Coaches for the 2025-2026 season
Senior Team Coaches
U18 magna
Head Coach
Jenna
Coach Jenna comes to the club with a passion for health and wellness. She started playing sports from a young age, from dance to hockey. She has experience as a youth athlete in both recreational and competitive levels.
She started coaching when her kids were little as a way to share her love of sports and empower them to grow and nurture their own athletic abilities. From soccer, baseball, and football, she has coached and trained across several sports and all age groups.
Coach Jenna empowers her athletes to be strong, dedicated, and focus on health and well-being in sport. Her health care background has helped her share and encourage athletes to train safely and optimize movements through safe sport and concussion awareness and prevention.
Assistant Coach
TBD
U17 Novas
Head Coach
Bri
Coach Bri began her volleyball journey at the age of 11, competing at the club level and quickly developing a lifelong passion for the sport. By the age of 20, while pursuing her degree in education, she stepped into coaching—and hasn't looked back since. Over the years, Coach Bri has brought her energy and expertise to programs across Alberta, Toronto, and then most recently to founding LUVC.
Her coaching highlights include several provinical top 3 finishes, a national gold medal, and the success of many former athletes who have gone on to compete at the post-secondary level or become coaches themselves. For Coach Bri, these milestones reflect not only athletic achievement but also the growth and development of well-rounded individuals.
As a mental health professional, Coach Bri is deeply committed to fostering grit, resilience, and self-compassion in her athletes. She believes that youth sports offer powerful life lessons, helping young people navigate challenges, build character, and celebrate success.
Coach Bri's philosophy is simple but impactful: it's more important to be a good person than a good volleyball player. Her coaching approach emphasizes confidence, teamwork, and personal integrity—alongside strong fundamentals and a love for the game.
Assistant Coach
Nick
U17 Elevate
Head Coach
Korry
Assistant Coach
TBD
U16 Aces
Head Coach
Troy
Before relocating to Perth with his family and joining LUVC, Troy had coached with Durham Attack, one of Canada’s premiere volleyball clubs, for over 15 years. There, he coached various age groups from 12U to 18U, including house leagues, specialized developmental camps, private performance camps, mental strength development camps, and off-court physical training sessions for both men’s and women’s programs. Troy’s focus had been 17-18u programs and preparing players for post secondary opportunities. Many players coached by Troy have played on post secondary teams or semi professionally, but more importantly many have gone on to coach themselves for love of the game and have become volleyball players for life!
Troy has also participated in numerous technical developmental workshops for coaches, collaborating with some of Canada’s most influential trainers like Dustin Reid (TMU), Dwayne Cochrane (DC), and Ian Ibbit (BrockU). He has had the privilege of collaborating on club programs like the Cognitive Coach, with Professional Sports Psychologists and Certified Mental Performance PHDs Kyle Paquette and Brenley Shapiro, who both train mental toughness and VMR with professional and Olympic athletes across various sports including organizations like Curling Canada and Arizona Coyotes.
In addition to comprehensive volleyball motor development, Troy integrates significant training cues in his programs to help players elevate their performance through mental strength, resilience development, and VMR. Two of his favorite expressions are “Play without fear” and “Play for yourself.”
Assistant Coach
Mark
Coach Mark is what happens when boundless enthusiasm collides headfirst with minimal volleyball experience—and somehow, it works. While his vertical jump is mostly theoretical and his bump technique is… abstract at best, Mark shows up for (almost) every practice with unmatched passion and a playlist from 1997. (Exceptions apply during lobster season and maple syrup season—he has his priorities). He may not demonstrate to you how to spike, but he will remind you to believe in yourself, hydrate, and always tie your shoelaces before warmups (even if he forgets what a K1 is).
What Coach Mark lacks in volleyball skills, he makes up for in motivational speeches that may or may not involve movie references, dramatic hand gestures, and occasional interpretive dance. His goal? To help every player feel like an MVP. He’s not just coaching volleyball—he’s coaching vibes.
U16 Velocity
Head Coach
ALANA
Coach Alana comes to the club with a passion for personal development and wellness in all aspects of life. She was an athlete from a young age, playing a variety of sports. She has become a yoga and meditation instructor as well as a life coach, helping people become their best selves!
She started playing volleyball in grade 4 at school, fell in love with the game, and played until her third year of college. She has experience playing all positions throughout her career and is grateful to share her knowledge with the next generation of players in Lanark County!
Alana believes in having fun, giving it all you got, and supporting your teammates.
assistant Coach
KYLE
Junior Team Coaches
U15 Synergy
Head Coach
Leah
assistant Coach
TBD
U15 Attack
Head Coach
Bri
Coach Bri began her volleyball journey at the age of 11, competing at the club level and quickly developing a lifelong passion for the sport. By the age of 20, while pursuing her degree in education, she stepped into coaching—and hasn't looked back since. Over the years, Coach Bri has brought her energy and expertise to programs across Alberta, Toronto, and then most recently to founding LUVC.
Her coaching highlights include several provinical top 3 finishes, a national gold medal, and the success of many former athletes who have gone on to compete at the post-secondary level or become coaches themselves. For Coach Bri, these milestones reflect not only athletic achievement but also the growth and development of well-rounded individuals.
As a mental health professional, Coach Bri is deeply committed to fostering grit, resilience, and self-compassion in her athletes. She believes that youth sports offer powerful life lessons, helping young people navigate challenges, build character, and celebrate success.
Coach Bri's philosophy is simple but impactful: it's more important to be a good person than a good volleyball player. Her coaching approach emphasizes confidence, teamwork, and personal integrity—alongside strong fundamentals and a love for the game.
assistant Coach
TBD
U14
Head Coach
Lisa
Assistant Coach
Mike
U14
Head Coach
TBD
Assistant Coach
TBD
U13
Head Coach
Jenna
Coach Jenna comes to the club with a passion for health and wellness. She started playing sports from a young age, from dance to hockey. She has experience as a youth athlete in both recreational and competitive levels.
She started coaching when her kids were little as a way to share her love of sports and empower them to grow and nurture their own athletic abilities. From soccer, baseball, and football, she has coached and trained across several sports and all age groups.
Coach Jenna empowers her athletes to be strong, dedicated, and focus on health and well-being in sport. Her health care background has helped her share and encourage athletes to train safely and optimize movements through safe sport and concussion awareness and prevention.
Assistant Coach
Rob
U13
Head Coach
Shannon
Shannon brings a lifelong passion for sports, fitness, and mentorship to the volleyball court. Growing up, she explored a wide variety of sports, focusing on horseback riding in her early years before discovering a love for volleyball, which she has played for the past seven years.
When she’s not on the court, Shannon can usually be found in the gym lifting weights, doing CrossFit, or cheering on her family’s activities. She’s recently jumped into CrossFit competitions and loves pushing herself to new challenges—something she hopes to inspire in her athletes too.
With a background in health care and teaching, Shannon is equipped to support her players both physically and emotionally. She understands how to nurture confidence, encourage growth, and help athletes overcome challenges. Her previous coaching experience in soccer and volunteering at swim meets reflects her belief in giving back to youth sports and fostering a positive environment.
Shannon’s goal as a coach is simple: to create a fun, positive environment where players feel supported, challenged, and excited to reach their full potential. She believes the skills her athletes develop—teamwork, resilience, and confidence—will serve them not just on the court, but in every aspect of their lives.
Assistant Coach
Katie
luvc technical director
TBD
