Diversity and Coaches Panel Biographies

Cheryl Jean-Paul Mark Washington Lee Anna Osei Jama Mahlalela Jeff Ross Graham Roxburgh Ben Josephson Ryan Hofer Trevor Pridie Barret Kropf Since coming to TWU as the women’s Mark Washington was named Defensive Co- Lee Anna Osei is a Toronto born university A native of Mbabane, Swaziland, Mahlalela grew Jeff Ross took the reins of the Douglas Royals Since Graham Roxburgh took over as head Since taking over the head coaching duties Since taking over as head coach of the Spartans Trevor Pridie joined the Spartans in 2019 after Barret Kropf was named Spartans head coach head coach in 2010, Cheryl Jean-Paul has built the ordinator and Defensive Backs Coach of the sport coach and educator at Saint Francis up in the Greater Toronto Area and played colle- Women’s Volleyball Program in August of 2016 coach in 1999, he has guided the Spartans to in 2007 – after being an assistant coach from women’s team in 2006, Ryan Hofer has helped spending the previous year as an assistant in 2013 and since then, has guided TWU to the giately for four years at the University of British BCIHL championship series five times, in 2013-14, Spartans program into a perennial playoff con- Hamilton Tiger-Cats January 16, 2019. Xavier University in Nova Scotia Cana- and in four seasons at the helm, he has lead five U SPORTS national championships and 2004 to 2007 – Ben Josephson has helped de- the Spartans qualify for 10 U SPORTS cham- coach with the , the Toronto Rap- tender, leading the Spartans into the Canada West Washington has 23 combined years of Cana- Columbia. He served as an assistant coach at the 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18. and 2018-19, winning da. Lee Anna is the founder of The Black University of Toronto and worked at Maple Leaf Douglas to be among the nation’s elite, gradu- eight Canada West gold medals. Since 2003, velop the Spartans men’s volleyball team into pionship tournaments while guiding TWU to tors G League affiliate. With the Raptors 905, in both 2018 and 2019. In his seven seasons with playoffs in four of the last five seasons. dian Football League experience as a player ating remarkable student-athletes and compet- one of the most dominant men’s volleyball pro- five national medals. All told, he has led the Pridie was the Head Video Coordinator for (1997-2007) and coach (2008-19) and is a Canadian Coaches Association (BCCA), a Sports and Entertainment as a member of the Roxburgh has led TWU to the Canada West the Spartans he had an overall record of 141-78-0- community development staff, organizing Raptors ing for PacWest and CCAA titles. grams in North America. Spartans to nine of the last 10 national champi- the 2018-19 season, while also being involved 11. He won the BCIHL’s Coach of the Year award Internationally, Jean-Paul was most recently the three-time Grey Cup champion (2002, 2006, not-for-profit organization seeking to sup- Final Four every year and, from 2010 to 2018, Basketball Academy and various clinics through- onship tournaments. He has also coached the in day-to-day practices and working in player three times: 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2017-18. In the head coach of Canada’s FIBA U16 Women’s Amer- 2011). port and empower Black and Indigenous eight consecutive Canada West Championship out Canada. Mahlalela was later named director of Four seasons as Head Coach have resulted Josephson has guided TWU to five national Spartans to 10 Canada West medals, including development. In the summer of 2018, he also Spartans final three years in the BCIHL (prior to ica’s Championship team in 2019, winning a silver In 2019, his first with the Tiger-Cats, Washing- appearances. members of the Canadian sport communi- basketball operations for NBA Asia and oversaw in One PacWest Championship, 3 PacWest championship titles, winning in 2011, 2012, gold in 2015, 2016, 2019 and 2020. coached with the NBA Sum- joining Canada West), Kropf led TWU to three medal. ton led a defensive unit that allowed a league- the League’s clinics, youth programs and elite-level straight regular season titles, with TWU posting ty through celebration, advocacy through final appearances and two trips to the CCAA 2016, 2017 and 2019, and has qualified for mer League team, working with NBA players low and franchise record 344 points against allyship, and networking. development from his base in Hong Kong. Roxburgh was the U SPORTS Coach of the an .820 winning percentage (60-12-0-3). Kropf has Aside from TWU, Jean-Paul has been a key coach and just 33 touchdowns, while also ranking Championships with athletes earning PacWest the U SPORTS championship tournament 11 Individually, Hofer was recognized as the Can- during practices and assisting in workouts. Pri- worked with Athletes in Action, the within Basketball BC, as head coach of the U14, second in the CFL in pass knockdowns (73), In 2011, Mahlalela joined the Raptors front of- & CCAA All-Star honors. Ross got his start in Year in 2011 and has been named the Canada times. Josephson has also led the Spartans to ada West and U SPORTS women’s volleyball or to joining the Raptors organization, Pridie Roughriders of the League as a U15, and U16 teams, while also being the assistant and third in quarterback sacks (54), turnovers fice as director of player development, where he collegiate coaching at UBC, He spent two years West Coach of the Year five times, including in five Canada West championships, winning Coach of the Year in 2010-11. was the Head Coach and Program