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Palmetto Strikers Volleyball Club

2025-26 Season
Meet Our Coaches

Palmetto Strikers is extremely proud of its coaching staff, and our ability to provide our players with the most experienced staff in the area. Our coaches have Olympic, National, University, and College level coaching experience. Made up of multiple high school head coaches, former collegiate coaches, long time JO coaches, and an amazing group of talented young coaches, you will not find a better roster of great talent. All coaches are background screened, Impact and Safe Sport certified, and are active members of the Positive Coaching Alliance, Art of Coaching, and American Volleyball Coaches Association. To see a coaches bio click their name/level link.   All coaches listed are currently active.  Coaching assignments are subject to change.

Note: On a mobile device you may need to swipe left/right to see all the coaches in each row.

 Recruiting Coaches

Dani Aquino
Recruiting Coordinator
 
Amir Khaledi
Recruiting Liaison
 
Specialty Coaches

Jay Watterworth
Positional Coach


Claire Smith
Positional Coach
Setters

Bethany White
Positional Coach
Hitters & Passers
  

           Team Coaches

Josh Kaufman
Boys 18U Head Coach


TBA
Boys 16U Head Coach


 
 
Louise Hazel
Boys 18U Assistant Coach
 

 
TBA
Boys 16U
 Assistant Coach
  

Amir Khaledi
17 National Head Coach 



Dani Aquino
17/18 Power Head Coach


  

TBA
17 National Assistant Coach 


Dan Owens
17/18 Power Assistant Coach
 


 

Valarie Cruz
16 National Head Coach


Zuri Fenderson
16-2 Head Coach 

 


Wendy King

16 National Assistant Coach   


Lyric Scott
16-2 Assistant Coach

 

Jay Watterworth
15 National Head Coach


Maya Wright 
15-2 Head Coach


 


Sabina Wang
15 National Assistant Coach


Katelyn Shindler
15-2 Assistant Coach
  

   

 

Christi Crawford
14-1 Head Coach


AndriaO'Dell

14-2 Head Coach


Lauryn Unger
14-3 Head Coach 
  


Sheena Lanham
14-1 Assistant Coach
 


Reagan Eppes
14-2 Assistant Coach


Abby Kothera
14-3 Assistant Coach
 
   


Jamaica Parker
13-1 Head Coach


Jim McClellan
13-2 Head Coach


Heidi (Anderson) Verran
13-3 Head Coach

 


Dyanna Guerero
13-1 Assistant Coach


Keelie Britt
13-2 Assistant Coach


Julia Mabe
13-3 Assistant Coach
 


Mary Jo Stemple
12-1 Head Coach


Lindsay McConnell

12-2 Head Coach 


TBA

12-3 Head Coach


 


TBA

12-1 Assistant Coach 

 

Amy Marston

12-2 Assistant Coach 


Jamiya Borden

12-3 Assistant Coach


 

          

 

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