Boys 15U Navy Coaches
Eugene Tan
Head Coach
Third Year coaching for Blizz, HC for 14u boys '23/'24, HC for 15u boys '25
Club Coaching Experience:
Active from 1999 to 2012 inclusive. Has coached everything from Mini-Volleyball to 18u, both male and female
School Experience:
Head Coach of Queen Elizabeth High School Boys’ Volleyball Team 2000 – 2005
Head Coach of Citadel High School Girls’ Volleyball Team 2007
Head Coach of Halifax Independent School Male-Identified Team 2022
Provincial Team Experience:
Provincial Team coach 2002 – 2013,
Head Coach Boys’ program 2006 – 2008,
Assistant Coach, Canada Games 2005 and 2013, Head Coach, Canada Games 2009
University Experience:
Assistant Coach, Dalhousie Men’s Team 2006 – 2014
Other:
President, VNS 2007 – 2009
NCCP Level 3 + Level 1 & 2 facilitator
Stepped away from coaching in 2014 to spend more time with family. Have returned to coaching along with my family, including spouse Krista (AC 15u) and son Kieran (15u)
I am currently the managing partner of Walker Dunlop, Nova Scotia’s oldest law firm.
Christiaan Rombaut
Assistant Coach
2nd Year with Blizz
Playing Experience: Liga Nacional, Brazil (2011), University of Mount Olive (2009-2010), Conference Carolinas Men's Player of the Year (2010), Conference Carolinas First Team All-Star (2010), CoSIDA/ESPN: The Magazine Academic All-Region (2010), University of Mount Olive Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2010), University of New Brunswick (2004-2006), Rookie of the Year (2005), Team Nova Scotia Canada Games Captain (2005)
Coach: Chapel School Head Coach (2012-2017), São Paulo, Brazil, Big 4 Brazilian Champions
Current teacher at C. P. Allen High School.
Doctorate in Education from Western University.
Krysta Forbes
Assistant Coach
2024: Coach, Bedford Blizzard Fall Skills
2023: Assistant Coach, Bedford Blizzard 14U Boys,
2022: Coach, Halifax Independent School Junior High Boys
2008: Certificate of Achievement in Volunteerism, Halifax Regional Municipality
2007: Coach, Citadel High School Girls’ Team, 2006-2009 Executive, Metro Volleyball Club, Elite Chair, Volleyball Nova Scotia, Co-Coordinator, Mini Volleyball, Metro Volleyball Club, Coach, 18 and Under Girls’ Volleyball Team, Metro Volleyball Club
2002-2006: Vice President, Metro Tigers Volleyball Club
2000-2006: Coach & Manager, QEH Boys’ Volleyball Team,
Head & Assistant Coach, various Boys’ & Girls’ Volleyball teams, Metro Tigers Volleyball Club
2006: Elite Program Manager, Boys’ and Girls’ Teams, Volleyball Nova Scotia,
2005: Elite Program Manager Nova Scotia Boys’ Canada Games Volleyball team,
2003-2004: Manager, Nova Scotia Boys’ Juvenile Volleyball team,
2002: Assistant Coach, Nova Scotia Boys’ Midget Volleyball team
Managing Lawyer, Halifax North Office, Nova Scotia Legal Aid
Recipient of Kings' Counsel in 2024
