Coaches

Eclipse is hiring! 

Come join the fun and help foster local young athletes

Dan Zhang, Director

director@eclipsevolleyballclub.com 

Head coach 2023 14s, 12s teams

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.

Tianren Zhang and Peilan Qu

Head coaches


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


Tianren


Peilan


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.

Alex Draa Academy program coach


Brian Posadas Academy program lead

Chip Pilialoha 

Jericho Gutierrez


Jimmy Ip


Jordan Bateman

Kevin Pham

Kyle Lee

Olivia Thomas 

Patrick Zhang 

Timothy Graton 


Additional Coaching Staff