These prestigious awards recognize coaches whose athletes have excelled at world championships, Olympic and Paralympic Games, and at the Special Olympics World Games. The Coaching Association of Canada and Petro-Canada honour these recipients before their peers at the annual Petro-Canada Sport Leadership Awards Gala.
The nomination period is now open. Download the nomination form.
Recipients of the Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award are some of Canada’s most outstanding national team coaches. These coaches have dedicated their time and efforts to ensuring that athletes reach their potential on the international stage.
The CAC and Petro-Canada are pleased to recognize the contributions of the 2019 recipients.
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| Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards: 2019 Recipients | ||
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| British Columbia | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Vladimir Lashin | Gymnastics Canada | Shallon Olsen |
| Marc McDonell | Freestyle Canada | Noah Bowman |
| David McKay, ChPC | Wrestling Canada Lutte | Justina Di Stasio |
| Sean Nugent | Freestyle Canada | Mikael Kingsbury |
| Trennon Paynter, ChPC | Freestyle Canada | Cassie Sharpe |
| Dave Thompson | Rowing Canada Aviron | Hillary Janssens, Caileigh Filmer |
| John Wetzstein | Rowing Canada Aviron | Jeremy Hall, Kyle Fredrickson, Andrew Tood |
| Richard Wooles, ChPC | Cycling Canada Cyclisme | Ross Wilson |
| Peter De Marchi | Special Olympics Canada (Athletics) | Arianna Philips, April Armstrong, Stephane Piccinin, Jessica Larivée |
| George Maclagan | Special Olympics Canada (Powerlifting) | Michael Bandler, Christine Sullivan |
| Jennifer Mousley | Special Olympics Canada (Swimming) | John Tinney, Conor Mahoney, Julia Longo |
| Tom Norton | Special Olympics Canada (Athletics) | Malcolm Borsoi, Team Canada Relay Team |
| David Wilkinson | Special Olympics Canada (Bocce) | Ava Williams, Neil MacDonald, Kerry Lane, Philip Bialk |
| John Stuart | Softball Canada | Team Canada (Men's) |
| Ron Jacks, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Eric Hedlin |
| Thomas Johnson, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Emily Overholt |
| Jordan Wiliams | Alpine Canada Alpin | Marielle thompson |
| Carolyn Murray, ChPC | Triathlon Canada | Stefan Daniel, Jessica Tuomela |
| Sead Causevic, ChPC | Alpine Canada Alpin | Kevin Drury |
| Steve Bush, ChPC | Waterski Wakeboard Canada | Team Canada |
| Alberta | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| John Dunn, ChPC | Curling Canada |
Team Canada (Men's) |
| Heather Fidyk, ChPC | Karate Canada | Natalie Olson, Patricia Wright |
| Robin McKeever, ChPC | Nordiq Canada | Colin Cameron, Brian McKeever |
| John Jaques, ChPC | Nordiq Canada | Mark Arendz |
| Paul Ragusa, ChPC | Wrestling Canada Lutte | Danielle Lappage, Erica Wiebe |
| Pat Enns | Special Olympics Canada (Bowling) | Darbe Cunningham, Crystal Cochrane, Esther Auger, Dawn Rieben |
| Maria Powell | Special Olympics Canada (Athletics) | Addison Czaya-Wooly, Julien Cardinal-Moffett, Audrey Vincent, Gabriel Dupuy, Maxime Duguay |
| Paul Birmingham, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Emma O'Croinin |
| Mark Newton | Alpine Canada Alpin | Alana Ramsay |
| Stanley Hayer | Alpine Canada Alpin | Brady Leman |
| Saskatchewan | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Adam Burwell, ChPC | Canada Snowboard | Mark McMorris |
| Jackie Powell | Special Olympics Canada (Swimming) | Michael Qing, Colby Kosteniuk, Tianna Zimmerman, Jordan MacLeod |
| Manitoba | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Remmelt Eldering | Speed Skating Canada | Isabelle Weidemann, Ivanie Blondin |
| Jae Park | Taekwondo Canada | Skylar Park |
| Jeff Stoughton, ChPC | Curling Canada | Jocelyn Peterman, Brett Gallant (Mixed Doubles) |
| Melissa Diamond | Special Olympics Canada (Swimming) | Bobbi-Lynn Cleland, Ernest Chua, Genevieve Verge, Christopher Strus |
| Cole Grant | Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada | Team Canada |
| Ontario | ||
| Coach | National Sports Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Marty Calder | Wrestling Canada Lutte | Diana Weicker |
| Elena Davydova | Gymnastics Canada | Anne-Marie Padurariu |
