I started playing volleyball almost 10 years ago after a friend invited me to an open gym in Kennewick.  It was a fun game and I met some nice people who helped him learn about the game.  One of those players, Bill Brantley, asked me to join his league team in Richland.  It was there after seeing the top team run an in system play that I realized that to play this game you needed to be athletic and very smart, and in that moment I fell in love with the game of volleyball. 

A couple years later, I started coaching at Blue Mountain CC as an assistant under Dave Baty and Kari Jones.  A season later I stayed closer to home and became an assistant at Columbia Basin before spending two years as an assistant with Kamiakin High.  My first year of being a head coach was also his first year coaching club with Strikeforce when the coach had to step away from coaching the team at the beginning of the season.   I have a great passion to teach not only the game of volleyball, but all the life lessons that come with playing this very team orientated game. 

Joining Club Gold was a great choice for me because of the access to other coaches who were able to help me progress in my ability to coach.  Being able to communicate with this big group of coaches I have come to respect is a really amazing thing to me.  I want to get better every day as a coach so that I can help grow this sport as much as I can in this area.  After a GMS coaching clinic at UW, I came away excited to start the next season and get back to teaching.   I look forward this year to teaching the players the things that will make them successful moving forward and instilling a passion for the game that will keep them playing for a life time. 

“The only person you have to be better than, is the person you were yesterday.”  I love this quote and it will be a motto for my team this year.  Through hard work, focus and communication each player be given the opportunity to grow as a player and a person within a team that becomes a family.  I love the competitive nature that Gold Medal Squared practices bring.  The team bonds together in so many ways as they push themselves and each other to be the best possible player and teammates they can be.  I look forward to this season.  Go Gold!!!!

College Coaching Experience

2009   - Blue Mountain Community College Assistant

2010 & 2012    - Columbia Basin College Assistant

High School Coaching Experience

2011-2012    - Kamiakin High School JV & Varsity Assistant

2015- Hanford High School JV coach

Club Coaching Experience

2012 Strikeforce U-14 Black head coach

2013-14 Club Gold U14 Blue head coach

2014-15 Club Gold U18 Blue head coach, U12 Blue assistant coach

2015-16 Club Gold U12 Blue head coach

2016-17 Club Gold U13 head coach

2017-18 Club Gold U14 head coach

2018-19 Club Gold U12 head coach

2019-20 Club Gold U13 Blue coach

2020-21 Club Gold U14 Blue coach

2021-22 Club Gold U15 Blue coach

2022-23 Club Gold U16 Blue & U13 Blue coach