Coaches

Brian is one of the founders of Unified Volleyball. This season will be Brian’s 15th year as a coach for AAU / USAV volleyball. During his high school coaching career, he was the head varsity coach at Oxford High School from 2017-2021 and previously Bishop Foley High School from 2010-2013. In his four seasons at…

Jason is one of the founders of Unified Volleyball. He is a former collegiate club athlete with an extensive background in coaching club and high school. He has coached countless athletes who have continued their career at the collegiate level. He has been coaching at the National Level for Club the past 24 years and…

By day, Sam works full-time as a Scent Detection Dog Handler Supervisor, hunting bed bugs with the help of her dog, Vernor.  By night, Sam is a dedicated volleyball coach, and has coached AAU/USAV club teams for over 11 years.  She most recently served as the Varsity Assistant coach at Oxford HS for four years…

Heather graduated from Walled Lake Central in 2001, playing twice in the State Semifinals. She played two years at Western Michigan and three years at Oakland University. At Oakland she set records in blocking and kills for both a single season and for her career. Heather has coached for 16 years at multiple levels and…

Rick is our Director of Programming & Recruiting and our 16-1 Head Coach for the 2025 Season. Rick grew up in Florida & Michigan, but has also lived in Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom. He started playing volleyball in college at the University of Exeter in England. In his senior year, he captained his…

Danielle has been with Unified since the beginning, coaching at both the national and national select level. Most recently, she has been coaching national teams at the 15s and 16s levels. Danielle was a four-year Varsity starter at Bishop Foley and played at the AAU National Level. During her high school career, Danielle received the…

Laura was a three year Varsity volleyball and four year Varsity basketball player, leading Seaholm to a district title in her senior year. She received an athletic scholarship to Schoolcraft college and led her team to a 7th place finish in NJCAA. Laura has coached club volleyball over the past 12 years and was the…

Amanda was a four-year varsity starter at Rochester High School and played AAU volleyball growing up.  She earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Minnesota, Crookston to play volleyball. While in Minnesota, she completed her Bachelors of Health Science degree. After finishing her bachelor’s degree, she moved to Florida to pursue her Doctor of…

Lawrence picked up playing volleyball as a sophomore in college while attending Oakland Community College. Lawrence started playing volleyball in the sand at On The Dunes, which eventually led him to be a part of the inaugural season for Men’s Volleyball for Lawrence Technological University. At LTU, he was a 4 year starter at every…

Maria has been with us since the first year Unified officially became a club. She started to play with us when she was 15 and continued to play for us for the rest of her club career. She graduated from Notre Dame Preparatory in 2019, where her team won the State Championship in 2017 and…

Kelly is a Grand Valley State University alumna currently working as a digital marketing specialist in Troy. She played volleyball competitively for 9 years, primarily as a setter but for club volleyball she played everything from a middle to libero. Kelly played high school ball for Notre Dame Prep and coached volleyball for 3 years…

Samm currently coaches the Freshman team at Notre Dame Prep, this will be her first year with their program. Previously she was at Lutheran North HS for 3 years as the JV coach, and she has coached Freshman volleyball at Henry Ford II HS as well. Samm has coached 16u National Select Club for 5…

Kennedy played for Oakland University as a DS/Libero and graduated in 2024.  She played club volleyball for 10 years as a libero and was a four year varsity starter at Lutheran High North where she played libero and all around outside hitter. She has been coaching various teams and camps for 4 years at all…

Tamara was a 3 year varsity player for Anchor Bay High School before continuing her career at Central Michigan University where she helped the team win the MAC West in 2003.  Tamara has an 14 year old daughter, Taryn, with her husband Todd. She also coaches the 7th/8th grade teams at her daughters school, St.…

Maddy graduated from Oxford High School in 2020 where she was a 4 year varsity starter playing right side hitter, all around outside hitter, all around setter, and libero. Throughout her high school career, she won MVP 2 times and was named team captain for three years. During club, Maddy competed at high levels since…

Molly graduated Oxford High School in 2021 where she was a 3 year varsity starter as an Outside Hitter. Throughout her senior season she was named captain along with MVP. During club, Molly competed at a high level being on a national team at Unified for 3 years. During high school and currently, Molly works…

In 2022-2023, Lauren is a former collegiate D1 athlete at Oakland University and she is entering her 7th season coaching club and high school volleyball. In 2021, as the head coach of Oakland Christian high school, she led the team to a district title! Lauren has coached various top National teams at Legacy and in…

Jonathan took up coaching volleyball at age 17 as a sophomore in High School and continued coaching throughout college.  Jonathan grew up on the volleyball court, watching his father coach for over 30 years at Hartland. Jonathan’s coaching experience started at several years with Hartland Middle School and Hartland Varsity teams as well as 2…

