Triangle Coaching Staff

Brian Bacchi

Bacchi joined the Triangle staff in 2013. He played Division III volleyball at Vassar College from 2005-2009, seeing time both as a Middle Blocker and an Opposite. His team finished as runner-up in the Division III Championship in 2008.

Samantha (Sam) Barker

Barker grew up in California, moving to Wilmington for high school. She played club in California at Desert Volleyball Club throughout her middle school years. In Wilmington, Barker was a defenisive specialist at Hoggard High School. She also played club at Cape Fear and Brunswick volleyball clubs.

Barker previous coached at NC Volleyball Academy at the 14s and 15s national team age levels. She remains active in the game playing recreationally outdoors.

Jonathan Bethel

Bethel grew up in High Point and began playing volleyball in middle school. He was a regular scrimmage player against the girls' teams at Proehlific Power Volleyball Club and also played sand for the same club.

Meredith Blum

Blum, originally from the Raleigh area, is a graduate of Green Hope High School where she was a member of the volleyball team. Upon graduation, she attended NC State University. At NCSU, Blum was a member of the Rowing team for three years and knotched a top 10 ranking at collegiate nationals in all three seasons. After transferring, she graduated from Meredith College with a degree in Exercise and Sports Science with a concentration in Health and Wellness.

Savannah Bridgers

Bridgers hails from Newport, NC where she began playing volleyball in elementary school. She attended East Carteret High School and was a standout on the varsity team for three years. Bridgers earned All-County honors and was named Defensive Player of the Year in both 2015 and 2016. Bridgers also played club for Barracuda and Twin Rivers Volleyball Clubs.

Bridgers first gained coaching experience while in high school, helping out the middle school team at Beaufort MS. She has also worked with elementary-aged athletes during summer camp programs.

Hannah Burch

Burch comes to Triangle from Lexington, Virginia where she began playing high school volleyball in eigth grade at Rockbridge County HS. As a setter/opposite, Burch garnered first team All-District, All-Region and All-State accolades over her prep career. In 2017 she was named Region 3C Player of the Year. She played club at notable Virginia clubs such as Roanoke United, Next Revolution, and Lynchburg volleyball clubs.

Breanna Cary

Cary was born and raised in Indianapolis prior to moving to Charlotte in 8^th grade. Cary played setter on the varsity squad at Hickory Ridge High School for three years, earning All-Conference honors her senior year. She began her junior club volleyball career at the age of nine at Circle City Volleyball Club. After moving to Charlotte, she played for multiple clubs in the Charlotte area as both a setter and defensive specialist. After graduating high school, Cary attended William Peace University where she played all four years as a setter, defensive specialist and libero.

Kendall Chavis

Chavis hails from Greensboro where she began playing volleyball in fourth grade. She was a prep standout at Northern Guilford High School earning multiple Player of the Week accolades. She played club as a right-side/middle blocker for Twin City Volleyball Club where she was coached by the late Heather Holmes (former Wake Forest Head Women's Volleyball Coach). Chavis also played for Piedmont Volleyball Club.

Chavis is currently a student at UNC-Chapel Hill where she is studying Media and Journalism and Exercise and Sport Science.

Fiona (Cunningham) Collichio

Originally from Chapel Hill, Cunningham played high school volleyball at Chapel Hill High. She earned All-Conference honors and received the school’s Tiger award. She played club throughout high school including two years at Triangle Volleyball Club. Cunningham was recruited to Wofford College and ultimately transferred to UNC-Asheville. For two seasons she made multiple appearances for the Bulldogs in the setter position until she was sidelined with an injury.

Leah Daniel

Daniel is originally from Zionsville, Indiana where she played club at renown Team Indiana. She attended Zionsville Community High School where she was a four-year letter winner playing outside hitter for the Eagles. She was selected as a MaxPreps Indiana State Player of the Year finalist and was named among PrepVolleyball’s Top 150 Senior Aces. At Team Indiana, Daniel helped lead her team to a 5^th place finish at the 2016 AAU Junior National Championships in 17 Open.

Bella Dearinger

Dearinger is from Muncie, Indiana and played ten seasons for powerhouse Munciana Volleyball Club. She helped  Munciana 18 Samurai win the 2021 AAU Girls' Junior 18 Open National Championship in decisive fashion without dropping a single set (11-0, 22-0). Dearinger was a prep standout and four-year starter for Delta High School, finishing her high school career with 1810 assists, 372 kills, 872 digs and 43 blocks. She was named to the 3A All-District team and Second Team All-State. 

