Terry Small
Director & CoachTerry was the varsity volleyball coach at East Lake High School from 1997-2010. In 2017 he was asked to take back over as Head coach at East Lake where he continues to coach today. This past season, East Lake was crowned PCAC champions and had a record of 23-6.
During Coach Small’s tenure, he has compiled a 383-134 record, won 5 District Championships, 3 Regional Championships, 3 Final Four appearances, including the 2002 Class 5A State Runner-Up and the 2010 Class 5A State Championship. He was the 2001, 2002 and 2010 Pinellas County Coach of the Year. His players have earned numerous awards including County Player of the Year, All-County, All-Conference, All-State, and numerous All-Tournament teams. His players have gone on to play Division I, Division II, and also Junior College volleyball. Every player that he has coached that has wanted a scholarship has received one. In club he has coached 3 AAU All-Americans and been named Outstanding Male Coach for the Florida Region and is CAP 1 certified. In the past, he has been a coach for the USAV Florida Region’s High Performance Team Florida, training the most elite players in the state of Florida. In 2009, his 15 Elite team won the 15 Club division at The Big South National Qualifier, earning a National bid to JO’s and finished 6th in 15 Open at The Northeast National Qualifier, earning Heat’s 1st Open Bid to JO’s. In 2011, His 17 Elite team won the 17 National division at The Northeast National Qualifier, earning a bid to the Junior National Championships. In 2013 his 16 Elite team earned an American Bid at the Florida Regional Qualifier where they went on to compete in the Junior National Championships in Dallas, Texas. In 2015, His 14 Elite team won a bid and competed in the Junior National Championships in New Orleans and again in 2016 in Indianapolis. Two years later in 2019 Terry’s 18 Elite received a bid to return to the Junior National Championships in Dallas. In 2019 one of his biggest honors were bestowed on he and his wife when they were inducted into the USA Florida Region Hall of Fame.
Barb Small
DirectorBarb has assisted Terry in every aspect of running the club since its inception in 1999. Her duties are basically to know everything and be able to do anything at a moment’s notice. Barb coached the Junior Varsity team at East Lake for several years and has also worked as an assistant coach with the Florida Region’s High Performance Team Florida. She is also CAP 1 certified. Terry & Barb’s son Tyler, is a rescue swimmer in the United States Coast Guard.
Kim Foster
Client Account ManagerJoined Pinellas Heat in 2001 as a result of her marriage to Mark Foster. She was the Junior Varsity coach at Clearwater Central Catholic in 2001-02 while also assisting the Varsity team. Kim is CAP I certified; the past 14 high school seasons she has been an assistant varsity coach at Indian Rocks Christian School where she is also the JH coach. Kim’s primary focus is to handle the individual financial accounts for each Heat family in addition to being our Program Coordinator which includes coordinating private lessons, clinics, camps, and leagues. Her attention to detail assures each family that their accounts will be well maintaine
Kelleigh (O’Neill) Purtill
Communications, Logistics, and ApparelHandles Pinellas Heat’s logistics, communications and uniform & apparel orders. Kelleigh’s joined Heat the year of its inception in 1999 playing as part of their first team. She has coached and worked on the administrative side of things since 2000. She began playing volleyball at the age of 10 and graduated from East Lake High School where she played four years on the varsity volleyball team under the expertise of Terry and Barb Small. While playing for East Lake, she helped lead her team as one of the captains her sophomore, junior, and senior year to two Regional Championships and were the 2002 Class 5A State Runner Up, where she was also recognized and named to the Class 5A All State First Team. In 2010 she assisted Terry and Barb Small at East Lake High School when their team went on to win the Class 5A State Championship. During the 2004 Heat season, she was recognized by the USAV as the Outstanding Female Coach of the Year. The 2011 club season her 14 Elite team finished 2nd in the Florida Regional Qualifier where the team earned a bid to compete in at the Junior Nationals and finished tied for 3rd in the American Division. When Kelleigh isn’t helping us, she’s at home with her husband Tyler where their adorable set of twins, Grayson and EmmaLeigh who keep her very busy.
