Soccer
Eric Schweizer
Year of Induction: 2022
Starting in 1974, Eric Schweizer has coached numerous sport teams in and around the community of Kamloops. Ranging from youth to college levels, with the guidance and mentorship of Schweizer, his teams won three high school provincial championships (1996, 1999, 2001), as well as many local and Okanagan championships. In 1995, Eric Schweizer began coaching at the Cariboo College, now known as Thompson Rivers University (TRU), and was the assistant coach on the women’s CCAA national win in 1996. Schweizer continued to assist the team to a silver medal CCAA national win in 1995, 1996, 1998, and 2002. In 2003, he was promoted to the head coach position where he continued to lead the women’s team to silver in 2003, 2006, and 2008. Over his 36 years of coaching, Eric Schweizer trained many competitive and recreational soccer teams and was named the National CCAA coach of the year in 2008.