Brad Lyans

15-1 Head Coach

Brad Lyans is one of the rising stars of the SMBC coaching ranks and returns again to helm the 15-1’s, which with its own separate division (the 15’s) in the SCVA is no longer a team bridging the gap to the next age level, but an elite competitive force.

Brad knows volleyball: a two-sport high school athlete, he found his calling as a celebrated player for the 1999 State runner-up Pierce College Men’s team, earning All-League honors in the process. Brad is equally adept on the sideline, having coached several successful seasons of club volleyball and high school volleyball before joining the collegiate coaching ranks at his alma mater, where as an assistant for the Men’s Team he won back-to-back State Championships. He now assists both the men’s and women’s programs at Pierce, the latter under SMBC 18-1 coach Nabil Mardini. Brad is a fixture on the college summer camp and elite Gold Medal Squared Coaching Clinic circuits and works tirelessly to improve himself, and his players receive the benefits of his labor.

Under Brad’s guidance the 2007 15-1’s capped the year in dramatic fashion with a second place finish at the Volleyball Festival in Reno. Their phenomenal run to the finals included wins over other powerhouse SCVA teams and some northern California competitors. They spent the majority of the year in the SCVA 15’s Division One and will remain a stalwart there for many seasons to come. Brad returns in 2008 for his third season as head coach of the 15-1’s. EMAIL BRAD

Jeff Porter

18-2 Head Coach

Heading into his ninth season with SMBC, Jeff is one of the club’s most experienced coaches. As the Head Girl’s Volleyball Coach at Brentwood School since 1978, Jeff has guided the Eagles to seven CIF Titles and two California State Championships while his players have earned league, region and state accolades (not to mention collegiate scholarships) many times over.

Jeff has been involved with volleyball at the Junior Club level for 21 years; he captured his first 14’s title at the 1988 Volleyball Festival and his teams also have finished 2nd at both the Festival and at the Junior Olympics. The former director of the Club West Juniors team program, Jeff still conducts the Club West Sports summer camp program.

Jeff returns to coach some of our oldest and most talented players as coach of the 18-2’s following a pair of highly successful years guiding that same squad.EMAIL JEFF

Valerie Pryor

16-1 Assistant Coach

Valerie Pryor returns for her second season within the SMBC coaching ranks after a year as the assistant of the powerful 16-1’s. She rejoined SMBC in 2007 after a five-year break that saw her excel across multiple platforms: she was a star player for Nabil Mardini and the Pierce College Women’s Team, a Pierce College women’s assistant coach, and a professional beach volleyball player. Val is currently the Head Girl’s Varsity Volleyball Coach for the LA Baptist High School, as well as the school’s Assistant Athletic Director. She returns to the 16-1’s in 2008 as assistant coach. .EMAIL VALERIE