Former SFU Captain Simon Dykstra

On this episode of Interviews with Anthony Beyrouti, we had the privilege of sitting down with our very own, Simon Dykstra. For those of you that don't know, Simon is both a parent and a coach in our VK Program, having coached his younger daughter Louise in 2019 and his older daughter Marah in 2020.   As a teacher and coach in the Vancouver School District for over 20 years, Simon continues to give back by sharing his knowledge and love of the game with hundreds of  young student-athletes.   Prior to becoming a teacher, Simon had a very successful playing career at SFU from 1986-1990 under Head Coaches, Stan Stewardson (1986-1989) and Jay Triano (1989-1990); who would go on to become the Head Coach of the Toronto Raptors from 2008-2011.   Following his successful career at Simon Fraser, Simon went on to play professionally overseas in Copenhagen, Denmark from 1991-1994.  During Simon's second year abroad, he was named to the Denmark All-Star Team.   Simon was also part of the Roskilde BBK team that was promoted into the Elite-division during his second year as a player-coach.   After returning to Canada and obtaining a B.A. from UBC, Simon coached the Jr. and Sr. Boys teams at Kitsilano Secondary to provincial titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002. From there, Simon went on to earn himself the job as Head Coach of the Langara Falcons from 2002-2004.