MEET OUR COACHES

Chalee Utterback

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                Shawn Tilmon     

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Ron Spencer

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Brittany Speckhals

Brittany was born and raised in Bellevue Nebraska.  She has been around volleyball since she was 7.  Brittany started playing volleyball with YMCA but later grew to competitive club ball.  She played for Sunset West as a defensive specialist where her team went undefeated at Colorado Crossroads National Qualifier.  The same team became the 2003 Girls Junior National Champions.  Brittany attended Bellevue West High School where the Thunderbirds were 4 times Class A State Champions under Joanne Kappas.  After high school Brittany coached for Bryan High School for two years.  Brittany also started coaching club volleyball at Sunset West back in 2008.  She was a head coach for Nebraska Impact and Performance VBC also.  Brittany is currently a full-time student at UNO pursuing a bachelor's degree in Sign Language Interpreting.  When she is not busy with school or volleyball, she loves spending time with her son Julius and being outdoors.

Britt Slie

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Payton Montagne

Payton's passion and love for the game started at a very young age. She has been playing volleyball since she was 7 years old and club volleyball since she was 10. Payton also played middle school and high school volleyball. She is currently a sophomore in college studying to get her Bachelor’s in Business Management. This will be her second year coaching at Banzai. Payton was fortunate enough to be on a very successful club team with Bo as her coach and loves having the opportunity to coach along side him and Cassidy. Payton has found a new love for coaching and loves nothing more than to help girls learn and grow not only as players but also as people! The life lessons she learned as a player are still with her to this day! She is excited for another season!

Elizabeth Kelley

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Ceirra Howard

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Colleen Hernandez

Colleen was born and raised in Omaha and went to Mercy High School where she played volleyball and basketball for four years.  Colleen is a perfect example that hard work and dedication pays off.  Her freshman year at Mercy she made the Freshman B team...fast forward to her senior year she was a starter on the varsity team and out of all of her teammates she was the only one who went on to play competitive college volleyball.  Colleen played Middle Blocker at Peru State College but her college playing days were cut short due to a back injury.  Her love for the game didn't stop, she went to coach YMCA for seven years and then joined forces with her cousin Brittany at Nebraska Impact for 2 years and was also at Performance VBC for 3 years.  When she is not busy at work or volleyball, Colleen loves spending time with her daughter who is just as actively involved in sports as she is.  We are excited to have Colleen join the Banzai family for her second season.

Angie Gallagher

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Doug Deman

Doug started playing sand volleyball in college and continued to play throughout his years in the Navy. He fell back in love with the sport again when his daughter, Alex, started playing volleyball in middle school. He began coaching through the YMCA and Papillion Rec. Doug then started coaching club volleyball in 2015 and this will be his second season with Banzai. He likes coaching because he enjoys seeing the end result of players working as a coherent team, having fun, and helping players prepare for the next level. When he's not coaching, Doug enjoys camping, barefoot skiing, biking, and spending time with his family. 

Alex Deman

Alex is Papillion La Vista graduate who played volleyball throughout her middle and high school years, as well as club volleyball for five years. Her passion for coaching began when she was just a freshman in high school. Starting out at the YMCA and Papillion Rec, Alex enjoyed teaching younger girls the basics and love for the game.  After three years, she began coaching club volleyball where she's worked with athletes ages 12-15. Her favorite thing about coaching is not just teaching the skills of the game, but focusing also on the accountability and attitude that make a great all-around player. This is her fifth year coaching club and second season with Banzai. When she is not coaching volleyball, Alex is a senior at UNO studying child and adolescent psychology and plans to become a child/school counselor in the future.