CIAC Executive Director & Cougar Club Financial Director

Josh has been involved with Cougar Volleyball since it began in the year of 2019. Josh is the executive director of Catalyst Initiative Athletic Club, which is a non-profit society that Cougar Volleyball is under, as well as managing our facility and our finances. Josh is also one of our BUILD Strength & Agility trainers, with a sports background in football and power lifting.

CLUB DIRECTOR & UNIFORM MANAGER

James has been involved with the volleyball community for over 15 years, having coached club, high school, youth, and adult clinics Volleyball BC, as well as the cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam. He has run a countless number of leagues, tournaments, and drop-ins for beach, grass, and indoor volleyball. He is also the founder of Poco Volleyball. He is currently the head coach for the Pinetree Secondary Junior Boys team.

As the club director, James manages all high level decisions regarding the operations of Cougar Volleyball. And as the uniform manager he plans the designing, fittings and delivery of all uniforms to our athletes.

Program & Technical Director

Joel comes with a diverse coaching background with previous experience ranging from running atomic camps to coaching for one of Canada’s top collegiate programs.

Coaching Highlights: 1 National Championship and 4 Canada West Championships, former BC Summer Games and Team BC Blue Head Coach, Cowichan Summer Games and Canada Cup 2018. 10 years of coaching club volleyball at different skill levels

Previous Club Coaching Experience: Top 8 finishes at Nationals in Tier 1 in the years 2018 and 2024, Best of the West 17U Bronze in 2023 and 18U Silver in 2024, as well as 18U provincial silver medalists in 2018 & 2024.

Past Season at Cougars Highlights: 15U Division 2 Provincial Championship, undefeated in Tier 11 at Nationals.

STRENGTH AND AGILITY PROGRAM DIRECTOR (BUILD)

Lisa has been a part of Cougar Volleyball Club since it started in the year of 2019 and is one of the co-founders of the Club.

Lisa is an ACE Certified Athletic Trainer and she runs the BUILD Strength and Agility program for our club. Lisa has many years of experience playing volleyball and power lifting. She is passionate about athletes being healthy and strong both for the purpose of volleyball and for off the court.

EQUIPMENT MANAGER & NCCP CERTIFICATION COORDINATOR

Carey looks after and manages all equipment within the club, including first aid kits and all the equipment used within our facility. As well, he helps coaches get NCCP certified with Volleyball BC and Volleyball Canada.

HOUSE LEAGUE COORDINATOR & HEAD COACH

Shayla has coached with Cougar Volleyball for 3 years. In her first years, she was the head coach for a 14U beach as well as an indoor club team. Now, Shayla is our head coach for our Cougar League Program which is aimed at providing a fun and safe environment for athletes to play volleyball, beyond a competitive club team.

Her heart lies with the “underdogs” and those who truly love the game of volleyball. Shayla was a bit of an underdog herself, starting volleyball at the age of 17 and playing only one season of club volleyball that ended early due to COVID -19. Shayla did go on to play as a middle for the junior varsity team at Briercrest for a wonderful year before deciding ultimately to return home to the mountains and oceans of BC.

Shayla loves to work with all ages and positions. Her goal is helping people fall in love with the game of volleyball and find their meaning beyond their identity as an athlete. When she is not on the court, you can find Shayla studying Kinesiology at UFV, nose deep in her bible, or playing volleyball with her friends and family.

Our Temsnap and Sportlomo admin looks after all responsibilities related to both of these programs. This includes registration for programs, memberships and tournaments with volleyball BC.