BC Hockey announces its Men’s U16 Team BC staff for the 2026-27 Program of Excellence (POE) season, and it includes Osoyoos Coyotes head coach-general manager Jackson Playfair.
Playfair, a Fort St. James native, returns to Team BC’s bench as an assistant coach for the 2026-27 POE season, his second season in the role. Playfair previously volunteered as a coach at POE Camps prior to his appointment as assistant coach. He was on the staff for the WHL Cup.
In his first season in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, the Coyotes were 13-29-2-0 in 44 regular season games.
Prior to joining the Coyotes, Playfair held roles with RINK Hockey Academy of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League for two seasons and was the head coach for their U17 Prep team. He has had coaching experience with the University of British Columbia Men’s Hockey team (U SPORTS) during the 2021-22 season, and U15 AAA Valley West Giants of the British Columbia Elite Hockey League during the 2020-21 season.
Playfair played in the Western Hockey League for three seasons between 2012-2015 for the Spokane Chiefs and Tri-City Americans. At the collegiate ranks, he played for Dalhousie University’s Men’s Hockey team (U SPORTS) from 2015-2019. He then moved on to professional hockey, where he played for the ECHL’s Orlando Solar Bears during the 2018-19 season.