Madison Fendrick

Fendrick (maiden name Linxwiler) is originally from San Diego, CA where she began playing volleyball her freshman year of high school. She was a varsity captain at Cathedral Catholic High School and tallied 151 kills and 33 blocks her senior season. She played club at Coast Volleyball Club and helped lead her 18s team to a third place finish in the 18 Open division at the 2015 USAV Girls' Junior National Championships.

Michael Frank

Frank joined Triangle in 2012 after relocating from Boston, and brings a wealth of positional expertise and experience to the gym. Frank has played and coached volleyball since high school where he was a three-year varsity member and all-conference selection, going on to play at Northeastern University and earning all-conference honors before graduating in 2002 with a degree in electrical engineering.

Austin Frese

Frese joins Triangle with considerable playing experience including four years as a setter/opposite at Oak Ridge High School in El Dorado Hills, California. A two-sport athlete, Frese also played basketball for the Trojans.

Frese attended Wichita State University, graduating in 2020 with a BA degree in Sport Management. Frese attended graduate school at Long Beach State University where he earned a Master of Business Administration.

Megan Fuhr '17

Fuhr returns to Triangle where she played six seasons. A prep standout at South Granville HS, Fuhr helped her team to the finals of the 2A NCHSAA State Championship in 2014. The following year, Fuhr led her team to capture the 2A NCHSAA State Championship and earned MVP honors. She earned All-Conference honors and set school records her senior season for sets played, digs, and kills.

Johnathan Gay '16

Johnathan is originally from Moyock, NC and attended North Carolina School of Science and Math, a resident-based high school, his junior and senior years. Johnathan played for Triangle Boys 18 Black his senior year as a middle blocker. He attended UNC-Chapel Hill where he was a member of the UNC Chapel Hill Men's Club Volleyball Team and served as the UNC-Women's Volleyball Team Manager.

Johnathan has coached club since 2021, serving as a girls' 16U Head Coach at ARVC and as a 17s assistant coach at Beach Elite.

Theo Gioles

Lead Strength & Conditioning Coach, NASM-PES, CES

Gioles grew up in Long Island, NY playing a variety of sports including volleyball (setter). He attended and played 4 years of college tennis at Farmingdale State College in New York earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management (2011).

Sarah Goddard

Goddard was raised in Las Vegas and surrounded by volleyball most of her life having parents that coach and ran a Las Vegas volleyball club in addition to two sisters that played collegiately. As a prep standout at Arbor View HS and Vegas United Volleyball Club, Goddard was a PrepVolleyball.com Honorable Mention Frosh 59. She played outside hitter for 5 years at Mars Hill University (DII) earning All-Conference, All-Region and AVCA Honorable Mention All-American recognition. Goddard sits third in Mars Hill program history with 1,329 kills.

Barry Gower

Gower joined Triangle in 2013 and has served as an assistant coach, most recently of 14 Silver. Previously Gower served as head coach at Haviland Middle School in New York for three years and as a resource coach at Apex Volleyball Club in Poughkeepsie, New York, for one year. Growing up in Michigan, Gower graduated from Michigan Technological University in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in computer science. Gower works for IBM and resides in Holly Springs with his wife, Nikki, and two children, Riley and Liam.

Maggie Holcomb

Originally from Greensboro, Holcomb played at Northwest Guilford High School and both indoor and sand at NC Power Volleyball Club and NC Sand, respectively. Holcomb played indoor club at UNC-G prior to transferring to UNC-W. At UNC-W, Holcomb helped create the UNC-W Competitive Beach Volleyball Club and served as the club's Vice-President.

Tonya Holmes

Holmes hails from south Florida where she was a multi-sport athlete in high school. Among her accolades she helped to lead her women's basketball team to a state title. Collegiately, Holmes played one year at Savannah State University before transferring to the University of Central Florida. At UCF Holmes played club volleyball and coached at Orlando Volleyball Association (formerly OVA).

