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18 Gold: Jason Mansfield (Head Coach)
- Jason is in his sixth season as an assistant coach at Stanford University where he has been to three Final Fours (2002, 2004, 2006) and won a National Championship (2004). He has coached fifteen All-Americans and two National Players-of-the-Year. Jason will be starting his twelfth year of coaching club, where his teams have finished fifth or better seven times at the Junior Olympics, winning a Gold medal in 1997 (18 Club) and a silver medal in 2003 (18 Open). Jason has coached fourteen Junior Olympic All-Americans.

Gwen Hubbard (Assistant Coach)
- Gwen is in her third year as an assistant with the Vision 18 Gold team. She played her junior career at Los Altos High School and for Coach Mansfield on the Vision 18 Gold team in 2000. She played at the collegiate level at Cal Poly and graduated in 2004. She is an assistant coach for Castilleja High School which made it to the State Division V Finals in 2005.

Ryan Cooling (Assistant Coach)
- Ryan was an assistant for the Vision 17 Gold team in 2007. He has coached a variety of levels including the Vision 16 Gold team which he led to a Silver Medal in the 16 Club Division at the JO's in 2000. Ryan is currently the Head Coach and Athletic Director at Presentation High School. His coaching resume is lengthy and includes collegiate experience at the University of Texas-Arlington, and junior experience at Menlo (Head Coach), Aptos (Head Coach), and Archbishop Mitty (Assistant Coach).

18 Blue: Joe Ripp (Head Coach)
- Joe returns as the 18 Blue Head Coach after leading the team to a Bronze Medal in the 18 Club Division of the Junior Nationals in Minneapolis. He has coached all age levels during the club season and in 2005 guided the Vision 17 Gold team to the silver medal in the 17 Open Division of the Junior Nationals in Salt Lake City.  Joe recently retired from Los Gatos High School after coaching there for 14 years. His high school teams won three CCS championships, three Nor-Cal championships and one California State Championship. He is the founder of Vision Volleyball Club

Ron Whitmill (Assistant Coach)
- Ron returns to Vision after coaching the 16 Blue team last season. He has a lengthy coaching and playing resume. He spent 7 years with City Beach as a Head Coach and is currently the Head Coach for the San Jose State Men's program. As a player Ron participated in the 1989 JO's and has been part of a team which finished first in the NCVA AA seven times. He continues to play in professional outdoor doubles tournaments which he has done since 1992.

Kelly Crow (Assistant Coach)
- Kelly is currently in her junior season as an outside hitter/ds at San Jose State University. She his a former Vision player, and earned a fifth place finish at the Junior Nationals in 2003 with the Vision 18 Gold team and a Silver Medal finish with the Vision 18 Gold team in 2004. She was the 2004 Sports Focus North Coast Section Player-of-the-Year and is in her third year of coaching club volleyball.

17 Gold: Will Yuen (Head Coach)
- Will is in his third season at Santa Clara University as an assistant coach. He helped lead Santa Clara to the NCAA Final Four in 2005. Prior to joining SCU, he spent six seasons as the head Junior Varsity coach at Archbishop Mitty. The past two seasons he has coached the Vision 16 Gold team which competed at the Junior Nationals in Atlanta, Georgia and Minneapolis. He has been involved locally in junior volleyball for twelve seasons.

Lauryn Dowd (Assistant Coach)
- Lauryn is currently an opposite hitter for Santa Clara University and has seen significant time in her two seasons there. She completed her junior career as a starter on Vision's 18 Gold team and in just four years of club volleyball, earned a full scholarship to Santa Clara. She played high school for Leigh and for Vision Volleyball Club during her final three seasons as a junior.

Emily Burke (Assistant Coach)
- Emily has been a starting setter at San Jose State University this season. She was the setter for the Vision 18 Gold team in 2007. She helped lead that team to a fifth place finish at the Junior Nationals. Her club career included six seasons with Vision and her high school career included two trips to the CA State Championship with Archbishop Mitty.

17 Blue: Tait Rafat (Head Coach)
- Tait is in his second season as the Head Coach at San Jose City College and for Vision's 17 Blue team. Prior to San Jose City, Tait served as an Assistant at Nevada-Reno, and most recently coached 16's for Sierra Nevada Volleyball Club. His team moved up 50 spots from their original ranking during the league season. Tait grew up in Alaska before going to school at UNLV. He has both an undergraduate degree and masters, is CAP I certified by USA Volleyball, and is a certified volleyball conditioning specialist. Tait now resides in the Bay Area with his wife of six years and their two children.

