Women's Volleyball Coaching Staff

Tom Pestolesi - Head Coach
Tom began his volleyball career at Huntington Beach High. He then went on to star at Long Beach State and the University of Hawaii. Tom earned All-American honors in 1982 and 1983 and has been an eight-time USAV All-American. Tom competes annually in the U.S. National Tournament.

Tom has coached for 15 years at the high school level at Estancia and Newport Harbor. Many of Tom's former players have gone on to have successful volleyball careers. Some of his former players include John Wallace, Adam Lockwood, Todd and Brandi Brooks, Matt Feurbringer, Melissa Schutz, Misty May and Jennifer Carey. Tom has also coached professionally on the four-player pro beach tour and has had the chance to coach players such as Kim Oden, Stephanie Cox, Joy Makenzie, Antonette White, Janet Cobbs and Wendy Stammer.

Tom is the men's director for the United States Association of Volleyball (USAV) and is very involved with directing volleyball tournaments for juniors and men. Tom can be reached by email at    tpestolesi@ivc.edu .

Rich Brown - Assistant Coach

Gary Nakamura - Assistant Coach

Gary begins his second season as an assistant coach for the Irvine Valley women's volleyball team. He has been coaching club volleyball for the past 27 years - 26 of them with Orange County Volleyball Club. Four of his teams have won Volleyball Festival Champoinships (2 in the 18's and 2 in the 16's). Gary was an assistant to 21 other club championship tams during that time. He is currently the Director of Fluid Volleyball Club in Costa Mesa. Gary was an assistant coach at Irvine Valley under Tom Pestolesi for the men's team during the 1992 season. IVC won the school's first state championship under Pestolesi and Nakamura's guidance in 1992.

Ki Yi - Assistant Coach