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Sunwest Coaching Staff - Philosophy
At
Sunwest, the coaching staff is comprised of a group of dynamic individuals brought together
to further Sunwest's mission of creating an atmosphere that allows young athletes to attain
their fullest potential in the sport of volleyball. The coaches all seek to establish and preserve
the highest standards of quality with regard to teaching and coaching, whether at practice or in
a tournament setting. Team chemistry, an essential part of any successful unit on the
volleyball court, is also evident among the coaching staff; it is a common sight to see coaches
working with each others' teams at different practices.
The Coaches
Below are the coaches who are planning to participate with Sunwest for the
2002-2003 season.
Ozhan Bahrambeygui Email:
ozhan@sunwest.org
General Information: With
over a decade of experience coaching women’s collegiate and club
volleyball, Ozhan is one of San Diego’s most experienced and well
known volleyball coaches. Coaching Experience:
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Head
Coach/Club Director – Sunwest Volleyball Club (18s National
Championship, Davis Volleyball Festival '99) |
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Assitant
Coach – University of California Irvine Women’s Volleyball |
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Head
Coach – Mesa College Women’s Volleyball (Two-time Conference
Champs; Coach of the Year) |
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Head
Coach – Kaepa Volleyball Club |
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Head
Coach – Mesa College Men’s Volleyball (Coach of the Year)
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In
1996 - assisted for Itsl Matsanaga, former Japanese National Team
Coach while training the University of Wisconsin Badgers. |
In his
3rd year coaching the Nokia team, Ozhan will put
his experience to work for Sunwest as the head coach of the top 18 team. With his wealth of
knowledge and his familiarity with the junior national/club volleyball
system, he is sure to be the leader and motivator that Sunwest’s
18-NOKIA team will respect and admire.
Ozhan got
his bachelors degree at UCSD and received his Juris Doctorate in 2001.
Bert Novicio
Email:
bert@sunwest.org
General Information:
Bert is entering his 4th
year
of coaching at Sunwest having coached the top 16s team during the
1999-2000 season. Coaching Experience:
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Head
Coach - Grossmont College (2002) |
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First
Assistant Coach - Mesa College Women's Volleyball (1998 - 2001) |
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Head
Coach JV -- Women's Volleyball at the Bishop's School (1999 -
Present) |
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Assistant
Varsity Coach -- Women's Volleyball at the Bishop's School (1999 -
Present) |
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Head
Varsity Coach – Boy's Volleyball at the Bishop's School (1999 -
Present) |
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Head
Coach - Sunwest 16-1 team (1999 - 2000) |
| Camp
Coach – University of Wisconsin (1999 - 2000)
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| Assistant
Coach - 18s National Championship, Davis Volleyball Festival (1998 -
1999)
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Playing Experience:
Outside Hitter in High
School (4-year varsity), Club (SDVBC) and Setter in College (Mesa
College, two time regional champions).
Continue to play recreationally both indoor and on the beach.
Bert is finishing his
degree in communications at San Diego State.
Luis
Cuatok (far left)
Email:
cuatok@sunwest.org
General Information:
Character, integrity and sportsmanship are words that
define Luis’ coaching style. He
uses these qualities to get the very best out of his players. He is the type of coach that his players look up to and other
coaches and parents admire. Luis
has been a coach at Sunwest for over four years (18-1, 17s, 16s and 15s)
and will lead our 17-1 team this year. Coaching Experience:
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Head
Varsity Coach – University City HS (CIF SD Division II 2000
Champions, CIF SD Division III Runners-Up) |
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2000
University of Wisconsin girls camp coach |
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Coach
of the Week presented by ESPN.com (11/20/00) |
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Head
JV Coach – Our Lady of Peace |
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Asst.
Varsity Coach – Our Lady of Peace (CIF SD Section Runners-Up Division III) |
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Asst.
Varsity Coach – San Dieguito HS (3 time CIF SD Section Runners-Up Division I) |
Luis
is a graduate of UCSD with a degree in Cognitive Psychology.
