Kris Keller was “born” into volleyball. His father, Val, was the U.S. National Women’s and Men’s team coach, the National Technical Director of Canada, the National Technical Director of the USVBA, the author of one of the first books on volleyball, the author of the National Technical Journal, and traveled the world running coaching clinics for the IVBF (International Federation of Volleyball).

Kris played high school volleyball in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and club ball for the Onion Patch Volleyball Club winning the Canadian Jr. National Championships two years in a row. After moving to Huntington Beach, CA, Kris joined the Tiger Volleyball Club, winning the U.S. Junior championship that year. Kris received a VB scholarship to the Division 1 University, SDSU, playing setter for three years, then moving to outside hitter during their rebuilding program his senior year. Kris has been coaching both Soccer and Volleyball for 15 years with eleven years in Volleyball starting with work at MVHS’s JV program in 2005. In 2005-2006, the volleyball club Vibe was established with its first 15-1 Power team. In the Fall of 2006, Kris accepted the position of JV coach at Bentley School in Lafayette. In 2007, he took over their women’s varsity program and has coached there year for six years. Currently, Kris was busy with running Vibe’s fall ball program with over 175 players ages 9-14.

Kris now runs club Vibe, coaches a couple of teams, runs many of the practices, organizes clinics, cheers for everyone, and just loves the game.

Ben was reintroduced to volleyball when his daughter was in Middle School. He was an Assistant Coach for the team, 3 years winning the age-group league tournament each year. When she moved on to Monte Vista in 2009, Ben became an assistant coach. After that season, Ben became more involved in the strength & conditioning side of the sport, developing and implementing a program for High School and Club players. In 2011, Ben was offered the opportunity to get back into coaching as the Women’s Junior Varsity coach at College Park High School in Pleasant Hill. After a brief time off, Ben returned again to coaching, this time at The Athenian School, first as the women’s junior varsity coach and then the head women’s varsity coach.

Ben’s coaching philosophy can be summed up in one word: respect. Respect for each other, the game, and those who coach and administer it. He strives to create a family atmosphere with all of his teams and believes nurturing this “team first” attitude is ultimately more important than wins and losses (though his teams certainly play to win!). Ben believes that it is critical for every player to see substantial playing time, as it is the best way to become better, more accomplished players.

Ben is an NFHS, USAV Impact and USAV CAP I Certified Volleyball Coach, as well as US Lacrosse Level 1 Certified Coach. He is also certified in the Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) program and is Red Cross CPR & AED certified. Ben grew up in Danville, attended San Ramon Valley High School and coached his first youth sports team in 1981.

Cathy is a newer coach with an extreme passion for volleyball and training girls to be their best. During her volleyball career, she played Division 1 as an OH for FDU and was a starter all four years and captain for three. Her accolades include #2 in serving aces in the country, several MVP awards, FDU college athlete Hall of Fame, and High school athlete Hall of Fame.

Ana is Serbian born. She started playing at age 5, and at age 14, moved away from her family to train at her country’s national training center. She we recruited to play here in the states at D1 programs; Northwest College, then at Eastern Washington University. Some of her awards are listed below. Besides playing, she coached at CPA Volleyball club in Spokane and at various summer camps.

-2012 AVCA 2nd Team All-American/All 2 Year Colleges

-2012 NJCAA 2nd Team All-American

-2012 NJCAA Region IX Academic All-Region Team

-2012 Region IX All-Region Team

-2012 Region IX All-Tournament Team

-2012 Region IX Freshman of the Year

-2012 Region IX Player of the Year

-2012 WCCAC 1st Team All-Conference

-2012 WCCAC Player of the Year

-2013 AVCA 1st Team All-American/All 2 Year Colleges

-2013 NJCAA 1st Team All-American

-2013 NJCAA National All-Tournament Team

-2013 NJCAA Player of the Week (October 6, 2013)

-2013 Region IX All-Region Team

-2013 Region IX North All-Tournament Team

-2013 Region IX Player of the Year

-2013 WCCAC 1st Team All-Conference

-2013 WCCAC Player of the Year

-2013-14 NWC Outstanding Female Athlete

-NJCAA Volleyball Player of the Week (October 1, 2012)

-NJCAA Volleyball Player of the Week (September 3, 2012)

This is coach G’s sixth year at Vibe. His passion for the game is very well known through his club, beach, summer clinics and fall ball coaching. He is tough, came from France, and knows how to make the girls learn and improve while having fun.

