoba Bisons Women's Volleyball, 2020-2024
  • U SPORTS National Bronze Medalist, 2024
  • Canada West Champions, 2024
  • Canada West Bronze Medalist, 2020

Taylen Bagnas

12U Assistant Coach

Coaching experience

• Junior Bisons 12U Gold Assistant Coach, 2026

Playing experience

• Provincial Team Athlete, 2023
• Junior  Bisons Athlete 17U-18U
  • Provincial Finalist 17U
  • National Bronze Medalist 17U
  • Provincial Finalist 18U

Tanya Doerksen

12U Assistant Coach

Zoe Maendel

12U Assistant Coach