Rage Westside Coaches
2024-2025
Jen AGRESTI
Club Director
College Recruiting Coordinator/player/team Development
After St. Mary’s High School, Jen accepted a full scholarship to Washington State University. She played outside hitter and made the All-Freshmen Honorable Mention team with the Cougars. Washington State University finished 5th in the National rankings, and she led the Cougars in digs. In 1998 she was 2nd in the Pac 10 in digs. In 2015 Jen was inducted into St.Mary’s Hall Of Fame. Jen Has been coaching volleyball for over 20 years. Currently, she is the head varsity coach at Notre Dame Belmont High School. There Jen has taken the school to its first-ever State championship title. In 11 years at Notre Dame Belmont, they earned a combined 12 banners from CCS titles, Nor-cal championships, and the Division 4 state title in 2016.
When away from the courts, she is with her family and husband Anthony Agresti, a San Mateo fire chief, and her 2 daughters Adrianna Agrest,i 16, and Gabriella Agresti 13.
Michelle Brazil
18-1 Head Coach
Michelle Brazil has been with Rage Westside since 2019. Most recently in 2022, her 18's team triple-qualified in Open and finished 9th in Open at the Jr. National Championships. Her team finished higher than any Northern California team and 2nd in California overall at Nationals.
Prior to Rage Westside, Michelle coached at Red Rock for 5 years. In 2015 her 16's team won a bronze medal at the Jr. National Championships.
Michelle has been coaching high school volleyball at Branson since 2009. She has won 5 league championships, 12 section championships, 8 Norcal championships, and 6 State championships. Most recently, in 2022, her team won the league title, section championship, and Norcal championship. They finished the season by winning the Division 1 State Championship, making Branson the smallest school to ever win a D1 state championship. As a girls ' volleyball coach, Michelle is tied for the 2nd most state championships in CA state history.
Michelle lives in Oakland with her husband, her 8 year old son Landon and 6 year old daughter Hayden.
Michael Gomez
18-1 Assistant coach
Familiar with the Pacific West Conference from his stint helming Holy Names volleyball, Gomez brings over six years of collegiate and club coaching experience into his role at Rage. Building the HNU volleyball program to have one of its best seasons since becoming NCAA Division II members, Gomez guided the Hawks to a 14-14 overall record, 9-11 PacWest record, and ultimately seventh place in the conference standings in 2022. Holy Names also finished with three All-PacWest Team honorees, bettering the pair in 2020-21. Gomez, who assumed HNU’s head coach position in 2018, steadily increased the program’s win total each year as the Hawks were a competitive 27-35 overall from 2020-22.
The last five years did not mark the first stint for Gomez with HNU volleyball as he served as a volunteer assistant coach for the ARTU program in 2016 and from 2010-13. Before joining the PacWest in 2012, the Hawks enjoyed tremendous success within the California Pacific Conference both in 2010 and 2011 as Gomez worked alongside two-time Cal Pac Coach of the Year Dwight Combs, helping guide the team to back-to-back Cal Pac titles, a combined 23-0 conference record, and 13 All-Conference honorees including Player and Libero of the Year in both seasons.
Outside of his contributions to Holy Names, Gomez has worked as an Head and assistant coach for Rage Westside Volleyball Club teams in Belmont since 2018. He initially volunteered with the 18-U team in their 2019 run to Nationals then stepped in with the 16-U and 17-U squads who earned open division gold and bronze medals respectively the following season. He has since Head coached our 17-U and 18-U teams from 2021 to today, simultaneously serving as a co-recruiting coordinator as well.
When he wasn’t spending multiple seasons with Stanford’s Summer Volleyball Camp, Gomez was the head indoor volleyball coach and beach volleyball director for nearly three years with Pulse Volleyball Club in Ripon. He was responsible for all aspects of directing and coaching progressively each year for the 17-U, 15-U, and 16-U. He pioneered the beach program which saw three teams earn NCVA regional bids in the program’s inaugural and subsequent seasons.
Before his most recent role leading Holy Names’ volleyball team, Gomez could be found as the HNU athletics department’s graduate assistant for athletic events and facilities from 2015-17. His responsibilities during that time included preparing event facilities in accordance with NCAA Division II protocols and assisting in the hiring process and management of student staff for institutional athletic events.
