Meet the Coaches

Olympic Coach Shaun Caven is director of canoe/kayak programs for the OKC Boathouse Foundation and head canoe/kayak coach for the OKC National High Performance Center. Originally from Scotland, Coach Caven served as head coach for the British National team where he coached paddler Tim Brabants to a gold medal in Beijing before moving to Oklahoma City in February 2009.

Coach Caven focuses on athlete development at all ages and understands how to make kayaking fun for kids as young as 8, while creating world-class training programs for elite athletes in high performance center programs. Coach Caven served as the Scottish National Coach from 1997 to 2001. He then coached the British Junior Team from 2001-05 in Nottingham England, before accepting a position coaching the British Senior Team in London, England.

He has worked with and coached athletes at every level, from Junior National Champions to Olympic Medalists. Since moving to the USA, Caven has coached on USA Team Camps with Junior and Senior Athletes. He is a Director of the USA Canoe/Kayak Coaches Association and was selected to Coach Team USA at the Senior World Championships last year in Dartmouth, Canada.