2018 Club 7s Handbook: 7s Working Group of the Performance Game Board (Section 3)
The 7s Working Group was put together by Alex Magleby, with input from the USA Rugby National Office and the chair (Steve Lewis) selected to oversee the group. The group includes:
Steve Lewis [Chair] - coach for multiple programs over the years at Club 7s Nationals (going 18-4, including three straight 5-1 records), including most recently Bulldog Rugby; founding member of the Northeast ODA; MCAA 7s coach; coach of the Army women's 7s program; former head of PRO Rugby
Chris Ryan - coach for Schuylkill River; former WNT 7s assistant coach; coach for Atlantis Rugby (and heavily involved with Atlantis over the years); Princeton women's coach; winner of 7 national championships; coached with greats such as Signes, McCoy, Steinberg, etc.
Howard Kent - widely hailed as the top 7s administrator; has been at over 2/3rds of Club 7s finals and ran the Frontier region for many years; widely credited for advocating and reforming the 'series' approach to qualification; founder of the Denver 7s program; known to be formerly affiliated with the Denver Barbarians
Joanne Liu - coach and founder of Scion; built the program 'from the ground up' first finishing 15th at Club 7s in 2013 and winning the event in 2016; extensive work to build up an academy system to link programs to youth/college; former Navy women's 7s coach
Patrick McNally ('Paddy Mac') - former USA 7s referee manager; former World Rugby 7s referee selector; creator of the USA 7s HP referee pathway; contributor to the World Rugby 7s referee course and workbook; World Series referee liaison officer (USA stop) since 2007; performance reviewer for 7s world series and NACRA/RAN 7s; long background with Southern California rugby, USA Rugby, and World Rugby
Erik Geib - 6.5 year employee of USA Rugby; tournament director or on-site employee for multiple 7s national championships; previous work with both all-star and city 7s tournaments; previous schedule-creator and event operations staff for World Rugby women's 7s events in the U.S.; contributor to the 2018 RWC 7s proposal; creator of equality-in-scheduling policy for men's/women's field/stadium rotation at USA Rugby
3.2. 7s Working Group Powers & Authority
See: Performance Game Board Terms of Reference
Steve Lewis [Chair] - coach for multiple programs over the years at Club 7s Nationals (going 18-4, including three straight 5-1 records), including most recently Bulldog Rugby; founding member of the Northeast ODA; MCAA 7s coach; coach of the Army women's 7s program; former head of PRO Rugby
Chris Ryan - coach for Schuylkill River; former WNT 7s assistant coach; coach for Atlantis Rugby (and heavily involved with Atlantis over the years); Princeton women's coach; winner of 7 national championships; coached with greats such as Signes, McCoy, Steinberg, etc.
Howard Kent - widely hailed as the top 7s administrator; has been at over 2/3rds of Club 7s finals and ran the Frontier region for many years; widely credited for advocating and reforming the 'series' approach to qualification; founder of the Denver 7s program; known to be formerly affiliated with the Denver Barbarians
Joanne Liu - coach and founder of Scion; built the program 'from the ground up' first finishing 15th at Club 7s in 2013 and winning the event in 2016; extensive work to build up an academy system to link programs to youth/college; former Navy women's 7s coach
Patrick McNally ('Paddy Mac') - former USA 7s referee manager; former World Rugby 7s referee selector; creator of the USA 7s HP referee pathway; contributor to the World Rugby 7s referee course and workbook; World Series referee liaison officer (USA stop) since 2007; performance reviewer for 7s world series and NACRA/RAN 7s; long background with Southern California rugby, USA Rugby, and World Rugby
Erik Geib - 6.5 year employee of USA Rugby; tournament director or on-site employee for multiple 7s national championships; previous work with both all-star and city 7s tournaments; previous schedule-creator and event operations staff for World Rugby women's 7s events in the U.S.; contributor to the 2018 RWC 7s proposal; creator of equality-in-scheduling policy for men's/women's field/stadium rotation at USA Rugby
3.2. 7s Working Group Powers & Authority
See: Performance Game Board Terms of Reference
