Kurt Innes

Background

About Kurt Innes

Over a 30 plus year athletic and professional career, Kurt has successfully contributed to Canadian and International High Performance Sport as an Olympic athlete, Olympic and National Team coach, and HP Sport Director. Kurt is currently the Director, Performance Solutions, with the Canadian Sport Institute Pacific (CSI Pacific). As a senior leader of the CSI Pacific, Kurt collaborates with the senior leadership team to set the overall strategy and direction for CSI Pacific. The main driver of Kurt's role is to help determine and then facilitate sport science and sport medicine performance solutions that support Canadian National Team athletes and coaches to have the greatest opportunity for success on the global stage. Along with the above, Kurt is also actively engaged in the sport community within key projects that enable Kurt to share his passion and expertise. Most recently, Kurt was the Chef de Mission for Team BC at the 2023 Canada Winter Games. In this role, Kurt supported BC athletes, coaches and Mission Staff to achieve their individual personal goals and objectives on and off the field of play. Another passion project of Kurt’s is the BC Games Coach Mentorship program, to which Kurt was the Master Coach Mentor between 2019-2024. Within this role, Kurt worked closely with targeted coaches from BC Games sports to develop and implement their own unique coach mentorship relationship within their sports. Kurt is a graduate of the Sport Administration program of Mount Royal University, and the National Coaching Institute-Calgary. A Chartered Professional Coach (ChPC), Kurt earned a diploma in High Performance Coaching and NCCP level 5 certification in Cycling, and NCCP level 4 certification in Speed Skating. A 1992 Olympian, Multiple time Canadian Cycling Champion, and two-time recipient of the Coaches Association of Canada Coaching Excellence award, Kurt has achieved excellence as an Olympic Athlete, and as an Olympic Coach. As a coach, Kurt contributed to the achievement of medal winning performances for multiple athletes at World Championship, Commonwealth Games, Pan-Am Games and Olympic Games events. Specialties: High Performance Sport / Program strategic planning. High Performance Program implementation. Coach mentorship, and HP Coach Evaluations. Directing sport science and sport medicine support programs/staff. Athlete Identification, Athlete Development, and Athlete Performance.