HENLEY WINS JEFF COLLINS COACHING SCHOLARSHIP By Scott Taylor, Photos courtesy Darryl Gershman, Louisiana-Lafayette University, Curl Canada and James Carey Lauder Mackenzie Henley is simply too busy. She really wants to start coaching high school hockey this season but with having just been announced as the coach of the U16 Smitty’s Terminators Softball team and with one year remaining on her Bachelor of Science in Biology, there just isn’t enough time. “Maybe later,” she said with a laugh. “But I’m just so busy right now, it’s impossible to find the time.” Last month, Henley was named one of the two winners of the Jeff Collins Memorial Coaching Award by Sport Manitoba. Collins’ expertise earned him a reputation as a coach’s coach. He served as head coach and clinician for the Legion Athletic Camps at the International Peach Garden for 32 years and was the convenor and co-meet director of the MHSAA’s provincial track and field championships from 1984 to 2001. Jeff attained his Level 3 NCCP and also worked with world-class special needs athletes. In 2003, Jeff was inducted to the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame. Both recipients of the award – Henley and football coach, Liam O’Brien, like Henley, a University of Winnipeg student – will receive a $500 bursary to be used toward their 2020-2021 tuition.
Mackenzie Henley and Team Manitoba
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