2009-2010 Coaching Staff

Randy Dagostino
HEAD COACH, Tampa Bay 17 Black
Randy is the founding director of Tampa Bay Juniors (1984) and has coached 7 Open Division teams to top three finishes at the USAV Junior National Championships, and 2 Club Division teams to top 2 finishes, including the 2004 16 Black Gold Medal team.

As one of the top coaches in high school and club volleyball history, he has been a major catalyst in developing Tampa into one of the most competitive volleyball areas in the country. Randy has been the varsity coach at Berkeley Preparatory School for the last 25 years where he has won 12 state championship titles and has a current competition record of 701-150. With Randy at the helm, Berkeley has produced 10 All-Americans.

Randy has been involved in the Florida Region serving as it’s first Jr Coordinator and representative to the USAV Jr Olympic Volleyball Division.  He is a member of the Florida Region Hall of Fame and has been the Florida Region coach of the Year. Randy is a former member of the Volleyball Advisory Committee for the FHSAA. His coaching accolades include: 1992 Florida Coach of the Year, 1995 Florida Coach of the Year Runner-up, 8 time FACA Coach of the Year, Inaugural Mizuno National All-Star Coach of the Year. Randy has a BS in Physical Education from University of Illinois at Chicago and is a CAP I certified coach. In 2008 he was inducted into the FHSAA Hall of Fame.

Christine Houston
ASSIST COACH, Tampa Bay 17 Black
Christine is a former Tampa Bay Junior player and four year starter at Washington and Lee.  She earned All-American status three consecutive years as a setter while playing in college. As well as coaching with Tampa Bay Juniors, Christine has coached juniors in Virginia.  Christine's setting experience offeres tremendous value to whatever coaching team she is a part of.  We are excited to have another alum back in the coaching ranks for the third season.


Jeff Davis
HEAD COACH, Tampa Bay 18 Black
Jeff has been coaching with Tampa Bay Juniors for over 10 years.  He is currently the head coach for Durrant High School, in his 3rd season.  He was formerly an assistant coach at Berkeley Prep for 7 years.  Jeff is one of Tampa Bay's most experienced coaches as he has successfully coached  teams at every age level.  He brings a great deal of knowledge, coaching patience and dedication to every team with which he is associated.

Christen Garcia
ASSIST COACH, Tampa Bay 18 Black
Christen is from Valrico, Florida. She played volleyball as a setter and defensive specialist for Durant High School where she lead her team to three State Championships in 1999, 2000, and 2002.  She attended Georgia State University as a 4-year starting libero where she currently holds the record for career digs and the most digs in a 5-game match. Upon graduation, Christen was hired as the assistant coach for her alma mater before taking a job as Director of Volleyball Operations at Illinois State University.  Christen has experience in coaching at the University of Tampa, Georgia Tech, and Emory volleyball camps. Christen is a former Tampa Bay Junior and is the daughter of long time Tampa Bay Junior coach, Jeff Davis.

Michelle Collier
HEAD COACH, Tampa Bay 16 Black
Michelle first coached for Tampa Bay Juniors from 1999-2001 and then returned when she accepted a job as the assistant coach for the University of South Florida in 2008.  A former player for Bull, she is arguably USF’s most dominant team sport athlete ever. Collier was named the Conference USA Player of the Decade in 2004. As one of the nation’s most feared outside hitters, she guided the Bulls to a 120-48 record during her tenure, as well as three NCAA tournament appearances, two C-USA titles, and one C-USA tournament title. She was the first C-USA player to be named an All-American following her senior season of 2002, two-time Conference Player of the Year, and the Conference Freshman of the Year in 1998.

Following her graduation, her professional career took her across the globe, playing in Holland, Puerto Rico, Cyprus, Indonesia, and Spain over a four-year career, winning numerous accolades including the Indonesian League MVP and the Best Foreign Player in Cyprus.

Michelle’s name remains most prevalent in the USF record book as well, holding the Bulls records for both career kills (2,729) and digs (1,747), the season records for kills (760 in 2000), attacks (1,873 in 2000), and kills per game (6.28 in 2000), and sits in the Top 10 in numerous other categories. Her 2,729 career kills places her 5th in NCAA Division I history.

Rafael Silva
ASSIST COACH, Tampa Bay 16 Black
Rafael has been playing volleyball for over 16 years. He has played professionally in Brazil and in Europe as an outside and right side hitter from 2000-2007. In Brazil he has won 3 national championships and competed with the Junior National team at different international competitions. While playing professionally in Spain, Rafael was ranked in the league’s top 10 for points and kills for all the 4 four he played there.This will be his third season with the Tampa Bay Invaders boys teams and he is also now joining us in the gilrs program.

John Coup
HEAD COACH, Tampa Bay 15 Black
John has been with Tampa Bay Juniors since 1990. He was named the Florida Region 15-16 Age Division Coach of the Year in 2006. John was alos the head coach for the 2007 Tampa Bay 15 and Under National Club Champions and has 3 other top 5 finished in USJO’s and AAU’s. When asked why he coaches, John responds to assist in the development of players as not only volleyball players but as individuals; To give players the ability to learn and to use these in everyday life situations; To share the love of the game that I have. John is also an Assistant Coach at Berkeley Preparatory School on the varsity team