A four-year starter on the men’s volleyball team at Holy Names, Gomez was a libero and outside hitter. He served as team captain for two seasons before earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English, culminating his academic career in 2017. Coach Mikey is loved by all the kids and coaches he works incredibly hard to get the kids to the next level. His Positivity and encouragement to our student-athletes are incredible!
Grace Smirnoff
17-1 HEAD Coach & 14-1
Grace is a dedicated and experienced volleyball coach with a strong background in athlete development, and a deep passion for the sport. Proven track record in fostering talent and leading teams to success at national, club, college, and high school levels.
Grace started playing volleyball when she was 11 and assisted the youngest teams beginning at 16. Since those early days, she played for Argentinian clubs and participated on the state team, finishing 3rd at the national level as a former RS/S back in 1999. She played all her life (just taking a break when she was pregnant) for several Division I teams in Argentina while coaching and learning. At La Plata National University, she earned a PE degree with an orientation in athlete recovery injuries, mental development, and volleyball specialization—coached boys and girls from 10 to 18 years old.
In 2016, she moved to the States with her family, and got a Master's in Global Sports Management at NYU. Started coaching girls' and boys' clubs in the Bay area (Monsoon, Encore, Rage Westside, Bay to Bay), qualifying for USAV nationals. She also ran a high school program at Carlmont HS for three years, overseeing the three teams and head coaching varsity, finishing in the top 4 in CCS (2023). Now she is assisting Varsity at NBD Belmont (2024). Her experience working at the college level includes- NDNU Div II and Menlo College (GSAC), assisting, scouting, training setters, and recruiting. She has worked in USA HP tryouts and is part of the coaching staff at NCVA HP where their last competition was the All Stars national tournament - Iowa 2024 where the Girls U15 Team earned the 5th place at National Level.
When she's not on the court, Grace enjoys spending time with him and there 3 sons. Luka (18) is shooting for the stars playing soccer in the UK, Santi (16) is a setter of the 16-1 at BaytoBay, one of top 2 teams in the country in Open Division and Tomi (12) is AUU National Gold Medal in 2024 with his BaytoBay 12p team.
Matthew Walker
16-1 & 15-2 Head Coach
Hello my name is Matthew Walker, I’m originally from Waller, Texas.
One of the 19th children from the proud parents of Rev. & Mrs. B.L. Walker.
I am married to the wonderful Maria and we have two girls Arthess 8 & Katielian 7.
I’m a Middle School Physical Education Teacher at Hopkins Junior High School in Fremont, CA. besides teaching PE, I'm also the Girl's Varsity Head Coach at Mission San Jose High School.
2023 Division 1 NCS Varsity Girls Playoff at MSJ High School
2022 Division 5 CCS Varsity Girls Champion at Castilleja High School
2022 Far Western National Qualifier Semifinals Top 4 in American Division
2022 Red Rock Rave National Qualifier we finished as the Top Silver Division Champion Top 10 in the American Division
2022 Pacific Northwestern Qualifier we finished 9th in the American Division
2020 NCVA President Tournament Champions for 17’s Opening Division and only dropped one set the whole tournament and then the season was Canceled due to COVID-19.
2019 Northern Eastern National Qualifier we finished 5th American Division
2019 Far Western National Qualifier we finished 5th in American Division
The 2019 NCVA Regional Championship finished 13th in the Gold Division for 16 and Under
2018 Denver CrossRoad American Division we finished 5th
2018 Pacific Northwestern Qualifier we finished 9th in American Division
2018 Far Western we finished 5th in American Division
The 2018 NCVA Regional Championship finished 10th in the Gold Division after starting the season seeded 79th for 15’s
2017 Denver CrossRoad American Division we finished 5th in the American Division
2017 Pacific Northwestern Qualifier we finished 5th in American Division
2017 Far Western we finished 5th in American Division
2017 NCVA Regional Championship finished 15th in the Silver Division for 14’s.
Kimmy Washington
15-1 & 13-1 HEAD COACH
Kimmy was born and raised in Orange County, CA. She has been coaching for almost 20 years now. A former Division 1 athlete who attended San Jose State University on a full volleyball scholarship and also played one season on the Spartan Women’s Basketball team in 2004-05 after exhausting her volleyball eligibility, she served as an assistant volleyball coach at her alma mater during the 2005 season. In 2007, Kimmy fulfilled her lifelong dream of playing professionally for the U.S Women’s National Volleyball Team and made her international debut as one of 12 players with the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team competing at the XV Pan American Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil which also earned her a Bronze Medal. Kimmy just finished her 1st season at Castilleja High School, where she won her 1st CCS championship. She previously was at Notre Dame Belmont High School for 8 years as the Varsity Assistant, JV Head Coach, and Head Varsity Coach for Beach volleyball.
