Brian Rourke

Assistant Coach

Brian Rourke is an Assistant Coach entering his 6th year coaching with Blizz. His experience with the club includes two seasons as Head Coach at the 13U and 15U Boys levels and four seasons as Assistant Coach across the 16U, 15U, 14U, and 13U Girls programs. In 2025, he served as Assistant Coach of the 13U Girls Navy team, which won Tier 1 gold at the NS Championships. In 2026, he helped coach the 14U Girls team to a bronze medal at the NS Championships.

Brian has an outstanding playing background. He was a Canadian National Juvenile Champion with the Dartmouth Lakers in 1984 and a Canada Games bronze medallist with Team Nova Scotia in 1985. He was a member of the Canadian National Junior Team in 1983 and 1984, competing in Europe and Taipei, and represented Canada at the 1987 World Student Games in Zagreb as a member of the Canadian National Universiade Team.

Brian played men's volleyball at Dalhousie University from 1984 to 1989, winning four AUAA Championships. He was named AUAA MVP three times, earned five AUAA All-Star selections, and was a five-time All-Canadian. He was also named Dalhousie University Male Athlete of the Year twice. Brian went on to play professionally in France in 1989–90 and the Netherlands in 1993–94.

His coaching experience includes serving as Assistant Coach of the Dalhousie Tigers Men's Volleyball team from 1990 to 1993, Head Coach of Algonquin College Men's Volleyball from 2000 to 2004, and Head Coach of the Bayview High School Boys team from 2021 to 2023. Under his leadership, Bayview earned an NS School Sport Division 1 silver medal in 2022 and won the championship in 2023. Brian is the owner and operator of Brian Rourke Contracting.