2022 Club Season Coaches
We are pleased to introduce this year's all-star roster of Pacific Coast Club Coaches!
17u Girls Head Coach - Brandon Nguyen
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Brandon started playing volleyball in his junior year of high school where he quickly fell in love with the game. Since then he's been an active member of the indoor, beach, and grass volleyball communities where he coaches, plays and simply engages as a fan in the amateur and professional scenes.
Brandon is a Certified Development Coach and is working towards the Advanced Development Coach certification. He has experience coaching indoor and beach volleyball with school and club teams across various ages since 2011. He now enters his 3rd year of coaching with PCVC and is looking forward to sharing his knowledge and passion for the sport with this year's 17U team. Outside of coaching Brandon works as a geological engineer and in his spare time he enjoys ranting about the Canucks! |
17U Girls Assistant Coach - Jessica Broad
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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, Jessica turned to coaching. In 2016, she coached the Durham Attack 18u girls and in 2017 she coached the Seneca Sting Women's Volleyball team. She has also spent the last 12 summers coaching 14u and 15u girls at Madawaska Volleyball Camp in Bancroft, Ontario. This will be Jessica's 4th season coaching for Pacific Coast. She has coached at the 12U, 15U and 16U level, as well as 13/14U Club Lite and countless indoor and beach skills clinics. |
16U Girls Head Coach - Megan Morton
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This is my first year coaching for PCVC and I could not be more thrilled. I quickly fell in love with volleyball when I first played in junior high and that love brought me to play club volleyball and then coach. My experiences have all been in Alberta so far; coaching high-school as well as U14-U17 girls', but I look forward to seeing what BC Volleyball is all about.
My career in nursing is what brought me to the Vancouver area in December 2020. When I'm not working, I can be found hiking, and exploring what this beautiful area has to offer. Those who know me, know I don't stay still for long before I try something new or different. So here I am, beginning my next adventure! I have found coaching to be very fulfilling (although sometimes I want nothing more than to be on the court playing too). And I am so excited for the 2022 season and to be a part of the PCVC family. |
15U Girls Co-Coach - Willa Zhu
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This is Willa's 2nd year coaching for Pacific Coast. Willa was previously a coach in the Ontario Volleyball Association for 3 years and for the PCVC 14U girls in 2021. Coaching has brought her the pleasure of acting as a positive role model for young girls, by motivating them both on and off the court. Her love for the sport began when she was just 8 years old while training with Husky Volleyball club in Connecticut. She went on to earn bronze at Nationals and gold at Provincials playing for Eclipse Volleyball in Toronto. She has been seen as a leader on many teams including a 9man volleyball league where her team claimed the championship title in 2019.
Outside of volleyball, Willa is currently completing her CPA designation and works as a Senior Accountant. Having recently moved to BC in November 2020, she looks forward to exploring and getting acclimated to the West Coast! |
15U Girls Co-Coach - Jeremy Bednar
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Jeremy played three years with the UBC Men’s volleyball team as a libero. In his second year they won the U sports national championship. Jeremy is now focusing on beach volleyball and plays in tournaments across BC.
Jeremy was the co-coach of the PCVC 14U girls in 2021 and has coached at numerous PCVC camps and clinics over the past 3 years. Jeremy is in his last year of studies at UBC Sauder School of Business and will be starting his career as an accountant at Deloitte in September 2021. |
15U Girls Co-Coach - Irem Eren
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Irem is from Izmir, Turkey. She started to play volleyball when she was 6 years old. Besides going to volleyball practices, she also did gymnastics and swimming for a couple years. However, volleyball was her favourite. Thus, she started to focus on volleyball once she got recruited to a professional club team. Irem and her teammates won the youth Nationals a couple times and their worst ranking was 5th in the country. Then, she got recruited to the professional league when she was in 9th grade, signing her first contract.
However, Irem wanted to continue her education while she also got the opportunity to play volleyball. So, she came to the UBC Thunderbirds to study Biology and play on the varsity volleyball team. After a year, she had to take a break from playing high level due to a medical condition but she never stopped practicing volleyball. Irem started to play beach volleyball in 2020 and had her first competitions in 2021. She won a couple tournaments including a 2 star Volleyball BC tour. Now, she is back at practicing with the UBC volleyball team and preparing for the next beach volleyball season. |
14u Girls Co-Coach - Lainna Buch
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After coaching with Christian at Leaside Volleyball club in Toronto for 4 years, Lainna now enters into her 3rd year of coaching club 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 is a Graphic Design and Interactive Media student and part-time freelancer. On the side, she has started a charity called Artists4Athletes, which raises funds for Beach Volleyball athletes and their basic athletic needs. She was a member of the University of Waterloo Warriors Volleyball Team from 2009-2012, and in 2013 she played for the Humber College Hawks Volleyball team. That year she helped the team to win their 6th consecutive OCAA championship and bring home 4th at Nationals. Lainna will be the coach of Pacific Coast Volleyball's U14 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 |
14U Girls Co-Coach - Maddy Cote-Dear
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At 15 years old, Maddy began coaching volleyball. She has experience coaching indoor and beach volleyball clinics, along with school and club teams across various ages. For the last 5 seasons, Maddy has been the assistant coach for Crofton House’s varsity volleyball, winning back to back BC Provincials Championships. She has also been coached the PCVC u12 and u13 girls team for the past three years. Maddy is excited to coach the PCVC u14 girls team this upcoming season, and she hopes that she will connect with and positively influence the younger generation of girls volleyball players.
Maddy is a born and raised Vancouverite. As a player, she played four years on Crofton’s varsity team 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. Outside of coaching, Maddy works at a local high school in the Life Skills program, and she hopes to continue onto grad school studying school psychology in the near future. In her spare time, you can find Maddy searching for dogs to adopt. |
13U Girls Co-Coach - Danae Shepard
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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 second year coaching a club volleyball team at PCVC. Danae is very enthusiastic, competitive, passionate, and excited to help inspire and develop young female athletes to become their most confident selves. |
13u Girls Co-Coach - Anna Price
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Anna is a recent graduate from UBC where she played all 5 years on the varsity women’s volleyball team, winning two USPORTS National Championships along the way and serving as team captain in her 5th year. Anna has been playing volleyball for over 12 years and coaching for over 8, all in the Vancouver community.
In her spare time, Anna loves to hike, cook for loved ones, and discover new music! She is currently pursuing a Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology. |
15U Boys Co-Coach- Jared Krause
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With over 20 years of experience on both the beach and indoor volleyball courts; having played professionally for over a decade, Jared now brings his knowledge and experience into a coaching role, He also competes domestically on the beach volleyball circuit.
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15U Boys Co-Coach - Tim Stubbs
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Tim is an NCCP certified coach with over 11 years experience coaching volleyball. As an athlete, Tim spent three years competing in the CCAA, playing with and against some of Canada's top performers.
Tim continues to compete in volleyball, dedicating much of his time to studying and practicing the beach discipline. He is currently pursuing a career in teaching. |
14U Boys Co-Coach - Aidan Simone
Bio coming soon...
14U Boys Co-Coach - Cam Beck
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Cam has played indoor and beach volleyball for over 17 years. He has competed in both the Australian Volleyball League and the National Volleyball League in England. He has coached Junior state teams in Australia and has been coaching various High School teams since arriving in Canada. He is currently coaching the King George Secondary Senior boys team and assisting with the Van Tech Senior boys team.
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13U Boys Head Coach - Mike Hughes
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Mike is a man of many talents, but submitting a bio for the Club website is not one of them :P
You'll just have to come meet him personally to learn more about him! |
