Canada Cup Team Atlantic Men Assistant Coach Announced!

Volleyball Nova Scotia, Volleyball New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador Volleyball Association and Volleyball Prince Edward Island are proud to announce that Angus Rhuland (Halifax, NS) will represent all 4 Atlantic Provinces as the Assistant Coach for the Canada Cup Team Atlantic Men’s Program for 2018.
 
Angus, an In-training NCCP Advanced Development Coach, comes to Team Atlantic after head coaching the 17U Team NS Boys team to a gold medal at the Eastern Elite Championships in the summer of 2017. Angus, a multisport athlete growing up, found his niche in volleyball. He represented Nova Scotia at the 2005 Canada Summer Games, as well as had a varsity career at Dalhousie University for 5 years as a Tiger. Angus is presently the head coach of the Dartmouth Volleyball Club 16U Boys team who were the 2018 NS Club Champions who then went on to compete at Volleyball Canada’s 2018 Club Nationals in Edmonton and had an overall highest finish for any Atlantic team, boys or girls, tied for 5^th place in Division 1, Tier 1. Angus starting coaching this program 4 years ago when they had a record of 1 win and since then has been able to build a program of excellence at DVC for boy’s volleyball. Angus has also spent his last 2 fall seasons coaching the Citadel Girls Varsity team who have repeated back-to-back as NSSAF Division 1 Champions (2016 & 2017), with only 2 losses throughout the two seasons.
 
“I am very excited to be chosen to help prepare the men’s elite level athletes in the Atlantic region to become a National Contender. I can’t wait to learn from Henri and help strengthen my own coaching. I feel privileged to have a chance to take my coaching skills to the next level!” – Angus Rhuland

Head Coach Henri Mallet is excited to welcome Angus to the coaching staff:

''I am looking forward to working with Angus as he brings a lot of experience as a player and he's showing great dedication to coaching. He will help us make this Atlantic team a success.'' – Henri Mallet

All 4 Volleyball Associations continue to be very excited about the inaugural year of Team Atlantic and look forward to seeing this program succeed under the leadership of Henri and Angus.
 
For more information about the Team Atlantic Canada Cup program please contact VNS Technical Director Megan Conroy.