Chip Hutchens

Hutchens is an avid volleyball fan, former player (beach and indoor) and dedicated coach. Hutchens was introduced to volleyball while at NC State and played for over 10 years at the AA/Open Adult indoor level for USA Volleyball/Carolina Region. Equally passionate about the outdoor game, Hutchens played both grass and beach at the AA/Open level. His playing experience was at the middle blocker, opposite and setter positions.

Britni Johnson '14

Johnson, a Triangle alumna (2014), is joining the Triangle staff after graduating from the University of Mount Olive with a Bachelor's Degree in Recreation Therapy . A four year starter at UMO, Johnson's accolades include All-Conference recognition, multiple Conference Player of the Week awards, as well as multiple Student-Athlete of the Week awards at the university. She was named MVP in 2015 and was the recipeint of the DII ADA Academic Achievement Award. Johnson earned Academic All-Conference Recognition in each of her four seasons. 

Grant Kaestner '19

Kaestner is a Triangle alum, having played three seasons on Triangle 18U Boys. As an adept middle blocker, he was recognized as Triangle's first member of the "11 Foot Club", ultimately achieving an approach touch of 11'8". Kaestner was also active in the USA Volleyball Boys High Performance program. During his club career, he received both the Iron Triangle award for dedication to fitness and the Triangle award for Triangle 18U Boys.

Sarah Kirk

Kirk was raised in Houston and played for perennial powerhouse clubs Houston Skyline Juniors and Absolute Volleyball Academy (AVA). She was a prep standout at Dawson High School and selected to play in the 6A Texas and All-Houston All Star games. Kirk was a VYPE-Houston Fab 50 6A pick and was named Setter of the Year both her junior and senior seasons.

Kirk was recruited to Barton College (DII) where she was a four-year starter. She amassed over 1700 career assists and was named Conference Carolinas Women's Volleyball Specialist of the week.

Katherine Koslowsky

Koslowsky (formerly Fleming), a native of North Carolina and graduate of Miami University in Ohio, joined Triangle in 2004. Koslowsky attended Cardinal Gibbons High School in Raleigh and led her team to state championship wins every year. She was named All-Conference and All-State, and set two records in her senior season for single season kills and digs. Koslowsky was a TISAC Co-Player of the Year in 2001 and her #9 jersey hangs retired at Cardinal Gibbons. She went on to Providence College for two seasons where she was an outside hitter and still holds the single season digs record.

Beverly Lineberger

Lineberger, a North Carolina volleyball mainstay, achieved tremendous success while serving as head coach at Apex High School for 11 years and at Peace College for two years. While leading the Apex program she was awarded Tri-7 Coach of the Year in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2006, and led her team to the 4A state semifinals in 2001 and 2005. During her two years at Peace she guided the Pacer program to its best season since joining the NCAA in 2002.

Jazzell Mangosing

Mangosing was born in San Diego and raised in Virginia Beach, VA where she played club at Coastal Virginia Volleyball Club. As a libero at Ocean Lakes High School, Mangosing helped the Dolphins to the State 6A semifinals twice, including a finals appearance her senior season. She was named team Defensive MVP her senior season and set the school record with 493 digs. Mangosing was also a First-team All-State, All-Region and All-Conference selection.

Lindsey (Hall) Marsh

Marsh (formerly Hall), a North Carolina native, joined Triangle in 2014. She has served as head coach of 13 White and 13 Silver for numerous years. She has also been an assistant coach in the 12s and 13s age groups. She played libero at South Granville High School and competed in club for several years, finishing her career with Jammers Volleyball Club. Marsh played intramural indoor and beach at NC State while earning degrees in sport management and business marketing. She graduated in 2011 and is currently the marketing coordinator at PNC Arena.

Katie McCullough '15

Assistant Director

McCullough (fondly referred to as "Katie Mac") is a Triangle alumnae having played in Triangle blue for 5 years beginning at 14s through her senior year. McCullough was a two-sport athlete in high school finding success both on the volleyball court and the soccer field.

Janae McKoy

A North Carolina native, McKoy began playing volleyball in middle school as a defensive specialist. She attended NC A & T University where she graduated with a degree in Sports Science and Fitness Management.

She has coached youth volleyball since graduating high school in 2012. She has coached middle school volleyball at Holly Ridge MS (2018) and is currently the Head Volleyball Coach at East Cary MS.

