Christian Redmann - Director
Now retired, Christian's international beach volleyball career lasted over 15 years.
Volleyball Accomplishments:
• 2 X Canadian National Champion
• Top 10 world ranking
• 2011 PanAm Games
• Multiple World Championship appearances
• 2014 Continental Champion
• 2012 – Qualified a spot for Canada in the London Olympics
• 10+ years with Canadian National Team
Christian has been coaching youth volleyball for over fifteen years; having coached club volleyball at every age level from 13/14U developmental teams to 18U Provincial Champions, and National Medal winning teams. He Head Coached the Volleyball Program at Havergal College in Toronto for ten years. The school would win more than twenty-five Independent School Championships from 13U to 20U, and a Provincial Championship during his time as Head Coach.
Ten years ago Christian and three-time Olympian and Olympic Bronze Medalist, John Child started Leaside Volleyball Club. Leaside offers both a house league and Provincial Championship winning club program - welcoming over 1000 registered youths annually. Christian now lives full time in Vancouver with his wife, Olympic Snowboarder and Dr. of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dominique Vallee, where together they lead active and outdoorsy lives canoeing & camping in the summer and skiing/snowboarding in Whistler, BC.
Christian is also the Head Coach for Canadian Men’s beach volleyball team of Grant O'Gorman & 2016 Rio Olympian, Ben Saxton.
Volleyball Accomplishments:
• 2 X Canadian National Champion
• Top 10 world ranking
• 2011 PanAm Games
• Multiple World Championship appearances
• 2014 Continental Champion
• 2012 – Qualified a spot for Canada in the London Olympics
• 10+ years with Canadian National Team
Christian has been coaching youth volleyball for over fifteen years; having coached club volleyball at every age level from 13/14U developmental teams to 18U Provincial Champions, and National Medal winning teams. He Head Coached the Volleyball Program at Havergal College in Toronto for ten years. The school would win more than twenty-five Independent School Championships from 13U to 20U, and a Provincial Championship during his time as Head Coach.
Ten years ago Christian and three-time Olympian and Olympic Bronze Medalist, John Child started Leaside Volleyball Club. Leaside offers both a house league and Provincial Championship winning club program - welcoming over 1000 registered youths annually. Christian now lives full time in Vancouver with his wife, Olympic Snowboarder and Dr. of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dominique Vallee, where together they lead active and outdoorsy lives canoeing & camping in the summer and skiing/snowboarding in Whistler, BC.
Christian is also the Head Coach for Canadian Men’s beach volleyball team of Grant O'Gorman & 2016 Rio Olympian, Ben Saxton.
Brina Derksen-Bergen
Brina Derksen-Bergen need no introduction to the Vancouver Volleyball community...
Hailing from Abbotsford, BC, she is currently teaching PE and English at Stratford Hall in East Vancouver. Her playing history as a member of the future Hall of Fame UBC Women's team having won 5 consecutive CIS/U-Sport Championships as the team's starting setter. Unsurprisingly, Brina brings phenomenal insight to the teams she coaches; U16 Team BC girls and U16 team BC boys, as well as U17/18 girls at Thunder Volleyball club.
Her proudest accomplishment as a coach is receiving the honour of top female club coach of the year for Volleyball BC in 2018.
Pacific Coach Volleyball Club is extremely fortunate to have Brina on board! and strongly encourages all athletes to pick her brain for tips and valuable lessons she's learned throughout her career as a top athlete and coach.
Hailing from Abbotsford, BC, she is currently teaching PE and English at Stratford Hall in East Vancouver. Her playing history as a member of the future Hall of Fame UBC Women's team having won 5 consecutive CIS/U-Sport Championships as the team's starting setter. Unsurprisingly, Brina brings phenomenal insight to the teams she coaches; U16 Team BC girls and U16 team BC boys, as well as U17/18 girls at Thunder Volleyball club.
Her proudest accomplishment as a coach is receiving the honour of top female club coach of the year for Volleyball BC in 2018.
Pacific Coach Volleyball Club is extremely fortunate to have Brina on board! and strongly encourages all athletes to pick her brain for tips and valuable lessons she's learned throughout her career as a top athlete and coach.