Director for Chaplain, and numerous head coaching duties at coach for the U17 girls’ team that won silver at the forced (44), interceptions (22) and fumble served for two seasons. He moved to the bench in on the UBC staff before taking the position 2009, 2011, 2014, 2016 and 2019. He has twice in 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020, which BC Bounce grassroots program, an assistant various levels. Kropf has also worked with Hock- 2013 Canada Games. She was also the co-facilita- recoveries (12). His defence produced the East 2013-14 as a member of former head coach Dwane with the Royals. been the head coach for Canada’s women’s includes TWU’s current run of nine straight Most recently, he was an assistant coach with coach with the University of the Fraser Val- ey Ministries International (HMI), coordinating Casey’s staff helping with the team’s practice and hockey chapel programs in Western Canada, and tor for basketball portion of the Special Olympics: Division’s Most Outstanding Defensive Player soccer team at the Summer Universiade, 2009 appearances in the conference final. Canada’s senior women’s team, helping lead ley men’s basketball program, head coach for Canada Summer Games 2014. in linebacker Simoni Lawrence who led the game planning, individual player skill development was a youth pastor Melfort and Estevan, Sask. As a and off-season programs. In 2018, Mahlalela was Ross has also stepped in to work with Team and 2011. Canada at the 2019 Pan American Games in the senior boys basketball team at W.J. Mouat player, Kropf won a SJHL Championship in 1991- CFL in defensive tackles (98) and defensive named the third head coach in Raptors 905 histo- Canada Volleyball. In 2019, he was the assis- Over his career with TWU, Josephson has Lima, Peru. He was also the associate head Secondary, and coach with Basketball BC’s 92 with the Melfort Mustangs. Prior to joining the Spartans, Jean-Paul had over plays made (117), as well as four 2019 CFL ry, where he currently holds a 51-42 (.548) record tant coach for the Women’s National Team for three times been named both the Canada West coach with Canada’s women’s team at the 2015 Provincial Team. Pridie has an Associate of 10 years of coaching experience and a wealth of All-Stars in Lawrence, defensive tackle Dylan Roxburgh coached the 2004 team to the first after two seasons. During the summers Mahlalela its Champions Cup tournament in Colorado Coach of the Year and U SPORTS Coach of Summer Universiade in Korea. Arts Degree in Criminology from Kwantlen playing experience. As head coach for three years Wynn, defensive halfback Richard Leonard National Championship in the Universities has been an active member in Masai Ujiri’s Giants Springs and this Fall he will take on the role the Year, in 2011-12, 2013-14 and 2019-20. Polytechnic University and a Bachelor of Gen- at Red River College, she won a Manitoba Colleges and safety Tunde Adeleke. of Africa camps and the NBA’s Basketball Without history. That year, the team was also named Athletic Conference title in 2009. The Washington, D.C. native joined the Ti- Borders program. of assistant coach for the Full Time Centre at Sport BC Team of the Year and the BC Soccer All told, Josephson has led TWU to eight U In 2012, Hofer coached his Spartans team eral Studies from the University of the Fraser the Richmond Oval. He also was assigned as SPORTS medals and guided TWU to a total of representing Canada at the U23 Pan Ameri- Valley. ger-Cats after 11 seasons with the BC Lions Team of the Year. Prior to that, in the women’s the Manager/Mentor for the 2020 16U Team 11 Canada West medals. can Cup. Hofer was also an assistant coach for As a player with the University of Manitoba, where he most recently served five years as De- soccer team’s first year at the U SPORTS level Jean-Paul earned all-star and MVP honours with fensive Coordinator (2014-18) preceded by six Yolam BC women’s volleyball program for the North Team Canada at the 2009 FISU Games in Bel- the Bisons, a U SPORTS silver medal and GPAC seasons as Defensive Backs Coach (2008-13). American Indigenous Games (NAIG), he was in 2001, the Spartans earned a Canada West Josephson is also an assistant coach with Can- grade, Serbia, Canada’s Junior National Team conference championship in 1998. She scored over During his tenure as a coach in BC, Washing- Anderson-Golhor also the Head Coach in 2017 for Team BC silver medal, the first conference medal Trinity ada’s senior women’s national side, taking the in 2005, and head coach of Canada’s Youth 1000 points in her five-year career and was consis- ton presided over 18 West Division All-Stars Volleyball NAIG. Western had ever earned. post prior to the start of the team’s 2019 sea- National Team in 2006. tently among the conference leaders in free throw and 11 CFL All-Stars from the defensive back son. He was also a guest assistant with Cana- percentage and steals. position. Born in Montreal, QC and raised Ottawa, Born in Battleford, Saskatchewan, He hails Roxburgh first came to Trinity Western Uni- da’s senior men’s team in 2009 and an assistant While an assistant coach with the Spartans in ON, Yolam Anderson-Golhor spent her Prior to transitioning to the coaching ranks, from the English River First Nation. Jeff’s versity in 1993 as an assistant to coach Alan with Canada’s World University Games men’s 2004, Hofer was named Volleyball Canada’s Jean-Paul, who graduated from the University of the 5-9, 180-pound defensive back played five upbringing immersed in sports. A