Sergio Smirnoff
14-1 HEAD Coach
He works in a tech company as Head of Design and usually co-coach with his wife Grace, who he met playing volleyball at college, sharing the same values of hard work, commitment, and respect with their three kids (1 soccer and 2 volleyball players at BaytoBay VBC).
Arin Dadiw
14-2 HEAD COACH
•20+ years experience coaching and playing volleyball in the Bay Area
•Brought home the Gold medal as the head coach of Bay to Bay 16-2's at the SCVA Junior Boys Invitational in 2020
•Current Director of the Men's Volleyball Program at Monte Vista High School and Head Varsity Coach
•2019 NCS D1 Runner-Up and NorCal D2 Semifinalist with Monte Vista Varsity Volleyball
•Multi-year Head Coach with the NCVA NorCal High Performance program
•Head Coach of the 2019 Bronze Medal Champions in the 16 USA Division at Boys Junior Nationals
•Played 3 years at San Jose State University with three top-15 National finishes at Club Nationals
•Graduated from San Jose State University with a B.S. in Business Administration
•Former Director of Junior Programs at Core Volleyball Club
•USA Volleyball BCAP 1 Certified
•CPR, AED and First Aid Certified
•Other certifications include: Impact, SafeSport, Gold Medal Squared, Positive Coaching Alliance and is a NFHS Certified National Interscholastic Coach
Shea Hanson
15-1 assistant coach
Shea Hanson was raised in the Bay Area and played competitive club volleyball up until she was 18. Throughout her years playing she developed a passion for coaching younger athletes and helping them learn the fundamentals of volleyball. She coaches at Notre Dame Highschool along side some of the other Rage coaches. Besides volleyball, Shea works in real estate throughout the Bay Area and enjoys being a foodie.
Aimee (Rose-Marsh) Callahan
Aimee is a Northern California native who has been in the Bay Area for nearly ten years. She started playing club when she was 11 with Rage Volleyball Club (Central Valley). This was the club’s inaugural season and her parents were part of the few who grew Rage into a successful club. She continued on to have an accomplished club career as both a setter and DS. In 2011 and 2012, she played with USA Volleyball's High-Performance teams and competed with NCVA's HP Global Challenge team. Aimee initially signed to play indoor as a DS/setter at NDNU before transferring to Grand Canyon University after her freshman year to continue playing as a DS. She graduated a year early with a Bachelor's in Sociology to pursue her Master's and play beach. Aimee holds a Master's in Mental Health and Wellness and has completed an EdD in Organizational Leadership. She is currently a PhD candidate working on her dissertation in Educational Law.
Aimee has coached for over ten years - girls indoor and beach and boys indoor. She led 11s and 17s teams at Encore, and 13s, 15s and 17s teams at Red Rock. Aimee also coached 11/12s, 14s, and 16s boys teams at Red Rock. In addition to indoor, she coached for AVP Academy and Red Rock Beach for five years.
After a brief hiatus following COVID, Aimee is excited to return to the court and will be working with our 12’s team. Her coaching philosophy emphasizes foundational skills while nurturing the holistic development of each player, both on and off the court. She believes volleyball imparts valuable lessons in sportsmanship, friendship, and leadership.
During the day, Aimee is an assistant head of school at a local high school and is working on finishing her dissertation. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her husband and two dogs.
Cherene Uale 12-1 and 18-1 Assistant coach
Cherene was born and raised in The Bay Area where she played club volleyball all through middle and high school (her senior year she played for Coach Kimmy!!!). 4-year high school varsity player and former collegiate athlete, Cherene is passionate about being in the world of volleyball for as long as possible. Cherene is The Athletic Coordinator for The Riekes Center For Human Enhancement and has experience coaching at every club age level and high school volleyball. In addition, she has started and built a beach volleyball program at Crystal Springs Uplands that has continued to grow.
Welcoming her first baby this September with her husband, Cherene is excited to be back in action for the 2024-2025 season with Rage Westside!!
Experience
Rage Westside is proud to count on experienced coaches who worked and currently coach at these institutions.