J. T. Ragan
Email:
jt@sunwest.org
General Information:
J.T. Ragan is a volleyball
enthusiast who has sponsored at various club 20 athletes over the past
15 years and is is one of the
founding members of Sunwest Volleyball Club. His
passion for the sport of volleyball is contagious and can be seen in all
of his players. J.T. has been a coach at Sunwest for over five years (13s, 14s, 15s,16s).
Coaching Experience:
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Head
Freshman Coach - Women's Volleyball at University City High School
(2001 - Present) |
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Head
Freshman Coach - Women's Volleyball at Carlsbad High School (1999 - Present) |
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Head
Varsity Coach – La Costa Canyon HS (1996-1997) |
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Head
Varsity Coach – San Dieguito HS (3 time CIF SD Section Runners-Up Division I,
1991-1996) |
| Host
for visiting National Teams from Japan, Bulgaria, China, Brazil,
Russia, Greece, Netherlands & Spain. |
| Volunteer
Assistant for two years at the Colorado Springs National Training
Center for Volleyball. |
J.T.
Ragan is a graduate of Middlebury College and has a Master of Science in Kinesiology
from UCLA.
Daniel
Thomassen
Email:
dan@sunwest.org
General Information:
Growing up in Orange County, I was immersed in the sport of
volleyball, and lucky enough to play for great coaches (Dan Glenn, Charley Brande,
Mike Delesandro) and in a great club. I quickly developed a passion for
the playing the sport, being part of a winning and respected program, and
sharing my knowledge with other players, young and old. During college
off-seasons and beyond, I've tried to take every opportunity to share the sport
with kids, so that they could have the same great experiences that come with
being part of a volleyball team. My passion is to teach players to be good
people who, in turn, want to learn to be good, skilled players. Coaching Experience:
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4
year member of UCSD men's volleyball team 93-97 |
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1994
Head coach, Balboa Bay VBC -- Boys 16-3 team |
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1994
Assistant coach, Balboa Bay VBC -- Boys 16-1 team (3rd place at
Junior Olympics) |
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1995
Nike girls camp coach (UCSD) |
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1998
Varsity assistant/JV coach L.A. Baptist H.S. |
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1999-2000 Sunwest
17-1 coach |
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2000
Stanford girls camp coach |
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2000
Assistant varsity coach -- La Jolla H.S. |
Dan received his B.S. in
Biochemistry (UCSD), and his M.S. in Chemistry (UCSD), and is pursuing a career
in teaching or environmental science.
Tony
Bento
Email:
tony@sunwest.org
General Information: As one of the original coaches of Sunwest
Volleyball Club, I’ve seen the tremendous growth and
development of the Club. We started as an unknown,
fledgling 3 team club, practicing at the Jewish Community
Center in East San Diego, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
on Black Mountain Road and at Saint Michael’s Catholic Church in Poway.
I guess with all of THEM on our side (and thankfully, J.T.) we were destined
to succeed. Today, we are a very competitive and respected component
of young women’s volleyball in San Diego and Southern California.
I am proud to be part of this organization and appreciate the
opportunity to teach good, fundamental volleyball to the
younger members of the club, and to see them learn to LOVE
the game as I do!