Bryan Avergonzado
Coach, Social Media Coordinator, Mini club director and Player & Website administrationBryan has been with us for 14 years. Along with coaching club and mini-club teams he heads up the 12&Under programs. He’s also newly promoted to Associate Varsity Head Coach at East Lake High School. He’s also the Head Beach Coach at East Lake High School. He has a real passion teaching the fundamentals of playing volleyball and preparing them with the tools they need to be successful volleyball players in the future. He has 3 children, Hannah, Maddie and Mark. Hannah is a graduate of East Lake High School and Florida Gulf Coast University. Maddie is attending the University of Florida. Mark is a senior at East Lake High School.
Laura Barr
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Emily Bell
CoachEmily is in her 13th year with Pinellas Heat but has been coaching for the past fifteen years in Missouri and Florida. She attended Missouri State University 00′-04′ and was an Assistant Coach for the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 08′. Aside from playing and coaching, Emily also referees so she has a knowledge of the game from all aspects. She helps run summer camps, training’s, and assists where she’s needed. In 2011, every player on Emily’s 18′s team received a scholarship to play volleyball in college!
Morgan Felt
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Megan Ferro
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Mark Foster
Beach CoachMark has been coaching with Pinellas Heat since the club started in 2000 and has been the Head Coach at Indian Rocks Christian School since 2003. He has coached mainly the 14-16 Elite teams since 2000 while starting the setter’s training serving as the setter’s coach for Pinellas Heat. Coach Foster began his playing career in Puerto Rico at the age of 15 where he was selected to play for the Puerto Rican Jr. National team as a Defensive Specialist (90-92). He continued his playing career in College as a Setter for the Clearwater Christian College Club team (’93-’96). Coach Foster began his coaching career at Pinellas Park HS (’99-’00) followed by CCC (’01-’02) before taking over at Indian Rocks. In his 15 years at IRCS, the program has seven 19+ win seasons and only 3 losing seasons in 15 years. Since the school’s first winning season in 2005, he has led Indian Rocks Christian to 2 District Championships (’06-’07), 4 District Runner-ups (’08-’11), 6 consecutive Regional Semi-Final appearances (’06-’11), 3 consecutive Bay Conference Championships (’10-’12) and has an overall record of 236-120. Coach Foster was selected as the Pinellas County Coach of the Year in 2006 and has seen many of his High School & Club players receive scholarships to play at the next level in various Divisions. Many of his HS/Club players have received multiple accolades in the Tampa Bay area as well as through USA/AAU Volleyball. Coach Foster served as the President of the Pinellas County Coaches Senior All-Star Association from 2006-2015), is IMPACT certified, CAP 1 certified, a certified PAVO College Official (Indoor/Beach), SAFESPORT certified, and BCAP certified. In 2017, Coach Foster started the first ever HS Beach Volleyball Program in Pinellas County at Indian Rocks Christian. In his two seasons at the helm of the IRCS Beach Program, he had led them to a 5-1 Conference Record, a 146-54 Pairs Record, and 9th place (2017) and 5th place (2018) finishes at the SSAC State Championships. He currently serves as the Heat Beach Volleyball Director/Lead Coach.
Fran Freyer
CoachFran started her coaching career in Pinellas in 1992. She has had the privilege of coaching some of Pinellas county’s best volleyball players, many of whom went on to play at the college level. She has coached club volleyball for 13 years and currently in her 9th season as the Varsity Volleyball coach at Countryside High School. Coaching and education are her passion. She has owned her own preschool for 16 years, as well as a competitive gymnastics gym for the past 5 years. She enjoys developing and teaching the game of volleyball and working with strong coachable athletes.
