Brock University Athletics

Mark Smerdon began coaching the Brock women’s rugby team in August of 2019.

Smerdon, who was born in Surrey, England, started playing the sport of rugby in his hometown of Exeter, Devon.

He was St. Francis Xavier University’s first women’s rugby coach in 1984.

Smerdon has since coached the Streetsville Secondary School boys and girls rugby teams. He guided the girls team to an OFSAA title in 2012.

He also coached the Mississauga Blues RFC (from U10 to senior men), Rugby Ontario (boys U18 National Champions 2013), the Rugby Ontario U18 girls team and the Upright Rugby Rogues Sevens (tournaments in NY, Vegas, Denver, Salt Lake City, Florida and Toronto).