We are very excited to announce our biennial Coaching Super Clinic- coming to Kingston Friday April 24 and Saturday April 25.

This year's sports include Track & Field, Volleyball, and Basketball.

The clinic will take place at Kingston Secondary School (KSS).

Registration will take place on Friday April 24 from 5:00PM to 5:45PM at KSS. The first sport session will take place from 5:45PM. The keynote speaker will be at 7:00PM. The Coaching Social will start at 8:15PM.

Saturday's first session will begin at 9:00AM. Saturday's last session will start at 2:30PM.

We are very excited to announce that Julie-Anne Staehli will be delivering this year's keynote address at the EOSSAA Coaching Super Clinic.

Julie-Anne Staehli is originally from Lucknow, Ontario, and her journey in sport began long before she stepped onto the world stage.

Julie-Anne was involved in all sports offered through elementary school, and eventually found the most enjoyment and success in cross country and track. She won the individual and team OFSAA title in her senior year, marking the beginning of a steady progression in her running career.

She went on to study at Queen’s University, completing a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Science in Kinesiology and Health Studies, where she became the first 5-Time All-Canadian in the school’s history, with 12 podium finishes and 2 national titles.

Julie-Anne continued her education at Western University, where she received her teaching degree and was the Assistant Coach of the Western Mustangs Varsity Cross Country program for two seasons.

Julie-Anne has represented Canada on 10 National Teams as a middle-distance athlete. She competed at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics before moving to the US to run professionally with Team New Balance Boston under Mark Coogan.

Most recently, Julie-Anne accepted a position at Queen's in the High Performance Athletics Department as a Coordinator for Student-Athlete Retention. She made her half marathon debut in Toronto last fall, finishing second in a time of 1:14:06.

Beyond her sport and professional career, Julie-Anne co-founded The ReRUN Shoe Project in 2016 to give shoes another life and donate to those in need who might not otherwise have a quality pair to participate in an active lifestyle.

Amy Bell, certified Mental Performance Consultant, will be leading an all-sport session on mental skills for high-school athletes at this year's EOSSAA Coaching Super Clinic in Kingston April 24/25.

Amy’s life-long love of sport and her desire to help people achieve their full potential inspired her to pursue a career as a Certified Mental Performance Consultant. She discovered her love of sport psychology while completing her Bachelor’s degree in Human Kinetics at the University of Ottawa in 2015. With her interest piqued, Amy advanced her knowledge by completing her Master’s degree in 2017 in the Human Kinetics Intervention and Consultation program also at uOttawa. She is a professional member of both the Canadian Sport Psychology Association (CSPA) and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP) and became a Certified Mental Performance Consultant through AASP in 2023.

Amy works with her clients to develop a customized strategy to help them achieve their goals and dreams. The skills she helps her clients develop are not limited to the playing field. Part of Amy’s consulting philosophy includes helping her clients develop skills for all areas of their lives. Her belief that mental skills are life skills has led to her to work with a wide range of clients - sports teams, athletes, coaches, organizations, musicians, actors, and students, as well as “corporate athletes.” Amy focuses on empowering her clients to take control of the mental skills training process, identify their strengths, and develop the tenacity and perseverance to fulfill their ultimate potential.

While she grew up playing just about every sport she could, Amy’s first love was always hockey. She enjoys playing with her recreational league team and is also an NCCP Level 2 certified hockey coach, currently an assistant coach with her local minor hockey association. When she isn’t working, playing or coaching sports, Amy enjoys watching sports on television, in particular her beloved Ottawa Senators and Ottawa Charge.

Coaching legend John Allan will be bringing his impressive throwing coach resume to the 2026 Coaching Clinic. John has coached at the 1999 Pan-American Games, the 2000 Olympics, 6 World Championships, the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and the 2016 Para Olympic games contributing to the success of over 30 national team athletes.

John has coached the London Western Track & Field Club and at Sir Frederick Banting Secondary School for 30 years and coached throws at University of Western Ontario for 25 years.

