Head Coach/Technical Coach- Michael Rainbow
Michael Rainbow has been coaching for 20 years in college, high school and USAV club Volleyball. He has previously served as Head Coach/Technical Director, Recruiting Coordinator, and Head Coach at many different age groups within the USAV, AAU, & JVA recognition. Currently he is a member Virginia Elite as the Setting Technical Lead & National Head Coach. He is also currently serving asthe Assistant Coach at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.Â
Michael hails from Wilmington, Delaware and was a High School & Collegiate Volleyball player. He began coaching in 2000 at the club level, and continued on to coach in high school and collegiately. Michael has coached players to All-American accolades at the college level, and numerous recognitions within the state, conference & county levels. He has had his players recruited to colleges such as Towson, Lafayette, Navy, Purdue, Tennessee, UMBC, Quinnipiac, Bucknell, UMES, University of Delaware, Liberty, Loyola, Morgan State, Holy Family, and many more! Currently he teaches and lives in Carroll County Maryland where he also served as the Head Coach at Liberty High School in Eldersburg, MD from 2013-2018 where he was named 2014 & 2015 Carroll County Times Coach of the Year while winning back to back conference championships and a Regional Championship in 2015, and before that at Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville.Â
He is the founder and Head Coach of M2 Volleyball Training based in Maryland (www.m2volleyballmd.com), and continues to be a guest coach at collegiate camps and clinics around the country. Michael is an AVCA member, CAP 1 Certified, IMPACT, and First Aid & CPR/AED certified.Â
Guest Clinician- Ross BickelmaierÂ
Originally from Alamonte Springs, Florida, Brickelmaier began his playing career as a setter at Longwood Volleyball Club and for Lyman High School, where he captained his team to an FHSAA state title in his senior year. Brickelmaier then went on to play four years of club volleyball at the University of Central Florida, contributing as both as a libero and middle blocker. He has been an active player on the PVL CHRVA roster since the team’s initial inception and he travels along the east coast to play in competitive sand tournaments during the summer months. Brickelmaier spent a year playing indoor and sand for Bournemouth University and indoor for Wessex Volleyball England. While living in England, he trained with some of Europe’s most elite players, including members of England’s National Beach Team.
Ross currently resides in Washington, D.C. and continues to play on a men’s USAV team. He earned a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Central Florida and a Master of Business Administration from Bournemouth University.
Ashley is a native of Cape Cod, Massachusetts where she began her volleyball career under the tutelage of coach Tom Turco, the 2008 AVCA and 2012 NHSCA National Volleyball Coach of the Year. During her high school career, Ashley was a member of the team that earned accolades as the 2008 and 2009 Old Colony Champions, 2008 South Sectional Champions, and the 2008 Division I State Champions. During her club years, Ashley played multiple seasons for Cape Cod Juniors in addition to playing for Pilgrim Volleyball Club. After high school, Ashley continued her volleyball career playing for Bridgewater College, a Division III school in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference, where she was a Defensive Specialist. Ashley has experience coaching numerous high school level skills camps and has coached at the 15s, 16s, and 17s levels for club – most recently serving as the Head Coach for CVA 15 Red in the 20222 season. Ashley is excited to begin her second year with M2!
Technical Coach- Sydney Sheppard
Coach Sydney is from Glen Burnie, MD and has been playing volleyball for 11 years. At Arundel High School she gained accolades as their starting setter and right side hitter becoming the 2016 and 2017 state semi-finalists, the 2017 county champions and earning 2nd team all county in 2016. Playing at the Division 1 and Division 3 level, she recently completed her collegiate athletic career at Catholic University. Leading the team as their starting setter towards their first conference tournament appearance since 2018, earning the accolades of making the Classic All-Tournament team and Bullets All-Tournament team in 2022, All-Landmark First team in 2023, and placed 4th in program history for single-match assists in a five set match. She is currently completing her senior academic year at Catholic University studying nursing while working at University of Maryland Medical Center in their Shock Trauma Center as a student nurse. Coach Sydney enters her 6th year of coaching on the technical staff after also being a graduate of the M2 training program!
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