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Illinois Performance Volleyball Club
                                                      
                                                                      IPV COACH PROFILES
                                                                    
 Club Directors, Boys Program Coordinator/Coaches
                                                                     Girls Program Coaches, Specialty & Assistant Coaches


IPV Club Directors:  

 

coming-soon100 Patti Smith
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Graduated from Western Illinois University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree/Business minor. Helped coach and run Up & Over VBC 1991-1998. Head coach at St. Joseph Parochial School team 2005-2008. Head coach for the IPV 12 Red team in 2007. Experience working youth volleyball camps in the area. Coached Sunsetters 12 Black in 2005 & 2006, assistant coach for for 12-16's prior to that. Webmaster & Secretarty for Sunsetters from 2003-2006. Impact certified, CAP 1 certification and VCAP (Volleyball Conditioning Accredidation Program) through USA Volleyball. AED/CPR Certified. Completed SoloSpike Coaches certification using Dartfish software and KIPP (Knee Injury Prevention Program) training. Currently a director of IPV, Inc. and handle administration, website and communication. Proud mother of two lovely daughters.

 

coming-soon100 Scott Smith
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Graduated from Western Illinois University with a Economics degree, earned masters from Benedictine University. Started Up & Over VBC in 1991 and has since coached all ages from 12-16's. Coached 2003-2006 for Sunsetters. Assistant coach to Kevin Tucker for Sunsetters 16 Black team and at St. Joseph Parochial School. Head coach for IPV 15 Red, IPV 14 White (Spring team) and IPV Developmental team in 2007 and 14 Red in 2008. Experience running and assisting with volleyball camps in area. Adjunct teacher of Quantitative Analysis at St. Francis University 1995-2006. Impact certified, CAP 1 certified and VCAP (Volleyball Conditioning Accredidation Program) through USA Volleyball. AED/CPR Certified. Completed SoloSpike Coaches certification using Dartfish software. Currently a director of IPV, Inc. and employed by RedBox. Proud father of two wonderful daughters. 

 

kevin tucker 100 Kevin Tucker
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Earned BA in Psychology and BPA- Business & Public Administration from Governors State University plus AAS- Marketing Management from Prairie State University. Coaching experience includes 14 years College, NAIA, 9 years Junior National teams with 2nd City and Sunsetters. Three years coaching Great Lakes Youth Volleyball, 2 years Corporate Challenge, Grass/Coed/Quads. Played: 14 years USVBA-A,AA, 3 years College Men's Club, 2 years Chicago Invitational Coed Champions, 2 years Prairie State Games. Two years experience as Volleyball Coordinator at St. Joseph School and in 7th year as head coach in DuPage Parochial League. Took 2003 Sunsetters 17 Black team to Nationals and coached 2004-2006 Sunsetters 16 Black teams which included a 2nd place finish in 2004 at the Asics Junior National Volleyball Championship. Also coached the 2005 15 Purple team. Coached our IPV 14 Red and Developmental team in 2007 and 16HP team in 2008. Experience running and assisting in local volleyball camps and lead instructor for IPV private/group lessons. Impact and Cap I, II & III certified. Completed SoloSpike Coaches certification using Dartfish software and KIPP (Knee Injury Prevention Program) training. Currently a Director of IPV, Inc. Proud father of two daughters.  
 


 

IPV Boys Program Coordinator/Coaches: 

 

leah Leah Jackson
Boy's Program Coordinator
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Graduated from University of Iowa in 2005 with a History Major and Entrepreneurial Business. Played club volleyball for 8 years with Up and Over, Sports Performance and Sunsetters as a setter and right side. Played varisty volleyball 3 years at Downers Grove North High School, Sophomore team Freshman year. Assistant coach at St. Joseph Parochial School in Downers Grove in 2005, 2007 & 2008 and now plays recreational adult volleyball. Coached 14U team at Sunsetters in 2006, IPV 13 Red team in 2007 & 2008 and IPV 15HP in 2009 & 2010. Impact certified. 

