Milwaukee Rally Coaching Staff
| TEAM | HEAD COACH | ASST. COACH |
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| Dennis Casey p:414-258-2314 e:dcasey@milwaukeerallyvbc.com |
Tim Makal p:414-303-1673 e:tmakatak@wi.rr.com |
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| Christine Crawley p:262-844-6264 e:ccrawley1@wi.rr.com |
Christine Brunow p:414-727-4555 e:cmleonhard@yahoo.com |
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| Bruce Hoeppner p:262-821-5798 e:bkyrdfn@yahoo.com |
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| Katie Roessler p:262-853-6527 e:katherine.roessler@cuw.edu |
Elizabeth Pfeiffer e:elizabeth.pfeiffer@cuw.edu |
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| Robin Mueller p:414-531-7047 e:mueller@swd.lcms.org |
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| Kendra Casey p:414-861-4345 e:kendralynncasey@gmail.com |
Janelle Balcerzak p:414-218-7073 e:jb1826@yahoo.com |
Staff Bios
Dennis Casey
Dennis is the Director and Founder of the Milwaukee Rally Volleyball Club. Dennis has been coaching girl’s athletics for over 15 years and has concentrated heavily on club volleyball during the last nine years. Many of his players have gone on to play on high school varsity and college teams. He believes strongly in incorporating fun into the fundamentals of the game. Dennis is CAP II certified.
Dennis and his wife Kari have two children Kendra and Kayla. Kendra is a Rally coach and Kayla plays volleyball for Concordia Wisconsin.
Tim Makal
Coming Soon!
Christine Brunow
Christine is in her second year of coaching for the Milwaukee Rally. She comes to us having coached for two years with another Regional Club. Christine played club volleyball in high school and college and continues to play competitively in the Milwaukee area.
Christine lives in Wauwatosa with her husband, Tim. She is a UW-Madison alumna (Go Big Red!)and enjoys watching all Badger related sports. Christine and Tim are expecting their first child in early 2008.
Christine Crawley
While in high school, Christine played at the Varsity and Club levels. She was named team captain and voted an All-Conference setter her senior year. While attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Christine participated in intramural volleyball, and since graduating in 2002, she has continued to play competitively.
Prior to joining the Milwaukee Rally coaching staff, Christine coached 7th and 8th grade girls at St. Matthias (Milwaukee). She also assisted with 8th grade boys and girls teams at Holy Apostles (New Berlin). She is returning for her second season with the Milwaukee Rally and is Impact and CAP I certified.
Bruce Hoeppner
Bruce is the head coach for New Berlin Boys Volleyball and previously coached varsity, JV and middle school for Kettle Moraine. Bruce has experience coaching girls and boys club volleyball and working camps and clinics. This will be his fourth year with Milwaukee Rally. Bruce’s coaching philosophy is to challenge players to push beyond their comfort zone in order to develop greater skills. Bruce is CAP I certified.
Bruce and his wife Teri have children ranging from college age to grade school.
Kendra Casey
Kendra has been playing competitive volleyball for over 10 years, most recently for the Lake Forest College (Lake Forest Illinois) as their setter. Kendra lettered all 4 years, and was named Team Captain as well as selected Second Team All Midwest Conference in 2006. She ranks third in Lake Forest Volleyball team history in career assists.
Kendra has 4 years of coaching experience during Lake Forest College's One Step Closer camps where she instructed grade school thru high school campers. She is awaiting her USVA CAP Level I certification. Kendra is a 2007 graduate from Lake Forest College with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication, and a minor in Music. She is enthusiastic about joining the Milwaukee Rally coaching staff and continuing her volleyball involvement, this time from the sidelines. Kendra is CAP I certified.
Janelle Balcerzak
Janelle has been playing competitive volleyball for over ten years, most recently as the middle blocker for Lake Forest College. Janelle lettered all four years and was a team captain along with Kendra Casey. She was selected first team all conference in 2005 and 2006. She ranks in Lake Forest Volleyball Team history in career kills and first in career aces.
Janelle has five years of coaching experience, four at Lake Forest College's One Step Closer camp and most recently as a freshman volleyball coach for Whitefish Bay High School. Janelle graduated in 2007 from Lake Forest College with a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. Currently she is teaching and going to Alverno for her Master's Degree in Education. She is excited about coaching for Milwaukee Rally and cannot wait to experience club volleyball from a coach's point of view.
Katie Roessler
Katie Roessler is in her second year of coaching club volleyball. As a former Rally alum she is no stranger to our club. Katie attends Concordia University of Wisconsin where she is a physical education major with a minor in coaching and athletic training. Her educational pursuits combined with her volleyball knowledge and passion make her a perfect fit for the staff of the Milwaukee Rally.
Katie is CAP I certified. This past college season she was ranked nationally as a middle blocker and was awarded all conference honors as a freshman.
In 2006, Katie was named Northern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, CUW Rookie of the Year, First Team All-NAC and all Rookie team. 2007 brought First Team All Conference honors again. She is currently the CUW record holder for most kills in a single game and match, most service aces in a single game and most blocks in a single game. Katie and her assistant coach Liz Pfeiffer are national qualifiers in AVP-USA Beach Volleyball. Katie is also an Academic All-American as voted on by the Volleyball Coaches Association of America.
Elizabeth Pfeiffer
Liz is in her second year of Rally coaching. Liz comes to us from Sheboygan. Liz has played her share of club volleyball having played for the Sheboygan Attack, Manty Storm and GO Fish. She was MVP her senior year at Sheboygan South, and received all conference mention. Liz also hit the books hard as she was valedictorian of her high school class. Athletic and smart the perfect Rally combo!
Liz currently plays outside and left back for Concordia University Mequon and is majoring in biology pre-med. She is Impact certified.
Robin Mueller
Robin is starting her 10th year coaching girls volleyball and second year as a Rally coach. The past five years, she has been the head coach for the 8th grade girls A team at Hales Corners Lutheran School. Prior to that she coached 5th through 7th grade girls. Her teams have won both division and tournament championships. Robin is CAP I certified.
Robin and her husband, Jeff, have one daughter. Megan is a sophomore outside hitter at Concordia University-Chicago and is an alumnae of the Milwaukee Rally.
