Asics Willowbrook Coaches

Head Coaches


  • Gabi Carbone

Gabi Carbone

Club Director, Recruiting Coordinator

gabi@willowbrooksports.com


Assistant Coaches


Latisha Brown

Coach 15Red

Latisha joined the coaching staff of Willowbrook in 2008 with the 11's and in 2008-09 coached the 12-Red team. Her coined athletic coaching phrase is D + A = S (Discipline + Action = Success). The chances of Success and high performance are increased i.f an athlete can remain Disciplined in the skills and training taught, and put forth aggressive Action toward those learned skills.


Christy Reed

Coach 15Blue

Christy has coached volleyball in the Houston and Cypress area at the high school level for 10 years. She has also coached club volleyball working with developmental and middle school age girls. Christy spent the last two years coaching for Copperfield Juniors, moving from the 13's division to the 14's with noted success. Every single one of her girls from last season made either their Freshman A team or JV team at their prospective high school.


Tony Lind

Coach 18Red

Tony Lind has been a coach for Asics Willowbrook Juniors for six years. He has had teams qualify for Nationals in two of those years.


Kayle Ray

Coach 14White

 


Rich Richardson

Coach 15White

Daniel “Rich” Richardson is 51 Years old, and an Impact certified coach as well as a USAV Championship Official/Scorer, with over 30 years playing experience, and 25 years officiating experience. In Rich's 12 years of coaching he has had 5 teams qualify for USAV Nationals, while earning a bronze medal in the American division in 2005, and 2007 at the 17's age level, as well as a silver medal in the National division this past season. Rich has dedicated himself to “Striving to help young athletes achieve their goals on and off the court. It is truly and honor and a privilege to have this opportunity.”


Diane Beckmeyer

Coach 16Platinum

Diane played volleyball at Cypress Creek High School and made the All State Team. After her high school career she went on to play at the University of New Orleans and Stephen F. Austin. She has sixteen years of coaching experience, having coached for Texas Elite, Cypress Christian High School, and is entering her seventh year of coaching here at Willowbrook.


Verena Khalil

Coach 12White

Verena has been coaching in the Boston and Houston area for 10 years. She graduated from Cy-Creek High School and then continued to play division I volleyball on a full athletic scholarship at Boston College. While there, she set two school records in Most Assists in a single season and Most Aces in a single season. Verena also led the Eagles as team captain for 3 years. Her coaching philosophy is to view a volleyball player as both an athlete and a young woman, teaching both aspects of the individual that hard work and discipline are the way to success.


Lauren Peltier

Coach 13White

Lauren a first year coach at Willowbrook after taking the Assistant Coach at St. Thomas after finishing her collegiate volleyball career at Northwestern State University. Prior to NSU, Lauren attended Galveston College for two years, leading the team in assists her sophomore season and as team captain. Peltier also continues to compete in competitive beach volleyball tournaments throughout Texas.


Brad Schier

Coach 14Red

Brad has coached for Asics Willowbrook Juniors for 10 years. Prior to Willowbrook he coached and played indoor and beach volleyball for 5 years at the Las Vegas Volleyball Club after having played over 10 years with the USVBA.


Jennifer Kurkowski

Coach 16Blue

Jennifer has been coaching for Willowbrook since 2009. She played high school volleyball as well as club volleyball in both high school and at University of Texas at Austin.


John Schmidt

Coach 13Red

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Nicole Smith

Coach 17White

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Ryun Georges

Coach 18White

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Emily Hill

Coach 15Silver

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Michelle Paul

Coach 15Black

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Christina Lind

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Hannah Davies

Coach 14Silver

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Janice Pressley

Coach 17Red

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Madison Hiemenz

Coach 12Red

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Lauren Kuhner

Coach 12Blue

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Cameron Hall

Coach 16Silver

Cameron is a first year coach at Willowbrook and has two seasons of prior coaching experience. One season was spent as the head coach of the Texas A&M University men's club volleyball team, and the other as head coach for two junior girls club teams(16U & 17U). Cameron played four years of club volleyball at Texas A&M, serving as captain for one of those years. Cameron has over 6 years of volleyball Experience and believes that sports are an integral part of a child's life. He also believes that playing sports teaches teamwork, respect, responsibility, and the importance of attitude. Cameron feels that success is built through doing things consistently and correctly, not by results alone.


Margaret Fritz

Coach 14Blue

Margaret graduated from a high school volleyball powerhouse and went on to play college ball for 3 of her 3 and a half years of school. She then went on to coach in Judson ISD, Spring ISD and Klein ISD.
She has been coaching club for about 10 years. During this time she also worked several years at the Texas State volleyball camp, as well as the Texas Women's University volleyball camp. When her two daughters went on to play college volleyball, Margaret put coaching aside to travel and watch them play. “Soccer and baseball had taken over our household for a while but we are back into volleyball, returning to Willowbrook for another chance at inspiring that same love for the game of volleyball in young players and I have had all my life”.


Ashley Applequist

Coach 13Blue

Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Ashley has been playing volleyball for seven years. Ashley was recruited to play for the University of Houston. There, she played middle her first year and was moved to outside/opposite her sophomore year. Ashley is entering her 4th season as a club coach.


Julie Bruton

Coach 14Black

This is Julie's first year as a club volleyball coach. She just completed her senior year at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, MA where she played Division III volleyball for four years.