 

steve-gilbert Steve Gilbert
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Graduated from North Central College with a Computer Science Major.  Played high school volleyball at West Chicago HS.  Played varsity all 4 years and finished 4th in state my senior year.  Played in leagues at Great Lakes, Itasca, Downers Grove, and Wheaton Academy.  In summers I play beach volleyball at Four Lakes and in tournaments at North Avenue Beach.  I also play USAV and have gone to nationals the past 4 years with this past year finishing 5th in 'A'.  I have experience playing middle, right side, and outside positions. I coached Sophomore girls 2005 & 2006 and JV boys at 2005 for West Chicago HS.  I coached summer camps for Sports Performance.  Last year I coached 13 Navy for IPV.  Impact certified.  

stephen-hewitt-1 Stephen Hewitt
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Began playing volleyball in 3rd grade and played with Sports Performance throughout high school. Has camp and assistant coaching experience. Currently attending Columbia College in Chicago. Coached IPV 14 Black Boys team, 14 White Girls team and 14 Ice Girls Spring team in 2010. Coached the IPV 18 Green Boys team and IPV 17/18 Girls team in 2011 and will coach the 17HP in 2012. Recently assisted in a high level setters clinic with several Canadian clubs from the Toronto area. Impact Certified in Dec. 09.

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Katie Matt

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Katie Matt started her volleyball career here in the area. She played at Neuqua Valley High school and played competitive club in the area. She played at Augustana College as a middle hitter. She has been coaching for 7 years. She coached in the Iowa region during college for 16-U, 17-U, 14-U, and 12-U. She was the assistant varsity volleyball coach last year at a school in Iowa. Now she teaches at Bartlett High School coaching boys volleyball and assisting with girls volleyball. This year she will be working with the 18-U boys team, and assisting with girls programs.

mark-jackson Mark Jackson
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Graduated from Carthage College with a Bachelors degree in Math and Computer Science. Played volleyball throughout High School and then on intramurals and a club team in College. Currently I play in adult volleyball leagues around the area, I played USAV for 3 years as a middle hitter. I am currently a Senior Software Engineer for ITG Derivatives, a Brokerage company specializing in electronic trading. Coached at the 14U level for the girls program for the past 3 years. Now coaching Boys for the 2011 season.  Impact certified (Nov.07).  

 


 

Girls Program Head Coaches:   

 

Brian-Amsler Brian Amsler- 12U/16U
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Graduated from Loras College Magna Cum Laude and received Masters of Arts degree from Cocordia University. Currently the Assistant Principle at Lincoln Middle School in Schiller Park. Prior to bevoming the Assistant Principle Brian was the PE/Health instructor and coached both Boys and Girls sports, including volleyball at the Middle School. Joined IPV in 2008 and has coached at the 12U/13U/16U levels. Impact and CAP 1 certified.
Cindy-Biechler Cindy Biechler- 14U
& 12-14 Marketing Coordinator
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Graduated from Eastern Illinois University B.A.S.  13+ year career at Tellabs (Naperville) in Global Sales Operations/Compensation. Proud mom of one daughter. Played volleyball junior - senior high as an outside hitter. Member of Lisle Sr. High team: State Championship & 3rd place consecutive titles. Played club ball with the former West Suburban Volleyball club. Brings over 20 years of volleyball experience. Entering 4th year as head 14s/15s coach with IPV.  Focus on skills training, development and embraces competitive spirit of athletics. Impact & CPR/AED certified.

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Jennifer Datwyler- 15U
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4th season as a head coach at Illinois Performance Volleyball (IPV) in the 12U and 14U age divisions with 25 years of playing experience.
 
Coaching Experience:
2008-2009 Season, Head Coach, 14 Navy
2009-2010 Season, Head Coach, 14 Red
2010-2011 Season, Head Coach, 14 JD and 12 Black
 
Impact Certified
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Jamie-Drozd Jamie Drozd- 17U/18U 
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Jamie attends North Central College in Naperville in Elementary Education. She has played volleyball since 4th grade and began playing club in 9th grade for Chicago Jrs ad Celtic Force as an 18U where she played all around right side and outside hitter. Jamie is currently a defensive specialist with the North Central team. She has worked camps at her highschool and college. This is Jamie's third year coaching at IPV in the 17/18's. Impact certified.

steve-gilbert Steve Gilbert
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Graduated from North Central College with a Computer Science Major.  Played high school volleyball at West Chicago HS.  Played varsity all 4 years and finished 4th in state my senior year.  Played in leagues at Great Lakes, Itasca, Downers Grove, and Wheaton Academy.  In summers I play beach volleyball at Four Lakes and in tournaments at North Avenue Beach.  I also play USAV and have gone to nationals the past 4 years with this past year finishing 5th in 'A'.  I have experience playing middle, right side, and outside positions. I coached Sophomore girls 2005 & 2006 and JV boys at 2005 for West Chicago HS.  I coached summer camps for Sports Performance.  Last year I coached 13 Navy for IPV.  Impact certified.
stephen-hewitt-1 Stephen Hewitt-17U
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Began playing volleyball in 3rd grade and played with Sports Performance throughout high school. Has camp and assistant coaching experience. Currently attending Columbia College in Chicago. Coached IPV 14 Black Boys team, 14 White Girls team and 14 Ice Girls Spring team in 2010. Coached the IPV 18 Green Boys team and IPV 17/18 Girls team in 2011 and will coach the 17HP in 2012. Recently assisted in a high level setters clinic with several Canadian clubs from the Toronto area. Impact Certified in Dec. 09.

