For immediate release Westshore Rebels Announce Coach Shane Beatty Will Continue as Assistant Head Coach for the 2017 Season Victoria, BC, Canada – January 31, 2017 – After the announcement that Charly Cardilicchia was the new Head Coach of the Westshore Rebels it was uncertain if Assistant Head Coach Shane Beatty would continue coaching for the 2017 season. We are happy to announce that Coach Beatty has agreed to continue on as Assistant Head Coach, as well as Strength and Conditioning Coach and Director of Player Development. “After being a part of the growing success of the Rebels team over the past year I wasn’t ready to leave. I am so proud of our team and I know that this year we will come back even stronger with the help of our highly experienced team of Coaches. I still have more to teach these talented football players and I look forward to the upcoming season,” says Beatty. Coach Beatty brings decades of coaching and athletic training experience to the Rebels. His resume includes 23 years of coaching experience at the University level in the U.S., in a wide variety of roles. In his coaching career, Beatty has served as Recruiting Coordinator and Assistant Coach at Reedley College, Defensive Coordinator and Head Coach at West Virginia Tech, Assistant Director of Football Operations at Iowa State, and Defensive Coordinator and Strength Coach at the College of Sequoias. Beatty has also trained high level athletes outside of football, including high school and collegiate athletes, wrestlers, Olympic sprinters, and pro golfers. During his three seasons as Head Coach of the Okanagan Sun, Beatty was awarded CJFL Coach of the Year twice, and led the team to a BCFC championship in 2015. Beatty is also a Rebels alumni; he played for the team as a linebacker in 1988 and 1989. “We were really hoping Shane would continue this season. With J.C. leaving it was important to keep some consistency in the coaching staff. Coach Beatty is an excellent Coach with many years of high level coaching experience. We are in really good shape to carry the Rebels success into the 2017 season,” says Jonathan Poppitt, General Manager of Westshore Rebels. About Westshore Rebels: The Westshore Rebels are a Canadian Junior Football team based in Langford, British Columbia. The Rebels play in the six-team BC Football Conference, which itself is part of the Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) and competes annually for the national title known as the Canadian Bowl. The club has operated continuously since the late 1960s in Victoria, having previously been known as the Sharks, Payless, and the Hornets. Media Contacts: Jonathan Poppitt General Manager/VP of Operations 778.678.5123 Tracy McAllister Director of Marketing and Media 250.516.6406 .