Coaching Community

Allison Ota

Co-Director of Kinnect VC

2023-2024 - 14s Forest Head Coach

2022-2023 - 18s Forest Co-Head Coach

2022-2023 - 14s Ocean Assistant Coach

Allison was born and raised in Santa Cruz County and has been involved in the volleyball community here for 16 years.

Claire Okerlund

2023-2024 - 18s Forest Co-Head Coach

Ben Meyer

2023-2024 - 15s Ocean Assistant Coach

Rowdy Lennon

2023-2024 - Lead Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - 15s Forest Head Coach

Rowdy grew up in Mar Vista, California and played Outside Hitter...

Erin Mitchell

2023-2024 - Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - Clinic Coach

Joseph Diaz

2023-2024 - Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - 14s Forest Assistant Coach

Jojo was born and raised in Watsonville...

Jake Lee

2023-2024 - Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - 15s Forest Assistant Coach

Coming Soon!

Justin Bates

Co-Director of Kinnect VC

2023-2024 - 15s Forest Head Coach

2022-2023 - 18s Forest Co-Head Coach

2022-2023 - 14s Ocean Assistant Coach

Justin Bates come to us from Northridge where he attended Northridge Academy.

Tennessee Fulks

2023-2024 - 18s Forest Co-Head Coach

Tobin Mitchell

2023-2024 - 15s Forest Assistant Coach

Alex York

2023-2024 - Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - 16s Forest Assistant Coach

Alex grew up In Santa Cruz and started playing volleyball in 7th grade at B40...

Hunter Zeng

2023-2024 - Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - 16s Ocean Assistant Coach

Sam Wittert

2023-2024 - Lead Settter Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - 16s Forest Head Coach

Sam Wittert started playing volleyball at the age of 14...

Paige Schieferstein

2023-2024 - 15s Ocean Head Coach

2022-2023 - 14s Forest Head Coach

Paige grew up in Washington State and has been playing volleyball for 13 years...

Carson Nicodemus

2023-2024 - 16s Forest Head Coach

2022-2023 - Clinic Coach

Sean Byram

2023-2024 - 16s Forest Assistant Coach

2022-2023 - 15s Forest Assistant Coach

2022-2023 - Clinic Coach

Nathan Mei

2023-2024 - Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - Clinic Coach

Coming Soon!

Emma McWiter

2023-2024 - Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - Clinic Coach

Shirley Morrison

2023-2024 - Clinic Coach

2022-2023 - 14s Forest Head Coach

2022-2023 - 16s Ocean Assistant Coach

Shirley Morrison is from Pacifica, Ca and is currently attending Cabrillo college to study Kinesiology...