Meg_Holland Meg Holland- 12U/16U
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Currently attending North Central College in Naperville with an intended major in Mathematics, Psychology, and Secondary Education. Coached Lions Juniors 12 & Unders for two seasons before coming to IPV where she has coached 12's and 16's teams. Has experience playing libero and setter at Bremen High School in Midlothian, IL where she was captain of the team her junior and senior year. She also received All-Conference honors her junior and senior year as well as All-Tournament team selections. Played for 2nd City Volleyball Club 12U, 13U, 14U, and 15U. Played for Lions VBC 16U, 17U, 18U. Impact Certified.

Alexis_Hurley Alexis Hurley-16U
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Graduated from Beecher High School and currently attends North Central College in Naperville for Sports Management with a coaching minor. Alexa has 8+ years of experience playing on both school and traveling teams as an outside hitter or defense. She was a part of a regional, sectional and sweet sixteen varsity team with her high school. She was an assistant coach at Beecher Hr High in 2005 & 2006 as well as coaching volleyball camps in Beecher and at North Central.
This will be her 4th year coaching for IPV in the 15/16's and 12 & Under age group. Impact certified.
leah Leah Jackson-14U/Boy's Program Coordinator
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Graduated from University of Iowa in 2005 with a History Major and Entrepreneurial Business. Played club volleyball for 8 years with Up and Over, Sports Performance and Sunsetters as a setter and right side. Played varisty volleyball 3 years at Downers Grove North High School, Sophomore team Freshman year. Assistant coach at St. Joseph Parochial School in Downers Grove in 2005, 2007 & 2008 and now plays recreational adult volleyball. Coached 14U team at Sunsetters in 2006, IPV 13 Red team in 2007 & 2008 and IPV 15HP in 2009 & 2010. Impact certified.
mark-jackson Mark Jackson- 14U
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Graduated from Carthage College with a Bachelors degree in Math and Computer Science. Played volleyball throughout High School and then on intramurals and a club team in College. Currently I play in adult volleyball leagues around the area, I played USAV for 3 years as a middle hitter. I am currently a Senior Software Engineer for ITG Derivatives, a Brokerage company specializing in electronic trading. Coached at the 14U level for the girls program for the past 3 years. Now coaching Boys for the 2011 season.  Impact certified (Nov.07).
John_Kasik John Kasik-15U
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Retired from Oak Park and River Forest High School 2005.  He has coached boys and girls school volleyball at the Junior High, High School and College levels for 30 years and is coming to IPV with 8 years experience of coaching club volleyball.  He played on the Western Illinois University team 1971-1973, the All World Games 1991-1992 and trained with the 1978 National Team.  He is a USVBA and IHSA certified official, and is Impact Certified.

Molly-Kuchenbecker Molly Kuchenbecker- 17U
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 Molly graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. Molly played four years of club volleyball for IVVP throughout high school. She received a volleyball scholarship and played her first year in college. Molly has coached all ages from 10 to 17 year olds. She started off coaching 6th-8th grade for a middle school in her home town. Once at college, she headed a volleyball camp for 3rd-6th graders for the City of Ames . She also coached 16s & 17s IHVA club volleyball while at college. She currently has a career at Unilever Foodsolutions working on ingredients and label compliance. Impact certified (Feb. 09)

Ernie_Larson Ernie Larson- 13U
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Ernie joined IPV in 2008 to coach the Volleylites and 12 Silver teams. Currently coaching our 13 Red team and Volleylites/12U Spring team. Ernie also coached for 2nd City Volleyball Club back in the day.
Impact Certified.

