Marlon Sano
	Head Volleyball Coach msano@laverne.edu (909) 593-3511, ext. 4095

Leopard head coach Marlon Sano was the second assistant for the 1984 U.S. Olympic silver medal-winning volleyball team and is currently a co-director and head coach for the USA High Performance Development camp series. That series develops and implements the techniques and tactics taught to coaches and players in conjunction with the USA National team.

Sano also has extensive collegiate coaching experience that includes a recent stint as an assistant coach with the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He was also a long-time associate head women's volleyball coach at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo from 1995-2005.  Most recently Sano served as lead assistant coach at Cal State Los Angeles.  He also was the head coach at Utah State from 1991-94, an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton from 1989-91 and a head coach at Southern California College (now Vanguard University) from 1988-89.

During his 18-year collegiate career, his teams reached the NCAA Division I Tournament three times and his players earned two Big West Conference Freshmen of the Year awards, 20 All-Big West Conference honors, two All-America awards and two All-Region awards. His players also received 22 All-Academic awards from the Big West Conference, four scholar-athlete awards from the Big West Conference and eight COSIDA Academic All-America, District VIII honors.

Sano also has extensive junior club coaching experience and is the founder and co-director for the Ocean's Elite Juniors Volleyball Club.

He earned his bachelor's degree in speech communications and his teaching credential from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo.  He and his wife Misty have two children, Markus and Madison.

	Annie Hofmans
	Assistant Volleyball Coach anne-marie.hofmans@laverne.edu

Annie Hofmans is in her first season with the Leopard program after concluding her playing career at Cal Poly Pomona.

Hofmans played four seasons with the Broncos, starting three seasons at the outside hitter position.  She served as captain on the 2008 squad as a senior and was a Second Team All-CCAA selection and an All-West Region Tournament Team pick.  A Glendora native, Hofmans prepped at St. Lucy's Priory and was a three-year letterwinner.