18u Boys - Jeremy Bednar, Ben Saxton
16u Girls - John Galloway
Coach Bio
Player Bio
- Hawks Beach Volleyball - Club Director (2016 - Present)
- 6pack Adult Coaching Clinics - Program Director (2013 - Present)
- SFU Women's Volleyball Team - Interim Head Coach (2013)
- Bison Volleyball Club - Head Coach (2010 - 2012)
- Level 2 Certified NCCP Indoor & Beach Volleyball
Player Bio
- Seattle Pro Open - Tournament Winner (2016)
- Vancouver Pro Open - 3rd Place (2015)
- Kits Classic Pro Tournament Champion (2016, 2017)
- 7-Time KBVA Tournament Champion (2015 - 2019)
- FTC Men's National Team Athlete (2010 - 2011)
16u Girls - Tim Stubbs
15u Girls - Brandon Nguyen
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Brandon started playing volleyball in his junior year of high school where he fell in love with the game. Brandon has since engrossed himself in volleyball by playing in all its different variations (indoor, beach, and grass), coaching and assisting, and simply engaging as a fan in the amateur and professional scenes.
Brandon began coaching in 2010 with the New Westminster Hyacks Junior and Senior Boys team. In 2012, he took a leave from full-time coaching to pursue his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Geological Engineering at the University of British Columbia. During this time, he stayed involved in volleyball as an assistant with the Burnaby North Vikings Senior Girls team from 2016 to 2017. Since graduating in 2017, he has been the head coach of Little Flower Academy Bantam and Junior Girls teams. When he is not coaching, Brandon works as an engineering consultant with Knight Piésold Ltd. He looks forward to sharing his knowledge and his passion for the sport with this year's 15U team! |
15U/12U Girls - Jessica Broad
Jessica was born and raised in Oshawa, Ontario before making her big move out west! She attended Durham College from 2013-2016, where she received MVP and OCAA First-Team All-Star recognition each season. In her final year, she was awarded Female Athlete of The Year and left Durham College as the all-time record holder for total kills, aces and second for over-all points.
After her varsity career, she turned to coaching. In 2016 for Durham Attack 18u girls and in 2017 for the Seneca Sting Women's Volleyball team. She has also spent the last 11 summers coaching 14u and 15u girls at Madawaska Volleyball Camp in Bancroft, Ontario.
In her spare time, you can find her volunteering for VOKRA as an Adoption Counsellor or cleaning up the Vancouver beaches with the Surfrider Foundation.
After her varsity career, she turned to coaching. In 2016 for Durham Attack 18u girls and in 2017 for the Seneca Sting Women's Volleyball team. She has also spent the last 11 summers coaching 14u and 15u girls at Madawaska Volleyball Camp in Bancroft, Ontario.
In her spare time, you can find her volunteering for VOKRA as an Adoption Counsellor or cleaning up the Vancouver beaches with the Surfrider Foundation.
15u Girls - Mitra Shad
Mitra started her volleyball career in high school playing for the Sentinel Spartans, who were regularly North Shore Champions and placed 2nd in the BC provincials during her time. After high school, she decided to focus on her studies and played in the women’s Superleague division at the University of British Columbia. During this time, she also started to explore beach volleyball and once she did, she fell in love with the sport.
She has been dedicated to the beach volleyball scene in the past 5 years in BC and the Pacific Northwest, placing at Volleyball BC tournaments in the top 5 occasionally and top 12 regularly. Mitra and four of her teammates also started a women’s volleyball organization called the Kitsilano Women’s Volleyball Club, aimed at creating additional organized play opportunities for women and to generally grow the sport in BC. here to edit.
She has been dedicated to the beach volleyball scene in the past 5 years in BC and the Pacific Northwest, placing at Volleyball BC tournaments in the top 5 occasionally and top 12 regularly. Mitra and four of her teammates also started a women’s volleyball organization called the Kitsilano Women’s Volleyball Club, aimed at creating additional organized play opportunities for women and to generally grow the sport in BC. here to edit.
14U Girls - Kelly Townsend
Kelly enters her second year coaching with PCVC!
Kelly has played volleyball since grade 5 and has coached U13 and U14 for Thunder Volleyball in recent years. As an alum. of Little Flower Academy and Thunder Volleyball, she continued her volleyball career at the University intramural level while swimming for Western's Varsity swim team. As a multi-sport athlete Kelly brings high-level focus on developing building blocks in each individual athlete tailored for where they are at in their own game.
Kelly's approach to coaching fosters great team atmosphere's and support. Kelly loves watching her team come together, develop, and improve throughout their season.
When Kelly isn't coaching, she works as a sales rep in Western Canada representing Speedo, Logica Sport (cycling division), and Lualoha Towels.