Kent Golden
CoachKent enters his 14th year with Pinellas Heat as a head coach spanning all levels from ages 11 through 15. Coach Golden also has been coaching high school for the past 9 years, including JV head coach at Clearwater and Tarpon Springs and Varsity head coach at Dunedin. He works hard to teach the fundamentals of volleyball while instilling the love and fun for the game, as well as, developing leadership and team accountability along the way. He is most proud of his track record for preparing his players to make their varsity school team and higher club teams the next season.
Courtney Gornik
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Tess Heitmeyer
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Tomasz Kopczynski
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Tori Dublino Henjes
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Kim Mason
CoachKim has been playing volleyball since she was 10 years old. Kim grew up on the East Coast of Florida, and spent her high school years playing on the Varsity Volleyball Team at Lake Worth Christian School. She played all the way around as a hitter and a setter and was team captain her senior season. During her time at LWC, the team was state runner-up, regional finalists, and regional semi-finalists. She also played for the Elite Travel Team of Palm Beach Juniors Club-4-U from 2005-2007, where she won countless tournaments and traveled the country. Kim earned a full-ride scholarship as a hitter to play at Gulf Coast State College in Panama City, Florida and she spent her freshman year playing there. For her sophomore year of college, Kim returned to West Palm to play at Palm Beach State College under her old travel coach, Sam Skelton. Sadly, she suffered a season ending shoulder injury that also ended her playing career. Coach Kim is now going in to her 6th year of coaching for Pinellas Heat, but she discovered her love for coaching in high school while assisting her school with camps and clinics over the summers. Along with coaching mini and regular club seasons, Coach Kim coaches position trainings, summer camps, and does private lessons here at Heat Volleyball. Coaching is Kim’s passion and she looks forward to the many years ahead of her as a Heat Volleyball Coach.
Liz McDuffy
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Maya Mullally
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Taylor Naes
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Tanya Procknow
CoachPlaying Experience – Volleyball Tarpon Springs High School 1989 – 1993
Position: Setter
Regionals: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
Sectionals: 1989, 1991, 1992
State Semi Finals: 1989, 1992
State Title, 1991(Class 3A)
Gulf Coast Juniors Position: Setter (4 years)
Stetson University 1993 – 1997 NCAA Division I
Position: Setter
Second Team All-Conference, 1996 A-Sun Player of the Week, 1996 Ranked #6 – Individual Attack Percentage (.317), 1996 Ranked #5 – Career Attack Percentage (.245) Ranked #5 – Individual Assists (975), 1996 Ranked #9 – Individual Assists (883), 1995 Ranked #2 – Career Assists (3332) Ranked #1 – Single Match Assists (75), 1996 2 Team MVP Honors, Multiple Tournament MVP Honors
Doubles Beach Tournament Play
Quads Grass Tournament Play
Coaching Experience
1 Year Stetson University (D1)
1 Year Orlando Volleyball Academy (Girls)
3 Years Valley Attack Volleyball Club (Girls/Boys)
3 Years Nightmares Volleyball Club (Boys)
1 Year Wisconsin Volleyball Academy (Girls)
2 Years Miami Xtreme Volleyball Academy (Girls)
2 Years Pinellas Heat (Girls)
15 Years Private Lessons (Girls/Boys)
Other Tarpon Springs high School Hall of Fame Inductee – 2016
USAV IMPACT Certification
CDC Concussion Training
Member of American Volleyball Coaches Association
Carmen Ramicone
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Rachel Reed
CoachRachel has played volleyball for Heat since she was a 12U player. She continued to excel at Carwise Middle School and on to East Lake High School as a starting Freshman Setter where she went on to win 2 State Championship’s with the Eagles, 2010 Class 5A and 2011 Class 8A. She was named to the All-State team in 2011 and the All-District team from 2009-2011. Her high school accolades include: team captain in 2010 and 2011, MVP in 2011, Bright House Sports Network Honorable Mention, MaxPreps AVCA Player of the week twice, Knology Cup Athlete of the Week, played on the Pinellas County Senior All-Star Team, Pinellas County Athletic Conference-First Team All County, State All-Star Team, Coaches Association District 8A Player of the Year and St. Pete Times 2011 All-Pinellas County Co-Player of the Year. Her club accolades include: being a member of the Big South Qualifier Championship Team and Baltimore Northeast Qualifier Championship Team. She attended Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN on volleyball scholarship. She is currently the Assistant Varsity Coach at East Lake High School. This will be her 5th year coaching with Heat.
