Our Coaches
Chris Qi Chen
Club President
Chris Qi Chen played for China’s 8-1 Men’s Volleyball Club for almost two decades. At the national level, he worked his way up by playing for Chinese junior national team all the way to senior national team. He has participated in World Championships, World Cups, World National Leagues and has won Asian Championships, Asian Games and Chinese National Championships and national games. He was awarded best middle blocker in 2000 in an Olympic qualification game in Athens.
More recently, Chris has been involved in many volleyball related projects between China, USA, Canada and Europe. Chris currently works with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) on Asia related projects.
Chris is a FIVB licensed volleyball agent who works with numerous Chinese super league clubs to bring high level foreign players to play in China and helps Chinese players explore their volleyball potential in the world.
Ellen Zhang
Club Head Coach
Ellen Zhang, our club head coach, was a professional volleyball player in China. While in China, Ellen was selected for her provincial team, as well as a well-known university varsity team, Dong Nan Da Xue. Before moving to Calgary, Ellen worked as an assistant coach for Auckland Central Volleyball Club (ACVC) in New Zealand from 2015-2019. With her broad experience in this sport, she was invited to be an assistant coach on the women's volleyball team at SAIT University in 2021.
Jacqui Hoganson
U13 Head Coach
Jac is Back! After a long hiatus, Jacqui is back in the gym, ready to guide athletes on their volleyball journey!
Jacqui previously served for three years as the Head Coach of the Acadia University Women's Volleyball Team. She led several Nova Scotia provincial teams and was the Assistant Coach for the 1993 Nova Scotia Canada Games Team. She has coached club teams from U14 to U17 as an NCCP Level 3 coach.
Jacqui also loved playing the game. Her club team captured two Nova Scotia Provincial titles and a silver medal at Nationals (Div. 1). She went on to play for Dalhousie University for two seasons before hanging up the kneepads and coaching full time.
Jacqui is passionate about volleyball and mentoring young athletes. Her mission is to challenge players to learn new things, to unlock their potentials and to inspire everyone to love the game.
Steve Lam
U14 Head Coach
Bio to be updated soon...
Neema Leon
U15 Head Coach
Bio to be updated soon...
Conan Mickey
U17 Head Coach
Conan was a left side hitter who played his youth volleyball from 2009 - 2012 in Brandon, Manitoba at Vincent Massey High School and with the Brandon Volleyball Club. He was a member of Manitoba Provincial teams in 2010 and 2011 before becoming a high school graduating ALL-STAR. He started his university volleyball playing in the Canwest for 2 seasons with the Brandon University Bobcats before transferring out to the OUA with the Guelph Gryphons to facilitate achieving a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. Conan has head coached several youth Volleyball teams with BVC and is excited to bring his experience and knowledge to Kinetic Volleyball Club as the head coach of the 17U girls team.
Jonah Santos
Assistant Coach
Jonah is a Calgary - born lifelong volleyball player and coach. Jonah is a setter and played for ACE in his U18 year. Since then, he has been a head coach for Junior High students volleyball, and has led his Junior Boys volleyball team to three consecutive Gold medals in the Palliser school Division. As a coach, Jonah emphasizes holistic athletic development and positive team dynamics.
Trevor Goudreau
Assistant Coach
Trevor Goudreau has been fortunate enough to enrich his lengthy teaching career with his passion for coaching sport. He has had the opportunity to coach numerous youth sports from ages 12 to 17 and has found great joy in nurturing a love of athletic competition in his players. Trevor has coached both junior and senior high school volleyball teams to both boys and girls. Trevor is currently the head coach of the Ernest Manning High School Jr Girls Volleyball Team. Holding firm to a coaching style that emphasizes basic skill acquisition, conscientiousness and personal development, he strives to coach players to a higher level of athletic and personal excellence.
To be Announced
Assistant Coach
Bio to be updated soon...