Kelly has played volleyball since grade 5 and has coached U13 and U14 for Thunder Volleyball in recent years. As an alum. of Little Flower Academy and Thunder Volleyball, she continued her volleyball career at the University intramural level while swimming for Western's Varsity swim team. As a multi-sport athlete Kelly brings high-level focus on developing building blocks in each individual athlete tailored for where they are at in their own game.
Kelly's approach to coaching fosters great team atmosphere's and support. Kelly loves watching her team come together, develop, and improve throughout their season.
When Kelly isn't coaching, she works as a sales rep in Western Canada representing Speedo, Logica Sport (cycling division), and Lualoha Towels.
14U Girls - Gillian Brown
Gillian Brown - Gillian Brown is a graduate of Littler Flower Academy ('04) and the University of Victoria ('11), where she earned her Education Degree in both Physical Education and History. Gillian is a PE and Fitness teacher at Vancouver College, but is currently on maternity leave with her son Lukas (3 years old) and daughter Paige (2 months).
Gillian has over ten years experience coaching volleyball at the Junior Varsity, Varsity and Club level. She spent much of her time coaching on the island at Oak Bay, assistant coach to Varsity and head Coach of Junior Varsity. Once Gillian came back to Vancouver she coached at Crofton House for three years at both the Varsity and Junior Varsity. Gillian is looking forward to the club season!
Gillian has over ten years experience coaching volleyball at the Junior Varsity, Varsity and Club level. She spent much of her time coaching on the island at Oak Bay, assistant coach to Varsity and head Coach of Junior Varsity. Once Gillian came back to Vancouver she coached at Crofton House for three years at both the Varsity and Junior Varsity. Gillian is looking forward to the club season!
13u Girls - Lainna Buch
Lainna enters her second year with PCVC, after leading the inaugural 15U team to a Bronze in T2D1 last year!
Having coached with Christian at Leaside in Toronto for 4 years, Lainna enters into her 6th year of coaching club, now with PCVC. She is a Certified Development Coach, currently working towards her Advanced Development Coach certification. She brings lots of energy and focus, and is truly passionate about the sport and its athletes.
Lainna currently works for Freestyle Ski Canada, their National Sport Organization. On the side, she has started a charity called Artists4Athletes, which raises funds for Beach Volleyball athletes and their basic athletic needs.
A member of the University of Waterloo Warriors Volleyball Team from 2009-2012, in 2013 she transferred to Humber College to continue her education while competing for the Humber Hawks Volleyball Team. That year she would help the team win their 6th consecutive OCAA championship.
Lainna will be the coach of Pacific Coast Volleyball's U13 Girls team this year. She is inspired and driven to coach not only players, but young women to be the very best people they can be, and is very excited to bring her strengths to Pacific Coast Volleyball Club athletes!
Having coached with Christian at Leaside in Toronto for 4 years, Lainna enters into her 6th year of coaching club, now with PCVC. She is a Certified Development Coach, currently working towards her Advanced Development Coach certification. She brings lots of energy and focus, and is truly passionate about the sport and its athletes.
Lainna currently works for Freestyle Ski Canada, their National Sport Organization. On the side, she has started a charity called Artists4Athletes, which raises funds for Beach Volleyball athletes and their basic athletic needs.
A member of the University of Waterloo Warriors Volleyball Team from 2009-2012, in 2013 she transferred to Humber College to continue her education while competing for the Humber Hawks Volleyball Team. That year she would help the team win their 6th consecutive OCAA championship.
Lainna will be the coach of Pacific Coast Volleyball's U13 Girls team this year. She is inspired and driven to coach not only players, but young women to be the very best people they can be, and is very excited to bring her strengths to Pacific Coast Volleyball Club athletes!
13U Girls - Sarah Moncks
Sarah enters her second year with PCVC, after leading the inaugural 15U team to a Bronze in T2D1 last year!
Sarah was born and raised in small town Alberta where her parents coached her from a very young age. Sarah comes from a family of volleyball players with all of her sisters playing university volleyball. Following in her parent’s and sister’s footsteps, Sarah continued on to play for the University of Calgary Dino’s from 2008-2013. Starting her post secondary career as a libero, she worked to become the starting leftside for her last three seasons with the Dinos. Sarah was a co-captain for the Dinos in 2013.
Sarah began coaching with camps and clinics during university. After university, she continued on to coach for two years in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference as an assistant coach for the SAIT Trojans women’s team and for two years with the Calgary Dinos Club.
