Playing Career: 4 years at Grande Prairie Regional College
Coaching Experience: 20 years
Education: B.Ed – University of Alberta
Certificate in General Music Studies at Berklee School of Music Boston, Mass.
Darrell has been involved with the sport of volleyball for over 40 years mostly as a player. He was a member of the B.C. provincial team in 1987. He then went on to play his 4 years of eligibility at the Grande Prairie Regional College. Darrell has also been a member of the Canadian Masters Volleyball club from Edmonton Alberta, Canada. He started coaching U15 girls’ volleyball in 2005 and has continued to coach in the Grande Prairie area. Darrell was born and raised in Fort St. John B.C. and currently resides in Grande Prairie, where he is a fulltime teacher at Charles Spencer High School.
- 2nd Team ACAC All-star (1988)
- AVA Men’s Volleyball Outdoor Grass Doubles Champions in Edmonton Alberta (1991)
- 3rd at FOVA North America Open Men’s Outdoor Grass Doubles Washington DC, Virginia U.S.A. (1991)
- Silver medal at CCAA Men’s National Volleyball Championships (1998)
- Coached U15 junior high girls volleyball at Crystal Park School in Grande Prairie Alberta (2005 – 2009)
- Coached U13and U14 boys for Wolves Volleyball Club in Grande Prairie Alberta (2006 – 2008)
- Coached U14 Girls at Charles Spencer High School in Grande Prairie Alberta (2016 – 2017)
- Coached Junior Beach volleyball program for Grande Prairie Beach Volleyball Club (2018 )
- Competed in U.S. Open Championships in Columbus, Ohio U.S.A (2019)
- Coached Junior Blizzard program for SPVC in Grande Prairie Alberta (2019)