Wesley Barrett
Houseparent (Whittal House); Head of Soccer
B.A. (UVic)
Born and raised in Richmond, BC, Mr. Barrett is going into his ninth year at Brentwood and eighth year as Head of Soccer.The Brentwood Soccer Program sees over 100 different athletes on the pitch at any given time throughout the year. Competitive soccer runs in the fall term for boys and the spring term for girls, with soccer training happening in the winter term. The highlight over the last ten years, if you asked anyone in the soccer program, would be the boys winning the BC Championships in 2021. Mr. Barrett moved to Vancouver Island at 19 to attend the University of Victoria to pursue his post-secondary education and to play Vikes Varsity Soccer. He played soccer for the Vikes from 2008-12. The highlight of his university career was winning the National Championship on home soil in 2011.Mr. Barrett finished a degree in Recreation and Health in May of 2013 and he holds a National B coaching Licence out of British Columbia. Mr. Barrett has spent the last 20 years coaching soccer, mostly in Victoria and the Lower Mainland. He also co-founded an organization called EPIC Sport Management Society and continues to oversee and facilitate EPIC while working as Brentwood’s Head of Soccer. EPIC runs the largest College ID Camp in Western Canada. Mr. Barrett has a very close connection to a multitude of Canadian university soccer programs.
Paul Collis
Instructional Leader, English; Soccer Coach
B.A. (UBC), M.Lit. (St Andrews, UK)
Head of the English Department, and sartorial inspiration for multitudes of Brentwood students, Paul Collis teaches English 9, Language and Composition 11AP, and Writing 12. With an undergraduate degree from the University of British Columbia, a master’s in Shakespeare from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, no experience as a long snapper for the Pittsburgh Steelers, a lot of experience missing disc golf putts, and a teaching diploma from the University of Victoria, Mr. Collis ensured that he remained in school in perpetuity by joining the Brentwood faculty in 1998. When not brandishing semi-colons to the reluctant or championing Dickens to the incredulous, Mr. Collis coaches soccer at Brentwood, then returns on his bicycle to Cobble Hill, where he, his wife Karen Handford, and their chickens spend many pleasant hours re-enacting great scenes from Pickwick Papers to amuse their corpulent cat.
Toby Collis Handford
Assistant Houseparent – Ellis House; English Teacher; Soccer and Flag Football coach
B.A., B.Ed. (UBC)
Born and raised on Vancouver Island, Toby Collis Handford is thrilled to be working at Brentwood as an AP Language and Composition teacher, a soccer coach, a football coach, and now the Assistant House Parent of Ellis. While completing a Bachelor of Arts degree at UBC, Toby was able to receive the Chancellor’s Scholarship in academics, accept the Kelly’s Curtis Memorial Scholarship in English, and defeat Harold Wardrop in a fantasy football league. Toby is grateful to have held teaching positions at UBC-O, West Vancouver Secondary School, and Academic Camps Canada. He aims to use his experience to give the young men of Ellis House the best start to their academic careers possible.
Jill Fougner
Head of Volleyball, Sr Girls' Soccer Coach
B.A. (UVic)
Born and raised in Victoria, BC, Jill Fougner competed in a wide variety of sports as a child. Her teenage years were divided busily between softball and volleyball. Ms. Fougner was a member of Team BC in volleyball for four years. At 18, she was selected to join Canada’s National Volleyball Team; shortly after she relocated to the national training centre in Ottawa, she represented Canada in the 1982 World Volleyball Championships in Peru. After playing for the Canadian National Team, Ms. Fougner competed for the University of Victoria where she was named to the USports All-Canadian Team four times. She was also named Best Setter at the 1989 Canadian National Championships. On graduating from the University of Victoria with a degree in psychology, she moved to Australia to play professional beach volleyball. She then returned to Victoria where she headed up the UVic Varsity Volleyball coaching staff for seven years. Ms. Fougner joined the Brentwood coaching staff in 2000, and became Assistant Houseparent of Gwynneth House (now Allard) in 2001. She is currently the Brentwood Volleyball Program Head. Jill has coached the Brentwood Senior Girls’ Volleyball Team to nine Island Championship titles, two Bronze, and back-to-back Provincial Championship titles. She was the assistant coach for Team BC in 2007, which won the Gold Medal at the Western Canada Games and finished 4th at the 2009 Canada Summer Games; she was named Volleyball Coach of the Year for Vancouver Island (2006/07). She has also assisted with the Senior Girls’ Soccer Team since 2005.
Soccer
The Brentwood Soccer Program is inclusive, and any player should find opportunity within the year—boys competing in the fall, everyone working on skills development through winter, and girls competing in the spring. Juniors with aptitude and appetite are regularly invited to practice with older players. Our long-term approach to player development focuses on building better thinkers on the field, not just on winning games.
The Soccer Program fields teams at the junior and senior levels. Working as a club, there is cohesion between all groups—as skills and tactics are universal throughout. Travelling to away tournaments on weekend trips is a highlight for many players as they experience the grit of competition and the joy of shared accomplishment.
Our teams participate in several university-hosted tournaments, the BC Independent Schools Association Championship Tournament (ISAs), and they compete in regional and provincial championships. In 2024/25, the Brentwood Senior Boys Soccer team won the Bronze Medal at the Provincial Championship.
Brentwood’s mild climate enables the soccer program to train outdoors year-round. Student-athletes are supported by the facilities located in and around the Eldon and Anne Foote Athletic Centre, including our four grass fields, a turf practice field, and change rooms directly off of Gillespie Field. In addition, our players can further increase their physical abilities by taking advantage of our Strength & Conditioning Centre—where dedicated coaches provide sport-specific training.
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