The London Devilettes Board of Directors
are pleased to announce that Head Coach Bill Chantler, Assistant Coach Jessica
Chantler, and Assistant Coach Rachel Chantler, have agreed to continue leading
our U15AA High Performance program for the next three seasons (2023-2024 to the
end of the 2025-2026 season)
COACHING
STAFF
Bill Chantler is an HP1 certified head coach who
has coached in the Devilettes organization for over 20 years.
Bill has
coached at every level of competitive girl’s hockey from Novice to Junior. Most
recently Bill has coached the Devilettes U15AA team for the past 5 seasons.
Bill believes that the U15AA level is the foundational level for high
performance women’s hockey & prides
himself on player development and teaching the game of hockey to his players. A
multitude of players that Bill has coached over his tenure with the Devilettes
at the U15AA level have gone on to play at the highest levels of girls hockey
including U18AA, Junior hockey, and continued onward to university hockey in
the both the OUA and NCAA.
Jessica
Chantler played her
minor hockey with the London Devilettes including her final 2 years as a member
of the MAA (U18AA) team. She has coached at the Peewee (U13) and Bantam (U15)
levels for the past 11 years. Jess has been an assistant coach with the
Devilettes U15AA team for the past 6 seasons. Jess brings to the team strong
leadership and communication skills together with a wealth of minor hockey
playing and coaching experience as well as being an outstanding role model for
the girls.
Rachel
Chantler played her
minor hockey with the London Devilettes including her final 3 years with the
MAA and Junior teams. 2023/24 will be Rachel's 4th year coaching Devilettes
U15AA team after completing a very successful OUA hockey career with the
University of Windsor Lancers where she played over 100 games and was the team
captain in her final 2 seasons. Rachel brings to the team a wealth of hockey
knowledge and experience at the minor hockey, Junior, and University levels as
well as being an outstanding role model for the girls.