TC’s 2024 season will be his 13th year as a Club Volleyball Coach. He has been with Vibe since 2019. In 2022, he added to his resume the JV Coach for California High School Women’s Volleyball Team. It was a great experience.

TC has been a competitive volleyball player since 1987, Doubles and 6 person. He played on Chico State Men’s Team in 1988/1989 as Outside Hitter & Middle Blocker. Throughout the 90’s, he played in night leagues with other competitive players/friends sometimes 4 nights a week. Weekends you would find TC on a grass or sand volleyball court playing doubles, either men’s or in Reverse Doubles with a female partner (men have to hit behind the 3-meter line on a women’s 7’6” height net). In addition to being a player, he was a Certified High School and Junior College, Head Referee in the San Jose area. He just loved all of it and never wanted it to end. Being a coach is a new passion and again never wants it to end. He truly has a passion for this game.

TC in one of Vibe coaches that is Gold Medal Squared certified as a Volleyball Coach. https://www.goldmedalsquared.com He has taken the course 3 times, each time to gain addition knowledge as ever learning and growing as a coach.

He is a positive coach with the ability to encourage the best out of each player. As he grows as a coach, he has learned that missing serves happens and is part of the game, it is a rare moment that he will get upset these days. As coaches we are teachers of the sport. Every time we are teaching something new and re-visiting to make sure the players can get better, encouraging and sometimes cheerleading them. Most important is that he will encourage and promote great communication on and off the court, players that communicate have the best chance to succeed on and off the court. In the end, he gets players to get better, to learn something new and have a positive experience that they take with them.

If you are near the sides lines, you should hear this as a motivation:

Coach TC; “What is the Most Important Point”…The Players; “This One”

I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and coaching youth is my passion. I am a Youth Lifestyle Coach and Registered Dietitian.

I am passionate about nutrition, athletics, and wellness. I grew up in Canada playing basketball, soccer and volleyball competitively throughout my youth and high school years. Volleyball of course stole my heart. I went on to play volleyball in College at the University of Western Ontario in Canada, where I completed a degree in Nutrition and Human Ecology, before a post-graduate internship at the University Health Network in Toronto.

I joined the Vibe coaching staff in 2021. Prior to that I spent the last 10 years coaching youth of all ages while living in San Francisco.

My strategies focus on skill building, physical conditioning, mental preparation and team building. My ultimate goal as a coach is to inspire a genuine love for the sport in each athlete. I firmly believe that when athletes truly enjoy what they do, their performance soars, and their journey becomes even more fulfilling.

Ed graduated from the University of San Francisco (USF) with a Masters degree in Sports Management and San Francisco State University (SFSU) with a Bachelors degree in Kinesiology. While attending SFSU, Ed played for the Men’s club volleyball team as a Libero for four years. He helped the team finish to 15th place in 2002 Division II and 9th place in 2003 Division I NIRSA Championships. Upon graduating SFSU, he ended up coaching the men’s club team from 2005-2007. While coaching the men’s club team at SFSU, Ed also began a successful 5-year career as the Women’s Volleyball Head Coach at City College of San Francisco (CCSF)(NJCAA) from 2004-2009. Ed led the team to a Coast Conference Title in 2005, California State Regional Berth (NCJCC) in 2005 and 2008 and lastly, Ed earned the 2008 Coast Conference Coach of the Year. Interwoven between his coaching at SFSU and CCSF, Ed did a 2-year stint from 2005-2007 as the girls 17’s Assistant Coach for SF Juniors Volleyball Club. Towards the end of his appointment as CCSF, Ed became the Boys Club Director and 12’s, 13’s and 17’s Head Coach at 1st String Volleyball Club from 2008-2011. Ed led the 12’s and 13’s teams to USA National Junior Olympic Bids. Additionally, Ed was also appointed as the Assistant Volleyball Coach at SFSU’s Women’s Volleyball team from 2009-2011. He helped lead the team to the 2009 Division II NCAA Regional Berth. From there, Ed went on to Skyline College (NJCAA) and was the Women’s Volleyball Head Coach from 2011-2014. Due to change in career path, Ed had to retire from coaching in 2014 to serve as a police officer. To his surprise, his daughter loves to play volleyball and fast forward to 2022 he gladly took himself out of coaching retirement and volunteered to assist with the 12’s team here at Vibe volleyball club!

