SCVC Staff
Founding Director: Bill Ferguson
USC Men’s Volleyball Head Coach; USA Volleyball National Champion, 1992, '93, '94, ‘95 '96, '97, '99 x 2, 2001 x 2, '03, ‘04; 31 USA Volleyball medals in 15 years as a coach and administrator; 8 Olympians, 13 USA Volleyball Gold Medals, 27 USA Volleyball Medals, 12 USA Volleyball Most Valuable Player Selections, 80 USA Volleyball All Tournament Selections, 11 Tachikara / AVCA All American Selections, 1 Tachikara / AVCA National Player of the Year Selection, 2 Asics / Volleyball Magazine Player of the Year Selections, 18 Asics / Volleyball Magazine All American Selections, 2 Asics / Volleyball Magazine Freshman of the Year Selections, 27 Players Participating in NCAA Final Fours, 22 Players who have won NCAA National Championships, 1 AVP Open Winner. http://usctrojans.collegesports.com/sports/m-volley/spec-rel/072705aaa.html
Club Director: Mary Boice
Mary Boice started South Coast Volleyball Club in the South Bay with one boy’s team in 1991. At that time there was just one other boys volleyball club in the beach area and it only had one 14 ’s division team. The local high school players were forced to travel out of the area to find a club team. By 1994 South Coast had nearly eighty boys playing on eight teams, ages 13 through 18. “When I was growing up in Hermosa Beach and attending Mira Costa High School in Manhattan Beach everyone played volleyball at some level. It was not as organized as it is today. As a family, our lifestyle revolved around beach time. Then, my nephew started playing club volleyball in Santa Barbara. We went to a tournament to watch him and I thought if my son were playing too, we would have more family time together.” Mary’s son Matt a member of the Mira Costa High School 1996 National Championship team and the 1997 MVP of Mira Costa High School, was a member of the Pepperdine University NCAA Finalist team in 1998 and is currently the Assistant Men’s Volleyball Coach at University of California, Irvine. Her nephew, Andy Witt won a National Championship with Stanford University in 1997 and played for the United States in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. Both Andy and his brother Larry are currently ranked on the AVP.
Assistant Director: Melissa Plass-Boice
2007-08 SCVC 14 Nike Head Coach; 2003 Varsity Coach Baron Collier H.S., Naples, Florida; 2001-02 SCVC 14-1 Head Coach; 1999-2000 Co-Head Coach Sports Shack 16-1; 2002 Pepperdine, Assistant Women’s Coach; 1998-2001 Pepperdine; Overall record of 92-26 (.780), including a 51-5 (.911) mark in WCC; 2 conference titles, advanced to the NCAA Tournament all four years and reached the "Sweet 16" three times. Top 20 for 4 seasons, including a then best-ever No. 8 ranking by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) following a 23-4 season. Setter; Pepperdine's all-time career hitting percentage leader with a .359 mark and ranks third on the school's career assist list with 3,599; 2000, led Pepperdine and the WCC with a school-record .411 hitting percentage; 1994-1998 Varsity at Fountain Valley H.S.; 2 X All-Sunset League; "Most Valuable Player" 1997; All-CIF 1996 and 1997 and was named a high school All-American as a junior.