director@eclipsevolleyballclub.com 

Head coach 2023 14s, 12s teams

• club director for 20 years. 

• Dan coached numerous camps and clinics at Stanford, and at various High schools in Michigan and California.

• Dan has been coaching at Eclipse summer and fall clinics since 1999.

• Dan holds a AA ranking in CBVA (CA Beach Vball Assoc.)

• Dan competed on Stanford Univ Varsity Volleyball team.

• He was selected by Volleyball Monthly Magazine's Fab 50 as the top high school players in the country in 1997. 

• He led team Nike to 18s 2nd place finish at the US Junior Nationals in 1997. 

Dan enjoys watching most sports, being outdoors, playing sand vball, golf. He holds B.S and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering. Dan currently works at Google as a Technical Account Manager in Partner Engineering.

Co-Founders and Head coaches (to assist all teams in practice) 

Tianren

• played on the Chinese National volleyball team

• assistant coach at the University of Washington 1991-1993 

• assistant coach at the Kalamazoo College, MI 1996-97 

• assistant coach at Hillsdale College, MI 1994-1996 

•  has coached Former USA and current Chinese National team coach Lang Ping (Jenny) on the Beijing Professional volleyball team in 1980s.

Peilan

• played on the Chinese National volleyball team

• Coached the Chinese Junior National team for over 10 years in the 1980s 

Furthermore, they both coached Club Teams placing 2nd and 5th place at US Junior National. In 1998, they coached the City Beach 15 Black, which finished 1st in the Northern California 15 Division and 5th at National. 

They coached High and Middle School teams at Castilleja School (Palo Alto) 10+ years

IMPACT Certified 

CIF/NFHS Coaching Certification 

They are currently head coaches at Eclipse Volleyball Club. They will assist all teams in practices. The Zhangs currently reside in North Valley San Jose. They enjoy teaching young kids fundamentals of volleyball and watching them develop and grow into successful individuals. In their spare time, they enjoy gardening, sight-seeing and watching sports.

• Eclipse Academy Program Lead Coach

• Eclipse 2023 Boys 14s assistant coach

• Eclipse 2022 Boys 14s Solar head coach

• King Academy HS Boys Junior Varsity Head Coach 2022-present

• Eclipse 2020 - Girls 17s Head coach 

• Eclipse 2019 - Girls 16s Head coach

• Eclipse 2018 season 16s head coach, 3rd place NCVA Regionals

• Eclipse 2017 season 18s head coach

• Eclipse summer and fall clinics since 2016

• Freshmen coach Kings Academy HS 2019

• Coached for club Sky in Alameda for 3 seasons, 18's and 14's level. 

• Head boys coach St. Joseph Notre Dame (Alameda), 2013 and 2015. Assistant varsity boys coach in 2011

• Assistant varsity girls coach St. Joseph Notre Dame 2012 - 2013, advanced to the NCS Div 5 Championship back to back years.  

• Played club team at San Jose State and continue to play in adult indoor and outdoor tournaments year round. 

• Played 4 years in high school (2004-2007, St. Joseph Notre Dame) in Alameda as a OH and S and we won 3 straight league titles, and winning MVP and 1st Team All League in 2006 and 2007. 

• In addition to head coaches above, there are always numerous assistant coaches from collegiate and local elite high school teams and club programs. Player to coach ratio is kept low at <= 6:1