University of British Columbia Women's Volleyball

Reimer has the second most regular season wins (282) in the Canada West among active coaches, being Alberta's Laurie Eisler.  UBC's CIS championship run came to an end in 2014. After finishing atop the Canada West standings during the regular season and winning the Canada West title, the Thunderbirds lost in the CIS Championship final to Manitoba (3-0). For a fifth straight year, a UBC player (Lisa Barclay) was named the CIS Player of the Year. The previous winners include Shanice Marcelle (2011 & 2013), Kyla Richey (2012), and Liz Cordonier (2010). Barclay was also the Canada West nominee for the BLG Awards as the CIS Female Athlete of the Year.  2012-13 was another banner year for the Thunderbirds as they dominated the competition, losing just one game and perhaps even more impressive, lost just nine sets in 27 regular season and playoff games. They defeated Trinity Western in the Canada West final and CIS semi-final 3-1 and would go on to beat the University of Alberta 3-0 in the CIS final, earning the program it's sixth straight national title. The 'Birds tied a CIS record, joining Alberta and WInnipeg as the only programs to win six straight CIS championships. In 2011-12, the Thunderbirds finished atop the regular season standings with a record of 18-2. They were ranked number one all season long in the CIS Top 10, but would lose in the Canada West Final to Alberta 3-2. Fortunately they still earned a berth to the CIS National Championships and would eventually get their revenge on the Pandas, defeating Alberta in the final 3-2. 2010-11 saw the Thunderbirds finish with a 15-3 regular season record, good for  first place in the Canada West conference, the no. 1 ranking in the CIS, and the Canada West Championship before UBC brought home their fourth consecutive national title. The 2009-10 season could very well be the finest in CIS womens volleyball history as he led UBC to a perfect 25-0 record, the no. 1 ranking for the entire campaign, their second straight Canada West Championship, and third straight national title. Dating back to midway through the 2008-09 campaign, the T-Birds won 40 straight CIS conference or playoff games through their title in 2010-11. For his efforts, Reimer was named the 2010 CIS and Canada West Coach of the Year.  It is the second time he has received both honours while at the helm of the Thunderbirds. The national award was the fifth of his career, the most of any CIS womens volleyball head coach. Reimer was also recognized as the Sport BC Coach of the Year for his accomplishments in 2010 while the T-Birds were named Team of the Year at the 45th annual Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards presented by TELUS.   He was not the only T-Bird recognized at the national level as Liz Cordonier was named the CIS MVP, before going on to claim the BLG Award as the CIS Athlete of the Year, and Claire Hanna brought home the Libero of the Year award. Three T-Birds earned CIS All-Canadian status as well. Under Reimer, UBC has gone to the CIS National Championship in all but one season, however, it wasnt until 2008 that they claimed the national title. In 2007-08, Reimer guided his T-Birds to the programs first National Championships in exactly 30 years with a 3-2 comeback victory over Montreal in the gold medal final. In 2008-09, the T-Birds started slowly and were 7-5 midway through the season.  The eventual national champions closed their season on a 15-game unbeaten streak and triumphed in the CIS title game with a 3-2 victory over conference rivals Calgary. Reimer played volleyball at the University of Victoria, where he was a two-time All-Canadian setter and was honoured with UVics top student-athlete award. He was the head coach of UVic from 1985-87. He then went on to coach Saskatchewans Canada Games team to a gold medal before leading the University of Winnipeg to a CIS title in 1992-93. Reimer came to UBC for the 1994-95 season after his back-to-back coach of the year seasons at Winnipeg. He coached for three successful seasons at UBC left to become the full-time head coach of Team Canada and returned to the Point Grey campus for the 2000-01 season. His major accomplishments with Team Canada included a second-place finish at the Olympic qualifier for Salt Lake City and a fifth-place finish at the 1997 World University Games in Sicily. During his career, Reimer has been named the CIS Coach of the Year five times, twice with UBC in 2006 and 2010, once while at Victoria (1986), and back-to-back with Winnipeg (1993, 94). Doug and wife, Barbara, a professor of political science at UBC, live in Vancouver with their daughter, Katie-Anne.