KIM CLARKE: PROGRAM COORDINATOR, FROSH-SOPH COACH

Kim graduated from HBHS in 1995. That season the Volleyball team went to the State Finals. Kim earned 12 Varsity letters while at HBHS in Volleyball, Soccer and Track. Kim red-shirted her Freshman year of volleyball at GWC (’95) due to a foot injury. Her Sophomore season she Studied abroad at Cambridge University in England. Kim competed 2 seasons in the Heptathlon for Goldenwest College (’96-’97) Track Team, where she earned Athlete of the Semester Honors and Orange Empire Conference Field Athlete of the Year (’97). Kim continued her education and athletics at UC Davis, earning a Bachelors and Teaching Credential in Biology. Kim played one season of VB for the Aggies (’97) and was Team Captain for the Aggie Track team as a Heptathlete (’98-’99).  

Kim has coached volleyball and track at HBHS since 2001. Coach Clarke coached the Frosh/Soph VB team for 3 seasons and Assisted with the Varsity team for 2 seasons before taking over the program in 2006. Kim has also been the Head Girls Field and Track Coach since 2006, where she coaches the Jumpers. Before HBHS, she began her coaching career in 1995 coaching 16’s Club for Huntington Beach VBC for 2 seasons. Then she coached for Davis VBC (both 14’s and 18’s) in northern California until 2001 when she moved back to HB. She also coached the Jumpers and Hurdlers at Hiram Johnson High School in Sacramento during her Student Teaching experience. Kim taught Biology and AP Biology from 2001-2007 at HBHS, but has quit teaching to be a stay at home mommy, coach and surf.

DIANNA HOIER: VARSITY COACH

. Dianna played 4 years on varsity for Santa Fe High School where she earned 1^st Team All CIF and league MVP her senior year. She also played 3 year for Ichiban Volleyball Club. Dianna earned a scholarship to play at CSULB. She coached boys JV volleyball at Santa Fe during her Senior year, coached 13 and under for Asics Volleyball Club for one year. She has also coached at Mizuno Long Beach, Seal Beach VBC and is currently in her 5^th year coaching at Cal Jrs VBC. Dianna joins HBHS for her first season on this side of our bench, she has been an Oiler Mom for the past 5 years with her son, Brian (’06) and her daughter, Lindsay (’07 team captain/MVP)

CRAIG PAZANTI: VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH

After playing both volleyball and basketball at Huntington Beach High school, Craig began his coaching career with the Oilers in 1991, where he served as an assistant coach until 1996, and was a part of three CIF Championships with both the Boy’s and Girl’s programs. From '97-98, Pazanti took a position as an assistant coach at Baylor University. Pazanti returned to Southern California and served as the Head Boy’s and Girl’s Volleyball coach at Mater Dei High School from 1999-2003 and helped start Golden West Volleyball Club (2000). In that time Pazanti was named the 2003 California State High School Coach of the Year. He was also selected the 2002 CIF Coach of the Year, and Orange County Coach of the Year in 1999 by The Orange County Register while winning 3 consecutive CIF Championships from 2001-2003. Pazanti has also succeeded at the elite club level during those years. Since 1999 he has taken home 2 gold medals and 1 bronze medal at the Junior Olympics. After leaving Mater Dei, Craig served as an assistant and head coach at Golden West College, and is currently a teacher in the science department at Huntington Beach High School.

ANGELO GUINASSO: JUNIOR VARSITY COACH. 

Angelo brings 10 years of coaching experience and more than 20 years of competitive volleyball experience to our program.After graduating from Cal Poly – SLO with a degree in engineering, Angelo moved to Huntington Beach in 1989 to work for the Boeing Company.  He is a senior engineering manager responsible for approximately 400 engineers across Southern California.  He is credited for leading a team of industry experts who developed and published the first National Standard for fusion welding in the aircraft and aerospace industries.  His profession requires focus and attention to detail; he brings the same focus and attention to detail to the volleyball court. 

Angelo has been involved with competitive sports all his life.  In high school, he experienced the Conference Finals with his soccer team, competed in triathlons and raced motocross.  In college, he was award most improved player on the water polo team.  He won the West Coast Regional Cycling Championships and placed third at the Collegiate Nationals.  Although he didn’t start playing competitive volleyball until after college, his excitement for the game and competitive drive quickly brought him to the ranks of top10 rated beach player in California, including qualifying and competing in multiple AVP Pro Beach Volleyball events.  Angelo still holds a CBVA rating and, when time allows, continues to play at local events.

His ability to develop new skills, along with the desire to see his own kids excel, has now driven him to a new passion of coaching youth sports.  Starting with soccer and now volleyball, Angelo takes great pride in helping others develop new skills.  In 2007 he was awarded South Huntington Beach “Coach of the Year” from AYSO.  For the past 3 years, Angelo has coached at one of SoCal’s largest club volleyball programs.  He has received formal training by Olympic gold medal winning volleyball coaches (Carl McGown, Jim McLaughlin and Marv Dunphy) at the “Gold Medal Squared” coaching clinic and continues to develop and educate himself on the skill of coaching.

Angelo is married to Cindy Guinasso (an NCAA Div II national tennis champion) and has two children, Gianna (12) and Grant (9).  They live in Down Town Huntington Beach and can often be found playing volleyball as a family just south of the Huntington Beach Pier.