OUR DEDICATED COACHING STAFF
HEAD COACH - MICH ROY
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Fraser Valley Head Coach, Michel Roy, is a 35 year veteran Professional Water Polo coach in Canada and the USA.
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Michel started playing water polo in 1973.
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He is one of a few Level 4 NCCP in Canada.
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Mich is a former Head Coach of the Canadian Women's Youth National Team. He is also a former Head Coach of the Canadian Senior Men’s and Senior Women’s National teams and the only Canadian coach who has had the privilege of coaching all three National Teams.
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Michel was the Head Coach of the University of Hawaii for 10 seasons in the NCAA Division 1, MPSF conference, the best female water polo league in the World. While there, his teams competed in the NCCA Finals on 4 occasions.
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Michel is a 32 time National Champion in Canada as a coach and 2 times as a player.
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He has produced over 100 National Team and NCAA athletes.
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He is a 11 time Senior Men’s National Champion as a coach and once as a player (1982), the most ever in the history of Water Polo in Canada.
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In 1993 Michel’s club was National Champions in the Senior, Junior and Juvenile men’s levels, this was the only time, ever, in the History of WPC, that one club won all 3 Nationals in the same season.
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In his career Michel has coached 8 Olympians, 2 of whom are Olympic gold medalists.
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3 of Michel’s athletes have been named Best Water Polo Player in the world in both USA and Italian magazines. With Michel’s contacts in the USA at both the University and College levels, he has placed a great number of athletes with scholarships in the USA NCAA Colleges.
GEORGIY BELYAEV
COACH
A former Canadian Junior National Team player and a winner of Most Valuable Coach at the 2019 Canadian Western Championships (after coaching our 14U Boys to a Gold Medal win!).
Bringing 10 years of playing experience on the club, provincial and national team level and having coached for over six years, Georgiy can't wait to start this competitive season.
When Georgiy is not on the deck coaching he is a full time student at SFU and plans to play on the Fraser Valley Masters Team.
“A sport played by the quickest, strongest, smartest and best conditioned athletes.”
ARE YOU WITH US?
“A sport played by the quickest, strongest, smartest and best conditioned athletes.”
ARE YOU WITH US?
THOMAS GIBSON
COACH
Thomas is a national level player who Coach Roy has called one of the top centre defenders in Canada!
Thomas' skill doesn't stop at defense as he is one of the most well rounded players to ever play for Valley. As a goalie, he was one of the best in the nation and, on offense, he was always one of the top scorers. Lastly, he has been previously recognized as an All Star by Water Polo Canada.
He has coached BCSSA Summer Water Polo for the past four years with Crescent Beach Swimming Club.
Thomas starts his paramedic training in March 2023.
ILYA BELYAEV
ASSISTANT COACH
An assistant coach and a high level player within the FV organization. Ilya possesses a strong technical foundation and has been coaching our development athletes for two years.
Water Polo Canada awarded Ilya top goal scorer in the 15U Western Nationals Championships of the NCL for the 2022 season AND most valuable boys player.