Karim Khalil joined the Lions coaching staff in 2015, making a return to the program where he spent five years as a player (2008-13). A three-year captain of the Lions during his playing career, Khalil shone as a two-time academic all-Canadian, president of the York Sport Council and was selected for the prestigious Charles Saundercook Memorial Trophy at York and the OUA representative for the CIS Dale Iwanoczko Sportsman Award.
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Khalil has been a very popular coach with the Pakmen Volleyball Club and served as an assistant coach with the U17 and U18 Pakmen team that repeated with provincial gold and national silver medals in 2015 and 2016. In 2016, Khalil served as the head coach for the Volleyball Canada Centre of Excellence (VCCE) with U14 Boys in Mississauga. He recently completed his master’s degree in kinesiology and health science at York.
