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Head Coach: Laurie Nash |
Coach Nash grew up in Grass Valley and attended Nevada Union High School where she was a 2 sport athlete in volleyball and softball. After high school, Laurie attended American River College and competed for the 1987 and 1988 teams as an All-State Outside Hitter. After earning her AA Degree, Laurie received an athletic scholarship to attend and compete for the Lady Broncos at Division 2 Cal Poly Pomona in Southern California. While attending Cal Poly, Laurie earned a degree in Graphic Design and completed her playing career as an Outside Hitter for the Broncos. After her collegiate playing career, she earned a position on the San Bernardino Jazz Indoor Professional Volleyball team in 1993 and started her coaching career with the Poly Juniors Volleyball Club out of Cal Poly Pomona. While in Southern California, she received a Head Varsity Coaching position at Claremont High School and remained there for 3 years. After Claremont HS, Coach Nash moved back to Northern California and started coaching JC ball with the Napa Valley College volleyball team as an Assistant Coach to Norberto Quiroz for 1 season. While coaching, she started the Graduate program at Cal State Sacramento in the Physical Education program. Finally, Coach Nash made it back to Sacramento and started coaching with Debbie Blair at Sacramento City College with the volleyball team in 1995. While coaching, she also played sparingly with the Sacramento Stars Indoor Professional Volleyball team, coached & directed the Volleyball Cafe/Volleyzoo Juniors Club teams in the Sacramento area, and has directed the Davis Volleyball Club for 2 years. Laurie has been with Sac City College as an Assistant/Co-Head/Head Coach and Physical Education Instructor since 1995. She resides in Carmichael with her husband Michael and their 2 boys Alex and Ryan. Coach Nash........."First and foremost, I love my job because I enjoy creating and developing relationships with my athletes that are based on honesty and trust. As the years go by, the records are not what I remember the most, the athletes are my memories. Second, I will not sacrifice my principles for wins. I value character and try to do the right thing always. I try and develop this in my athletes as well, through discipline and hard work, to apply to their future lives as women in our society. Finally, this journey as a student-athlete at Sac City, should be an enjoyable learning experience for my players. I feel that it is my responsibility to help guide each person educationally, athletically, and personally towards their own individual goals."
Favorite Quote - "You can't lead others to places you don't want to go yourself" - Authors of Encouraging the Heart
Coach Nash is currently the President for the California Community College Women’s Volleyball Coaches Association. Her hobbies include landscaping and home improvement projects, hanging with her boys (all 3 of them, and sleeping in (when she gets the rare opportunity). |
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Assistant Coach: Josh Velasquez |
This is Josh's 5th year with the Panther Volleyball team and works closely with the training of our Libero's and Setters. Education 1996-2000 Diploma obtained from Laguna Creek High School 2000-2002 Attended University of California at Davis, Mathematics Major 2004-present Attended California State University at Sacramento, Mathematics Major Coaching Experience - 2007-2008 Head Coach NCVC - Boys Volleyball Club 16's Team - 2006-2007 Head Coach Delta Valley 15's Team - 2005-2006 Asst. Coach to Garren Allala for Delta Valley 18's (3rd in Nationals Club Division) - 2004-2005 Asst. Coach to Garren Allala for Delta Valley 17 Blue (Qualified for Nationals) - 2003-2004 Co-coach with John Grix for Delta Valley 16 pink - 2003-2004 Volunteer asst. for Richard Chan Delta Valley 16 blue (5th at Nationals) - 2003-2005 Volunteer asst. at Rio Americano High School - 1999-2000 Freshman Volleyball coach Laguna Creek High School Other Experience - Played 6yrs of club volleyball under the clubs: High Voltage, City Beach, Placer VBC, Laguna VBC. - Competed at Junior Olympics for 6yrs, 4years finishing in gold bracket - Earned a Gold medal at 1998 Junior Olympics (starting setter) - 3yrs of High school volleyball - Played Intercollegiate club volleyball at UC Davis and CSU Sacramento
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Assistant Coach: Todd Thompson |
This is Todd's 1st year with the Panther Volleyball team.
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