Coaches

Kristin Grissom

11 Black Head Coach

Song Mu

11 Black Assistant

Kim Brandt

TBD 11 Blue Head Coach

Rachel Dayton

TBD 11 Blue Assistant Coach

Rachel is excited to be going into her first year coaching at NorCal. She has over 5 years of head and assistant coaching experience at other clubs, including BAVC, Bay Club, and EBVA, for both boys and girls. Before she started coaching, Rachel played for Kimball HS as the starting OH, then transferred to Amador Valley HS where she played outside and opposite. She now plays for Las Positas College under Jamie Hadenfeldt (NorCal Assistant Director) as a setter/oppo, and is majoring in psychology. With over 12 years of playing experience, Rachel’s dedication to the sport and passion for working with kids has helped her discover her love for coaching. When she is not on the court, she can be found hiking with her dog, Pongo.

Sara Bungarz

12 Black Head Coach

The 2021-2022 season will be Sara’s 15th season with NorCal volleyball club. Sara has primarily been our 12 Black coach over the past 14 seasons but has also coached our 13 Black team a handful of times. Sara is a Bay Area native, growing up in Castro Valley where she attended Moreau Catholic High School. After Moreau, Sara continued her volleyball career as a setter at Chabot College and Menlo College where her Oaks squad won back-to-back Cal Pac Championships. Sara has always had a love for coaching. She coached CYO volleyball at Our Lady of Grace from 1999-2008 and has been at NorCal since 2006. One of Sara’s favorite parts of coaching is watching the girls develop over the years. It is especially fun for her when her former players come back to coach or help out with her teams at NorCal. When Sara is not coaching, she is busy working for Yahoo!, cheering on the Bay Area Sports teams and enjoying spending time with her brand new twin niece and nephew. Sara is so pumped for this upcoming season and loves her home away from home- NorCal!

Madi Gonzales

12 Black Assistant Coach

Hayley Alverson

12 Blue Head Coach

TBD

12 Blue Assistant Coach

Garyn McMillin

13 Black Head Coach and 18 Black Assistant Coach

Nicole Armato

13 Black Assistant Coach

Sean Hsu

13 Blue Head Coach and 18 Blue Assistant

Sean Hsu will be entering his first year with NorCal Volleyball Club on both the boys’ and girls’ sides. Sean played four years at Foothill High School and two years at Vassar College (D3) in New York. Being a Pleasanton native, he played at an assortment of clubs around the area since his 14s year. He trained primarily as an outside hitter but also played opposite and middle in college. His playing style and philosophy has always been about attention to detail and approaching competition methodically. Sean is a recent graduate with a biochemistry degree looking to further himself in healthcare.

Diana Guerrero

13 Blue Assistant Coach and 17/18 Blue Assistant

Diana is going into her first year of coaching at NorCal. She previously played at NorCal as a Libero/DS and continued playing for San Diego State University’s Women’s Club Volleyball program. There, she majored in Athletic Training and completed her clinical hours with their D1 athletics. Diana is excited to work with both the boys’ and girls’ programs and is looking forward to sharing her passion for athletics with younger athletes. Participating as an athlete as well as working with them has allowed Diana to gain more insight into athletes’ mindsets on and off the court. She hopes to help develop each player into confident, dynamic, well-rounded athletes.

Kevin Kramer

14 Black Head Coach and 17 Blue Head Coach

Kevin Kramer enters his second year with NorCal Volleyball Club after spending 12 seasons as the Head Indoor and Beach Volleyball Coach at Gavilan College in Gilory, CA.

During his tenure with Gavilan, Kramer led the Rams to six Conference Championships on the hardwood, 10 consecutive trips to the CCCAA State Regional Playoffs, and two trips to the California State Championship Tournament. Throughout that span, over 40 players from the indoor and beach volleyball programs signed to play at the four-year level, with over 165 academic awards given to players from the two programs. In Fall of 2018, Kramer was selected as the Northern California Community College Volleyball Coach of the Year, and was recognized as the 2018 AVCA Two-Year College Southwest Region Coach of the Year.

In addition to his time with the indoor program at Gavilan, he also served as the 1st Head Coach for the Gavilan College Beach Volleyball program. During his tenure, the program was represented by at least one pairs team in every State Tournament, was home to the 2017 Northern California Pairs Champions, and qualified for the State Final Four Team Championship in 2018. With Beach Volleyball emerging at the four-year level at this time, Kramer helped place numerous players at the four-year level, with five former players capturing National Championships with their Universities. In his free time, Kevin also served as the Club Director and 18’s coach for Adrenaline/Rush Volleyball Club for the majority of his time in Gilroy, and also served as the President of the California Community College Coaches Association for over five years.

Kramer recently made the tough decision to leave Gavilan College to accept the Dean of Health, Kinesiology and Athletics position at Chabot College in Hayward, where he oversees the Gladiator Athletic Department, and all of the Allied Health programs at the college.

