Manatee Area Volleyball: Serving Bradenton & Sarasota: Coaches

Nancy Cothron (10 Yrs): 

Nancy Cothron is the Director of Manatee Area Volleyball, the Varsity coach at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal School and coaches different age groups for the club. She was born in Tampa and competed on the track, basketball, cross country teams at her high school, but found volleyball to be her true love. One year of high school and playing beach volleyball every day was enough for Coach Cothron to become a starter for the FSU squad. Nancy joined the squad as a walk-on in 1977 and competed in both volleyball and track for the Seminoles. “My greatest blessing was to be coached by Dr. Cecile Reynaud for four years” Cecile is well known in the volleyball community, has written many books for coaches and players and travels the world teaching and learning about volleyball. Nancy played both professionally indoor an on the beach over in Europe. She returned home and continued playing on the professional beach tour, met and married her husband Tony Cothron. They have 3 boys together and two are currently in college exploring their potential volleyball careers as walk-ons. “We started this club to help those players who want to improve and get better at playing volleyball. My goals as a coach are to teach the fundamentals and strategies of volleyball, but more importantly to teach some of the lifelong lessons of commitment to team, strong work ethic, sacrifice and so many other great lessons we can take from this true team sport. During the 20 years that this club has been in existence, we have seen players, parents and coaches come and go. The greatest gift that I get and  the true test that we have done our best as coaches,  is when we see past players still playing or even coaching this wonderful game.”IMPACT Cadre for the Florida Region, AVCA member, CAP I and II certified

Email: tcothron@tampabay.rr.com

Phone: (941) 915 3097 or (941) 748 1093

School: Southeast High School

Team:  2013  16's or 17's and 12's

Tony Cothron: (6 yrs) 

Tony is the Co- Assistant Director of MAV and has been an assistant coach at HCC the last 5 years. He is obtained his AA from HCC and is now attending USF for his BA in Education. Tony coached volleyball at the junior level for 18 years with various different clubs. He received the outstanding male player award, from the Florida region in 2002, 2003, and 2005. Tony has played both indoor and played pro beach volleyball in the Florida Region for the past 18 years. He has competed at adult nationals every year and has officiated Division I and II for the past 8 years. He currently holds a National level of officiating. He is married to Nancy and they have 3 boys.

IMPACT certified, PAVO and AVCA Member

Email: tcothron@tampabay.rr.com

Phone: (941) 748-1093

School: Assistant Coach at Hillsborough Community College

Team: 17 Elite Navy Head

2013: 18's or 17's

Kimlyn Wilson (5 yrs): 

Kimlyn is a local Bradenton athlete who played volleyball in 1979 Manatee High School. She played for Manatee Community College. She is currently the Head JV coach and assistant Varsity Coach at Manatee High School. This will be her 3rd year with MAV. Her two daughters Brittany and Briane played for MAV. Brittany is currently a member of the SCF Manatees.

Email: Wilsonk@fc.manatee.k12.fl.us

School: Manatee High School

Team: 14 Travel Assistant

Matt McElhiney and Lewis Gibson resigned 4/29/2012

Lee Hagood (4 Yrs): coaching with Jessie Jones

Lee has been a beach volleyball player since moving to Florida in 1994 and is currently rated an AA player on the beach tour. He won the Dig the Beach National Championship in 2004 in Miami in the A division. He has been coaching with MAV since 2007 and coaches both indoor and beach volleyball. His daughter Ashley plays for MAV. He is also teaching at Bayshore High School.

Email: habad17@hotmail.com   

School:

Team: 16 Travel Head

Kayla Walton (1 yr):

Kayla attended Northside Christian High School and lettered all four years in volleyball, basketball, and track and field. She led her high-school track team in back-to-back Regional Championships and is the current record holder for discus at Northside. Kayla was also named to first team in volleyball and basketball her Junior and Senior year. She was selected and competed her Freshman year with Team Florida HP. Her Sophomore year she competed on the HP USA Youth Blue Team. Kayla also competed in the 2009 and 2010 USA Volleyball Junior National Championships and was named to the Junior National All-Tournament Team in 2009. She carried a 4.0 GPA through high school and was named to the Pinellas County All-Academic team. 

Kayla now attends USF (Tampa), is a member of the women's volleyball team, and strongly holds a 3.3 GPA. She started in 27 of the 28 matches as the Sophomore Right-Side. Kayla ended her season with 228 Kills, 99 Blocks, and 42 Digs. She ranked third on the team in kills per set (2.21) and blocks per set (0.96). She is also a member of SAAC (student athletic advisory committee) at USF. We are excited to add Kayla's experience to our coaching staff!

IMPACT certified

Email: Kaylaw@mail.usf.edu

School: Player at University of South Florida

Team: 17 Elite Navy Assistant

Nate Pickett

Resigned

Paula Roca- pro beach player. Originally from Brazil. Played at USF indoor and was Nate's assistant for 2012.

Casey Albano

Casey Albano attended Lake Mary High School and was a three-year starter on the volleyball team.She led her team to a district championship during her senior season while breaking the school’s single-season dig record with 705. She was honored on the All-Conference team her Sophomore, Junior and Senior year and was named in the All-Central Florida team, as well. She played for the Orlando Volleyball Academy under head coach Yvonne Devlin where her team qualified for Nationals. Casey placed in the top five percent of her graduating class with a 4.25 GPA. She, also, was a member of the National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and the President’s Honor Roll in all four years of high school.

Casey now attends USF (Tampa) as a member of the women's volleyball team, and holds a 3.47 GPA. She played in 24 of 28 matches as a freshman. She ended her first season with recorded 13 service aces, 83 digs, and collected a season high 14 digs against Villanova.

Impact Certified

Email: Caseyalbano@gmail.com

School: University of South Florida Player

Team: 18 Elite Assistant & 12 Travel Assistant

Pam Dumez

Impact Certified

Email:

Team: 14 Travel White Head  & 17 Elite White Assistant