Larry Smoot began his coaching career at Torrance High School with the boys' volleyball program in 1980. He added the girls' team to his coaching duties in 1984 and led them to national rankings in 1986 (No. 12) and 1987 (No. 10). His girls' program captured the Bay League Championship from 1985 through 1987.

Smoot is currently the Head Coach and Owner of the South Bay Girls' Volleyball Club and has served as head coach for the Torrance Volleyball Club (boys). His South Bay 18-and-under club team has advanced to the Kaepa Festival Tournament Final Four in four of the last 10 years and won the championship in 1993. During the summer of 2006, Smoot coached the South Bay 18-1s to a bronze medal at the American Division Junior National Championships in Atlanta.

He previously led the Torrance club to a second place finish at the USVB Junior Olympics in 1983. Smoot was honored in 1996 with the Distinguished Service Award for Junior Volleyball by the Kaepa Volleyball Festival.

A 1978 graduate of Torrance High School, Smoot was an all-conference volleyball player at El Camino Junior College before playing one season at Long Beach State in 1982. Smoot still competes in men's and co-ed division tournaments. He is a former USVBA All-American in the co-ed division and has won the USVBA co-ed division open championships as a player-coach in 1987 and 1990.

Lydia is entering her 15th year coaching and her 5th year as club administrator. Over the years, she has coached all levels of teams from 12s all the way through 18s. This year, she is excited to be back as head coach of the 15-1 team.

Her greatest accomplishments in coaching have occurred recently. At the Volleyball Festival in 2006 and 2008, her teams finished in the top 16 overall. In 2007, Lydia coached her 16-1 team to the Open division of the Junior Olympics. And in 2009, her 17-1 team won the club division of the Los Angeles Junior Olympic Qualifier earning them a bid to play in the National division of the Junior Olympics in Miami, FL.

Lydia played middle blocker at LMU from 1996-1999. She is still in the record books for blocking. After graduation, she was hired in the Palos Verdes Peninsula USD as a fifth grade teacher where she taught for 7 years. Currently, Lydia is teaching part time in PVPUSD and is a new mom!

Daniel begins his 9th season coaching for South Bay and his 16th year coaching overall. He has coached in both the 18 and under and 16 and under divisions while at South Bay. His most recent accomplishment came in 2009 while assisting the 17-1 team, the team won the club division of the Los Angeles Junior Olympic Qualifier earning them a bid to play in the National division of the Junior Olympics in Miami, FL. Before coming to South Bay he was the cofounder of Big Dog Volleyball Club where he coached there for 7 years. Daniel will be assisting the 15-1 team this year.

Amanda played for Torrance High School in Torrance, California, graduating in 2006. There she was a 3 time all league selection, was MVP of her team her senior year and earned eight varsity letters, 4 in volleyball, 4 in softball. She played for South Bay from 2001-2006 and enjoyed earning the bronze medal at the 2006 Junior Olympics in Atlanta coached by coach Larry Smoot. After high school, Amanda played volleyball for the University of California, Riverside as a libero/setter and graduated in June 2010 with a BA in Liberal Studies Amanda previously coaches the 18-1's (09-10) and 18-2's( 08-09) for Inland Empire volleyball club. She has also worked for Gold Medal Squared volleyball summer camps, and coached freshmen girls team at Torrance this season.

Lauren graduated from West High in 2010 where she played volleyball for four years. She played volleyball at South Bay her freshman through senior year. She attended the Junior Olympics in 2008 and 2009. She is now attending and playing volleyball at El Camino College.

Kurt currently coaches the 16-1 team. He has been a part of the South Bay family for more than 15 years. He has coached both of the girls and boys teams at Penninsua High School for more than a decade and has been Daily Breeze coach of the year. Has led teams to the top 10 at the Volleyball Festival and to the Junior Olympics.

Makalani Hovey-Vicknair previously coached for Palos Verdes Volleyball Club for two seasons (15-1's and 16-1's) and then changed to Club X Volleyball Club for 2 more seasons (13's and 14's). She coached her 13's and 14's team to the Junior Olympics both seasons where her 13's team ranked 9th in the National division in 2006 and her 14's team earned a bronze medal in the American division in 2007. Makalani has also head coached both boys and girls at some of the local high schools including North Torrance, Hawthorne, and Lawndale.

Her personal career consists of playing for Eastern Oregon University where she was voted defensive player of the year. After her eligibility was up, she transferred to Oregon State University to obtain her 2nd degree and participated in forming the OSU Volleyball Club, where she played for 2 years. Upon completing her double major, she moved to Southern California and began playing beach volleyball professionally. Though injuries have limited her participation, she continues to compete on the beach and be an active member of the volleyball community by passing on her knowledge of and passion for the sport through coaching. She has recently become a mother and now limits her coaching focus on club volleyball.

Nathan Jones is a Social Studies teacher at Torrance High School and is also the boy's and girl's Head Coach. His boy's team reached its' first ever CIF Final in 2009 and Nathan was named the CIF DIV. IV Coach of the Year and the Daily Breeze Boy's Volleyball Coach of the Year. He was also the 2008 Daily Breeze Boy's Volleyball Coach of the Year after guiding his team to their first league title in twenty years.

Nathan coached at South Bay from 1994 to 1997. He moved back to the South Bay in the fall of 1999 and began coaching at Loyola Marymount alongside South Bay Head Coach Larry Smoot. Both coaches coached current South Bay Director Lydia Kniffin. In two seasons spent as the volunteer assistant the Lions went to the NCAA Playoffs both years. Nathan also took on the Director's duties of South Bay. In four years as Director more than twenty young women continued their volleyball careers at the collegiate level. He served as the 16-1 coach for five seasons, guiding his 2003 team to fourteenth in the nation and his 2004 & 2005 teams finished in the Top 16 at the Volleyball Festival.