Suedy Ezzatyar (Assistant Coach)
- Suedy is in her second season coaching with Tait on the 17 Blue team. She played for Vision for 5 years as a junior and at Los Altos High School.  At Vision she played for Vision 15 Gold Coach Jason Dupler and at Los Altos for Vision 18 Gold Head Coach Jason Mansfield. She is a recent graduate of Gonzaga University and moved back to the Bay Area to start her post-graduate career.

   
16 Gold:

Monica Marcuson (Head Coach)
- Monica is entering her fifth season with Vision Volleyball Club. All four of her previous teams have qualified for the Junior Nationals. She is currently the Head Coach for Notre Dame Belmont where in 2006 her team won the CCS Division III title for the first time in 10 years. Prior to Notre Dame, Monica established the program at Canada Community College. Monica played collegiate volleyball at Notre Dame de Namur (formerly Notre Dame Belmont) for four years.

Caitlin Torres (Assistant Coach)
- Caitlin was a member of the 2006 Vision 18 Blue team and played for Vision 15 Gold Coach Jason Dupler. She is a current member of the Notre Dame De Namur volleyball team where she plays Opposite. As a junior player, her Leigh High School teams were 2004 and 2005 champions of the Blossom Valley Athletic League.

16 Blue:

Katie Goldhahn (Head Coach)
- Katie is an assistant at San Jose State University and as a player was a setter for Stanford University from 2002-2005. Her 2002 team was an NCAA finalist and the 2004 team won the NCAA Championship. As a junior player she competed with Delta Valley. Her teams won the Junior Nationals her sophomore season and the Volleyball Festival her junior season. She spent the prior two club seasons coaching Palo Alto 16s.

Angie McKinnell (Assistant Coach)
- Angie is in her first year with Vision, she was previously the Varsity coach at Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon for two years, and coached the freshman team for one season.  Angie played for Nike Northwest and High Desert Volleyball clubs.  She had been recruited to play at the University of Washington before an injury prevented her from pursuing her volleyball career. She has continued her interest in sports, and is currently works in athletic administration for San Jose State University.

15 Gold:

Chris Muscat (Head Coach)
- Chris joins Vision after coaching the Main Beach 18 Gold team in 2007. He has coached club volleyball for seven seasons. His teams qualified for the Junior Nationals in each season. Prior to his career in coaching, he was a player for UCLA's men's team from 1997-2000. Chris is a volunteer assistant for Stanford University and works as a teacher at Santa Clara.

Jason Dupler (Assistant Coach)
- Jason is in his first season as an assistant at San Jose State University after twelve seasons coaching at West Valley College in Saratoga and one season at Stanford University. West Valley was one of the top programs in Northern California during his tenure. He has over 17 years of coaching experience and has coached at every level with Vision. He has been with Vision Volleyball Club since its inception.

Jenny Denton (Assistant Coach)
- Jenny is an assistant coach at Foothill Junior College and played for Vision in 2002. As a junior player she helped lead Hollister High School to its first ever CCS Championship match. She played at West Valley College and Louisiana Tech University. At West Valley she was All-State, 2nd Team All-American and in 2005 was the MVP of the Coast Conference. She is currently a student at San Jose State University.

15 Blue:

Cayse Kaveny (Head Coach)
- Cayse returns to Vision after playing and coaching at the collegiate level in Florida. She is currently the Head Varsity Coach for Pinewood School. She played for Archbishop Mitty High School and Vision as a junior player. Collegiately she played both at the University of New Mexico and Florida Atlantic. After ending her playing career she began her coaching career at FAU.

Barry Ivers (Assistant Coach)
- Barry has eight years of coaching experience at both the junior and collegiate levels. He will bring his knowledge from the men's game where he was both a player and coach. He played at St Francis High School and San Jose State University and his coaching experience includes stints at Surf City, St Francis, Bay to Bay, and Stanford.

14 Gold: Bret Almazan-Cezar (Head Coach)
- Bret is in his eighth season as Head Varsity Coach for Archbishop Mitty High School. His Monarch teams have won four state championships and made seven appearances in the NorCal Championship match. Bret is also in his eighth season with Vision. At the Junior Nationals, in 2006, his Vision 14 Gold team finished fifth and in 2002, his 14 Gold team won the Silver medal. Prior to joining Vision, in 2000, Bret led Delta Valley to a Gold Medal Championship in the 18 Open Junior National Championships in Louisville, Kentucky. Vision 16 Blue Coach Katy Goldhan was a member of that team.