Janae and her son live in Garner and she is currently serving as a Health and Physical Education teacher at East Cary Middle School. 

Collin Medina

Medina grew up in Asheville where he was very active and played a vast number of different sports. He became passionate about volleyball and co-founded the ECU Men's Club Volleyball team his sophomore year of college.

At ECU, Medina was the team's setter from 2010-2012. He continues to be an avid player on both grass and indoor.

In addition to cross country and tennis, Medina has coached prep soccer, indoor track, and men's varsity tennis. He began coaching volleyball at Capital City Volleyball Club in 2021 working with a 14U junior girls' team.

Haley Milne

Milne is originally from Pittsfield, MA where she played volleyball at Taconic High School. She attended Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, CT where she played on the SHU women's club team. Milne graduated from SHU in 2019 with a BS in Psychology. She remained at SHU and received her Masters of Elementary Education in 2020.

In 2020, Milne relocated to North Carolina and began teaching at Research Triangle Charter Academy where she also served as the head middle school volleyball coach. She is currently a second grade teacher at Thales Academy in Apex.

Michelle Panzl '10

Director of Athlete Health, Wellness and Injury Prevention, PT, DPT

Since joining the Triangle staff in 2011, Panzl (Fadool) has served as a student apprentice coach, assistant coach, and national team head coach in the 13-17s age groups. As a head coach Panzl has had two appearances in National Qualifier Gold division finals with 17 White (2017) and 14 White (2014).

Nan Parrish '18

Parrish returns to Triangle as a coaching staff member starting with the 2020-2021 club season, following an eight-year career at Triangle as a student-athlete. She competed on the Triangle 18 Blue squad that qualified for USAV 18s Nationals in 18 USA Division after finishing in third place at the Northeast Qualifier. She also played high school volleyball at Broughton High School, helping the Capitals to the 3rd and 4th round of the playoffs in her final two seasons. She was an Honorable Mention All-CAP 7 performer and an Academic All-Conference honoree.

Robert Penland

Robert is originally from Greensboro where he was first introduced to sand volleyball while in high school. Throughout college he participated in both sand and indoor volleyball and continues to participate in both recreationally. He became interested in coaching when his daughter’s picked up the sport. He has actively coached at area clubs (Club Red, NC Elite, and CHAVC) since 2012 and is USAV CAP II certified. Most recently Robert head coached CHAVC 14 Purple. Throughout his coaching career, he has served as both a head and assistant club coach at age levels ranging from 14-17.

Erica Phillips

Phillips is a former Triangle athlete who played middle blocker both her 15s and 16s year and also played at Sanderson High School as an outside/right side attacker. She attended UNC-Wlimington where she played on the Seahawks Women's Club Volleyball team all four years. Phillips graduated Summa Cum Laude from UNC-W in 2022 with a teacher degree from UNC-W's Watson College of Education.

Mary Alice Pike '04

Pike returns to Triangle where she was a former student-athlete and among those in Triangle's first graduating class of seniors (2004). Pike was a standout at Cresset Christian Academy earning three conference player of the year awards, All-Conference, and All-State recognition. Pike was recruited to Liberty University where she played four seasons for the Flames. Pike became a dominant right-side hitter earning Big South Player of the Week honors her junior season and ranking second among the Flames in both kills and assists. Pike graduated Liberty in 2008 with a degree in Kineisology.

Emily Risch

Risch is originally from upstate New York and moved to Raleigh after graduating college. As a middle blocker, Risch played both club and had a standout prep career at Bethlehem Central High School. She went on to play all four years at St. John Fisher College (DIII) where she was one of the primary blocking leaders for the Cardinals and helped them win their first conference championship her senior year.

Risch has worked with young people at the YMCA Bethlehem and coached for two seasons at VolleyFX in Rochester, New York at the 14s and 15s age levels.

Nolan Schmidt '21

Schmidt returns to Triangle after graduating from Belmont Abbey College where he played two seasons on the Crusader's Men's Varsity volleyball team. Schmidt, a middle blocker, played eight years of club including VC Nebraska, Front Range [CO], 303 Volleyball Club [CO] and Triangle. He played two seasons at Belmont Abbey College [DI/DII].

Megan Shander

Shander officially joined the Triangle coaching staff in 2017 as a student apprentice coach after working numerous camps and clinics, especially with Triangle's Youth Volleyball Program series. She was a former Triangle student-athlete until injuries sidelined her athletic career. 

