Admin/Staff

Meg Herr

Club Director, Girls Program Director, Board Member

Meg has been with NorCal Volleyball Club for the past 24 seasons. She grew up in Pleasanton California where she was a two sport varsity athlete (volleyball and swimming) and went to Saint Mary’s College on scholarship to play volleyball. She graduated with a degree in Health and Human Performance and then went back for her teaching credential in secondary education. She started coaching for NorCal her freshman year at Saint Mary’s and became the Varsity Head Coach for Acalanes High School the season after she graduated college. She coached High School for Acalanes High, Dublin High (Boys and Girls), and Foothill High. At the club level, she has coached multiple age groups, but most of her time was spent at the 14s and 18s age levels. Over the past 24 seasons at NorCal, her responsibilities grew from Head Coach, to Coaching Director, to Board Member and eventually, as it is now, as Club Director and Chairman of the Board. She has been the Club Director at NorCal for the past 15 years working remotely from Arizona. She resides there with her husband Tyler, her daughter Mckaley (17), and her son Michael (14). Both children play club Volleyball.

Stacey Navarro

Board Member

Stacey Navarro is returning to NorCal for her eleventh season, but this time as a board member. Stacey is passionate about the sport which has led her to many opportunities. From 2005-2012 Stacey played professionally in Europe and on the Great Britain Women’s Volleyball team. She played for St. Mary’s College from 2001-2004 and graduated in 2005 receiving a BA in Communication. Stacey helped develop volleyball in England and Northern Ireland through Podium Projects, GoSpike, and Adopt An Olympian. She enjoys being involved with youth sports because it instills confidence and self-belief in athletes. In her free time, Stacey likes to be outside running, hiking, and playing with her kids.

Ryan Templeman

Board Member

Ryan is a former NorCal coach who grew up in Pleasanton, CA. He attended Amador Valley where he was a two-sport varsity athlete and went to Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, earning his bachelor’s degree in History. He spent 15 years as a teacher and administrator in the Pleasanton Unified School District before pivoting to a career in the mortgage industry. Ryan’s wife Toni is also a former NorCal coach and together they have two children, Brayden (14) and Zoe (12), who are heavily involved in travel soccer, track and club volleyball.

Sara Bungarz

Juniors Program Director

The 2021-2022 season will be Sara’s 15th season with NorCal volleyball club. Sara has primarily been our 12 Black coach over the past 14 seasons but has also coached our 13 Black team a handful of times. Sara is a Bay Area native, growing up in Castro Valley where she attended Moreau Catholic High School. After Moreau, Sara continued her volleyball career as a setter at Chabot College and Menlo College where her Oaks squad won back-to-back Cal Pac Championships. Sara has always had a love for coaching. She coached CYO volleyball at Our Lady of Grace from 1999-2008 and has been at NorCal since 2006. One of Sara’s favorite parts of coaching is watching the girls develop over the years. It is especially fun for her when her former players come back to coach or help out with her teams at NorCal. When Sara is not coaching, she is busy working for Yahoo!, cheering on the Bay Area Sports teams and enjoying spending time with her brand new twin niece and nephew. Sara is so pumped for this upcoming season and loves her home away from home- NorCal!

Kevin Kramer

Boys Program Director

After 12 seasons as the Head Indoor and Beach Volleyball Coach at Gavilan College in Gilory, Kevin Kramer has brought his experience back to the Bay Area and enters his first year with NorCal Sand Volleyball.

During his tenure with Gavilan, Kramer led the Rams to six Conference Championships on the hardwood, 10 consecutive trips to the CCCAA State Regional Playoffs, and two trips to the California State Championship Tournament. Throughout that span, over 40 players from the indoor and beach volleyball programs signed to play at the four-year level, with over 165 academic awards given to players from the two programs. In Fall of 2018, Kramer was selected as the Northern California Community College Volleyball Coach of the Year, and was recognized as the 2018 AVCA Two-Year College Southwest Region Coach of the Year.

While serving as the President of the California Community College Coaches Association, Kramer was an integral part of the development and the adoption of Women’s Beach Volleyball as a sanctioned sport in California Community College. Gavilan became one of only five Northern California Community Colleges to play in the inaugural season, and quickly became one of the top programs in the state. To date, there are now 42 colleges participating in Beach Volleyball at the 2-year level in California, which has allowed it to become one of the fast growing Beach Volleyball organizations in the country. During his time as the coach of Gavilan Beach, the program was represented by at least one pairs team in every State Tournament, was home to the 2017 Northern California Pairs Champions, and qualified for the State Final Four Team Championship in 2018. With Beach Volleyball emerging at the four-year level at this time, Kramer helped place numerous players at the four-year level, with five former players capturing National Championships with their Universities.

Kramer recently made the tough decision to leave Gavilan College to accept the Dean of Health, Kinesiology and Athletics position at Chabot College in Hayward, where he oversees the Gladiator Athletic Department, and all of the Allied Health programs at the college.

MacKenzie Draper

Social Media Coordinator

MacKenzie returns to NorCal for her 4th year of coaching. Involved with both our girls and boys programs, she’s excited for what the 2022 indoor season has to offer. She played for NorCal as a Libero, then converted to setter in high school. She then won two national titles with Cal Poly’s Women’s Club team as the starting setter. MacKenzie has a passion for coaching and pushing the potential for each player she mentors. She looks to her players to find small victories within their game – to build on their abilities both physically and mentally by putting their best foot forward every time they step on the court.

Jose Aguayo

Athletic Performance Coach

Jose is a premier fitness and sports performance coach. His clientele range broadly from 12-year-old novices to collegiate student-athletes to professional, adult athletes. In addition to running SmartFit360, which is integrated into NorCal’s girls and boys programs, he’s also managed various training facilities and helps host performance clinics, such as Nike SPARQ. Jose also works with weight loss-focused clients, and has helped Endocrinology clinics with diabetic and obese patients as a clinical exercise physiologist. His passion is to motivate, educate, and empower his clients to achieve their fitness and performance goals through safe and fun workouts. Jose holds numerous certifications, including from the NSCA (strength and conditioning), the USAWL1 (weight lifting), precision nutrition, self myofascial release techniques (Levels 1 and 2), and CF-L1 (cross-fit).

Hayley Alverson

Recruiting Coordinator

Hayley enters her 9th season coaching at NorCal. She is a Bay Area native, attending Saint Francis High School where she was the MVP of the state championships and earned a spot on the national Fab 50 list as a senior. Hayley was a four year student-athlete for the University of the Pacific, earning all-conference and AVCA All-American honors as a setter for the Tigers.

Volleyball has been a driving force in Hayley’s life, inspiring her to contribute to the sport’s community through coaching. She aspires to impart the same core values that shaped her journey – strong work ethic, resiliency, teamwork, and commitment – to her teams.

Outside of NorCal, Hayley works for a digital health start up and spends time with her husband and 3 daughters.