MacKenzie Draper

14 Black Assistant Coach and 17 Blue Head Coach

MacKenzie returns to NorCal for her 4th year of coaching. Involved with both our girls and boys programs, she’s excited for what the 2022 indoor season has to offer. She played for NorCal as a Libero, then converted to setter in high school. She then won two national titles with Cal Poly’s Women’s Club team as the starting setter. MacKenzie has a passion for coaching and pushing the potential for each player she mentors. She looks to her players to find small victories within their game – to build on their abilities both physically and mentally by putting their best foot forward every time they step on the court.

Arin Dadiw

14 Blue Head Coach

Fran Kelly

14 Blue Assistant Coach

Harrison Graham

15 Black Head Coach

After a 3 year hiatus, Harrison returns to NorCal for his 10th season with the club. Harrison has coached high-level teams throughout high school, club and collegiate volleyball. He would describe his coaching style as laidback and fun, but focused on learning and growth.

Lindsay Fogarty

15 Black Assistant Coach

Lindsay is excited to be entering her 11th season with NorCal! As a former NorCal player, it was a no-brainer that she would return to NorCal as she transitioned from a D1 volleyball player at the University of New Hampshire to volleyball coach. She has coached ages 15-18 and strives to instill the same passion she has for the game while focusing on fine tuning their fundamental skills, expanding their volleyball IQ, and building a culture of mutual trust and respect. Seeing these girls grow as athletes, teammates, and people over the course of the season is amazing and she’s so thankful to be a part of a club that values that as much as she does!

Jay Felch

15 Blue Head Coach

Jay Felch is entering his 19th year with NorCal Volleyball Club! He has been coaching volleyball since 1999 and youth sports since 1991. Jay loves being in the gym and working with young athletes – watching them grow as both athletes and people. He believes that through coaching volleyball he’s able to teach life lessons and values – especially about choices and decisions – and that the journey, not the destination, is what’s important. Jay believes that a positive team culture is critical to the success of the team. He works hard to instill confidence in the players so that they believe in themselves and their team and teammates.

Carrie Archer

15 Blue Assistant Coach

Emerson Salonga

16 Black Head Coach

Emerson will be entering his 5th year coaching at NorCal. He has been coaching volleyball for 27 years. He has coached boys’ and girls’ high school, multi-medal winning, top-ten finishing club teams at the regional and National-level. He was also the Training Coach for the USA Junior and Youth National Teams in 2006 and 2007. Collegiately, he has coached for Utah State, Cal, and then began his career with the University of Illinois women’s club team. Emerson played for the University of Illinois men’s club team and his team was 1995 Big Ten Champions.

Shelby Salonga

16 Black Assistant Coach

Born and raised in Pleasanton, Shelby Salonga played volleyball and basketball at Amador Valley High School before heading to Wichita State University on a volleyball scholarship as an outside hitter/middle blocker. After graduating summa cum laude from WSU, Shelby interned at the University of California, Berkeley in the athletic department before moving on to work for the Oakland Athletics, and has spent the last 20 years working at Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare. Shelby coached for 13 years at Golden Bear Volleyball Club making 12 appearances at USA Volleyball Junior National tournament including 7 in the Open division. Her teams have earned a 15 Open division Bronze medal, two 18 Open 5th place finishes, won the Gold medal in 16 Club, and took home two 18 Club Silver medals. Shelby has coached the last four seasons at NorCal Volleyball Club with her husband, Emerson Salonga. Last year’s 2021 15 Black team finished 5th in the USA division. Shelby and Emerson live in Pleasanton with their two children, Katie and Josh.

Andrew Fischer

16 Blue Head Coach

Jamie Hadenfeldt

16 Blue Assistant Coach

As Jamie enter her sixteenth season as a coach, she is excited to call NorCal her home for the sixth straight year. She was a three sport athlete at Benicia HS and chose to play volleyball in college at UConn where she majored in Molecular and Cell Biology. As a Husky she was awarded Team MVP, All-Big East Team, AVCA All-Region Team, The Iron Husky Award and Scholar Athlete honors. Sports helped to shape the person she is today. It is these invaluable life lessons – self-confidence, team work, commitment, goal setting and respect – that she hopes to imbue to all the athletes and coaches that she works with at NorCal. While not at NorCal she can be found on staff at Monte Vista High School or chasing her two dogs, Mister Pepper and Dash.

Sam Crosson

17 Black Head Coach

Morgan Kordic

17 Black Assistant Coach

Kevin Kramer

17 Blue Head Coach and 14 Black Head Coach

Kevin Kramer enters his second year with NorCal Volleyball Club after spending 12 seasons as the Head Indoor and Beach Volleyball Coach at Gavilan College in Gilory, CA.

