Welcome to the Palos Verdes High School Girls Volleyball program. We have an exciting program, and we hope that you will consider making girls volleyball at Palos Verdes High part of your high school experience. We play in one of the top leagues in the country, against some of the very best competition. Our goal is not just to compete at the highest levels every year, but to win! At the same time, we strongly believe that there are few things as much fun as playing volleyball, and we are committed to making sure that this is true at Palos Verdes High School. We want every girl who comes through this program to feel that she became the best player possible, and that she had the time of her life getting there. If this is what you’re looking for, we hope you join us.

Best,

Coach Dyer

 

Aaron Dyer, Head Coach Palos Verdes High School, Girls Volleyball

Aaron Dyer is a former varsity player for both volleyball and basketball at the University of Southern California. While playing at USC, Aaron’s team earned the 1988 National Championship Men’s Volleyball and 1985 Pac-10 Championship Men’s Basketball titles. He is a native of Ventura, and has lived his entire life in Southern California. He first coached high school boys’ volleyball at Miraleste High School during the 1986 and 1987 seasons. In addition to playing and coaching, he practices law in Los Angeles, and received his law degree from UCLA. He and his wife Suzanne have four children, including a son Shane, who attends Palos Verdes High School (PVHS) and plays volleyball for PVHS.

Aaron would like to thank all the players, parents, faculty, and staff for supporting the girls volleyball program. The financial support and continued encouragement toward our athletes is appreciated and will be a major part of our success this season.

Kody DuBarry, Assistant Varsity Coach

Kody is starting his first year as the varsity assistant coach. Originally from Southern California, he attended Ocean View High School. Kody was a four year varsity player for his high school. He played men's volleyball for the University of the Pacific. Kody is very excited to be a part of this challenging program and wishes all the players luck in this awesome season.

Maddison McKibben, Assistant Varsity Coach

Maddison McKibbin is entering his first year as the assistant coach of the Girls Varsity Volleyball Team. He began coaching this past summer at the Palos Verdes HS volleyball summer camp. Maddison currently attends the University of Southern California and plays on the men’s volleyball team there. Originally from Honolulu, Hawaii he went to Punahou High School. Maddison had a great time coaching this past summer and feels lucky to continue into the fall. He is really excited for this season and thinks that the varsity team can do very well.

Patrick Lynch, Junior Varsity Head Coach Patrick has been the girls Junior Varsity coach for two years. He also is the head coach of the boys varsity volleyball team at Palos Verdes High School. He grew up in Manhattan Beach and played volleyball at IPFW. In 2001, he played for Team Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. He teaches Spanish 4-AP and Spanish 3-Honors at PVHS. Before teaching at PVHS, Patrick taught at Crane High School in Chicago, Illinois. While there, he started a boys volleyball program and in 1999 the team won the division and city championships. He enjoys coaching and is looking forward to a great season this year with the amazing dedication and talents of PV's athletes and coaches.

Patrick is committed to building a legacy of Sea King volleyball that the Palos Verdes community can be proud of.

Clark Barbieri, Head Frosh/Soph Coach

Clark is entering his first year as the coach for the girls F/S Volleyabll team. Clark previously worked with the Palos Verdes Volleyball program last year, where he served as an assistant to Coach Lynch for the Junior Varsity team. In addition, Clark has worked with the Palos Verdes boys Volleyball team for the past three years, serving as assistant for the boys F/S team. Clark was a member of the first graduating class from Palos Verdes High School once it was reopened, and a member of the 2004 League Championship team. He received his Bachelors degree from the University of California, San Diego, and more recently, his Masters degree from the University of Chicago. Clark feels extremely lucky to be working with such an esteemed coaching staff, and talented group of volleyball players. He is very excited for this opportunity, and looks forward to having a great season.

Shane Dyer, Assistant Coach Frosh/Soph Team

Shane is entering his first year assisting the girls Frosh/Soph team. He is currently a Senior at Palos Verdes High School and has been on the Varsity volleyball team for PV for four years. He holds a silver and bronze medal for Junior Olympics. He also made the Bay League first team and first team all area. Shane is looking forward to the coming year and wished the best to all the teams.

Jim Mitchell – Strength and Conditioning Coach

After a career in gymnastics culminating with the 1980 Olympic trials, Jim came to Palos Verdes High School from 1981 to 1990 to train athletes from multiple sports. During that time, he helped a number of teams earn Bay League titles. Jim was the first U.S. coach invited by the Romanian Olympic Federation to work in the USSR and he had the opportunity to coach Nadia Comenici while he was there. He is also very accomplished in the field of martial arts holding national and world championship titles in kickboxing. Coach Mitchell has an impressive resume of preparing athletes for competition at the high school, national, and international level. He has lived and conducted training programs all over the world, and his extensive sports and coaching background is a tremendous asset to the Palos Verdes girls volleyball program. Jim Mitchell is pleased to be back home at Palos Verdes High and he is looking forward to helping his volleyball girls achieve success each season.