Bakeer Ganes
August 15, 2008 02:58 PM | General
Assistant Coach
Bakeer.Ganes@mail.wvu.edu
(304) 293-9894
Bakeer Ganes enters his fifth season with West Virginia, third as assistant coach, after serving two years as a graduate assistant. Ganes currently serves as the recruiting coordinator and works with the players on skill development, as well as dealing with scheduling responsibilities alongside coach Hammersmith.
Before coming to WVU, Ganes served as an assistant coach at Cedar Valley College in Grand Prairie, Texas, for one season. He helped the Suns reach their co-conference championship in the 2005-06 season. His duties included assisting the head coach with all aspects of the program including recruiting, practice and competition preparation, summer camps and travel arrangements, as well as alumni outreach and fundraising.
In addition to his duties as an assistant coach at CVC, Ganes also served as the head coach of the 17’s ACE Elite Team at Arlington Courts in Dallas, Texas.
Ganes also worked with Bob Bertucci of Temple to conduct summer camps in 2005 and 2006.
He completed his bachelor’s degree in political science with minors in economics and German from Queens College in 2005. He played four years of volleyball there while pursuing his degree. While having a standout career at Queens, he was also a four-year letterwinner and helped the Knights to two conference championships.
Ganes was born in Sri Lanka, but moved to Germany when he was five. He has been playing volleyball since he was nine. In Germany, he competed on a very successful club team from 1990 to 2000, VFL Sindelfingen, winning the regional championship and the state championship many times. Ganes and his team also made numerous appearances at the national championship.
Ganes received his master’s degree in athletic coaching education in 2007 from WVU. He resides in Morgantown.
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