The Head Coach of the TMU Men's Basketball team David DeAveiro will be presenting at this April's EOSSAA Coaching Super Clinic.

Fresh off TMU's Wilson Cup victory and a National final four, Coach DeAveiro brings a wealth of coaching experience to EOSSAA. He played five years at U Ottawa. Coaching stops at U Ottawa and McGill before landing at TMU, Coach DeAveiro has collected over 500 U Sports wins.

He has also worked extensively with our national team programs "including the men's senior, development and junior levels. In 2018, he was an assistant on the Canadian squad that won silver at the Commonwealth Games in Australia. Coach DeAveiro spent six summers as head coach of the Canadian cadet program, which finished fifth at the 2016 FIBA U-17 world championship in Spain, second at the 2015 FIBA Americas U-16 championship in Argentina, sixth at the 2014 FIBA U-17 world championship in Dubai, third at the 2013 FIBA Americas U-16 tourney in Uruguay and fifth at the 2012 FIBA U-17 world championship in Lithuania, (TMU Bold Athletics)."

Coach DeAveiro will share his expertise with EOSSAA on half-court offense.

OCAA East Division Coach of the Year and Overall Coach of the Year in the OCAA, Caleb Hugh, Head Coach of the Loyalist College Women's Basketball Team, will be presenting at this year's EOSSAA Coaching Super Clinic.

Coach Hugh has led the Loyalist program since 2018 also capturing OCAA East Division Coach of the Year Awards in 2023 and 2025.

He spent his playing days at Quinte Secondary, where he won Sr. Boys Bay of Quinte and COSSA Championships while earning team MVP honours. He went on to play Collegiate Basketball at Loyalist.

Coach Hugh is heavily entrenched in Belleville Basketball coaching coaching in programs such as 613 Spiders AAU, the Belleville Spirits, and multiple high school team.

He will be presenting "Pressure Offense: Using Scoring Systems & Constraints to Help Shape Learning."

We are excited to welcome Hugo Boisvert, head coach of Ontario Tech University's Women's Basketball Team to the EOSSAA Coaching Super Clinic,

Coach Boisvert clinic topic will be on incorporating decision making into skill development.

"Boisvert started his coaching career in Quebec, where he gained experience at Collège Laval before joining the collegiate ranks with the Laval Rouge et Or as the lead assistant for the women's and men's basketball teams in 2019, supporting the head coaches in tactical decisions, practice planning, and recruitment, (Ontario Tech Athletics)."

He also began coaching with the Quebec provincial team in 2019, taking the helm of the U14 Boys team, and serving as an assistant coach for the U17 team that won the national championship in 2022, (Ontario Tech Athletics)."

Boisvert has also served as Head Coach of Lakehead University's Women's Basketball Team.

We are excited to have Mark Bomba, Head Coach of Queen's University's Cross Country and Distance Track and Field, join us at the EOSSAA Coaching Super Clinic on April 25/25 in Kingston.

In 2025, the Queen's Men's Cross Country team captured OUA Gold and the Women's Cross Country team captured OUA Silver. This helped Coach Bomba to be named 2024 OUA Men’s Coach of the Year

Coach Bomba has coached elite endurance athletes for nearly three decades at the

university, national, and international levels working with athletes who have competed on Olympic and World Championship stages.

Previously, he served as Head Endurance Coordinator for Cross Country and Distance Track at Trinity Western University (TWU)

"Bomba’s accolades include being named Athletics Canada Development Coach of the Year (2016), U SPORTS Women’s Cross Country Coach of the Year (2015), and Canada West Men’s (2016) and Women’s (2013–2016) Coach of the Year, (Queen's University Athletics).

Bomba is a former elite athlete himself having represented Canada on several Athletics Canada National Distance teams. "He is a Canadian medalist in events ranging from 1,500 metres to the half marathon and was a member of two IAAF World Cross Country Championship teams in 2001 and 2003," (Queen's University Athletics).

