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ABOUT THE COACHES
Coach Cody Dunn
Director of Beach Program
Coach Cody has been around volleyball his entire life. He has played competitively for the past 13 years both indoor and outdoor. He is currently the Head Beach Volleyball Coach at Mariner High school, with years of past coaching experience of high school (Cape High) club and middle school coaching. His energy, knowledge and positive nature makes him a perfect fit for this program and our teaching philosophy. Cody brings inspiration and passion to everyone he encounters. Cody has certifications in AAU, FHSAA, AVP and USA volleyball. The athletes that go through our program will soak in the passion and love he has for the game.
vballcoachcody@gmail.com
Coach Brad Strey
Brad has been coaching for over 18 years. Coaching athletes from 10 years old to college athletes aspiring to turn pro. Brad has coached golf, baseball, volleyball and tennis. He brings a teaching ability that truly reaches the athlete in a way that inspires all around him. He brings multiple years of coaching volleyball, including club, middle school, and high school. Brad has certifications in AAU, FHSAA, PCA, and USA Volleyball.
Contact at coachbrad@capefearvb.com
Coach Marisa Beisner
She is the head beach volleyball coach at Port Charlotte High School. Before coaching at PCHS, She played collegiate volleyball at the Juco and D2 levels. She played Libero for the State College of Florida from 2015-17 and then transferred to the University of Tampa where she won the 2018 NCAA D2 National Championship for indoor and in 2019 won the AVCA Beach Volleyball Championship. She brings a lot of experience playing and coaching and looks forward to working with the future athletes this summer and sharing the love of the game with them.
Coach Shelby Beisner
Shelby is a D1 athlete that currently plays for FGCU in Estero! She began playing volleyball when she was 8 and focused primarily on indoor. She played high school and club and was named Player of the Year as a sophomore in high school for her county and was also the MVP for her high school team her sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. She started playing beach her senior year of high school and was awarded MVP for beach. She played 2 seasons of indoor at FGCU before switching to full-time beach for the remainder of her eligibility. This season her record was 25/11 and also received an ASUN pair of the week award and was a member of the ASUN Second Team All-Conference. She hopes to bring her knowledge of the game, her ability to coach because of FGCU camps and her ability to relate to younger athletes transitioning to beach from indoor!
Coach Maddison Parmelly
Maddie play D1 beach volleyball for FGCU currently! Before college, she played 4 years of indoor club volleyball and at the age of 16, transferred to beach volleyball! She was named MVP of her High school team in Texas (Rockwall Heath High School) her junior and senior year. Her Freshman season of college was cut short due to COVID, but her sophomore year she went 18-13 and was awarded second team all-conference and all-tournament team. Her junior season she went 23-11 and awarded pair of the year for ASUN, all academic, First team all-conference and all-tournament team. Coach Maddie brings a lot of experience, but also a strong mental and physical knowledge of what it takes to play for a top 20 school in the nation!
Coach Katie Coverdale
Growing up, Coach Katie played all different sports and began playing indoor volleyball for both club and school teams beginning in 8th grade. Her high school team was conference champs all four years with one state appearance. She then went on to play division 1 volleyball at Miami of Ohio where they were two time conference champs as well as making the NCAA tournament two years in a row. After college she discovered beach volleyball at 24 years old and hasn't returned to indoor since! She discovered a huge passion for beach and loos forward to growing in the game herself and helping younger athletes to hone their game!
Coach Kristi Lamoncha
Originally from Youngstown, Ohio. Played indoor volleyball at Youngstown State University and graduated in 2012! She started her love for beach volleyball soon after college, playing in many beach open tournaments throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania. After finishing Pharmacy School at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2016, she moved to Naples Florida, where she began her career and also started actively training and playing in many Open Beach volleyball tournaments. She currently resides in Estero where she owns PharmacyGo! During her free time, she loves to continue playing and training and coaching younger athletes to share her passion for beach volleyball.
Assistant Coaches
Cape Fear anticipates immediate growth and success and has future coaching staff on stand by, including local outdoor and indoor professionals, willing and ready to come on board.
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