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With a wealth of competitive volleyball playing and coaching experience, Jeff is a valuable member of the Northeast coaching staff. A four year standout at Yale University, Jeff was selected as Team MVP twice in his college career in addition to being named to the All Coast East Team. Following graduation from Yale, Jeff played for six years in the Empire State Games and played semi professionally on both the Molson and East End beach volleyball tours.
Jeff is a highly regarded coach at the high school, college, and club level, having been at the helm of a number of high school, university, and volleyball club teams. Jeff’s high school coaching experience includes time as head coach of boys and girls programs at Trumbull High School, Notre Dame High School (Fairfield, CT), and his current role at New Canaan High School. At the college level, he has been on the coaching staffs at Yale University, Iona College, the College of Mt. St. Vincent, and most recently, at Sacred Heart University. In his coaching tenure at the university level, Jeffrey was named DIII NEVCA Coach of the Year, not once but twice, and coached six all-conference players and one all-American. Jeffrey also brings decades of club coaching experience to us at Northeast, with time spent previously coaching at CT Juniors, TCA, and Skywalker. His coaching strengths center around technical correction and game strategy.
Jeff is the IT Director for the town of Darien, CT and a partner in an educational technology firm. He immensely enjoys being a spectator at his children’s activities which include volleyball, hockey, colorguard, and theater. He and his wife are licensed foster parents that specialize in caring for newborns.