Royal Military College Volleyball Coach Named To FISU Team Staff
KINGSTON, Ont. – Steve Leknois, head coach of the RMC Men’s Volleyball team, has been selected as an assistant coach with the 2011 Senior National Men’s FISU team.
The head coach for the FISU team is Larry McKay from the University of Winnipeg, with Ben Josephson from Trinity Western University also serving as an assistant coach. The FISU team will compete at the 2011 World Universiade Games in Shenzhen, China from 12-23 August.
This year’s selected group of players will train at the Team Canada Volleyball Centre, located in Gatineau, QC, between May and August. They will also take part in pre-tournament competitions.
“We are very pleased to have Steve named as an assistant coach with the Senior National FISU team,” said Darren Cates, RMC Director of Athletics. “It is a tremendous professional development opportunity for Steve, and also brings great recognition to the RMC volleyball program”.
Leknois has been the head coach of the RMC men’s volleyball team since 2002. He was also an assistant with the National Men’s ‘B’ team this past summer.