COACHING STAFF

NORTHERN UTAH

  • Rick Reeve

    FOUNDER/OWNER
    HEAD COACH, Girls 14-Elite

    Over 15 years coachng experience. Has coached from beginner level, high school, club and all the way to D1 NCAA Collegiate Womens

  • April Ball

    HEAD COACH, Girls 15-1 Elite

    Over 20 years coaching experience. Most recent positions including Beach Elite Girls elit teams and 3 years Varsity coach at Summit High School, Bluffdale UT

  • Mikey Le

    HEAD COACH, Girls 18-Elite

    Over 4 years of coaching experience including various clubs and high schools in Salt Lake valley.

  • Brian Benson

    ASSISTANT COACH, Girls 18-Elite

    2 years of coaching experience. Southern California native with lots of experience playing beach and indoor volleyball.

  • Mia Graham

    HEAD COACH, Girls 13-Regional

    2 years of coaching experience coaching competitive club and also girl’s high school volleyball in Northern Utah. Has played competitive club volleyball for 2 years.

  • Kaden Nahinu

    HEAD COACH, Girls 15-2 Elite

    Over 6 years of coaching experience with local clubs and high schools in Salt Lake City, UT. Established boys VB program at Skyridge HS

  • April Jones

    ASSISTANT COACH, Girls 14-Elite

    Over 5 years of competitive volleyball coaching experience.

  • Halle Palmer

    HEAD COACH, Girls 16-Elite

    2 years experience coaching jr high. Has a love and passion for volleyball and teaching youth.

  • Jessi Campbell

    HEAD COACH, Girls 14-Regional

    2 years of coaching experience with 10-12 year olds. Played competitive volleyball for 12+ years. Certified volleyball referee for several years

  • Noelle Williams

    ASSISTANT COACH, Girls 15-2 Elite

    Entering first year of coaching as assistant to the 15-2’s Elite team

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  • Jeff Kroeze

    HEAD BEACH COACH

    Over 30+ years coaching and playing volleyball. Long Beach City College 2nd team All Conference. Won the CIF at Gahr HS and was awarded Coach Of The Year. Coached at CSULB, USA High Performance, Surf City VBC, Club Director at Momentous.

  • Bob Swason

    DIRECTOR - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

    Over 10 years experience. Some recent high school positions include Estancia and Costa Mesa High Schools girls and boys teams.

  • Cesar Contreras

    HEAD BEACH COACH

    5+ years coaching experience. Led his team at Club Wood to AAU Nationals Gold medal in 2022 and Silver in 2023.  Played 8+ years both indoor and beach. Collegiate: Indoor D1 at McKendree University & Saint Thomas Aquinas, won the 2024 regular season title & conference championship. High School: South Gate, went to CIF championship runner up finish in 2017,2018.

  • DOMINIC AMBROSE

    HEAD COACH

    2+ years coaching experience at Dime VBC 13s (beginners) and also middle school level. He has played competitvely for Balboa Bay and 949 and currently plays D3 at Stevens Institute of Technology.

  • SERENA COMER

    HEAD COACH

    Coach Rena is an experienced volleyball coach and athletic trainer with 8 years of head coaching experience, including leading 18-1s at Relentless Volleyball Club (RVC) in Colorado and running two high school programs. A 2x CalPac Champion in collegiate indoor and beach volleyball, and a 3x National Semi-Finalist in beach volleyball, she has a proven track record of developing athletes ages 7-17 through elite skill training, strength and endurance programs, and personalized nutrition guidance.

  • Meli Isome

    HEAD BEACH COACH

    Over 8 years of coaching including Varsity coach at Ambassador High School. Played competitively in High school and college.

  • Chloe Swanson

    HEAD BEACH COACH

    Over 4 years coaching experience. Recent positions include Head Coaching at Corona Del Mar High School for JV beach and Freshman indoor teams. Played D1 at St Marys College of California

  • Sterling Puffer


    After playing for Beach Elite's beach team in 2018 & boys 18s indoor team in 2019, Sterling has returned to give back to the next generation of youth athletes in his home town of Huntington Beach. From 2019 - 2023 he played for Edison High School volleyball (varsity 2021 - 2023). In 2022- 2023 he was President of SAC Spikers (volleyball for special needs students)

SOUTHERN UTAH

  • Madi Oliverson

    HEAD COACH

    5 years coaching experience including clubs and high schools in Utah and California. Over 10 years playing competitive club and high school

  • Josie Donahoo

    HEAD COACH / MANAGER

    7+ years coaching experience including Club 801, youth sports camps and high school camps. Josie has also played competitively for 6 years and has a degree in Physical Education

  • Jadyn Walker

    Jadyn Walker

    HEAD COACH

    2 years coaching experience. Comes from a volleyball background, played for many years and loves teaching the rising generation.

  • Sky Capllonch

    HEAD COACH

    2 years coaching experience. Played D1 on the men’s team at Missouri Baptist University

  • Kateland Partridge

    HEAD COACH

    Over 2+ years coaching experience with a focus on beginners. Played competitive club and high school volleyball.

  • Kaylee Burton

    HEAD COACH

    Has been coaching club volleyball since 2017. From 2013-2015: Player on Riverton High School volleyball team. From 2013-2017: Club Volleyball Player. 2015: Manager, Riverton HS Varsity and JV teams

  • Marina Alber

    HEAD COACH

    5 years competitive club volleyball coaching experience, including collegiate level in Washington State. 4 years experience playing in club and 2 years in college.

  • Brielle Folks

    HEAD COACH

    Player for over 5 years. Began coaching in 2024 for younger beginners.

  • Rapiel Faataa

    HEAD REGIONAL COACH

    10+ years coaching experience. Part of the All Star team representing Samoa at the Jrs Nationals in Hawaii in 2016. 5 years playing high school volleyball.

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