The "Boss" is one of the Charter Board of Directors of the Eastside Volleyball Club and has been involved in running/playing competitive volleyball for nearly 20 years. He currently works for Caterpillar Incorporated in IT Management. His strong points with the club are his leadership and organizational skills. What he likes most is to see the increase in the level of play and the advancement of the players, on the flip side he dislikes doing anything without effort. "Engagement and Effort" are his favorite words. He loves to try and use 6 Sigma for problem solving with the club!
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The "Money Lady" has been at the helm of the finances for nearly 7 years. Prior to being the financial watch dog, she was in intricate part of the planning for the Eastside VBC. She played volleyball for Washington High School, and is the person that got Tim interested in volleyball. In her day "'ole Lefty" had one of the wickedest serves. She has traded in her serving talents and now is better known for preparing our food for our tournaments. She currently is self employed as a Daycare Provider so she can work volleyball also.
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He is also known by many as "Barney". He started playing recreation volleyball 10 years ago. He has been tasked with recruiting because he knows what it takes to get the players exposed and signed and along the way he has learned to coach from one of our best (Jennifer Bartlett) and has 2 years experience coaching the 14U Elite team. He attended ICC and ISU and played baseball with Jim Thome. He works for CampusTown Supply in Normal. He likes to work in the yard and watch sports of all kinds and really dislikes dishonest and mean people.
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Doug is in his second year on the Board of Directors and is certified to coach club volleyball. Doug was the Financial Secretary of a labor union for 4 years before coming to us. Volunteerism is no secret to Doug, as he was instrumental in starting up a golf outing named in honor of the labor union's long time president. He fell in love with volleyball when his two daughters started playing at a young age and he and his wife Carol have enjoyed watching and traveling with the daughters teams through college. He lives in Delevan and has worked in the Quality Control Lab at Degussa for 18 years.
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Bob graduated from Kewanee High School.; graduated with A.A.S. from Black Hawk East, Illinois State University with a B.S. in Special Education and Western Illinois University with an M.S. in Educational Administration. He has coached Volleyball at High School and College levels, Basketball at Jr. High and High School levels, and Baseball at the High School level. This will be Bobs 7th season at Black Hawk East after starting the program from scratch in 2001. From the early days when wins were very hard to come by Bob has seen the BHE Volleyball program wins it's 3rd consecutive Regional Championship and advance to their 1st ever District Championship Match before falling to the eventual National Champions!
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Jim has been playing volleyball since he was a kid and started playing in leagues in his early 20's at the YMCA. He started out with EVC as an official the first year of the club. He was the Head Varsity Coach at PND HS for 4 years. Coach Smalley has been actively coaching club volleyball in the area for the past 13 years, and has coached junior high volleyball for 7 years. Jim also has 12 years of running a K-8 Soccer program in the Limestone area. He is a great fundamentals trainer, and has done many clinics in the area. Coach Smalley is known for his intensity on the court, his team's great blocking prowess, and the respect he garners from his players. His personality and fun loving nature will lend itself well to the goals and expectations of EVC in the future.
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