RICK PELLETIER

Rick Pelletier
Assistant Coach National 2 Squad

Rick brings to us over 15 years of coaching experience in Alberta, BC, and Manitoba; including Head Coach/Assistant Head Coaching positions with the Edson Orcas, Cascade, and the Glencoe Gators Swim Clubs. Rick also spent a year in Kamloops as the Head Age Group Coach, and four years as Head Coach of the St. James Seals in Winnipeg where he retired from the Military as a Phys Ed Instructor (having worked with Kevin in the past).

In his years coaching Rick has consistently coached numerous medalists and Champions at Provincials ranking in the top five in Canada, and finalists at National who have gone on to represent Canada. Rick has also coached swimmers to the podium of the World Military Games in Rome Italy 1995 also breaking Canadian Masters records.

In 1997 Rick was awarded the Manitoba Award of Sports Excellence in recognition of outstanding coaching performance and in 2003 was a recipient of the CSCA Excellence Award for coaching a National Age Group Champion.

Rick is also a Massage Therapist, and has tons of experience at the international level.
Being on staff from 1995-1999 with the Manitoba National Sports & Swim Centre and Team Canada Volleyball provided Rick the opportunity to travel to numerous major gamesincluding a trip to the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Canada Games 1997, Pan-Am Games 1999, Pan-Pac Swimming (Sydney 1999) and World Short Course Champs (Hong Kong 1998) and has already been selected to the staff of this year’s Pan-Pac team in Vancouver

Rick is looking forward to achieving his goal of being part of what he considers the best coaching staff in Canada, and is a firm believer that: a strong work ethic, along with good technique and attention to detail of all the little things are the key foundations to big success.