Coaches

COACHES

MASS IMPACT Volleyball Club aims to provide an engaging and experienced coaching staff. Athletes can expect to work with a variety of coaches, allowing them to benefit from a wide range of styles and expertise.

George LeVasseur
CLUB DIRECTOR

George LeVasseur has coached High School and Club Volleyball in the North Shore for the past 12 years. As the originator of the Danvers High School program, he has led the Falcons to an impressive 129-55, a .701 win percentage. Not only has Coach LeVasseur been recognized locally as the MIAA Coach of the Year in 2018, he has also been recognized nationally by the American Volleyball Coaches Association by being named as one of the top 30 coaches under the age of 30 in 2019, 30 Under 30. He firmly believes in building skills through character, and teaching kids to define themselves as they grow into the athlete's they've always wanted to become.

"I can't be more thrilled with what is happening at MASS IMPACT. I believe we have a coaching staff that is ready, willing, and able to help provide athletes with an experience in the game of volleyball that will cultivate their love and passion for the game. As we all are still involved with the sport we've all been so fortunate to fall in love with, we hope all our athletes come back as they represent MASS IMPACT as an alumni and our future coaching staff!"
-George LeVasseur

Brent Ashley
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Brent Ashley is the head coach at Lynnfield High School, where he teaches English and coaches baseball. Originally from Washington, Brent has spent his most recent years at Lynnfield developing young athletes into college-ready teammates. Brent has helped lead his program to six North Finals and one State Finals. Taking on his fifth year as head coach, he has led his team to two State Semifinals, won two North Sectional Finals, and was named Division II Coach of the Year by the Boston Globe in 2018 and Cape Ann Coach of the Year in 2019. He holds the state record for consecutive sets won with 64. With an interest in statistics, Brent encourages athletes to think strategically about the game. Brent emphasizes defense and serve receive as his favorite skills to teach, breaking down passing techniques and altering defensive tempo to create a more competitive offense. He looks forward to helping athletes elevate their game and work together to achieve their goals.

Mae Driscoll
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR

Mae Driscoll is the head coach at Arlington Catholic High School, where she played volleyball and graduated from in 2013. She discovered her love for coaching while working with younger athletes in high school and throughout her college career at Providence College. In 2021, Mae was selected as a national Coaches 4 Coaches recipient by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Mae is most at home in a loud gym, encouraging her athletes to build confidence in themselves and their ability through fast-paced practices and high energy competition. She is excited to be surrounded by such a driven coaching staff and cannot wait to help athletes stand a bit taller and fall even more in the love with the game that has given her so much.

Brooke Bell

Brooke attended Keene State as their starting setter, graduating in 2017. Prior to her college volleyball career, Brooke played four years for Melrose High School. She was named Middlesex League All-Star, 2-year Boston Globe All-Scholastic, 2-year Boston Herald All-Scholastic, 2-time MGVCA All State Team, and led her team to the State Championships her senior year. Brooke was also recently named to the Boston Herald All-Decade Team.

Jane Bergin

Jane Bergin is the head coach of girl's volleyball at Andover High School and head coach of boy's volleyball at Lexington High School, and has over 450 wins during her career. Jane is passionate about getting future athletes excited about the sport. As our youth director, Jane is looking forward to breaking down the basics in a fun and enthusiastic way to ensure athletes new to the sport, will fall in love with it for life.

Chloe Clement

Chloe is a student at Suffolk University and is majoring in Biology. While captain of the Lynn Classical Volleyball Team, she was named Boston Globe All-Scholastic, D1 All State Team, Greater Boston League MVP, and Lynn City Tournament MVP. Chloe is also a Mass Impact alumni! She’s very excited to stay involved in the club through coaching!

Meghan Curro

Meghan Curro is the head coach of the Stoneham High School volleyball program. Before coaching at Stoneham, Meghan coached at The Cambridge Matignon School beginning in 2018. Prior to coaching, she played 4 years at Wahconah Regional High School where she was a senior captain and played as a setter and libero. Throughout high school she also played club volleyball, in recreational leagues, and helped run clinics in the Berkshires. After high school, she went to UMass Dartmouth where she played as a defensive specialist. Since beginning to coach, Meghan’s love of the game has only grown larger. She loves teaching players the game and helping them fine tune their skills.

