Our coaches are more than instructors; they are mentors. With leadership comprising of University of Manitoba alumni, Bisons student-athletes and technical experts, Junior Bisons players receive the highest level of volleyball education in the province.

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Learn more about the coaching team behind our Junior Bisons Boys Volleyball club program.

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18U

  • David Teixeira 

    18U Head Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Over 10 yrs coaching experience in multiple youth sports (Volleyball, Basketball, and Football)
    • MHSAA AAAA Varsity Head Coach, and Assistant Coach positions
    Playing experience
    • Bison Men's Volleyball
      • 3x USPORTS National Champion
      • 1x USPORTS Bronze Medalist
      • Various USports All-Star Nominations
    • Played Professionally in Europe

  • Alec Beatty

    18U Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons Coach
      • 3x Provincial Finalist as a coach with Junior Bisons, 2022, 2024, 2025
    • Team Manitoba Black Assistant Coach, 2022-2025
      • 2019 Provincial Champion

  • Joshua Ludwig

    18U Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons Assistant Coach, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
      • 17U Manitoba provincial runner up, 2025

    Joshua is a computer engineering student at UM.

17U

  • Jake Rogers

    17U Boys Head Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons Coach
      • Junior Bisons Coach of the Year, 2024
      • Volleyball Manitoba – Elite Coach of the Year, 2023
      • National Championship team coach, 2023
    • NCCP Advanced Development Coach – Certified

  • Austin Cadieux-Coombes

    17U Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Bisons Men's Volleyball Assistant Coach
    • NCCP Performance Coach – In Training
    • Provincial Team Coach
    • Canada Games Assistant Coach

    Austin is a Masters student studying high performance coaching and technical leadership at the University of British Columbia.

  • Justin Gallego

    17U Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons Assistant Coach, 2019-2020
    • Team Manitoba Coach, 2025
    • Junior Pilots Head Coach, 2024-2026
    • Steinbach Regional Secondary School Junior Varsity Boys Assistant Coach, 2018, 2020, 2025
      • MHSAA Junior Varsity Provincial Champion Finalists, 2025
      • MHSAA Junior Varsity Provincial Champions, 2019
    • Canuck/Dome Defenders Head Coach, 2022-2023
    • Providence Summer Sports Camp Coach, 2019
    Playing experience
    • Providence Pilots Men's Volleyball , 2019-2020
    • Red River College Men's Volleyball, 2018-2019

16U

  • Kelly Bowen

    16U Boys Head Coach

    Coaching experience
    • 25 years coaching developmental & elite youth
    • Advanced Development Coach
    • Mary Jane England Elite Coach of the Year, 2023
      • 5 x Provincial Champion
      • 2023 16U National Bronze Medalist
    • MHSAA AAAA JV & Varsity Head Coach
    Playing experience
    • University of Manitoba Bisons
      • 3 x National Bronze
      • Rookie of the Year
      • Academic All-Canadian

  • Jon Labun

    16U Boys Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience:
    • 15 years coaching developmental & elite youth
    • MHSAA AAAA JV & Varsity Coach
    • Club Volleyball Head Coach (14U to 18U)
    • Provincial Team Assistant Coach
    Playing experience
    • USPORTS Volleyball
      • 2x All-Canadian
      • 3x Academic All-Canadian
    • Played for Junior National Team at the World Student Games

  • Lucas Robertson

    16U Boys Assistant Coach

  • Roy Rodriguez

    16U Boys Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons 17U Girls Assistant Coach, 2025
      • Provincial Champions, 2025
    • Junior Bisons Head Coach 15U Brown Girls, 2024
    • Junior Bisons Coach 14U Brown Girls, 2023
    • Advanced Development Coach
    • Provincial Team Lead Coach Boys Team White (14U), 2025
    • Head Coach of Westwood Warriors JV Boys Volleyball Team, 2020 - 2025
    • Assistant Coach Provincial Boys Volleyball Team Black (16U), 2023
    • Assistant Coach Provincial Girls Team White (14U), 2022
    • Head Coach CMU Women's Team, 2018
    • Red River Assistant Coach of Men's & Women's Team, 2010 – 2016

15U

  • Andrew Jones

    15U Boys Head Coach

  • Brady Krahn

    15U Boys Assistant Coach

  • Gabe Millan

    15U Boys Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons Assistant Coach, 2026
    • Providence Summer Sports Camp Counselor, 2025

14U

  • Rod Wolfe

    14U Boys Head Coach 

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons 15U Girls Gold Assistant Coach, 2022-2024
    • Development Coach
    • SJR Middle School Boys Head Coach, 2025
    • Winman 17U Boys Head Coach, 2024
    • Niverville Varsity Boys Head Coach, 2023
    • Niverville JV Boys Head Coach, 2021

  • Asher Harrington

    14U Boys Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons

13U

  • TBD

Manitoba Bisons student-athlete coaches assisting teams

  • Ben Kuhner

    Boys Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons
    Playing experience
    • University of Manitoba Bisons
    • Junior Bisons
      • 16U National Champion
    • National Excellence Program (NEP) Alum 

  • Chris Redmann

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons
    Playing experience
    • University of Manitoba Bisons

  • Mitchell Strilchuk

    Boys Assistant Coach

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons
    Playing experience
    • University of Manitoba Bisons

  • Sammy Ludwig

    Coaching experience
    • Junior Bisons
    Playing experience
    • University of Manitoba Bisons

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