recip- coaching philosophy revolves around competi- Alderson with the men’s soccer program. At teams in 2005 and 2011. Josephson was the Male Coach of the Year. That season Hofer Jean LaForest Manitoba in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science de- seasons for the Lions (2003-07) after six sea- ient of an NCAA Division I scholarship, tiveness, hard work and service to others. head coach of Canada’s Youth National team in went 41-6 and won provincial and national gree, is also a level two basketball official with over sons with the Montreal Alouettes (1997-2002) Yolam played four years for the women’s the time, he was working with Athletes in Jean Laforest joined the Spartans in 2019 as the eight years of officiating experience. She is a Level where he began his CFL playing career. soccer team at James Madison Universty in Action and had just graduated from Wheaton 2015 and 2016, and B.C.’s U21 side at the 2013 gold medals as the coach of the Fraser Valley head coach of the women’s hockey team, with the III NCCP certified coach as well as a Master Learn- A natural dressing room leader and familiar Virginia while completing her Bachelor of College (Illinois) with a BA in History and Canada Summer Games. Volleyball Club’s Blitz U18 team. He was also program having been set to begin play in Canada ing Facilitator for the NCCP Intro to Competition face in Lions community programs, Wash- Social Work. Elodie Li Biblical Studies. The fall of 1999 marked his the assistant coach of the TWU 20U team that West in 2020-21. Laforest came to TWU having basketball coaching course. She has been recog- ington was recognized for his inspirational first season with the team, which was only Before moving to the sidelines, Josephson was won gold at the provincial championship and spent his previous four years with the Simcoe After launching her post-athlete career in a stand-out player for the Spartans from 1998 silver at the national championship. nized for her coaching abilities by being awarded play and charitable deeds by the Lions in 2003 three years after women’s soccer became a var- County district school board as the athletic coor- the Jim Bulloch award by the Manitoba Basketball with the Fred Dietrich Award, followed by the Washington, DC, Yolam returned to Can- Li joined the Spartans coaching staff in the fall to 2003, earning the school’s first ever All-Ca- dinator. Prior to this, Laforest had coached within sity sport at TWU. In 2000, Roxburgh guided Cole Hergott Coaches Association as well as Coaching Manitoba CFLPA’s Tom Pate Award in 2006 for outstand- ada to pursue her Master of Social Work of 2019 after spending the three seasons as an nadian award in his final season. Josephson Hofer graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor of the university, junior and professional ranks since assistant coach at the University of Toronto. High Performance Coach of the Year award finalist. ing sportsmanship in addition to significant at the University of Toronto. Driven to the women to a 6-3-1 record and was named has a Bachelor of Human Kinetics Degree Arts in Christian Ministry from Briercrest 1993. In coaching Mount Royal University men’s Her playing career saw her represent Mauri- Cole Hergott is the Head Strength & Condi- contributions to his team and community. leverage sports for economic development, BCCAA Coach of the Year. from Trinity Western and also earned a Certif- Bible College. He is a certified NCCP Level IV team, he won an ACAC Coach of the Year award tius in beach volleyball at the 2012 Summer tioning Coach at Trinity Western University. Washington attended Rutgers University and an industry cross over move led her to the icate in Biblical Studies from Covenant Bible (indoor) and Level II (beach) coach. in 2010 and league championship in 2011, before Fellowship with the Toronto Olympics in London, while also winning a He has a strong passion for helping his athletes graduated with a degree in Industrial Engi- Roxburgh currently serves as the general College in Strathmore. He is also an NCCP overseeing the team’s transition into U SPORTS in Raptors during their NBA Championship gold medal at the 2011 All-Africa Games. reach their full potential through strength neering. He and his wife Judy have two chil- manager and technical director for the Fraser Level III certified coach. 2012. Laforest was head coach of the Youngstown dren. year in 2019. Today you can find Yolam Prior to that, she played her collegiate career training, nutrition, and recovery methods. Steelhounds of the CHL, and the NCAA Univer- 2020 Valley Action within the PCSL, and director of overseas assisting the NBA and FIBA with with the University of Toronto from 2001 to He is currently working towards his Masters sity of Wisconsin Eau Claire men’s hockey team building the Basketball Africa League 2006, where she was a two-time OUA second TeamUp. He also operates the Spartan Soccer Degree in Coaching Science at the University between, where he won NCHA Coach of the Year LEADERSHIP team all-star. She is currently an international (BAL). Academy, a player development academy for of British Columbia and loves to learn more in 2004. Laforest has a Bachelor of Arts degrees in director with Athletes in Action. Prior to that, SUPERCONFERENCE young female players. about how to better serve those he coaches. Sociology and Physical Education from McMaster Li was a high school teacher in Toronto. University, and a Master of Arts in Coaching from the University of Western Ontario.