2024 Team Canada
Head Coaches

Shadae comes into the program as a highly accomplished and respected player, with an impressive track record. She has a proven history of success, with some phenomenal accomplishments such as: 4x Provincial Championship gold medalist (3x Alberta, 1x Ontario), and 6 appearances at the Canadian National Championships. And, as a 1x gold medalist at the Canadian National Championships and 3 years on the Canadian National Team, Shadae brings valuable experience and knowledge to her coaching approach.

I have played competitive dodgeball for over 20 years with experience at the highest level of play in foam, cloth and rubber. Each with success at the world level. Growing up and to this day, I continue to play competitive sports outside of dodgeball (basketball, volleyball, soccer, football and softball). What a lot don’t know about me, is that I have obtained my black belt as well as competed in martial arts internationally.

Team Canada is looking better than ever! With nearly a decade of experience playing, organizing, and coaching dodgeball, I’m excited to take a leading position with Dodgeball Canada’s gold-medal winning mixed program. Joining me as Assistant Coaches this season are Corey Oickle from Halifax, Nova Scotia and Guylaine San Filippo from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Both are former members of Team Canada’s National teams and strong leaders from their regional communities.

Gravili — also known as “Coach Vic” — is amongst the longest tenured and winningest coaches in dodgeball history. With an unparalleled legacy, Coach Vic stands as a beacon of excellence, having amassed an array of accolades throughout his coaching career which began in 2008. This will mark his seventh World Championship and his first foray into coaching the cloth discipline, a testament to his adaptability and expertise in the sport.

I have been around dodgeball for a dozen years, playing competitively and winning medals at national, regional, and international competitions. I have coached at league, provincial, and national tournaments bringing home medals at all levels. To round out the coaching staff I have invited former Team Canada Captain and multiple World Championship gold medal winner Dave Kutner; former Team Canada Captain and multiple World Championship medal winner Matthew Garcia-Silveira; and longtime Team Canada member and Quebec dodgeball pioneer Hubert Gaudreau to the team.

My name is Brian Warring and I’ve been playing cloth dodgeball since the day EDH, Canada’s first cloth league started in 2005 in Hamilton, Ontario. I was immediately obsessed with the game. After over a decade of playing and reffing at EDH I began branching out and playing in other organizations, (Dodgeball Niagara, PlayHamilton) discovering other styles of play and trying foam for the first time in 2016. I found out there was a National Dodgeball Team and that Canada would be hosting the world championship in Toronto in 2017. I was amazed at what I witnessed there and I knew I wanted to get involved at a higher level.