Patti is currently an outside hitter for the Oakland University Volleyball Team. Prior to Oakland University, she played for 1st Alliance Volleyball Club in the Chicagoland area for seven years. She has coached many camps and clinics, and in 2024, this will be her third year coaching a team for Unified. She is excited to…

Lyse currently plays for Oakland University as a DS/Libero. She has played club volleyball previously for 8 seasons for Dead Frog Volleyball Club. In high school, Lyse was a four year varsity starter at Portage North High School where was a DS/Libero. This is Lyse’s 3rd season with Unified Volleyball  

Ashley graduated from Oxford High School in 2023 where she played on the Varsity volleyball team for 3 years as a DS/Lib and was named captain during her senior season! Ashley played for Unified for several seasons throughout my high school career and will be playing at Rochester University this upcoming season. Ashley has coached…

Anika Prisby graduated from Armada High School in 2022 where she was a 3 year varsity starter as a middle blocker. In high school, she earned all-state honors, three time all-county, and three time all-conference honors. Anika played club volleyball at Michigan Elite Volleyball Academy for four years, playing on their national level team for…

Erica currently coaches at Notre Dame Prep Middle School and the 4th/5th grade team at Notre Dame Prep. This will be her third year with the NDP program. Previously, she played Collegiate soccer and basketball at Cornerstone University where she graduated with her bachelors in teaching. In high school, as a Setter, she was named…

Aubree graduated with the class of 2023 from Mount Pleasant High School, where she played on Varsity for three years. Throughout high school, Aubree was decorated with  team captain, most valuable offensive player, academic all-state, first team all-conference, and first team all region. Aubree also played club volleyball at a national level at both Attack…

Sarah is a current setter for Oakland University. She is working towards her MBA in data analytics. Prior to Oakland, she graduated from Furman University in South Carolina where she played for 4 years. She coached and played club for South Carolina Midlands. She is excited to share her passion for the game. 2024-2025 is…

Jacqui has coached multiple sports (volleyball, basketball, softball, and soccer) between 5th-8th grade over the last 12 years. Previously, Jacqui was a former D1 softball and basketball playerat U of D. She was recruited to play volleyball at University of Cal Riverside, but decided to go to U of D. This is Jacqui’s first year…

Allison graduated from Charyl Stockwell Preparatory Academy in 2022 where she played on their varsity team for 3 years as a Setter/DS and was captain her senior year. She has played at various travel teams throughout her career of 10 years and is currently a sophomore at Rochester University where she plays volleyball and studies sports…

Karli graduated from Divine Child High School in 2022. She has played on various travel teams throughout her career as an OH/DS. She is now attending Rochester University where she plays volleyball as a DS and is majoring in psychology. 2024-2025 is her third season coaching and her second season at Unified!

Josh joined the Unified Volleyball family in the 2023 season, and he is excited to continue this season!  Josh first found a passion for volleyball in 2018, and he currently plays at a semi-pro level as an outside attacker in his free time when he isn’t busy coaching.   A fun fact about Josh is that…

Kayla was a 4-year starting setter and 3-year captain in high school.  She earned back-to-back titles of Player of the Year, as well as All-Ohio Honorable Mention in 2021, Second Team honors in 2022, and honorable mention All-Gliac in 2023.  She has coached camps as well as setting lessons for several schools in her hometown. …

Emily was a 3-year starting varsity setter in high school, but was also the starting libero her senior year.  She later played 4 years of D2 beach volleyball at Erskine College (South Carolina) on a scholarship, where she studied business administration, and she has a Masters degree in accounting from U of M – Flint. …

Abby graduated from Grosse Pointe North HS in 2018 after 3 years on the varsity team.  She played D1 volleyball at Northern Kentucky University and received All-Horizon League Team for 2 years, as well as All-Horizon League Tournament Team for 4 years.  During her collegiate career, she broke the school record for block assists and…

Ginny Busse, a 2019 Austin Peay graduate, followed her collegiate career at the high school and club-level coaching ranks. She began her career as an assistant volleyball coach at The Ensworth School, helping lead the Tigers to the TSSAA Division II State Championship in 2021 – the program’s first appearance in the state tournament since…

Emma was a 3 year Varsity athlete at Manchester high school earning captains and scholar athlete awards. She is currently a sophomore at Rochester Christian University and studying Early Childhood Education. Emma has prior camp and clinic coaching experience with O3 (Saline) and in 2024-2025, this will be Emma’s 2nd season with Unified!

Jeremy will be joining the Unified Volleyball Family for his first year as a coach this upcoming season. Prior to this Jeremy has experience being a part of Volleyball clubs through his years of playing at Oakland University Men’s Club team. Following his time there he has continued playing by joining a semi-pro team as…

Prior to joining Unified Volleyball, Matt attended Eastern Michigan University obtaining a bachelors degree in neuroscience. While at Eastern Matt joined the club team as a middle blocker/outside and worked up the ranks to become the President/Coach of the club in his final year. Matt currently plays at the semi-pro level as a middle blocker…