Ali’s been with Vibe Volleyball club for 9 years coaching both beach as an assistant and indoor as a head coach bringing passion and enthusiasm to the court. Ali played for four years on the Northgate High School volleyball team three of those years being on the Varsity team showing leadership as a captain of the Varsity team for two of those years. She also showed leadership off the court with her commitment to the team with tutoring and hosting gatherings for team bonding. After graduating from Northgate she attended Chico State and played for their state team as a libero. She earned a degree in exercise physiology and a minor in health and wellness. She also involved herself in community programs helping with the athletic volunteer group SAAC who reached out to people and schools in need of food, childcare, and clean-up of campuses. She loved playing for her team and was sad to graduate due to her love and passion for the sport and her teammates. Ali decided to continue her career in coaching with her valuable leadership and experience with the sport at Vibe Volleyball. She now coaches for the summer, spring, and winter clinics while also coaching the boys and girls club teams. When she’s not coaching, she is helping her community as a medical assistant and as a certified EMT while she applies to grad schools to become a Physician Assistant. She brings enthusiasm and high energy to the court while bringing out the best in her players, always wanting to make having fun the priority. She hopes to show her players that in order to win you have to have fun on and off the court, making long lasting friendships with teammates, showing compassion and understanding one another.

This is Jillian’s first year coaching at Vibe. She was born and raised in Minnesota, then headed to Loyola University Chicago for college. She started playing volleyball in middle school, Junior Olympics in high school, and club in college. She moved to the Bay Area in 2018 and volleyball quickly became a way to connect with so many awesome people. Now, she plays indoor, grass, and sand more than ever! She started at Vibe coaching summer camps, and is looking forward to the club season.

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Greg is in his third year coaching at Vibe. He started playing competitive club Volleyball in the seventh grade in southern California. He was a four year member of his high school’s varsity volleyball team and then awarded a scholarship to play at UCLA. Greg won numerous awards throughout his career including being named First Team ALL American his senior year in high school, was named to his high school’s Hall of Fame, and was a member of UCLA’s 1995 National Championship Team. His family relocated to Northern California late in 2015.

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This is Hannah’s second year coaching at Vibe. She is a division one beach volleyball player at Saint Mary’s College of California and played indoor volleyball throughout her entire career. Hannah has been playing volleyball her whole life and began to compete nationally at age 13. Before moving to California, Hannah was a coach for Dakine Volleyball Club for 2 years where she trained and coached athletes between ages 9-15. Hannah has found a lot of success in both the beach and indoor game being awarded honors like All-State 1st Team Libero, NPSL Defensive Player of the Year, and All-Tournament Offensive Player of the Year. Hannah could not be more excited to be joining the Vibe Coaching Staff, she is dedicated to encouraging and supporting each athlete take their game to the next level.

Bio coming soon.

Patrick and Jenn Philips both grew up in Walnut Creek and went to Northgate High School and participated in competitive high school and college sports. They have coached the Frosh/ Soph girls volleyball team at Northgate High School for the past 5 years. They have coached several high school volleyball camps during the summer as well as conditioning camps in preparation for the high school season.

They both were assistant coaches for the boys varsity volleyball team at Northgate High School.

Patrick and Jenn have both been involved in coaching youth sports for over 25 years. They have coached volleyball, basketball, track and field, soccer, softball and wrestling.

“Our personal philosophy for coaching is building a community that cares for each other on and off the court. We believe in creating a challenging, supportive, positive, and encouraging team atmosphere where athletes can grow and thrive.”

Patrick and Jenn are both teachers in Walnut Creek for over 25 years.

They fell in love with volleyball when their daughters started playing club volleyball at a young age.

See you on the court!

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Rebecca has been playing volleyball for 12 years. She loves everything about the sport of volleyball and has coached for 7 years at all different age levels. She absolutely loves coaching and passing down her knowledge and love for the sport. She played at the high-school level and received a scholarship to play at the collegiate level as a setter at William Jessup University

Dave has more than 35 years experience playing volleyball, and started coaching youth volleyball in 2010. He has coached U11, U12, U13, U14 & U16 girls Power and Premier club and youth league teams, and U13, U14 & U15 boys club Power and middle school JV and Varsity teams. He is USAV IMPACT and CAP I certified, has attended Gold Medal Squared coaches training, and is Red Cross First Aid and CPR/AED certified. He has volunteered as the Director of the LMYA (Lafayette-Moraga Youth Association) Select and Juniors ‘All-Star’ league since 2014. In his free time, he plays volleyball open gym at Oakwood Athletic Club in Lafayette, and sand volleyball doubles at Larkey Park in Walnut Creek.

