LOVB Pro Coaches

One of the winningest coaches in international volleyball, Massimo's career includes two World Cup and two European Championship titles from his time leading the Italian National team, to four European Champions League and 20 individual club competition titles from his time leading top club teams, including Parmalat Matera, Sirio Perugia, Pomi Casalmaggiore, Savino del Bene Scandicci, Igor Novara and Gierre Roma. He helped the Italian women claim their first Olympic gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Massimo is the head coach of LOVB Houston.

A champion coach and player, Matt has found success at both the collegiate and professional levels. Most recently, he’s served as a member of the U.S. Men’s National Team staff, where he helped coach the team to a bronze medals at the 2016 and 2024 Olympic Games and gold at the 2014 FIVB World League and the 2015 FIVB World Cup. He also was associate head coach for the Long Beach State women’s volleyball team for five years. Matt is the head coach of LOVB Madison.

Paulo has been the Brazilian National team’s assistant coach since 2003, winning gold at the Beijing and London Olympics, as well as silver in Tokyo. He has also won silver with Brazil at three World Championships. As a professional club coach, Paulo has won the South American Club Championship twice as well as five gold medals in the Brazilian Superliga and the 2023/24 Brazilian Cup. Paulo is the head coach of LOVB Atlanta.

Marco brings 34 years of experience to LOVB and has coached three national teams, most recently the Slovenian Women's National Team. He is the first coach to lead the Italian Women’s National team to win the World Championship (2002), and has coached in Poland and Italy as well as leading the Polish Women’s National team from 2006-2008. He has coached professional clubs since 1996 in Italy and Poland, with winning gold at the Champions League, Italian Cup and Italian Supercup. Marco is the head coach of LOVB Austin.

A two-time Olympic medalist, Paula helped the U.S. Women’s National Team claim its first-ever Olympic medal with silver in 1984 and earned MVP honors eight years later as the U.S. took bronze in 1992. A middle blocker, Paula played professionally for 14 years in Italy, Brazil and Japan and was enshrined into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1997. After retiring as an athlete, Paula joined the coaching staff at her alma mater, the University of Southern California, and worked her way up to assistant head coach, helping lead the squad to NCAA titles in 2002 and 2003. She spent 20 years as a collegiate head coach at both UC Irvine and Concordia University – Irvine and was an assistant coach with the U.S. Women’s National Team, helping the U.S. claim silver in 2012. Paula will serve as assistant coach at LOVB Houston.

An NCAA veteran with a storied career, Suzie was most recently the associate head coach at Arkansas after 25 years as head coach of Kansas State. In her nearly 30 years as a volleyball coach, she led nationally-ranked teams to 18 NCAA tournament appearances, with her players including 16 All-America selections, 26 All-Region selections, and 56 All-Big 12 selections. Suzie is the head coach of LOVB Omaha.

Yoko is a two-time Olympian who helped lead the U.S. Women’s National Team to a bronze medal at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. She also earned medals at the FIVB World Grand Prix (1995, gold), Goodwill Games (1994, silver) and Pan American Games (1995, silver). Born in San Francisco, California, Yoko grew and played professional club volleyball in Japan, leading the Daiei Orange Attackers to a V-League championship in 1998 and a pair of All-Japan Volleyball Championship titles in 1998 and 1999, earning Best 6 honors in all three tournaments. She’s coached at Japan's university level and will serve as assistant coach at LOVB Atlanta.

A three-sport athlete at Texas A&M, Stacy is a three-time Olympian and led the U.S. Women’s National Team to silver in 2008 after becoming the squad’s first-ever libero. She was named Best Passer at the 2000 Olympics, Best Defender in 2004, and also earned Best Libero and Best Defender honors as the U.S. reached the semifinals at the 2010 FIVB World Championships. Stacy played professionally from 2000-13, joining clubs in Italy, Spain, Russia and Brazil. After retiring from playing volleyball, she began coaching and served as an assistant for USA Volleyball’s U19 and U21 National Teams. A USAV Medal of Honor recipient and both Texas A&M and Texas Sports Hall of Fame inductee, Stacy will remain in Texas as LOVB Austin’s assistant coach.

A world-class player and championship-winning coach, Tama has made her mark at both the international and national levels. As an assistant coach, she found success at Allianz Stuttgart in German Bundesliga, where they won the first-ever Bundesliga title, and with the US Women’s National team, where they won three FIVB VNL titles, Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and Olympic silver at Paris 2024. Tama is the head coach of LOVB Salt Lake.

Bruno played professionally in his native France for 12 years. He won the French league in both 2006 and 2007 and represented the country during the 1995 FIVB Boys U18 World Championship. As a coach, he served as an assistant on the French Women’s Junior National Team before moving to the United States and coaching collegiately. In 2022, he returned to the international level and assisted the Japanese Men’s National Team. He’ll serve as LOVB Salt Lake’s assistant coach.

Remi’s done it all along the sideline of a volleyball court, coaching at the international, collegiate and club levels. He’s worked with three international teams – the U.S. and German Women’s National Teams, and the French Men’s – and helped French pro club ESCR Volleyball win the French Cup in 2015. Since moving to the U.S., Remi’s coached extensively at the college level and helped the University of Nebraska reach the championship match in 2021. In addition to serving as LOVB Omaha assistant coach, Remi leads technical training and recruiting for LOVB clubs Athena and Ajax in the Portland, Oregon, area. As a coach, he has won junior-level national titles with Athena, Team Rockstar in California and AS Cannes in France.

Giuliano, known as Juba, has been on staff with the Brazilian Men’s National Team since 2010 and led the squad to two Olympic medals, including gold in front of a hometown crowd at 2016 Rio. Under his tutelage, Brazil claimed gold in the 2021 Volleyball Nations League and 2013 World Cup and silver at the 2014 and 2018 World Championships. Typically an assistant, he served as head coach at the 2023 Pan American Games and led the team to gold. Juba also coached Brazilian beach volleyball pair Ricardo and Emanual to two Olympic medals. He will serve as assistant coach for LOVB Madison.