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Coaches

2011-2012 Coaching Staff

Mike Zarate - Director, Technical Trainer for all teams, Head Coach 18 Quiksilver (Boys), Head Coach 16 Quiksilver (Girls)

  • Over 15 years of coaching experience
  • Cap I certified
  • Current Boys Volleyball Head Coach at Cardinal Gibbons HS
  • Current Girls Varsity Volleyball Head Coach West Boca HS
  • Current Asst. Coach USA Boys Select Continental High Performance Team
  • Asst. Coach Broward College for 2 years (1 year as acting Head Coach)
  • Head Coach Florida Region Boys High Performance Team
  • Head Varsity Boys Volleyball Coach Olympic Heights
  • Head Varsity Girls Volleyball Coach Zion Lutheran
  • Setter's Coach at Nova Southeastern University
  • Head Volleyball Coach University of Florida Men's Club team
  • Head Varsity Volleyball Coach Buchholz HS (girls)
  • Head Volleyball Coach YMCA Gainesville  
  • Founder of various volleyball clubs including Crackers & Rice, Club Florida and Club F1
  • Florida Region Outstanding Male Player of the Year (2004)

Caitlin Faulk - Assistant Director, Recruiting Coordinator

  • 10 Years coaching experience
  • Head Coach 3 years at Broward College
  • Named one of the top 30 coaches nationally under the age of 30 by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
  • Assistant Coach Florida Region Girls High Performance Team
  • CAP I Certified/CAP II Certified by theng  USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program
  • Director of Thunder Elite Volleyball Club (merged with OBV '08 )
  • Played for Georgia Southern University

Elijah Porr - Head Coach 18 Quiksilver (Girls)

  • Current Women's Asst. Volleyball Coach Eastern Illinois University
  • Asst. Girls Volleyball Coach at Charleston High School
  • Coach at Beach York Outdoor Volleyball Camp (York, PA)
  • Asst. Volleyball Coach - White Rose Volleyball Club
  • Asst. Volleyball Coach - Men's Club Messiah College
  • Girls Asst. Volleyball Coach - East Stroudsburg HS
  • Instructor and Court Coach - Bob Bertucci Volleyball Camps
  • Boys Interim Volleyball Coach - Elizabethtown HS
  • Girls Volleyball Head Coach - Norlanco Volleyball Club
  • Girls Volunteer Asst. Volleyball Coach - Manheim Township HS

Kyle Cronk - Asst Coach 18 Quiksilver (Boys)

  • 6 years coaching experience
  • Volunteer Asst Coach University of Central Florida
  • Head Coach Orlando Gold VBC
  • Volunteer Asst Coach West Boca High School

Virginia Kelly - Head Coach 17 Quiksilver (Girls)

  • OBV coach for 4 years
  • Coached Olympic Heights to 7 straight state championships, 8 total
  • Head Coach for Lynn University
  • Florida Dairy Farmers Volleyball Coach of the year 2001, 1999, 1997 and 1996

Jose Orejas - Asst. Coach 17 Quiksilver (Girls)

  • Over 6 years club coaching experience
  • Head Coach Zion Lutheran JV team
  • Head Coach - Gold Coast VB Club
  • Lettered four years at Spanish River
  • Member of the 2006 State Championship team

Matt Carlock - Head Coach 17 Quiksilver (Boys)

  • 2nd year club coach for OBV
  • coached 18 Quiksilver team to 1st place finishes at AAU Nationals, USAV Regionals and East Coach Championships. 
  • coached 18 Quiksilver team to 10th place finish at USAV Nationals in OPEN DIVISION
  • former player for UCF club team and Orlando Gold

Nicole Bluhm - Head Coach 12 Quiksilver (Girls), Asst Coach 16 Quiksilver (Girls)

  • Head Coach Florida High
  • Head Coach Holy Family School (Chicago) Boys and Girls teams
  • Played under Mike Zarate

Tiffany Snow - Head Coach 16 Roxy (Girls)

  • 2nd year coach with OBV
  • 5 years Asst Varsity and Head JV coach with Royal Palm Beach and helped take them to 2nd place finish at states 2 years ago
  • 2 years Head Coach for Treasure Coast Juniors and coached 16s to an AAU National Championship
  • 2 years Head coach Beach Dig

Nikki Bozick - Asst. Coach 16 Roxy (Girls)

  • 2nd year coach with OBV
  • Current Girls Asst. Varsity Coach West Boca High
  • Current Boys Varsity Head Coach West Boca High
  • coached for Dig for Kids in Orlando
  • played at Catawba College

Britney Hodson - Head Coach 16 Waves (Girls)

  • 2nd year coach with OBV
  • Coached for Timeout Volleyball Club (MD)
  • Coached for Elite YMCA summer volleyball camp
  • Player and Captain for UMBC Division I Volleyball team in Baltimore, MD
  • Played HS Varsity in Glastonbury, CT

Mitch Theil - Asst Coach 16 Waves (Girls)

  •  Head Coach TCA Volleybal Club
  •  Head Coach Northview High School
  •  Volleyball Clinician

Nadine Clement - Head Coach 15 Quiksilver (Girls)

  • Current Varsity Head Coach Pembroke Pines Charter
  • Head Coach Gulliver Prep JV
  • Cap I certified
  • Gold Medal Squared certified
  • Assistant Coach for Broward College
  • Head Varsity Girls Volleyball Coach Pembroke Pines Charter
  • Played DS for nationaly ranked Miami Dade College

Taylor McColskey - Head Coach 15 Roxy (Girls), Head Coach 15 Quiksilver (Boys)

  • Current Head JV Girls Coach for West Boca High School
  • Current Boys Asst. Coach (2nd year) Cardinal Gibbons
  • Varsity Boys Asst. Coach for Palm Beach Gardens HS
  • Head Coach for 15 Quiksilver boys team that placed 3rd at AAU Nationals and 9th at USAV Nationals.
  • Played at King College for 2 years
  • Played club volleyball under Mike Zarate

Andrea Wood - Asst. Coach 15 Roxy (Girls)

  • Asst Coach for Greensburg Salem Middle School for 2 years
  • Played HS Varsity in Greensburg, PA
  • Played Junior Olympics Open for GAVA Jammers (5 years)

Torey Ciano - Head Coach 14 Quiksilver (Girls)

  • 2nd year coaching with OBV
  • Over 8 years of coaching experience
  • Current Head JV boys coach and Varsity Assistant at Royal Palm Beach HS
  • Head Coach for Treasure Coast 13s team that was ranked top 5 in the Florida Region

Amy Morgan - Head Coach 13 Quiksilver (Girls)

  • Head Coach Boca Middle School
  • Head Coach St. Jude

Mary Kate Macek - Head Coach 12 Roxy (Girls), Asst Coach 18 Quiksilver (Girls)

  • Asst. Coach Cardinal Gibbons Boys Team
  • President of womens FSU club team
  • Played on Gibbons State Championship team 32-0
  • 1st team all state

Devon Woolard - Asst Coach (12s/13s/14s)

  • over 4 years club coaching experience
  • coach for Lynn University and Spanish River summer volleyball camps

Flavia Pereira - Asst. Coach

  • Third year coach for OBV
  • Over 13 years of playing experience (9 in Brazil 4 in D1 Universities in the US)
  • Co-author in the article - Preventing Volleyball injuries AVCA Oct 2010 issue
  • Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science
  • Currently working on Masters in Physiology and Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach (CSCS)