Casey Slater
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Patrick Sneed
CoachPatrick is in his 16th year coaching with Pinellas Heat. Patrick is in his 14th year as the Head Varsity Volleyball Coach at Tarpon Springs High School as well as the Head Track coach. Patrick’s Varsity Volleyball team were the District Champions in 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 and Regional Finalists in 2017. In 2011, Tarpon Springs won the Regional Championships making it to the State Final Four. Patrick has also been voted Pinellas County’s Coach of the Year by his peers and was named the Tampa Bay Times Coach of the Year for 2011 and 2017. In 2008 Patrick’s 13 Elite earned a bid to compete in the Junior National Championships in the 13 American division and was the first coach in Heat history to win a match at Junior Nationals. In 2018 Patrick’s 13 Elite team finished 1st in the American Division at the Big South National Qualifier qualifying to compete at Junior Nationals in Detroit, Michigan. Patrick is also our official club photographer with his business Photography is Good. Patrick is known for great action shots and amazing photos he takes while on his yearly Sneedcations.
Colin Taufer
CoachColin is entering his 3rd year coaching with Pinellas Heat but has been with our Heat family for awhile now. He has coached youth sports at the middle school level for many years. His daughter started her volleyball career at Pinellas Heat in 2013. He is IMPACT certified by USAV.
Nicole Temperton
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Cat Wegner
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Kassy Will
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Katie Will
CoachKatie started playing indoor club volleyball at the age of 9. During her 10 years of
club she played for Gulf Coast Juniors, Will Power Volleyball, and St. Pete Volleyball
Club. She attended Dunedin High School where she was a varsity starter all 4 years.
She was a setter her freshman year and then played all the way around as an outside
the following 3 years. Her favorite high school volleyball memory was winning
districts for the school’s first time in 22 years her sophomore year. Throughout her
high school career she won MVP 3 times, played in the senior All-Star game and was
voted MVP of the winning All-Star team. She then went to play for Carson-Newman
in Tennessee her freshman year of college. She was an outside hitter and her team
went on to win their region and made it all the way to the Elite 8 for D2 schools. Her
sophomore year she transferred to Jacksonville State in Alabama. She played indoor
her sophomore and senior years as a defensive specialist/outside hitter. Katie’s
main love is beach volleyball. She started playing beach when she was 12. Fun fact:
Katie’s parents met playing beach volleyball! Her first ever partner was her mom
and she still plays in some coed tournaments with her dad every once in a while.
While playing juniors, Katie qualified for the Junior Olympics 3 times, USAV
Nationals 2 times, NVL Championships 2 times, and was invited to the East Coast
All-Star Championships in Tavares Florida twice. She loved being able to travel and
play in the Junior Olympics her last 2 years of high school out in Hermosa Beach,
California. Her senior year she was also awarded a USAV beach volleyball
scholarship for college. Her dream was always to play beach volleyball in college
and she was able to do so all 4 years. Throughout every year she was always on
team 1 or 2 for her school. At Carson-Newman she holds the record for most wins in
a single season and still holds the record for most career wins. At Jacksonville State
she was able to play top teams such as LSU, Pepperdine, FSU, Stetson, USC, and so
on. At JSU she holds the record for most wins in a season, most wins as team 1, and
most wins in school history. She continues to train and travel as she competes in the
open division for beach tournaments. She began coaching indoor for Heat in 2019,
has helped with Heat beach, and gives private and group training lessons. She has
also taught a volleyball class at Southwest Rec, helps the JV and Varsity teams at
Dunedin High School, coaches for Will Power Volleyball, and gives beach privates.