Michael Marconi has been coaching volleyball for over 20 years at the junior level. He has been part of the South Bay Volleyball Club family for over 10 years. In his free time he enjoys reading, running, snowboarding, riding his motorcycle and spending time with his family and friends.

Keleise is entering her 8th season with South Bay Volleyball club and will be the Assistant Coach to the 14-1 team. In 2009, her 14-1 team finished 4th at the Volleyball Festival. As a player, Keleise was a 1st team all-conference outside hitter at Humboldt State University where she is currently listed in the record books in career kills, attempts, and digs.

This is Shanna's second year coaching, and we are excited to have her. She played at South High School from 2004-2008 and graduated in 2009. Shanna played at South Bay her freshman through senior years, attending Junior Nationals twice. She is currently attending El Camino College. After assisting for the 14-1's team last year, she is looking forward to coaching her own 12's team this year.

This is Gregg's first year as a coach with South Bay volleyball club. Gregg is from England, and is currentlyin full time beach volleyball training, with the goal of representing Great Britain at the 2012 OlympicGames. Gregg has represented the English indoor national team at both junior and senior level, beforetransferring his focus to beach volley. He has had the opportunity to work with some excellent coaches.

Gregg has previously coached both girls and boys in England, and also helped out with the Palos VerdesVarsity team last season. Gregg enjoys coaching and passing on the knowledge that he has gained. He isexcited to have the opportunity to coach the 18-1 team this year.

Jennifer Haney is in her 17th year of coaching at South Bay Volleyball Club. She is the divisional coach for the 14 and under and 12 and under programs. Currently, she is coaching the 13-1's, but has also served as 14-1 and 12-1 coach in years past. Jennifer is also an alumnus of South Bay playing for the club during her four years of high school.

Jennifer played volleyball for Bishop Montgomery High School and Saint Mary's College in the bay area. She received a BA in mathematics and later a teaching credential and Masters of Education from Chapman University. She currently works at West High in Torrance teaching math and coaching the girls' varsity volleyball team. Her 2009 team won 3rd in the tough Bay League and made it to the second round of CIF. Finishing with a 19-10 record, she was awarded with Daily Breeze coach of the year

This is Sione's third year coaching with South Bay. He is currently an assistant coach with the 14s and 13s teams and is head coach of the 14s Locals team. He has been an assistant coach for the West High varsity team for past seven years. Sione also has taught Algebra and Pre-Algebra at Jefferson Middle School in Torrance for the past nine years. Currently, Sione and his wife have five kids, a basketball team, and need one more to complete their volleyball team.

Kaityn graduated from West High School in 2010 where she played volleyball for all for years. She played for South Bay Volleyball Club her freshmen through senior year, going to the Junior Olympics in 2009. She is currently attending and playing for El Camino College.

Lee grew up in Hermosa Beach and started playing volleyball as a freshman at Redondo Union HS. She played varsity for three years. She also played for South Bay Volleyball Club her freshman through senior years. Lee was lucky enough to receive 3 scholarship offers to play in college. She ultimately choose to play at Cal State Dominguez Hills where she stayed for 5 years. Lee made the All-Conference team her senior year and was captain of her squad. She has volunteer coached one season with the USYVL. This is Lee's first year coaching with an organized club team. Today she work as an emergency nurse. Lee is married with two daughters, Madison, 8 and Ashley, 6.

Megan was born and raised in Littleton, Colorado. She played volleyball with the Front Range Volleyball Club starting in 9th grade. She competed in four Junior Olympic Tournaments and played for the perennial state powerhouse Heritage High School where she made the All-State Team in Colorado. She received a volleyball scholarship to play at Montana State University and after one year, transferred to the University of Wyoming where she also earned an athletic scholarship. The Wyoming team was ranked in the top 20 all four years and competed in the NCAA Division I Volleyball Tournament two of the years. The 1989 Wyoming team won their Conference Championship. They advanced in the NCAA tournament beating Washington and Stanford to get to the Elite Eight, but finally succumbed to a very strong UCLA team. In 2005, the entire team was honored to be inducted into the University of Wyoming's Athletic Hall of Fame. Megan has coached various ages and levels of the sport. She started coaching 6th graders while she was still in high school. While in college, she coached summer camps for the University of Wyoming and at the "Elite" recruiting camps for high school age girls in Colorado. She also coached the men's club team at Wyoming and assisted the Women's University team for one year. She has two daughters that are ages 8 and 10 and are coming into volleyball age. She is trying to get back to her love of the sport by assisting the girls and their friends in learning the sport of volleyball. She believes that it truly is the best sport around.

This is Jenn's 1st year coaching for South Bay, she is coaching the 15 Gold team. She and Lydia were teammates at El Toro High school where Jenn was named 2nd team all league her senior year. She played middle blocker at Cal Poly SLO and later transferred to Cal State Fullerton where she studied Biology. Her coaching experience began at Esperanza High School where she was the JV Girls and Frosh Soph Boys coach. Jenn has also coached for Laguna Beach Volleyball Club. She most recently has been coaching at Santa Margarita Catholic High School where she has coached both Frosh Soph and JV Girls teams and assisted the Varsity team in becoming Trinity League Champions. Jenn is a mother to two young girls, ages 3 and 5 and is working toward becoming a Midwife.