18-1 Head Coach

Alex Oakes

Coaching Experience:

• M1 18-1's (2022-Present)
• M1 17-2's (2021-2022)
• M1 16-3's (2020-2021)
• M1 16-Blue (2019-2020)
• M1 16-White (2018-2019)
• Fall League 8th Gr Coach (2020 and 2021)

Coaching Highlights:

• Winning the Rochester Cup in 2021
• Beating MN Select 16-Black in the Rochester Cup 
• My favorite thing to see is when a skill finally clicks for one of my players and I see their eyes light up and they are so happy they made the change

Playing Experience:

• Cloquet High School (Varsity - 5 yr starter)
• Univ of Minnesota Crookston - setter (2015 - 2018) 

Education:

• BS in Business Management 

Personal Information:

• I grew up in Cloquet, MN (near Duluth) and now live in St. Paul, MN
• Retail Channel Sales Rep at Sparboe Farms 
• When I am not coaching I am playing. I still love the game and can be very competitive :) 
• I enjoy being together with friends and family when I am not playing or coaching VB 

Favorite VB Moment: 

• Getting the chance to play a team we have lost to in the past and beating them