Merry Egan

Merry Eagan has had a variety of coaching experiences before her time here at Mass Impact. Shortly after graduating college in 2018, Merry was the Gordon College Volleyball Graduate Assistant for one year. Most recently, Merry was the JV coach and Varsity assistant at Danvers High school from 2019-2021 where she had the privilege to help coach the team to a State Final championship game in 2020. She also has 6 years club coaching experience, with 3 years at the National Level. Merry attended Lasell College as their starting, 4 year, Middle Blocker. Prior to her college career, Merry played four years of volleyball at North Andover High school and was a captain her senior year earning MVC accolades as well as playing in and winning the MVC Championship in 2013, for the first time in school history. Merry enjoys helping instill hard work and determination into all of her athletes and watching them grow to their fullest potential.

Shannon Glass-Smythe

Shannon Glass-Smythe played club and high school volleyball in New Mexico, and fell in love with the sport while getting to play in tournaments all over the country. She then played as an outside hitter at Clark University, and served as a captain her junior and senior year. Shannon started coaching in college and has since coached at a variety of levels, most recently as the middle school coach at Melrose. In addition to coaching, Shannon works as a Physical Therapist and Strength Coach, and loves being able to help athletes develop their skills, confidence and passion for the sport both on and off the court.

Brianna Han

Brianna Han has coached a range of ages and levels of club volleyball and has been a coach with Mass Impact since it first began in 2020. “Coach Bri” played volleyball in high school and was recruited to play Division 2 volleyball for Saint Michael’s College in Vermont. She continues to play volleyball in various leagues, tournaments through Yankee Volleyball, and outdoor doubles tournaments through AVP. Bri met her husband, Oliver Han, through the sport and loves coaching alongside him. Off the court, Bri is a proud mom to her heart warrior daughter, Maya, and her dog, Winston.

Oliver Han

Oliver Han has been a U16, U17, and U18 club volleyball coach. Oliver also experience in various capacities with high school programs. He played volleyball in high school and college for the Men’s Club Volleyball team at Purdue. Oliver still plays both indoor tournaments through Yankee Volleyball and outdoor doubles tournaments through AVP. Oliver met his wife, Brianna Han, through the sport and is excited to be coaching alongside her. Off the court, Oliver is a patent attorney and loves to golf and spend time with his dog, Winston, and wife.

Derek Henderson

Derek has been coaching club Volleyball since 2013. He started coaching for the Pinellas Heat in Clearwater Fl. and most recently EVO Volleyball Club Woburn Ma. In the fall he is a certified PAVO, NFHS, USAV official and can be seen officiating High Schools around the north shore as well as College. In 2015 he was a part of a team which included his daughter Brianna that qualified for USAV nationals.

Brooke Johnson

Brooke played volleyball for her high school for 4 years, she was a starting player on varsity as a middle and outside hitter. She has played volleyball for 7 years and has helped run camps during high school years for younger players. While her time at Fitchburg State, she studied Exercise and Sports Science and can’t wait to put what she learned from there into her coaching style! She has loved this sport since she could remember and can’t wait to show her enthusiasm of it through coaching!

Chris LeBlanc

Chris is the varsity head coach at Lynn Classical High School where he teaches World History and U.S Government and Politics. With 9 years of experience coaching developing volleyball athletes, Chris's favorite part of coaching is watching athletes improve their skills and build relationships on and off the court. At Lynn Classical, Chris started a Boy's program for the first time last year. He was named 2021 GBL Coach of the Year for his work with the Girl's program. Chris brings energy - and a dry sense of humor - to the sideline, ensuring every athlete he coaches has the opportunity to better themselves and work to meet their goals.

Maddi O'Connor

Maddi O'Connor has had a variety of coaching experiences throughout her now 3 years of coaching for Mass Impact. She was the assistant coach for the Hamilton-Wenham Girls Volleyball team in 2021 and the assistant coach for the women's Salem State University team last fall. Maddi was a collegiate volleyball player herself as a right side and middle blocker for 2 seasons at University of New England in Maine and 2 seasons at Salem State University. On top of coaching Maddi has spent a lot of time doing strength training and conditioning. Maddi is an energetic, passionate and encouraging coach who prides herself on not only building athletes, but building teammates and teamwork on and off the court. She is so beyond excited to be back for another season and can't wait to continue to help her athletes grow physically and mentally.

