Dan O'Dell Named 18-1's Head Coach

Dan O'Dell returns to Momentous Volleyball Club for the 2018/2019 club season as the Head Coach for the girls 18-1’s team. Last year, Dan's 17-1's team took 5th place in entire country in the 17U Open Division at Junior Nationals in Detroit, MI. This is the highest finish in our volleyball club's history! 17-Dan was a virtual coin flip away from earning a medal and possibly even winning the entire tournament. 17-Dan actually beat Mizuno Northern Lights 17-1, the eventual 1st place finishers, in pool play earlier in the tournament.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE:

Penn State University - starting setter from 2002-2006

All-American his senior year and was All-Conference for all four seasons.
Played in the National Championship game in 2006, named Final Four All-Tournament team.
Academic All-Big Ten award for three years at Penn State while majoring in Industrial Engineering.

USA Men’s National Team – winter 2009

GC Vilacondense (professional) - Portugal

2009-10: helped lead the team to their highest finish in club history.

COACHING EXPERIENCE:

UCLA

2010 (volunteer assistant)
2011 (full-time assistant) in charge of the team’s middle blockers and defense helping lead UCLA to the National Championship.

Mater Dei HS

4th year as head coach of the Mater Dei Girls’ Volleyball Program
2013, 2014 - CIF SS Finals
2013, 2014 - CIF State Championship Southern Regional finals
2013, 2014 - won an unprecedented 4 tournaments, including the Queens Court, Dave Mohs, and the California Challenge twice.
2014 CIF SS Division 1-AA Coach of the Year.