Tim_Matt Tim Matt- 15U/16U
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Tim started his volleyball career at Neuqua Valley High school where he received All-Conference, All-City, and All-Area. During his time in high school he taught Volleyball
lessons to players ranging from k-8th grade. After High school he was recruited to Saint Ambrose University. He was the Head Coach of the North Scott Twisters (Eldridge, Iowa) where he has coached 13s, 14s, and 15s.  He currently plays in adult AVP and EVP tournaments.
Impact Certified

Jessica_Miller Jessica Miller-
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Started playing volleyball in 5th grade and played in high school at St. Francis. Started playing club volleyball at SOVA in 7th grade and then moved onto Sports Performance sophomore year. Primarily played middle hitter with some setting experience. Attended Iowa State for 2 years continuing to play for club and intramural. Currently attending College of Dupage. Experience coaching middle school summer camps. Impact Certified.
Shari-Mayner Shari Mayner- 14U
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Played volleyball and softball in high school. Graduated from North Park University, where she played outside and DS, with a BA in English and Secondary Education. She started coaching at Ace Point Match VBC in 2003 and then moved to Sideout VBC in 2006. While substitute teaching she coached freshman girls volleyball at Glenbard North High School. Shari worked at Larkin high school and coached the freshman level boys and JV level girls volleyball teams in the 2008-09 school year. She now works for COUNTRY Financial. This is her fifth year coaching at IPV. She continues to play in leagues around Chicagoland. Impact certified.
Jamie-Nelson Jamie Nelson- 16U
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Played volleyball, basketball, softball and ran track in high school. Graduated from Western Illinois University where she played and coached Club volleyball. After graduating Jamie worked at Addison Trail high school and coached the sophomore basketball team then moved over to Glenbard South high school this year and coached volleyball at the freshman level. Impact certified (Nov. 07).

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Paige Reinert
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Coming-soon100 Allison VanderVeen
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Jen_Wright Jennifer Wright- 15U & 15/16 Marketing Coordinator
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Now in her 5th season as a head coach at Illinois Performance Volleyball (IPV), Jen has earned the admiration and respect of all IPV players and has developed a reputation as one of the toughest (and loudest) coaches in the gym.  One of IPV’s veteran coaches, Jen has a solid background in both coaching and playing.  She has coached at the 12s, 13s and 15s age divisions and has a broad perspective as a coach as she has previous experience as a club, high school and college player.   Her background allows her to address the specific needs of IPV athletes.  Impact Certified; CPR Certified

 

Assistant Coaches:

 

Coming-soon100 Jessie Fiala-16HP
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Katie Matt started her volleyball career here in the area. She played at Neuqua Valley High school and played competitive club in the area. She played at Augustana College as a middle hitter. She has been coaching for 7 years. She coached in the Iowa region during college for 16-U, 17-U, 14-U, and 12-U. She was the assistant varsity volleyball coach last year at a school in Iowa. Now she teaches at Bartlett High School coaching boys volleyball and assisting with girls volleyball. This year she will be working with the 18-U boys team, and assisting with girls programs.

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Coming-soon100 Stephanie Ryding-17/18 Marketing Coordinator
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Currently attending Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI as a second-year graduate student with an intended masters in College Student Personnel. This season Stephanie is setting on Marquette's club volleyball team, having earned All-American honors last season after leading her team to a 2nd place finish at nationals. A graduate and former varsity athlete at North Central College in Naperville, IL, Stephanie has experience playing libero/DS, setter, and right side at North Central College and Naperville Central High School (State Champs 2005) and finished ranked 4th in nation for digs/game in 2007 (D3). Earned All-Conference Second Team and the Jack Schwartz Award for CCIW academic-all-conference achievement 2007 and was named CCIW Defensive Player of the Week as a freshman in September 2006. Earned  All-Conference first team, academic-all-conference, three-time defensive/setter of the week awards and five all-tournament honors as a setter in 2008. In 2009, Ryding led NCC to the school's first appearance at NCAA regionals, earning six All-Tournament honors and another All-Conference first team award. Finished second in the school's history in digs and aces.  Currently a Marketing Coordinator for IPV, a Certified Volleyball Official, and Impact Certified.
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Bonnie Pettigrew- Position Practice Coach
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Bonnie is a former Penn State 4 time All-American setter, USA National Team player and US Professional VB Chicago Thunder player. Bonnie has run over 50 camps in IL, MI, OR, WA and AL for all agegroups and offers private lessons in all skills. Bonnie focuses on both the mental and physical aspects of the game and what it takes to become a great player. Currently runs Next Level Athletes
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Titcus Pettigrew
Speed & Agility Coach
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An all-around athlete, Titcus Pettigrew played both basketball and football at Penn State University.  In basketball, just a few of his accomplishments included AAU All-American and Gatorade State player of the year.  He has received a special recognition award from the Boys and Girls Club of Illinois for his dedication.  He has successfully trained high school, collegiate and professional athletes in his career. Runs Strength & Agiltiy training through Speed, Inc. and Next Level Athletes for our teams at our Lisle facility.

 

    


Last Updated on Friday, 02 December 2011 18:30