Shander has served as served as a head coach in Triangle's 11's competitive club program and has led numerous All-Skills camps at Triangle's Summer Camps.

Grace Shehadeh

Shehadeh is originally from Plano, Texas where she was a prep standout at Plano Senior HS. Shehadeh played club at perennial powerhouse Excel (NT) for her 17s and 18s seasons. At Excel she helped her teams qualify in both the USA and Open divisions and was named a "Player that Shined" by PrepVolleyball at USAV 18s Nationals.

Lande Simpson

Simpson is a Raleigh native who previously played club locally at both Triangle and NC Elite while attending Durham School of the Arts. At DSA she played on varsity for all four years. After graduating she was recruited to Brevard College where she played as a setter/OPP her freshman year. She transferred to NC State to pursue a degree in Communications and Public Relations. She continues to play on the NCSU Women's Club team.

She has prior club coaching experience at NC Elite where she coached at the 16s age level.

Danielle Stachura

Stachura is originially from Wisconsin, where she played as a setter for Coach Charlie Berg at Westosha Central High School. She played at the University of Mount Olive, appearing in 27 matches and posting a team-leading 351 assists as a freshman. Following her sophomore year, she transferred to Lincoln Memorial, where she competed on both the indoor and sand teams. In 2018, she won 7 matches at the No. 4 flight spot for the Lincoln Memorial beach team. She graduated from Lincoln Memorial with her Bachelor degree in Business Administration.

Lauren Tharrington '17

Tharrington, a member of Triangle's class of 2017, joins the coaching staff starting with the 2020 season. She spent eight club seasons in a Triangle uniform as a setter and competed on teams at the Black, Blue and White level. She helped set her 2016 17 White team to a runner-up finish at the Big South Qualifier and a top 20 finish at AAU Junior Nationals.

Sarah Thomas

Thomas hails from Collegeville, Pennsylvania, where she played volleyball since she was in elementary school. She played club volleyball at Synergy as a versatile front row attacker, seeing time as a middle blocker/opposite hitter and an outside hitter. For her high school, she was on the varsity team for all four seasons and earned numerous accolades, incuding Rookie of the Year, All-State team, All-District and All-Conference. Following her prep career, she enrolled at NC State University and competed on their top club team for four seasons.

Kaley Vogel

Vogel (Viola) is originally from Orlando where she played club at perennial powerhouse OVA (now known as OTVA). As a middle blocker and prep standout, Vogel helped lead the Highlanders from Lake Highland Preparatory School to three consecutive 3A FSHSAA State Championships. While at OVA Vogel was named in 2006 as a PrepVolleyball.com first-team All-American.

Abby (Dawson) Waterbury

Waterbury (formerly Dawson) coached at Triangle Volleyball Club for three seasons (2019-2021) before relocating with her husband who is active military. Service is bringing Waterbury back to area again allowing her to rejoin Triangle's staff.

Sarah Weavil

Weavil hails from Winston-Salem, NC where she began playing volleyball in 7th grade. At William Peace University she played at both the setter and defensive specialist positions for two seasons. Weavil transferred nearer to home where she was the primary setter for Davidson-Davie Community College (DCCC). She earned her Associates degree at DCCC and entered UNC-Charlotte to continue her education and earn a Bachelor's degeree in Health Communications.

Emily Whitsett

Whitsett graduated in 2010 from Elon University with a bachelor's degree in English. Whitsett was a four-year letter winner as a setter at Elon and served as captain both her junior and senior year. She earned the coach’s award in 2010, Academic All-Southern Conference, and Athletic Director Honor Roll. Whitsett originally hails from Pittsburgh and played four years on the Pine-Richland High School varsity team. In 2005 she led her high school team as captain to a state championship and was named all-state as a senior.

Gabriella Will

Will joins Triangle having moved to the area in 2021. Originally from Maryland, she played volleyball since she was very young including club at Maryland Juniors and TCA-Maryland and prep at River Hill HS. She was recruited as a setter for Catholic University of America (DC), DIII. She played one season before choosing nursing as a major.

She has coached club level at Metro Volleyball Club while in college.

Will, her husband, Nick, and daughter, Paisley, live in Holly Springs.