Coaching Experience:
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1987-1993, 1996-97 Coach Blessed Sacrament Parish School, SD. |
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1995, Freshmen Coach, Academy of Our Lady of Peace, SD. |
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1999, Coach Sacred Hearts Academy, SD. (Champions of the S.D. Catholic
Schools League) |
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1994-Present, Coach Sunwest 14’s (1998-13’s) |
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2000-01, Coach/Setter, Sunwest Men’s 50’s Team. (California Senior
Olympics, Gold Medal winners: Dec 2000 and Feb 2001
Tourneys) |
Bela
Trubint
Email:
General Information:
Bela
is
29 years old originally from Yugoslavia where he played professional Volleyball
League in Europe for 10 years, for the most rewarded clubs in Yugoslavia. He
took part in Yugoslavian National Team over 30 times and also played
international Volleyball leagues (Cup of Champions and Cup of Cup
Winners). His personal goal is to make as successful career coaching
volleyball as he had a great player's career, because volleyball is his passion
and he loves teach younger generations all volleyball skills. Coaching Experience:
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Coach – Sunwest Volleyball Club 17 - 1 (2001-2002) |
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Varsity Coach – Point Loma HS; CIF
semi-finalist Division II
(2001) |
| Head
Coach - VC "Partizan" Belgrade, Yugoslavia (1998 - 1999) |
Playing Experience:
Outside Hitter -Professional volleyball player - Belgrade,
Yugoslavia - VC "Partizan" & VC "Red Star" - 1991
- 1999. Member of the Junior National Team in Balkan Games, Syros
(Greece, 1990), Cup of Nations, Tatabanya (Hungary, 1991), World
Championships, Cairo (Egypt, 1991), Tournament for European Championships,
Ismit (Turkey, 1992). Participated in Euro Cups: Cup of
Champions (1991, 1992) and Cup of Winners(1995 - 1998).
College
of
Economics
– University of
Belgrade
,
Yugoslavia
- Major in Marketing.
Specialized High School for Mathematics and Programming
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Zrenjanin
,
Yugoslavia
Tuan
Nguyen
Email:
General Information:
In
his first year at Sunwest and with over 12 years of coaching
Junior Volleyball, Tuan will lead our 16-1 team with Matt
Wilkinson. Tuan enjoys the experience of
developing young athletes into well rounded volleyball player and
person. Coaching Experience:
| Varsity
Head
Coach – Boys and girls volleyball @ Rancho Bernardo High School (1998
- Present) |
| Founder
of South Pacific VBC - Director & coach for 18 - 1 &
16 -1 (7 years) |
| 3
years at North County VBC |
| Varsity
Head Coach - Orange Glen High School (1996 - 1998) |
| 5
years of high school and collegiate officiating. |
Playing Experience:
Outside Hitter @ Escondido HS. I play recreationally
indoor and outdoors.
Matt
Wilkinson
Email:
General Information:
Matt will co-coach our 16-1 team this year with Tuan
Nguyen. Coaching Experience:
| Varsity
Head
Coach – San Pasqual High School (CIF SD Division II 2001 & 2002
Champions) |
| San
Diego Coach of the Year - 2001 |
| Varsity
Head Coach - San Pasqual High School girls & boys (1999 -
Present) |
| Head
Coach - South Pacific 16 |
| Head
Coach - Seaside boys 15 -1 |
Playing Experience:
Varsity setter 1991 - 1994 @ San Pasqual High
School - CIF Champions in 1994 League and CIF MVP .
Conference champions and runner up in Junior College State Championship for
Palomar College(1995) and for Grossmont College (2000).
D'Arbra
Trittipo
Email:
darbra@sunwest.org
General Information:
Helping to instill character and integrity into young female
athletes keeps my passion and love for this sport growing.
My motivation for coaching is to pass on what I've learned about
volleyball and life through this sport. Coaching Experience:
| 5
years @ Rancho Valley Volleyball Club - coached 14s, 15
& 16s (1996 - 2001) |
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Head Coach - JV @ Alta Loma High School (2000 - 2001) |
| Head
Coach Sunwest 15 - 1 (2001) |
| Head
Coach - JV @ University City High School and Varsity Assistant
(2001 - 2002) |
Playing Experience:
Varsity Outside Hitter/Middle Blocker @ Alta Loma High
School. 1 year at Riverside VBC, 2 Years at Rancho Valley
VBC and 4 years Middle Blocker/Right Side at CSUSB (Cal
State San Bernardino).
D'Arbra
received her BA in Arts and a minor in Art History at CSUSB .
James
Russell
Email:
General Information:
Enjoy teaching the sport and seeing kids learn and have fun. Coaching Experience:
| Head
Coach - JV La Jolla Country Day (2002) |
Playing Experience:
Mesa College
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