Joel Jansen

Joel Jansen

  • Title
    Assistant Coach

Jansen is in his ninth year as assistant coach with the Spartansmen’s volleyball team. After graduating from Fraser Valley ChristianHigh School in 1995, Jansen went to school at NCAA DivisionI Long Beach State.

After a redshirt season in Long Beach, he transferred to York Universityin Toronto, where he played for two seasons, from 1996-1998. Following his two years at York, Jansen took his game overseasto play professionally in the Netherlands.

After one year in the Netherlands, Jansen returned to B.C. to playfor the Spartans, where he and TWU head coach Ben Josephsonwere teammates from 1999-2002.

After his graduation from TWU, Jansen was an assistant coach fortwo years under former Spartans bench boss Ron Pike.

He returned to the TWU bench as an assistant in 2007, when Josephsontook over the head coaching duties.

Jansen has also helped coach the Fraser Valley Volleyball Club’s17U/18U program since graduating from TWU in 2002.