Coaching staff confirmed for Softball Canada's U-23 Men’s National Team

Coaching staff confirmed for Softball Canada's U-23 Men’s National Team
25/03/2021
Dean Holoien and Mark Quinn will assist head coach Doug Allin as the team targets the Pan American Softball Championship and a berth into the maiden WBSC U-23 Men’s Softball World Cup.

The coaching staff has been revealed for the newly launched Softball Canada U-23 Men’s National Team. Doug Allin has been named head coach of the squad, and the national governing body completed the coaching staff with the designation of Dean Holoien and Mark Quinn as Assistant Coaches.

Holoien, who was a member of the Canadian Men’s National Team program from 1998 to 2009, competing in a pair of WBSC Men’s Softball World Cups (silver in 2004 and bronze in 2009), has been involved in coaching at the minor level for 15 years and served as an Assistant Coach of the Canadian Men’s National Team at the 2017 WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup.

Quinn served as an assistant coach with Canada's Junior Men’s National Team from 2015 to 2020, before being named head coach of the U-18 Men’s National Team for the next cycle. He helped Canada claim the bronze medal at the 2016 WBSC U-19 Men’s Softball World Cup, followed by fourth place in 2018 and seventh place in the inaugural WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup in 2020.

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The Canadian team is slated to participate in the U-23 Pan American Softball Championship this year, a qualifier for the inaugural WBSC U-23 Men’s Softball World Cup 2022, which is set to take place in Argentina.

Softball Canada and the new coaching staff will now turn their attention to the athlete identification and selection process.


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