Matt Kimber
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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Year:
- 7
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- Hometown:
- Hamilton
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- Alma Mater:
- Mohawk College
Matt Kimber first started on staff as a coach with the women's curling program back in 2012-2013. Kimber claimed both an OCAA silver medal (2013-2014) and an OCAA bronze medal (2014-2015) coaching the women's program. He also helped coach the men's program to an OCAA silver medal (2019-2020) and bronze medal (2016-2017), alongside Calic. It was in the 2021/22 season that Kimber helped coach the men's and mixed doubles teams to an OCAA gold medal.
Kimber competed for the Mountaineers curling team for three seasons until he graduated in 2011, earning honour roll recognition each academic year on campus.
During that time, he was skip for two seasons and vice-skip for another. Kimber won the Team Sportsmanship Award at the OCAA Championships during his final two seasons and also won the Mountaineers Curling Coaches Award those same two years.
Matt's background playing at the collegiate level, followed by his active participation in the local Hamilton Victoria Curling Club have helped him succeed over the years developing the Mountaineers curling athletes.
Coach Calic on Kimber: "Matt contributes to the breakdown of each player's positional work during game scenarios and helps me to develop what is needed to be worked on during practices. I look at Matt as a great role model for how hard you need to work and how doing things the right way is always the best way."
"Matt possesses many of the qualities that make an assistant coach a valuable asset to the coaching staff. He compliments my skill set and personality. I am more analytical; Matt is able to see beyond the stats and can assist in relationship-orientated issues."
