Multi-Season Championship Wins in Five Sports 

Chuck Hebert moved to Wetaskiwin in 1996 to teach high school Physical Education at Wetaskiwin Composite High School.  With that assignment came the responsibility to act as the school’s Athletic Director, recruiting and supporting coaches within the Wetaskiwin Composite High School Athletic Program.  During Chuck's nineteen-year tenure at WCHS students/teams have won over twenty Provincial Championships.  Chuck himself was coach or assistant coach in five different sports and won fourteen Provincial Championships and twenty-five zone championships.  Chuck also founded the Wetaskiwin Minor Basketball Association.  His considerable involvement in high school sports and community recreation along with his coaching successes make Chuck more than deserving of induction into the Wetaskiwin and County Sports Hall of Fame.

 Superlative Record of High School Championships 

At WCHS, Chuck coached track and field, cross country running, volleyball, and basketball.  He coached track and field for sixteen years (1996-2012), cross country running for twelve years (2000-2012), basketball for thirteen years (1996-2012), and volleyball for six years (1997-1999 and 2010-2012).  Cumulatively, these teams won twenty-five zone championships.  From 2000-2004 Chuck was the assistant coach for the Cross Country Running Team when they won five Provincial Championships.  In 2005 Chuck took over the head coaching duties and won seven more Provincial Titles.  Additionally, in 2011-12 Chuck coached the Track and Field Team to a Provincial Championship.  In total Chuck coached his WCHS teams to thirteen Provincial Championships, an incredible record for a high school coach.  Chuck’s Boys Volleyball team reached the Provincials in 1999 and 2012.  In 1999 they won the silver medal.  As coach of the Senior Girls Basketball team, the girls won the Central Alberta Zone Championships six consecutive years from 2004 - 2009.  All zone championships qualified the girl’s basketball teams to compete at the Provincial Championships.  They lost in the zone finals in 2010 and 2011 and then won another zone championship in 2012. 2012 was indeed a banner year for Chuck as the three teams he was coaching at WCHS won two provincial titles and a zone championship, another laudable achievement!  2012 was also the year that Chuck transferred from WCHS to Ecole Queen Elizabeth Junior High School. However, he continued to coach at WCHS until 2015.  In recognition of his Coaching and sports building achievements, Chuck was inducted into the Alberta High Schools Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.  All in all, Chuck’s record at WCHS was nothing short of amazing and an accomplishment that will be more than difficult to replicate!

Lasting Footprint in Sports Community
Through Mentorship and Volunteerism

Of particular note is Chuck’s mentorship of high school athletes who are encouraged to “give back” to the community through sports by volunteering to coach or referee in the WMBA.  Over the length of the program some 200+ individual high school athletes have become involved. It is a rare occasion when one person comes into a community and leaves such a footprint in the community sport realm.  Chuck has done just that; a winning provincial and zone championship coach, a sport program founder and builder boasting very healthy participation and a great mentor teaching our adolescent youth the value and importance of volunteerism and “giving back”.  We appreciate and applaud the countless hours of volunteer effort that Chuck has so willingly given to our young people.  Congratulations Chuck on your induction into the Wetaskiwin and County Sports Hall of Fame, you are indeed a credit to our community.