Boland And Hill Selected As Assistant Coaches – Men’s National Team
Ryan Boland And Jason Hill To Don Maple Leaf In Assistant Coaches Role
Softball NL Would Like To Take This Opportunity To Congratulate Ryan Boland (Goulds, NL) And Jason Hill (St. John’s, NL) On Being Selected As Assistant Coaches Of The Men’s National Team For The Next WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup Cycle.
Ryan Boland (Goulds, N.L.) was part of the Men’s National Team program as an athlete from 2011 to 2024, participating in five WBSC Men’s Softball World Cups and capturing four consecutive medals with the squad including the gold medal in 2015, one silver medal in 2022 and two bronze medals in 2017 and 2019. He added two other international gold medals as a member of the 2015 Pan American Games and 2012 WBSC Americas Pan American Championship teams. He has been heavily involved at the local association level in Newfoundland & Labrador as he turned his attention towards coaching, mentorship and player development. He is a Competition – Development Certified coach who continues to work with high-performance coaches and athletes in the province.
Jason Hill (St. John’s, N.L.) joined the Men’s National Team as an athlete in 2008 and played in four WBSC Men’s Softball World Cups, earning the gold medal in 2015, a silver medal in 2022 and a bronze medal in 2019. He won gold at the 2015 Pan American Games, and added four WBSC Americas Pan American Championship appearances, winning gold in 2012, silver in 2022 and bronze in 2014. Jason has been involved as a minor softball coach in Newfoundland since 2020, has been a player/coach with his local 3 Cheers Pub team in the St. John’s Senior Men’s Fastpitch League since 2015, and was an assistant coach with Team Newfoundland & Labrador at the 2025 Canada Summer Games.
