Article content

Curry Hitchborn has said since the very beginning, what he really wants to be is a rugby coach.

Hitchborn, who’s also worked in film, has coached high school rugby at Handsworth Secondary in North Vancouver, rep rugby at various levels for the Vancouver Rugby Union, men’s club rugby at Capilano Rugby Club and at UBC and now he’s off to Seattle to join their new Major League Rugby outfit, the Seawolves.

We apologize, but this video has failed to load.

tap here to see other videos from our team. Try refreshing your browser, or UBC rugby coach joining Seattle pro team — and Vancouver expansion could follow Back to video

“I’ve been slowly working towards this for the last decade and a half,” Hitchborn said Wednesday.

“Curry is one of the most hard-working people I know,” Adrian Balfour, co-founder of the Seattle Seawolves, said in a media release. “His knowledge, expertise and passion for rugby is unparalleled and we couldn’t be happier to have him as part of the Seawolves coaching staff.”

And while it may appear Canada is losing a promising young coach, Hitchborn, known for his large beard, said that isn’t so.