Sarah currently works as a structural engineer in Vancouver designing buildings across BC and the Yukon. In her free time you can find her outdoors and in the mountains- biking, hiking, skiing and camping.
Sarah was born and raised in small town Alberta where her parents coached her from a very young age. Sarah comes from a family of volleyball players with all of her sisters playing university volleyball. Following in her parent’s and sister’s footsteps, Sarah continued on to play for the University of Calgary Dino’s from 2008-2013. Starting her post secondary career as a libero, she worked to become the starting leftside for her last three seasons with the Dinos. Sarah was a co-captain for the Dinos in 2013.
Sarah began coaching with camps and clinics during university. After university, she continued on to coach for two years in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference as an assistant coach for the SAIT Trojans women’s team and for two years with the Calgary Dinos Club.
Sarah currently works as a structural engineer in Vancouver designing buildings across BC and the Yukon. In her free time you can find her outdoors and in the mountains- biking, hiking, skiing and camping.
13U Girls - Danae Shepard
Danae has a full British Columbia experience of volleyball; she grew up playing club in Kelowna for the Jr. Heat, then moved to North Vancouver in 2014 and played for the Capilano Blues, and in 2017 she was recruited to the UBC Thunderbirds where she helped her team earn a bronze medal at nationals in 2018. She then finished off her 5th and final year with a gold medal at the national championships in March 2019. However, she didn't stay away from volleyball for long after completing her last year...competing in beach volleyball events at Kitsilano this past summer and coaching for VVL and PCVC for the past year.
Danae has been coaching volleyball consistently since she was in high school herself, when she began her experience with volunteering to head coach the OKM Huskies grade 8 girls team along with another fellow senior girls teammate for both her grade 11 and grade 12 year. Since then she has coached at multiple camps, training clinics, and tryouts over the past 5 years.
This will be Danae's first year coaching a club volleyball team. Danae is very enthusiastic, competitive, passionate, and excited to help inspire and develop young female athletes to become their most confident selves.
Danae is currently finishing up her final year of a B.Sc. in Natural Resource Conservation with a major in Science and Management at UBC and is working towards becoming a conservation biologist.
Danae has been coaching volleyball consistently since she was in high school herself, when she began her experience with volunteering to head coach the OKM Huskies grade 8 girls team along with another fellow senior girls teammate for both her grade 11 and grade 12 year. Since then she has coached at multiple camps, training clinics, and tryouts over the past 5 years.
This will be Danae's first year coaching a club volleyball team. Danae is very enthusiastic, competitive, passionate, and excited to help inspire and develop young female athletes to become their most confident selves.
Danae is currently finishing up her final year of a B.Sc. in Natural Resource Conservation with a major in Science and Management at UBC and is working towards becoming a conservation biologist.
12u/13u Boys - Jayme Lepp
Player Bio:
-Was a six-time all-tournament selection, including MVP of the Sam Houston State University Invitational as a senior
- Two-time second team all-Big Sky Conference selection (2001, 2002)
- Two-time Big Sky all-tournament selection (2001, 2002)
- Two-time Big Sky Player of the Week
- One of just 11 players in school history to finish with at least 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs
- Ranks among the program’s top 20 players in seven different categories, including 12th all-time in kills (1,258), 13th in kills per set (3.04) and points (1,421), 14th in digs per set (3.19) and 17th in digs (1,321).
- Led the entire Big Sky Conference with an average of 3.90 digs per set as a junior in 2001.
- Missed just five matches during her entire career, finishing with 124 matches and 414 sets played. Played in 89 straight matches to finish her career.
- During her four seasons, she helped Sacramento State to three NCAA Tournament appearances, three Big Sky Tournament championships and three Big Sky regular season titles.
- Also during her four seasons, Sacramento State combined for an 87-42 overall record, and a 48-12 mark in the Big Sky Conference.
Proliga Indonesia 2004/2005
-Bank BNI
Second in league in kills and digs
All star team
Team Gresik
Second in league in kills and digs
All Star Team
Beach scene (various results)
2008 – 2017
-Was a six-time all-tournament selection, including MVP of the Sam Houston State University Invitational as a senior
- Two-time second team all-Big Sky Conference selection (2001, 2002)
- Two-time Big Sky all-tournament selection (2001, 2002)
- Two-time Big Sky Player of the Week
- One of just 11 players in school history to finish with at least 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs
- Ranks among the program’s top 20 players in seven different categories, including 12th all-time in kills (1,258), 13th in kills per set (3.04) and points (1,421), 14th in digs per set (3.19) and 17th in digs (1,321).
