Showing posts with label Coaching Staff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Coaching Staff. Show all posts

Monday, March 18, 2013

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Diane Flick Added as An Assistant Coach by the Sound Premier Volleyball Team



Diane Flick is a member of the USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program Coaching Cadre and was inducted in the USA Volleyball Puget Sound Region Hall of Fame in 2011.  Image Courtesy of wwuvikings.com

The Sound Premier Volleyball Team announced today that Western Washington University Head Coach Diane Flick will join their coaching staff as an assistant to Head Coach Bill Neville for the 2013 season.  Flick is the winningest coach in WWU history and served as an assistant to Neville at the University of Washington for four seasons.  Flick joins Western Oregon University Head Coach Brad Saindon in assisting the team through their 2013 Premier Volleyball League Campaign.  

During her 13 seasons as Head at WWU Flick has averaged more than 20 wins per season, been selected as the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year six times and led her team to the NCAA Division 2 National Championship Match in 2007.  She played collegiately at the University of Washington and graduated from Mountain View High School in Vancouver, Washington. 

“Diane Flick is one of the best coaching talents in the Puget Sound Region,” said USA Volleyball Puget Sound Region Commissioner John Bryant.  

“It’s a great thing for the Puget Sound Region to have Diane working with our efforts to establish a professional program in the area,” he continued.  

The Sound Premier Volleyball Team tryouts will take place on February 3 at Nevillisms in Bellevue, Washington.  The team’s first exhibition match will be February 22 at Sunrise Courts in Puyallup.  

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Brad Saindon will Bring International and Collegiate Experience to the Sound Premier Volleyball Team as an Assistant Coach in 2013




The Sound Premier Volleyball Team has added Western Oregon University Head Coach Brad Saindon to its coaching staff for the 2013 exhibition season.  Saindon will assist head coach Bill Neville and brings a solid resume of collegiate and international experience to the program’s second season in the Premier Volleyball League, a grass roots effort by USA Volleyball to establish a professional volleyball league in the United States.  

 His experience in the United States includes head coaching tenures at Arizona State University, The University of Colorado and Regis College in Denver.  Saindon also coached the Australian Women’s National Team in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and has served as an assistant coach for the USA Men’s National Team on two separate occasions.  He is part of the USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program Instructor Cadre.

“By adding Brad Saindon to our coaching staff, we have put ourselves in a position to have the best women’s players in our region working with two coaches with International experience,” said USA Volleyball Puget Sound Region Commissioner John Bryant.  

“Having coaches of this caliber involved with our program helps bring a feeling of legitimacy to the Premier Volleyball League efforts in the Puget Sound and beyond.  We are paving the road for something really special,” Bryant continued. 
Open tryouts for the team are February 3rd at Nevillisms in Bellevue, Washington from 9am to 2:30pm.  The team’s first exhibition will be February 22 at Sunrise Courts in Puyallup.