September 9, 2008

LENNOXVILLE – The Bishop’s University Athletic Department has announced that Phil Ribaux has been named the new Head Coach of the Bishop's Gaiters Women's Soccer team. Ribaux replaces Darren Matthews, who stepped aside due to increasing family and work commitments and is now the team's General Manager.

Ribaux, 26, who was entering his second season as an Assistant Coach with the team, is a Physical Education instructor at Champlain College, and also serves as the strength and conditioning coach for the Gaiters Men's Basketball team.

Ribaux played as a central midfielder in the CIS with the Brock Badgers for three seasons, from 2002-04, and won a national championship with the Badgers in 2002. Prior to playing at Brock, he captained the Champlain Cougars men's soccer team to a bronze medal at the Quebec provincial AA championship in 2001, their first playoff appearance in ten years and their only ever appearance at the provincial championship.

Ribaux, a native of Lennoxville, has a degree in Physical Education from Brock and an Education degree from Lakehead University. He is the son of former Gaiters hockey player Gilles Ribaux '78, a defenceman on the 1975-76 squad.

Ribaux lost his first game as Head Coach on Sunday to the No. 6-ranked Montreal Carabins. The Gaiters host Sherbrooke on Friday night at 7 p.m. at Coulter Field and visit the UQTR Patriotes on Sunday at 1 p.m.