Dave’s coaching philosophy when working with young athletes is to develop both the physical and mental aspects of their game. In practices he builds on what girls have learned in clinics and their prior playing experience to develop their technique, point-winning strategies, and how to ‘play smart’, anticipate, and ‘read’ the game. He teaches systems and approaches that will benefit athletes as they progress through their club and school sports programs, encouraging them to think and understand why they are doing what they are doing. He focuses on teamwork and sportsmanship, teaching athletes the importance of communication, support for each other, and respect for teammates, officials, and opponents. He stresses the importance of putting forth your best effort at all times and playing to win, along with the perspectives that winning isn’t everything and failure is an opportunity for learning and improving. Beyond pure skill and team development, his ultimate goals are to help athletes further develop their love for the game and have fun along the way!

I am an Army Brat, both parents served twenty plus years, so with that I did quite a bit of moving around. I played for many different high schools and club teams all throughout the country and even overseas. I did a year at Sierra College playing MH, and also Beach Volleyball. Then I transferred to Los Medanos College, where I played as an OH. I have played all three positions at the net, but my primary position is as an OH. After JUCO, I had a few offers to play at the next level, but ultimately decided to stop playing and focus on my academics. I have many awards and achievements over the years from playing. Nonetheless, I have found a new found love for coaching. I began coaching in 2018 for Diablo Volleyball Club 15s and went on to coach the 16s the following year until the pandemic. Since then, I have begun assisting my college coach at Mt. Diablo High School. Coaching has been a transition going from player to coach, but I have grown to love it just as much if not more. It has made me a better player overall and taught me many lessons.

Bio and team assignment coming soon.

Chloe has been playing volleyball since she could walk. She played club for Orange County Volleyball Club in Newport Beach from age 11 to 18. After playing beach and indoor in high school she went to Irvine Valley College to compete on their beach team. In 2022 they won the team state championships and both years at IVC she received first team all conference. In addition to playing she coached for 2 seasons at Corona Del Mar High School. She also helped with clinics at Balboa Bay volleyball club. Now she is playing Division 1 beach volleyball at St. Mary’s and couldn’t be more excited to be in the Bay Area.

Paola is a senior beach volleyball player at Division 1 Saint Mary’s College of California. She has been playing indoor volleyball and beach volleyball for over 10 years. She started her collegiate career at a junior college, Miracosta College, where she received the award of Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year, All- Conference Team, as well as Second Team All-State. She continued her athletic career at Saint Mary’s College where she is currently competing and part of the beach volleyball team. She loves teaching volleyball and helping younger athletes improve their skills, while making it a fun environment. Volleyball has brought her lifelong friendships and opportunities that she will always be grateful for.

Bio and team assignment coming soon.

Braden is one of Vibe’s newest coaches. He has played Volleyball for 7 years and is currently playing for Bay To Bay Volleyball Club. He is a Senior in High school with lots of experience with all 4 years on Varsity. He started coaching with Vibe over the summer and created an excellent impression on the players and coaching staff through our summer and fall ball programs. He plans on continuing playing volleyball at the college level and coaching in my future.

Kym started playing volleyball in the 7th grade, played 4 years in high school at College Park High School, and 2 years at Diablo Valley College. She started off her volleyball career as a setter and transitioned into the libero role. She previously was the Head Freshman coach at College Park High School for two years, assisted a 15’s team her first season coaching for Vibe and took on her own 11’s/12’s team last year. Kym’s approach to coaching consists of repetition (with proper technique!) and keeping a positive, encouraging atmosphere for the girls to be able to grow as players and off the court as well. One thing Kym likes to promote is having a strong team bond. She feels it is important to not only have good skills but to also have a good and close relationship with your teammates. Some of her favorite memories from her volleyball career include team dinners, making t-shirts/socks/etc., and tons of fun with each other during tournaments. She says her favorite thing about coaching is seeing the development of the girls and their skills from the beginning to the end of the season, and being able to share her love for the game.

In her spare time Kym loves to spend time with her 5 year old son Carter, cook, and spends a lot of time in the gym! She can't wait to continue to share her knowledge and contribute to the growth of this amazing club.

Bio and team assignment coming soon.

I have played club volleyball for 11 years and done a lot of volunteer coaching at Club South in Spokane. I currently play Division 1 Volleyball at Saint Mary’s College of California and coach their summer camps.