Queen's University Men's Volleyball Head Coaching Gabe deGroot is returning to the EOSSAA Coaching Super Clinic to present "Owning first contact - the process of relentless serving pressure".

deGroot led Queen's to the OUA Championship in 2024-2025- the third provincial title for the Gaels under his leadership. Queen’s Men’s Volleyball has appeared in the national championship tournament in five of seven seasons under his leadership.

"deGroot was an assistant coach with Canada at the FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship in 2021. He has also been assistant/statistical analyst for Team Ontario at the Canada Summer Games in 2016-17, " (Queen's University Athletics).

Coach deGroot played at the University of Guelph where he was an OUA All-Star and was named the OUA Libero of the Year in back-to-back seasons.

We are very excited to have Chris Shibley to present on hurdles and join our panel discussion for this year's EOSSAA Coaching Super Clinic.

Shibley is a teacher and coach with Sydenham High School. He ran middle distance and threw javelin at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. His father was the late Ken Dearborn, a fixture of high school track and field in EOSSAA since 1970.

Chris is an official with Athletics Ontario, working as a starter and umpire at provincial and national level meets including OFSAA in 2012, 2017 and 2024.

We are excited to welcome back five-time OUA Volleyball Coach of the Year Brenda Willis to the EOSSAA Coaching Super Clinic.

Willis was the winner of the OUA 3M Coaching Award in 2010 and coached Men's Volleyball at Queen's University for 31 years.

"In the summer of 2009, Willis served as Head Coach of the National Maccabia Men’s Volleyball Team, earning bronze medal for Canada, the first men’s volleyball medal Canada has ever won in these games. In 1993, she led Team Ontario to a gold medal finish at the Canada Games," (Queen's University Athletics).

Willis served as President of the Ontario Volleyball Association for ten years

"In 2007, she was the honoured recipient of the Rolf Lund Jule Nisse Award, presented by the Ontario Sport Alliance and the Ministry of Health Promotion to an individual who has demonstrated a life-time commitment to Playground to Podium Sport,"(Queen's University Athletics).

Brenda's session will be on "Maximizing Drill Effectiveness".

We are excited to welcome back Claire Meadows, head coach of the Queen's University Women's Basketball Team!

A distinguished alumna of the university, Meadows has led the Gaels to some of the most successful seasons in program history, blending a championship pedigree with a commitment to student-athlete development and social equity.

Since returning to her alma mater, Meadows has made an immediate and historic impact:. In her first season (2021–22), she led the Gaels to a U SPORTS Bronze Medal. The following year (2022–23), she guided the team to a program-best 21–1 regular-season record, capturing both OUA Silver and U SPORTS Silver medals. She was named the OUA Women’s Basketball Coach of the Year for the 2022–23 season.

Meadows has an extensive international resume, having served as the Head Coach for the Canadian National Junior Women’s Basketball Team. She notably led Team Canada at the FIBA U19 World Cup in 2019.

Before Queen's, she was the Associate Head Coach for the Saskatchewan Huskies, where she helped lead the team to a U SPORTS National Championship in 2020. She also served as the Head Coach at UBC Okanagan (2015–2018).

Meadows will be presenting "Building 1 v 1 Defense: from full court to half court"

We are excited to partner with the Holiday Inn Express Kingston West for the Coaching Super Clinic April 24/25.

Please use the following link by April 9 to book your stay: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/find-hotels/select-roomrate?fromRedirect=true&qSrt=sBR&qIta=99801505&icdv=99801505&qSlH=YGKKS&qCiD=23&qCiMy=032026&qCoD=25&qCoMy=032026&qGrpCd=EOS&setPMCookies=true&qSHBrC=EX&qDest=205%20Resource%20Road,%20Kingston,%20ON,%20CA&showApp=true&adjustMonth=false&srb_u=1&qRmFltr=

See below to see the schedule from our first Super Clinic in 2024

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