Brock’s Calder honoured with Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award
The Coaching Association of Canada is pleased to announce the names of the 46 coaches honoured with a Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Award for 2009. These prestigious awards recognize coaches whose athletes excelled at various world championships and at the Special Olympics World Winter Games.
Marty Calder, head coach of the Brock University men’s and women’s wrestling team and coach of two-time Olympic medalist Tonya Verbeek (55kg) is one of the recipients of this excellence award in coaching.
“The Petro-Canada Coaching Excellence Awards are this country’s most important forum for coach recognition,” says John Bales, Chief Executive Officer, Coaching Association of Canada. “Without these awards, the accomplishments of most of our great coaches could well go unnoticed.”
CALDER QUICK FACTS
Born: 1967
High School: Lakeport
College Education: Brock University
Brock University Career
- CIAU Champion (1988)
- CIAU Champion (1990)
- CIAU Champion (1991)
- CIAU Champion (1992)
- Four-Time First Team All-Canadian
- Five-Time OUA Champion
- Inducted into the Brock Athletics Hall of Fame 2003
- two-time Olympian (1992, 1996)
- seven-time Senior National Champion
- three-time Olympic Trials Champion
- three-time Brock Male Athlete of the Year
COACHING CAREER
- Assistant Coach, Brock University (1994-2007) - Head Coach, Brock University (2007-present) - Head Coach, Tonya Verbeek (2-Time Olympic Medalist) - Assistant Coach, Men's Canadian Olympic Team
COACHING HONOURS
- OUA Men’s Coach of the Year (2008-09, 2007-08, 2004-05, 2003-04, 2002-03, 1999-00) - OUA Women’s Coach of the Year (2008-09, 2007-08, 2005-06, 2000-01) - CIS Men’s Coach of the Year (2004-05, 2003-04, 1999-00,1998-99) - CIS Women’s Coach of the Year (2001-02, 2000-01, 1998-99)
