Milwaukee Rally Coaching Staff
| TEAM | HEAD COACH | ASST. COACH |
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| Katie Roessler p:262-853-6527 |
Elizabeth Pfeiffer |
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| Dennis Casey p:414-258-2314 |
Tim Makal p:414-303-1673 |
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| Kelly Dwyer p:414-234-0833 |
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| Bruce Hoeppner p:262-821-5798 |
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| Dana Fry p: 608-574-5062 |
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| Michael Flierl p: 716-359-3043 |
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| Ryan Roessler p:414-839-2895 |
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| Megan Mueller p:414-416-2270 |
Katie Weber p:262-227-0088 |
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| Kendra Casey p:414-861-4345 |
Janelle Balcerzak p:414-218-7073 |
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| Robin Mueller p:414-531-7047 |
Erin Kiesow p:920-382-3985 |
Staff Bios
Dennis Casey
Dennis formed the Milwaukee Rally years ago on the premise that High School athletes should not be penalized for pursuing their High School sports while also playing Club Volleyball. Over the past 17 years Dennis has successfully applied his coaching style and philosophy to his teams having coached hundreds of female athletes over this time. Past players would tell you that the time they spent on his teams were the "best" times they had in their athletic career. Casey believes that playing club volleyball should be one of the most rewarding parts of young adulthood, the friendships and experiences last a lifetime.
Bruce Hoeppner
Bruce is the Varsity for Waukesha South High School and previously coached New Berlin Boys Volleyball and at Kettle Moraine. Bruce has experience coaching girls and boys club volleyball and working camps and clinics. This will be his sixth year with Milwaukee Rally. Bruce's coaching philosophy is to challenge club players to push beyond their comfort zone in order to develop greater skills.
Bruce and his wife Teri have children ranging from college age to middle school. In his rare free time he enjoys camping, hiking and canoeing
Dana Fry
This is Dana's first year of coaching for the Milwaukee Rally. Dana has 3 years of prior club coaching experience having coached for a club in southwestern Wisconsin. She took a few years off from coaching and is excited to be back and with the Rally.
Dana played high school volleyball for Dodgeville High School where she was a setter. Along with playing in high school, Dana played club for three years.
Dana's coaching philosophy can best be summarized as asking her players to work hard but have fun in the process. She attended UW-Whitewater and graduated in 2007. Currently, Dana is a social worker for Milwaukee County. She works with adolescents and their families whom have mental health needs and behavioral concerns. She truly loves her job and watching individuals grow (including her volleyball players!).
Michael Flierl
Michael has played competitive volleyball for nine years as a defensive specialist/libero. He played with Eden Volleyball Club based out of Buffalo, NY for five years and won two East Coast Championships. In high school Michael won an Empire State Games Gold Medal and was the first libero ever to become All-Western New York.
Michael then played for Lindenwood University (NAIA) for three years. In his freshman and sophomore years he had the highest dig average at the NAIA Men's National Tournament. He was also an Academic-All American Athlete for two years as well as the Lindenwood University Male Scholar Athlete of the year for 2008.
Currently, he is attending Marquette University for a Master's Degree in Philosophy.
Ryan Roessler
Ryan is a new addition to the Rally this season. This will be his first year coaching volleyball and he is looking forward to the opportunity to coach club. Ryan has been in and around volleyball for eight plus years, four of which were spent playing for Wauwatosa West HS. Ryan was the captain and an outside hitter for the Trojans and he received all conference and MVP nominations in 2002-2003. Despite having opportunity to play college ball Ryan chose to pursue a business degree at UWM which he received in 2007.
Ryan spent this summer assisting with the Concordia University (CUW) women's volleyball team. The desire to help players improve there game to allow them to play at a higher level is what motivates Ryan to coach. Knowledge, preparation, and passion for the game are the keys to any good team, and this is what Ryan looks for in a player as well as himself as a coach.
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 USVA CAP Level I certified. 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 returning for her third season as head coach with Milwaukee Rally.
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.
Currently, Janelle is a 3rd Grade teacher and has recently graduated from Alverno College with a Master's Degree in Education. Janelle has three years of coaching experience at the high school level, most recently as the New Berlin Eisenhower Freshmen Volleyball Coach. This is also her third year coaching for Milwaukee Rally. She enjoys coaching, watching and playing volleyball and is excited to be back again this year coaching with Kendra!
Katie Roessler
Katie Roessler is in her fourth year of coaching for the Rally. 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, adaptive education and health science. Her educational pursuits combined with her volleyball knowledge and passion makes her, a perfect fit for the staff of the Milwaukee Rally. Katie is CAP I certified.
The 2009 volleyball season is underway and Katie has playing middle blocker as well as outside hitter. She has been named to the all tournament team at the Concordia Invitational Tournament, the Beloit College Tournament as well as the St. Ambrose tournament in Iowa.
The Northern Athletic Conference named her player of the week for the 3rd week in September.
This past college season she was ranked nationally as a middle blocker, was named to 4 all tournament teams and was awarded 1st team all conference honors. Katie was named Northern Athletic Conference Player of the year, the first in Concordia's History. She continues to break her own records set the previous year.
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. She also holds the NAC records for Most Kills, Points and Blocks. Katie and her assistant coach Liz Pfeiffer are national qualifiers in AVP-USA Beach Volleyball. Katie is also a 3 time Academic All-American as voted on by the Volleyball Coaches Association of America.
Elizabeth Pfeiffer
Liz is in her third 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.
Erin Kiesow
Erin comes to the Rally after being a 4 year standout defensive player for Concordia University Wisconsin where she was a defensive specialist for 2 years and then 2 years as libero. She also has coached Club previously within the Badger Region.
During her Concordia playing career she was named Northern Athletic Conference (NAC) Libero of the year and 2007 NAC Defensive player of the year in addition to being ranked nationally by the NCAA for her defensive play throughout her career.
Erin is a 2nd. grade teacher at Sherman Park Lutheran School and that keeps her busy in her non-coaching time!
Megan Mueller
This is Megan's first year coaching with the Milwaukee Rally, although she has assistant coached at various age levels throughout her high school and college careers. She is a Rally alum, playing with us for two years prior to playing at the collegiate level as an outside hitter for Concordia University Chicago. Megan recently transferred to Concordia University Wisconsin to pursue a degree in Exercise Physiology and follow her dreams of becoming a Personal Trainer. Megan's college volleyball career was cut short by an injury that prevents her from further collegiate competition so she is now focusing her spirit and energy on coaching.
Megan will excel as a coach and leader because she thoroughly understands the game and what it takes to be a good player and teammate. Welcome back to Wisconsin, Megan! Rally is glad to have you back!
Katie Weber
Katie Weber has experience playing competitive volleyball for the last 17 years. She has experience competing in indoor and sand volleyball. She currently plays in women's and co-ed adult competitive volleyball leagues and 4x4 co-ed and 2x2 women's beach tournaments. Katie has coached and run camps at the high school, middle school and elementary level and has years of experience in refereeing. She is very excited to join the Milwaukee Rally family and looking forward to beginning the season!
Kelly Dwyer
Coach Kelly has been playing or coaching volleyball for over 11 years. He played 4 years varsity volleyball at Wauwatosa West HS where he was first team all conference two years (junior and senior year) as a setter and still holds multiple setting records at the school. He then played volleyball at UW-Whitewater. Kelly then moved into the coaching ranks as an assistant boys volleyball coach at Wauwatosa West that saw their teams make it to the State finals. If that is not enough, Kelly also coached boys club volleyball for a year for the Trojan Volleyball club.
He now is the co-Varsity head coach for the Wauwatosa West girls program.