| Phil Marshall, ChPC | Rowing Canada Aviron | Team Canada (Women's Eight) |
| David Ross, ChPC | Gymnastics Canada | Rosannagh MacLennan, Team Canada |
| Earl Sobotkiewicz | Canadian Tenpin Federation | Men’s Double, Team Canada (Men’s), Mitch Hupe |
| Denis Vachon, ChPC | Gymnastics Canada | Team Canada (Team All-Around) |
| Jennifer Andrade | Special Olympics Canada (Soccer) | Team Canada |
| Shelby Best-Miller | Special Olympics Canada (Soccer) | Team Canada |
| Duane Carson | Special Olympics Canada (Swimming) | Gordon Michie, Emily MacTavish |
| Rebecca Cuff | Special Olympics Canada (Athletics) | Desiree Allen, Joe Covaci, Kristy Alford, Peter Snider |
| Glenn Cundari | Special Olympics Canada (Golf) | Tessa Trojan, Erin Thom, Krista Stockman, Kyle Koopman, Kyle Grummett, Richard Buck, Emma Bittorf |
| Donna Edwards | Special Olympics Canada (Rhythmic Gymnastics) | Julia Kostecki and the SO Canada Group Floor Exercise Team |
| Camille Gardiner | Special Olympics Canada (Basketball) | Team Canada (Men’s) |
| Stephen Johnson | Special Olympics Canada (Basketball) | Team Canada (Men’s) |
| Neil Lewis | Special Olympics Canada (Soccer) | Team Canada |
| Wayne Meyers | Special Olympics Canada (Basketball) | Team Canada |
| Rebecca Norton | Special Olympics Canada (Bowling) | Jennifer Allen, Todd Courrier, Richard Dolan, Lisa McDermott |
| Linda Kiefer, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Kylie Masse |
| David White | Alpine Canada Alpin | Kurt Oatway |
| Ben Titley, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Team Canada (Women’s 4X100 Freestyle Relay, Women’s 4X200 Freestyle Relay, Women’s 4X100 Freestyle Relay) |
| Byron MacDonald, ChPC | Swimming Canada | Kylie Masse |
| Matthew Rini, ChPC | Waterski Wakeboard Canada | Team Canada |
| Tonya Verbeek, ChPC | Wrestling Canada Lutte | Diana Weicker, Danielle Lappage, Justina Di Stasio, Erica Wiebe |
| Québec | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Éric Bédard | Speed Skating Canada | Samuel Girard |
| Frédéric Blackburn, EPA | Speed Skating Canada | Kim Boutin, Team Canada (Women's 3000m Relay) |
| Jean-François Cusson | Freestyle Canada | Alex Beaulieu-Marchand |
| Michel Hamelin | Freestyle Canada | Mikaël Kingsbury |
| Gregor Jelonek, EPA | Speed Skating Canada | Antoine Gélinas-Beaulieu |
| Karina Kosko, EPA | Gymnastics Canada | Rosannagh MacLennan, Sarah Milette, Team Canada |
| Sasha Mehmedovic | Judo Canada | Christa Deguchi |
| Guillaume Plourde, EPA | Cycling Canada Cyclisme | Tristen Chernove |
| Céline Gélinas | Special Olympics Canada (Bowling) | Mark Mengersen, Linda Renner, Barry Green, Manon Cliche |
| Michel Guay | Special Olympics Canada (Swimming) | Sara Jane Daigle, Andréanne Patry-Landry, Connor Bissett |
| Mario Inkel | Special Olympics Canada (Bowling) | Patrick Reid, Brody Hill, Mitchell MacDonald, Jason Gordy |
| Aaron Dziver, ChPC | Diving Plongeon Canada | François Imbeau-Dulac, Jennifer Abel |
| Cesar Henderson, ChPC | Diving Plongeon Canada | Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu, Jennifer Abel |
| Arturo Miranda, ChPC | Diving Plongeon Canada | Jennifer Abel, François Imbeau-Dulac, Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu |
| Jean-Sébastien Labrie, EPA | Alpine Canada Alpin | Frédérique Turgeon |
| David Zilberman | Wrestling Canada Lutte | Diana Weicker, Danielle Lappage, Justina Di Stasio, Erica Wiebe |
| Nova Scotia | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Maura Hunter | Special Olympics Canada (Swimming) | Roy Paynter, Jesse Canney, Kelsey Wyse |
| Ursula Hynes | Special Olympics Canada (Rhythmic Gymnastics) | Annick Léger, Amber Harriman, Kimana Mar |
| Ross MacIntosh | Special Olympics Canada (Powerlifting) | Andre Goulet, Paul Perrault, Josée Seguin |
| New Brunswick | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Jason Agnew | Special Olympics Canada (Athletics) | Regan Hofley, Michael Guyton, Patti Connors |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Rosemary Ryan | Special Olympics Canada (Athletics) | Eva Bell, Peter Hynes, Kristina Richard |
| Northwest Territories | ||
| Coach | National Sport Organization | Athlete/Team |
| Todd Hays | Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton | Team Canada (2-man, 2-women, 4-man Bobsleigh) |