Also I forgot to add that I won a Washington State High School 3A State Championship and I was Washington State 3A Player of the year for 2021

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Nick played club volleyball since he was 12 years old and coached Northgate high school’s boys, both Junior Varsity and Varsity, and their girl’s frosh-soph programs. He played libero at a high club level for many years, as well as experience with sand volleyball. Being in varsity all 4 years and reaching section finals and NorCal championships 3 times in his high school career, he learned to be a leader at a very young age primarily focusing on defense and leadership skills. His goal is to share the sport I love which may allow players to grow on and off the court.

This will be Alicia’s 8th season coaching, the 6th with Vibe. With Vibe she has coached U-12, U-13 & U-14 and before that she was the assistant coach for Eclipse 13s. Alicia enjoys learning new and better ways to coach developing players and she really loves watching the players take to the court! Alicia started playing volleyball at school in 6th grade, then both club and school teams through middle school and two years at Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose. She played four years of club volleyball at Quicksilver, Vision for two seasons and Aloha. Alicia is excited to be working with the Vibe family again and looking forward to an amazing season!

Coach Wagner enters his 20th year of coaching women's competitive volleyball. He has coached at every level of the sport, including 4 years as an assistant coach at Dominican University of California (DU), 3 years as a head coach of a professional women's team, and too-numerous-to-count head coaching positions for middle school, high school, and club teams. Prior to coaching volleyball, he co-founded an e-commerce consulting firm that grew to over 1000 employees and served as its International Director of Recruiting. He retired from that position in 2000 to pursue his passion, coaching volleyball.

Coach Wagner recently moved from San Francisco to Lafayette and is now the head coach for the Stanley Middle School 8A team. In 2017 he founded an educational non-profit, Volleyball Academy of America, that sponsors volleyball players and teams at the professional level. Most recently, in 2019, both his men's and women's team won Gold Medals at the US Open Nationals in the Open (highest) Division. In 2019 he also served as the head coach for Claire Lillianthal Middle School and the Bay School Frosh team.

Although he's enjoyed great success coaching at the higher levels of the sport including league championships at DU, multiple medals at Nationals, numerous AVP players, All-Americans, and former Olympians on his rosters, his greatest accomplishment and enjoyment comes from the relationships he's built in the sport; working with legendary coaches and training young players that have developed skills, knowledge, and a passion for the game, and have gone on to play in college -- and become coaches themselves.

Mr. Wagner lives in Lafayette with his wife of 30 years, Brenda, who is earning her teaching credential at Los Perales Elementary School in Moraga, and his daughter, Anika, a freshman at Acalanes High School and an accomplished ballerina. Coach Wagner is delighted to join the Vibe team of coaches and looks forward to another great season of club volleyball.

Gretta is a soon-to-be senior on the Chico State volleyball team. She haS been playing volleyball for 9 years now. She started playing club in 8th grade and continued to do so for a total of 5 years. She was on the varsity team at Albany High School for 4 years and earned MVP and first-team all league her senior year. She absolutely loves being on a team and forming connections with her teammates. Learning to work together and push each other is one of her favorite parts of volleyball. Volleyball has brought her so many opportunities, lifelong friendships, and joy. She loveS helping younger athletes play and improve. Volleyball changed her life and she is so grateful for every aspect of the sport and all it has taught her.

Bio and team assignment coming soon.

This is Mark’s 2nd season coaching at Vibe, and his 6th consecutive season coaching at Acalanes H.S. He has been head coach for the Freshman girls team and currently is the head coach for the Varsity boys team. He has also coached for Diablo Valley Volleyball Club, as well as for the Varsity boys team at Los Lomas HS. Before that, he enjoyed coaching his daughters in LMYA volleyball for over a decade. Mark didn’t play volleyball in high school as there was no boys’ volleyball team, but he was introduced to the game at Menlo College before enrolling at UCLA. Mark has played IFC volleyball, grass volleyball and was a player/coach for several corporate teams. Mark is a perpetual student of the game – always looking for and learning effective ways to help players reach their full potential. If you remember John Wooden and his coaching philosophy, you will understand Mark’s style. He is very focused on individual player development, and that by taking care of the little things, the big things will take care of themselves. His objective is to create teams where each player has the potential for dramatic improvement and the ability to contribute to the team’s development and success as a whole; as well as taking the skills they learned during the season, to the next level of their career.