Bio

Head Coaching Tenure

23 seasons
Overall Record: 458-63 (.879)

Medals

2025 CCAA Silver Medal
2x CCAA Bronze Medal ('16, '23)

17x OCAA Provincial Champion ('04, '06, '08-'18, '22, '23, '24, '25)
3x OCAA Silver Medal ('05, '07, '20)
2003 OCAA Bronze Medal

Coaching Accolades

2009 CCAA Coach of the Year
2x OCAA Coach of the Year ('06, '09)
9x OCAA Division Coach of the Year ('02, '04, '05, '06, '09, '11, '13, '18, '25)

CCAA Postseason

National Titles: 0
Record: 26-33 (.441)
Tournament Appearances: 17 ('04, '06, '08-'18, '22, '23, '24, '25)
Final Four Appearances: 7 ('04, '06, '12, '15, '16, '18, '23, '25)

OCAA Postseason

Provincial Titles: 17 ('04, '06, '08-'18, '22, '23, '24, '25)
Record: 71-8 (.899)
Postseason Appearances: 23 (2002 to 2025)
Final Four Appearances: 23 (2002 to 2025)

OCAA Regular Season

League Record: 361-22 (.943)
Division Titles: 17 ('04-'06, '08-'10, '12-'18, '22, '23, '24, '25)

About

In 23 seasons as head coach and 24 on the Humber staff, Chris Wilkins transformed Humber women’s volleyball into the elite program in the province. He enters his 24th year at the program's helm in 2025.

In two decades with the Hawks, Wilkins has become the most successful coach in OCAA women’s volleyball history, capturing 17 conference titles with an overall record of 458-63. He has mentored 12 CCAA All-Canadians, including three-time winner Kelly Nyhof, who became the program’s second CCAA Player of the Year in 2014. Wilkins has also coached 78 All-Ontario selections during his tenure, including the program's first national player of the year Landis Doyle, Kelly Nyhof, Nina Carino, Thalia Hanniman, and Alley Newman – all of whom received the honour at least three times.

In 2009, Wilkins was named the CCAA Coach of the Year after leading the Hawks to a 20-0 regular-season record, just one of ten perfect OCAA seasons under his tutelage. It was the second time he was named OCAA Coach of the Year, receiving his first selection three years prior in 2006.

Two of the conference’s top streaks occurred during the Coach Wilkins era, including an unprecedented 11 straight OCAA titles. From 2008 to 2018, Wilkins and the Hawks won 34 consecutive postseason matches.

On February 16, 2011, Humber defeated Redeemer and started an OCAA win streak that lasted 2,824 days. For seven-plus seasons, the Hawks never lost an OCAA regular season or playoff match – establishing a record of 155 consecutive victories.

The North Campus Gym has always been a formidable mountain for visiting teams to climb, but that has taken on new meaning during Wilkins’ time in Etobicoke. Coach Wilkins has accrued a 164-6 (.965) home record, including the longest home winning streak in Humber varsity history. For over a decade, Wilkins and the Hawks won 103 regular-season matches from November 2007 to November 2018.

Wilkins and the Hawks recorded their 12th perfect season during the 2024-25 campaign, capturing the program's fourth straight provincial title on home court. 

Under Wilkins’ guidance, the Hawks own a regular-season record of 361-22, averaging less than one loss per season during his 23-year campaign. On the national stage, an intense five-set semifinal victory over VIU sent Humber to the national championship match for the first time in team history. Wilkins and the Hawks went on to win first CCAA silver medal.

On January 20, 2023, Wilkins became the first head coach in Humber Athletics history to win 400 career games.

Wilkins has been coaching for over three decades, including working with the provincial and national teams. In 2017 he began coaching in the ONE Volleyball league, as head coach for the Galaxy Volleyball Club. The club has reached the finals in all three seasons, winning the League One title in 2019. He is also extremely active in the Aurora community, coaching his daughter's 15U Aurora Storm team which is ranked in the top-10 in the province.

As a player, Wilkins played for the Humber men's volleyball team for two seasons, accumulating a 22-2 (.917) regular-season record while capturing the 1998 OCAA bronze medal. He graduated from Humber College with a diploma in Recreation and Business Management.  

Wilkins currently resides in Schomberg with his two kids, Tayah and Tristyn.