Mike O'Leary

Mike O’Leary has been the Freshman volleyball coach at Reading High School for over 10 years. Mike played volleyball in high school as well as club volleyball in college at Holy Cross. Mike still plays volleyball through various adult recreation leagues and tournaments. He has a variety of coaching experiences at the club level and has coached a wide range of age groups. His favorite aspect of coaching is teaching the game of volleyball and seeing how they grow as players.

Connor Peterson

Connor Peterson is the JV Coach at Wakefield Memorial High School, just completing his third season with the program. Prior to coaching he played 4 years at Haverhill High School, earning All Conference honors twice as a setter. He was also named to the Boston Herald All State team in 2015. Connor graduated from Suffolk University in 2019, and while they did not have a men’s volleyball team, he has found a way to stay active in the sport through clubs, recreational leagues and tournaments in addition to coaching.

Jess Petrucci

Coach Jess has been coaching club volleyball for over 7 years. Jess attended Endicott College and played for 4 years as a DS/Libero and captained the 2014-2015 season. Prior to her college career, Jess played four years of volleyball at North Fort Myers High school and USA South volleyball club. Jess enjoys helping young women develop as people as well as players through coaching.

Julie Robarts

Julie comes to us with 40 years of playing experience as well as 20+ years coaching youth. She played at UMaine throughout college, and then for Set Me Volleyball club as an adult. Her club team competed all over the country, and Julie was named a USA Volleyball All-American in 1995. Her passion is working with setters, helping them elevate the offense through strategy and execution. Julie is a true fan of the sport, and can be seen (and heard) cheering from sidelines everywhere. She is currently the assistant coach at Wakefield High School, and is excited to continue bringing her knowledge, experience, and passion to every session.

Hannah Shaievitz

Hannah is a Lynnfield, MA native, who played for the Pioneers for four years as a Middle Hitter. During her senior season she served as team captain, and was named Cape Ann League Player of the Year, Cape Ann All Star, D3 All State, Boston Globe All-Scholastic, and Boston Herald All-Scholastic. During her time at Lynnfield High School, the team took home 4 Division North Finals, and were State Finalists her Junior year. After high school, Hannah attended Trinity College in Hartford, CT where she studied Biomedical Engineering and played on the Varsity Volleyball team for two seasons. She is excited to join the Mass Impact coaching staff and is looking forward to creating an environment for young players to learn strong fundamentals and build confidence in themselves both on and off the court!

Adam Sweeney

Adam Sweeney played volleyball throughout high school and received a scholarship to play in college. He is now affiliated with Yankee Volleyball and AVP America as an adult player excelling on all surfaces from indoor men's and co-ed formats to grass and sand doubles. He is most proud of his performance at recent regional tournaments placing 5th out of 50 teams in a Men's Grass Doubles Pro division and 17th out of 154 teams in a Co-ed Grass Doubles division. His love and passion for the game is what drew him into coaching for the past 5 years. He especially loves teaching advanced skills such as jump serving, quick temp offenses and overall defensive strategy. He also met his wife Megan Sweeney through the sport in addition to lifelong friendship through the volleyball community.

Megan Sweeney

Megan Sweeney has been a U14, U17, and U18 club volleyball coach for 14 years. She played volleyball throughout high school and made the SNHU team as a walk-on utility player, which is still one of her favorite accomplishments. She is affiliated with Yankee Volleyball and AVP America as an adult player, and her women's team finished in 3rd place at the 2019 USAV indoor nationals. Megan met her husband Adam Sweeney through the sport and it has taught her so much about hard work, dedication and teamwork. She has translated those values into her career as an Advertising and Marketing Director and is dedicated to living a healthy lifestyle through food, nutrition, strength training and conditioning.

Abigail Tucker

Tuck coached volleyball for 4 years at Koda Volleyball Club in NY and has played for 9 years. Tuck specializes in the conditioning and physical training of athletes and is currently studying Sports Management and has an associates in Sports Medicine. Tuck likes to use a passion for the sport to ignite players to strive for their best.

Talia Thomson

Talia Thomson is a student at Gordon College and is majoring in business management. She played volleyball at Wakefield all throughout high school and was a starting player on varsity as a right side and outside hitter. Talia also had the pleasure of playing for Mass Impact! She has a love and passion for volleyball that she can’t wait to show through her coaching!