During his tenure with Gavilan, Kramer led the Rams to six Conference Championships on the hardwood, 10 consecutive trips to the CCCAA State Regional Playoffs, and two trips to the California State Championship Tournament. Throughout that span, over 40 players from the indoor and beach volleyball programs signed to play at the four-year level, with over 165 academic awards given to players from the two programs. In Fall of 2018, Kramer was selected as the Northern California Community College Volleyball Coach of the Year, and was recognized as the 2018 AVCA Two-Year College Southwest Region Coach of the Year.

In addition to his time with the indoor program at Gavilan, he also served as the 1st Head Coach for the Gavilan College Beach Volleyball program. During his tenure, the program was represented by at least one pairs team in every State Tournament, was home to the 2017 Northern California Pairs Champions, and qualified for the State Final Four Team Championship in 2018. With Beach Volleyball emerging at the four-year level at this time, Kramer helped place numerous players at the four-year level, with five former players capturing National Championships with their Universities. In his free time, Kevin also served as the Club Director and 18’s coach for Adrenaline/Rush Volleyball Club for the majority of his time in Gilroy, and also served as the President of the California Community College Coaches Association for over five years.

Kramer recently made the tough decision to leave Gavilan College to accept the Dean of Health, Kinesiology and Athletics position at Chabot College in Hayward, where he oversees the Gladiator Athletic Department, and all of the Allied Health programs at the college.

MacKenzie Draper

17 Blue Assistant Coach and 14 Black Assistant Coach

MacKenzie returns to NorCal for her 4th year of coaching. Involved with both our girls and boys programs, she’s excited for what the 2022 indoor season has to offer. She played for NorCal as a Libero, then converted to setter in high school. She then won two national titles with Cal Poly’s Women’s Club team as the starting setter. MacKenzie has a passion for coaching and pushing the potential for each player she mentors. She looks to her players to find small victories within their game – to build on their abilities both physically and mentally by putting their best foot forward every time they step on the court.

Jamie Hadenfeldt

18 Black Head Coach and 16 Blue Assistant

As Jamie enter her sixteenth season as a coach, she is excited to call NorCal her home for the sixth straight year. She was a three sport athlete at Benicia HS and chose to play volleyball in college at UConn where she majored in Molecular and Cell Biology. As a Husky she was awarded Team MVP, All-Big East Team, AVCA All-Region Team, The Iron Husky Award and Scholar Athlete honors. Sports helped to shape the person she is today. It is these invaluable life lessons – self-confidence, team work, commitment, goal setting and respect – that she hopes to imbue to all the athletes and coaches that she works with at NorCal. While not at NorCal she can be found on staff at Monte Vista High School or chasing her two dogs, Mister Pepper and Dash.

Garyn McMillin

18 Black Assistant Coach and 13 Black Head Coach

Sierra Allen

18 Blue Head Coach

Sierra Allen is joining NorCal for her first season! She has been playing volleyball since she was 10 years old. Sierra went to Vacaville Highschool where she received MEL league MVP Player of the Year in 2017 and is in many categories for records broken. She received a full ride scholarship to play volleyball at Holy Names University. In college she was offensive player of the year twice and broke the record for highest hitting percentage at HNU in the past 15 years. Her senior year she was named All Pac-West NorCal pod team. She has played all positions but mainly played as a middle in her high school years, and is now playing as an outside and right side in college. Sierra has 5 years of coaching experience for club teams and private lessons. Her goal is to help facilitate players’ love for the game and to improve by allowing them to feel confident in themselves. Sierra has been coached by many talented college coaches and she is eager to share the knowledge she has learned. She specializes in hitting, passing, and serving. She likes to work with fundamentals and refining and expanding mechanics.

Sean Hsu

18 Blue Assistant Coach and 13 Blue Head Coach

Sean Hsu will be entering his first year with NorCal Volleyball Club on both the boys’ and girls’ sides. Sean played four years at Foothill High School and two years at Vassar College (D3) in New York. Being a Pleasanton native, he played at an assortment of clubs around the area since his 14s year. He trained primarily as an outside hitter but also played opposite and middle in college. His playing style and philosophy has always been about attention to detail and approaching competition methodically. Sean is a recent graduate with a biochemistry degree looking to further himself in healthcare.

Diana Guerrero

18 and 17 Blue Second Assistant Coach and 13 Blue Assistant Coach

Diana is going into her first year of coaching at NorCal. She previously played at NorCal as a Libero/DS and continued playing for San Diego State University’s Women’s Club Volleyball program. There, she majored in Athletic Training and completed her clinical hours with their D1 athletics. Diana is excited to work with both the boys’ and girls’ programs and is looking forward to sharing her passion for athletics with younger athletes. Participating as an athlete as well as working with them has allowed Diana to gain more insight into athletes’ mindsets on and off the court. She hopes to help develop each player into confident, dynamic, well-rounded athletes.