Yelena Nash

15+ years of teaching and coaching experience (12 yrs USA, 4 yrs International)
Currently Athletic Director and Varsity Women’s Head Coach at Notre Dame HS
Worked as an assistant coach & PE teacher at UC Santa Cruz
Helped the UCSC Women’s Volleyball team to win the ACAA Volleyball Championship in 2019 and to qualify for the NCAA Championship tournament in 2021
Volunteer at CSDH, helped to qualify for NCAA Tournament in 2018
Volunteer as Volleyball Coach at USA High Performance
Worked at an after-school athletics program at Los Alamitos Educational Foundation in SoCal
CIF Champions (Division III), CIF State Final (Division II), and achieved 1st Place in the Del Rey League in 2016 as a volleyball coach
Member of the Gold Medal Squared organization — America’s most respected Volleyball education resource
Played 5+ years of competitive international volleyball
Played for Azerbaijan Women’s Indoor and Sand Volleyball National teams as a team captain
Currently finishing a Master of Science in Physical Education at Azusa Pacific Univ.
Finished Bachelor of Physical Education & Sports, from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Physical Culture & Sports,
Finished Bachelor of Divinity, at the Moscow Soul Academy.
Currently is a Director of the Summer Nike Volleyball Programm at UC Santa Cruz
Mentor, Life- Coach, Mother and Wife