After 22 years, HPC pioneer Teresa Arnini is leaving Humber Athletics
ETOBICOKE – The Humber Varsity program is losing a veteran staff member and respected leader.
After two decades, Teresa Arnini is stepping away from Humber, closing a tremendous career in which she pioneered the establishment of Humber's strength and conditioning program.
"This decision comes with mixed emotions for me, as I am happy for Teresa but will miss having her around the program," said athletic director Ray Chateau. "She's been a tremendous strength and conditioning coach for over a decade and helped lead the resurgence of our very successful cross-country program."
A proud supporter of Humber Athletics, Teresa was known around campus as a "second mom". Her upbeat, high-energy personality was extremely contagious and she could always be counted on for words of encouragement. You would be hard-pressed to not find Teresa behind the bench of every Humber home event, where she was known for a whistle that could cut through even the loudest crowd noises.
After being hired by retired athletic director Doug Fox in 1999, Teresa held various positions within the Humber fitness and athletics department. Competing in numerous marathons, her passion for running was instilled in the Humber cross country program, where she was a head coach from 2006 to 2019. During that span, her teams captured two CCAA national titles and 20 OCAA medals. She was twice named the OCAA Coach of the Year, and in 2018 she was presented with the Doug Fox Coach of the Year award from Humber Varsity.
It was in 2010 when she created the varsity-only High-Performance Centre (HPC), an area created to be strictly utilized by varsity athletes to work with certified strength and conditioning coaches for their professional athletic development. Since the program's inception, Humber Athletics has won 29 CCAA national championships (a national best) and 110 OCAA championships (a provincial best).
