Mike Havey, Director of Athletics at the University of Windsor is pleased to announce the appointment of James Gravelle as the head coach of the Lancer men's volleyball team.
 
With the appointment, Gravelle becomes the first full-time head coach in the history of the men's volleyball program at the University of Windsor.
 
"We are delighted to announce the appointment of James Gravelle as the head coach of the Lancers men's volleyball team on a full time basis. Coming off a program best performance in 2017-18, the trajectory of the program has been very positive under James' leadership," said Havey. "In a full time role James will be able to continue to build on the significant program progress that he has been able to achieve in his first five years as head coach."
 
Since taking over the Lancers in 2013 James has re-focused the team on the fundamentals, stressing individual skill-building and steady development of every player on the roster.  A great deal of the Lancers development model comes from Coach Gravelle's time spent with Team Canada as an assistant coach (National B Team in 2015 and 2016) and head coach of the Canadian Universiade team (Taipei, Taiwan in 2017).  James was also the 2017 Team Ontario 17U Boys head coach.
 
The steady improvement of the Lancers over the past five seasons has been highlighted this past season as they qualified for the national championship tournament for the very first time in program history, while also winning the program's first provincial medal following a victory over the Ryerson Rams in the OUA bronze medal game.
 
The 2017-18 season is the second time in James' five year tenure that the program advanced to the OUA Final Four. As well, several Lancers have been selected as OUA all-stars under Coach Gravelle including current Lancers John Moate, Brad Gyemi, Pierce Johnson, and Anthony DeGirolamo who was named to the OUA all-rookie team.