- Led the entire Big Sky Conference with an average of 3.90 digs per set as a junior in 2001.
- Missed just five matches during her entire career, finishing with 124 matches and 414 sets played. Played in 89 straight matches to finish her career.
- During her four seasons, she helped Sacramento State to three NCAA Tournament appearances, three Big Sky Tournament championships and three Big Sky regular season titles.
- Also during her four seasons, Sacramento State combined for an 87-42 overall record, and a 48-12 mark in the Big Sky Conference.
Proliga Indonesia 2004/2005
-Bank BNI
Second in league in kills and digs
All star team
Team Gresik
Second in league in kills and digs
All Star Team
Beach scene (various results)
2008 – 2017
12u/13u Boys - Kenton Lepp
Player Bio:
Born and raised in Saskatchewan. Multi sports athlete until the age of 16 when he fell in love with volleyball.
-Played for Huskie Volleyball Club in Saskatoon
-Team Saskatchewan Canada Games Team 1997
-Briercrest College 2008
-University of Saskatchewan Huskie Men’s Volleyball Team 1998-2002
-3 Time Canada West Champion
-2 Time Canada West All-Star
-U Sports All-Canadian 2002
-2-Time U Sports Championships Silver Medal
-2-Time Player of the Game at U Sports Championships
-Senior Men’s Indoor National Volleyball Team 2001
-FISU Team Canada 2001 – Beijing
Professional
Freiburg 1844 – Germany 2004
Berlin VolleyDogs – Germany 2005
Yuso Gunadarma – Indonesia 2004 (summer) – League All Star, Proliga 3rd Place
Surabaya Samator – Indonesia 2005 (summer) – League Top Scorer, All Star, Proliga 3rd Place
Beach Volleyball
5 time Volleyball BC Pro Tournament Champion
KBVA Tournament Champion 2018
Born and raised in Saskatchewan. Multi sports athlete until the age of 16 when he fell in love with volleyball.
-Played for Huskie Volleyball Club in Saskatoon
-Team Saskatchewan Canada Games Team 1997
-Briercrest College 2008
-University of Saskatchewan Huskie Men’s Volleyball Team 1998-2002
-3 Time Canada West Champion
-2 Time Canada West All-Star
-U Sports All-Canadian 2002
-2-Time U Sports Championships Silver Medal
-2-Time Player of the Game at U Sports Championships
-Senior Men’s Indoor National Volleyball Team 2001
-FISU Team Canada 2001 – Beijing
Professional
Freiburg 1844 – Germany 2004
Berlin VolleyDogs – Germany 2005
Yuso Gunadarma – Indonesia 2004 (summer) – League All Star, Proliga 3rd Place
Surabaya Samator – Indonesia 2005 (summer) – League Top Scorer, All Star, Proliga 3rd Place
Beach Volleyball
5 time Volleyball BC Pro Tournament Champion
KBVA Tournament Champion 2018
12u/13u Boys - Mike Hughes
12U Girls Coach - Maddy Cote-Dear
At 15 years old, Maddy began coaching with UBC Thunder clinics. She had the pleasure of being the assistant coach for the 2014 Zone 5 Summer Games u15 girls volleyball team where they placed second. She has been the assistant coach for Crofton House’s varsity volleyball team for the past three seasons, winning the BC Provincials Championships the past two years. Maddy has experience coaching girls ages 10-17. She is excited to coach with PCVC to connect with and positively influence the younger generation of girls volleyball players, as well as to continue to grow as a coach.
As a player, Maddy played for Crofton’s varsity team for four years along with playing for Thunder and Ducks volleyball clubs, winning a provincial club championship and a couple provincial all-star awards. She went on to play for the McGill Martlets for one year before hanging up her knee pads and deciding to focus on school and coaching. She is currently finishing her last year of her undergraduate degree at UBC with a major in psychology and minor in special education, and hopes to continue onto grad school studying school psychology.
In her spare time, you can find Maddy working in preschools or cuddling her cat.
As a player, Maddy played for Crofton’s varsity team for four years along with playing for Thunder and Ducks volleyball clubs, winning a provincial club championship and a couple provincial all-star awards. She went on to play for the McGill Martlets for one year before hanging up her knee pads and deciding to focus on school and coaching. She is currently finishing her last year of her undergraduate degree at UBC with a major in psychology and minor in special education, and hopes to continue onto grad school studying school psychology.
In her spare time, you can find Maddy working in preschools or cuddling her cat.
