Coaching Staff
Announcement: Early Bird Registration Closes April 4
Meet Our Coaches
Sophie Bukovec – Men’s Lead Coach, Founder & CEO
- Olympian – Paris 2024
- Team Canada Beach Volleyball
- Beach Volleyball World Championship Silver Medalist 2022
- U21 FIVB World Champion 2014
- University of Southern California WBVB Alum 2015-2017
- 3x NCAA WBVB Champion 2015-2017
- 2x PAC 12 WBVB Champion 2016, 2017
- 2x All American
- Big West Champion WVB @ Long Beach State 2014
- OUA Champion WVB @ McMaster University 2013-2014
- Assistant Coach WVB @ Ryerson University 2019-2022
Mark Gatto – Women’s Lead Coach
- Team Canada Beach Volleyball Next Gen Coach
- Team Canada Beach Alumni
- FIVB level coach
Mikayla Law-Heese – Women’s Coach
- Team Canada Beach Volleyball
- National Championship Silver Medal 2024
- Team Ontario Beach Alumni
- University of Alabama at Birmingham Beach Volleyball Alumni
- Florida Atlantic University Beach Volleyball
Thea Ziesmann- Women’s Coach
- University of Toronto – current
- Team Ontario Indoor Alumni
- Team Ontario Beach Alumni
- NTE Alumni
Jake MacNeil – Program Video Analysis & Virtual Coach
- Training Team – Tokyo Olympics 2021 & Paris Olympics 2024
- Team Canada 2014-present
- U21 Team Canada World Championship athlete
- U19 Team Canada World Championship athlete
- Youth Olympic Games athlete
- 5 international medals
- Canada National Champion
- Ontario Provincial Champion
- 5th place PanAm Games
Steven Abrams – Men’s Coach
- Team Canada Beach Volleyball
- Training Team – Paris Olympics 2024
- U21 Team Canada Indoor World Championship
- U21 Team Canada Beach World Championship
Tynan Gannett – Men’s Coach
- Team Canada Beach Volleyball
- Saint Mary University Alum
- Canada Games Beach Volleyball Participant
Want to Join Our Team?
Contact us for more information, or to answer any questions you may have about our academy. We look forward to hearing from you. Together we can continue to grow the game in Canada!