Chi Chui (Assistant Coach)
- Chi is in his eleventh season as an assistant coach at Archbishop Mitty. He has coached club volleyball for 18 seasons. He has coached teams that have achieved the highest levels in winning state championships and Junior National medals. In 2002 he helped guide the Vision 14 Gold team to a Silver Medal at the Junior National Championships. In 2003 he help Archbishop Mitty High School win the Division II state championship. This will be his sixth season as Bret's primary assistant coach.

14 Blue:

Jessica Herrera (Head Coach)
- Jessica coached Vision's 13 Blue team last season which earned a spot in the Junior Nationals in Minnesota. She is a former collegiate player at Gonzaga University where she played Libero from 2002-2006. She is a graduate of Archbishop Mitty High School where she played for Vision 14 Gold Coach Bret Almazan-Cezar. She played club for Vision and Yahoo and her Yahoo team won the Gold medal in 2000. She coaches locally at Archbishop Mitty High School.

 

13 Gold:

Brooke Herald (Head Coach)
- Brooke is in her fifth season with Vision Volleyball Club. The past two seasons she led the the Vision 12 Gold team to the Junior Nationals in Minneapolis and Salt Lake City. She took over as Head Coach at West Valley Junior College after working as an assistant for one season.  As a player, she competed for Vision throughout her high school career, and was a defensive specialist at San Jose State.

Danny Chan (Assistant Coach)
- Danny also returns after helping lead the Vision 12 Gold team to the Junior Nationals. He is the Head Coach at West Valley Junior College. His coaching experience includes positions at Evergreen Valley High School and Club Yahoo, where in 2006 he helped Yahoo's 17's team earn a bid to the Junior Olympics. He earned his Kinesiology degree from San Jose State with an emphasis in Adapted Physical Activity.

13 Blue:

Kevin Corral (Head Coach)
- Kevin returns to Vision after leading the Vision13 Blue team to a birth in the Junior Nationals. Most recently Kevin has been an assistant at Gavilan Community College and spent one year as an assistant at Club Yahoo. He has a 9-year history as a player, including a career at San Jose State with the men's team. Kevin also spent a year coaching the men with Bay-2-Bay Volleyball Club.

Kaylie Kortsen (Assistant Coach)
- Kaylie is a former Vision player who played locally at San Benito High School. She helped lead her San Benito team to their first-ever trip to the Norcal Playoffs. She continued her career at Weber State University for two seasons than went on to play at Utah Valley University. She started her coaching career helping the boy's volleyball team at Live Oak High School in 2005.

12 Gold: Cobey Shoji (Head Coach)
- Cobey returns to Vision for her fourth season after coaching the Vision 15 Blue and 16 Blue teams. She is in her fourth year as the Director of Volleyball Operations at Stanford University. She played her junior career at the prestigious Punahou High School in Hawaii and played club for the Asics Rainbow Volleyball Club. She is a 2001 graduate of the University of Michigan where she competed as a defensive specialist/setter. Cobey has a masters degree from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has coached for Punahou School, Rebel Volleyball Club in Las Vegas and for Triangle Volleyball Club in North Carolina.

Stacia Fanara (Assistant Coach)
- Stacia will be returning to Vision after coaching the 15 Blue team in 2006. She has helped with the Vision Futures program while caring for her new son. She has previous coaching experience with Peninsula Juniors and Carolina Juniors. Her time in North Carolina followed her playing career at the University of North Carolina - Charlotte. She was a starting outside hitter from 1992-1996 and was the MVP of her 1996 team.

 
12 Blue: Rebecca Mason (Head Coach)
- Rebecca returns to Vision after helping lead the Vision 12 Blue team last season. She played junior volleyball at Los Gatos High School, for Vision, and for UOP. She was an Outside Hitter and Defensive Specialist as a junior player and played for Vision 18 Blue coach Joe Ripp and Vision 15 Gold Coach Jason Dupler. As a junior she was named All-SCVAL First Team and named to the All-Mercury News Volleyball Team.

Katie Rowell (Assistant Coach)
- As a junior player, Katie played for Los Gatos High School and for Vision. She played on Vision 17 Gold which qualified for the Junior Nationals in the 17 Open Division in 2003. She played collegiately at Foothill Community College. Currently she is a student at San Jose State University.

Additional Coaches:

Azadeh Ezzatyar
- Azadeh is in her sixth season coaching club volleyball for Vision, where she most recently coached the Vision 14 Blue team. She is a graduate of Los Altos High School where she coached for 4 seasons, working with both the JV and Varsity teams.