Antigonish, NS - StFX Director of Athletics & Recreation Leo MacPherson is pleased to announce the appointment of Khyl Orser as their new Strength & Conditioning Coach.
"We are very pleased to add Khyl Orser as our head strength and conditioning coach to the StFX Athletics team," comments MacPherson. "Our coaches and student-athletes are eager to begin working with him as he has a lot of value to offer. This further demonstrates our ongoing commitment to offering student-athletes the support they need to achieve their full potential."
A native of Victoria, B.C., Orser spent the previous two years as an assistant strength & conditioning coach at Simon Fraser University, working with NCAA Division II men's and women's soccer, lacrosse, basketball and swimming student-athletes. He spent time preparing CFL, NFL and Simon Fraser football athletes in preparation for combines.
Orser coached Vancouver College track & field throwers, helping them win the 2016 provincial title. He also coached national elite/junior development athletes in track cycling and professional road cyclists for one season, including professional European and North American road cyclists and the junior gold medalist in the Team Sprint at the 2015 national championship. He has served as a consultant for pre-season training camps with NFL teams and coached a top 100 world ranked tennis player. A national-caliber athlete in track cycling and in speed skating as a sprinter for four years, Orser completed his Bachelor of Science in kinesiology degree at the University of Victoria, following up with a Master of Exercise Science degree in Strength and Conditioning from Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia.
Orser officially began his full-time head strength & conditioning coaching position with StFX Athletics on June 27th and has quickly settled in, commenting "It has been a long journey from coast to coast, but I'm looking forward to meeting more of the athletes and getting to work. We've got a great group of coaches and I am excited to help them build on their previous successes. The 2016-17 season should be a great year."
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