Baron Volleyball Coaches
Adam Cutrell
Adam Cutrell is currently the Head Girls & Boys Volleyball Coach at Fountain Valley High School (3rd Year) and coaches for Surf City Girls Volleyball Club & The HBC Boys Volleyball Club.
Adam has been a volleyball addict his entire life. His earliest team pictures are from church leagues when he was still a tween. Coach Cutrell played volleyball for Ocean View High School in Huntington Beach, CA. In one game he served ten jump serve aces in a row. His days playing high school and college volleyball, at GoldenWest and Utah Valley State College, have given him the experience to pass on valuable information and techniques to athletes currently in that phase of life.
Adam began his coaching career in his early twenties at Ocean View High School. He taught and trained the Freshman/Sophomore girl’s team as well as assisting with the Varsity team. The players learned valuable volleyball skills as well as life skills. One of Coach Cutrell’s special talents is connecting with the players. He is able to talk to the girls on their terms and in ways that they understand. Also he is more than willing to get on the court and demonstrate as well. Besides Ocean View High School, Coach Cutrell has run several club teams. He has coached multiple age divisions at Surf City. More than a dozen graduates of Coach Cutrell’s teams at Ocean View and Surf City have gone on to play at four year institutions , including Ivy League Schools.
Coach Cutrell also has Championship experience with Orange Coast College. During his time at Orange Coast, the team won back-to-back State Championships. Adam also helped place more than 30 players in Division I institutions. Chuck Cutenese, the head coach at Orange Coast called Adam, “One of the brightest stars in coaching today.”
Adam has also trained a high ranking team on the AVP Tour. Coaching a professional beach volleyball team has given him a broader exposure to the sport and to the most talented volleyball athletes in the world. The NCAA will soon add Beach Volleyball to its list of sports. Adam’s experience will be invaluable to college bound athletes that would like to pursue that new and exciting opportunity.
Coach Cutrell believes that life is a balance. Athletes need to train hard, study hard, and live a moral life. He is an educator first and foremost. Adam uses the volleyball court as a forum not only to perfect athletic skills, but more importantly to improve life skills and values that will serves his athletes long after they leave his tutelage.
Coach Cutrell lives in Huntington Beach, CA with his wife, AnnMarie, and their five children. AnnMarie was never much of a volleyball fan but has been converted. The kids play volleyball in the living room and are waiting for the day when they are old enough to go to dad’s work and play on one of his teams.
Recent Accomplishments
2015 Open Silver Metal, The HBC 18-Adam
2012 OPEN GOLD MEDAL winning coach, The HBC 15-Adam.
2012 Orange County Register, Coach Of The Year
2012 CIF DIV 1 Boys Volleyball
2011 Open Silver Medal, The HBC 16-Adam
Amber Ridens
Amber is in her third year coaching at her Alma Mater, Fountain Valley. It is her second year assisting Boys and Girls Varsity. She coached the Boys FS team her during first year. Prior to Fountain Valley, she coached the Girls FS at Marina High School. In addition to high school volleyball, Amber spent 2 years coaching at Surf City Volleyball Club.
Amber began her volleyball career at the age of 10 when she joined Orange County Volleyball Club. As a sophomore in High School, Amber joined TCA Volleyball Club. She competed at the Junior Olympics as well as becoming a member of the Junior National Team. Amber earned three varsity letters at Fountain Valley High School, graduating in 2006. She was also a two-time All-Sunset League selection, including first-team considerations as a senior. Amber earned MVP honors in both her Junior and Senior Year. In addition, she received a nomination for the Coronet Award in her senior year.
Amber had a very successful college career at Concordia University where she was a two-time All-GSAC and NAIA All-American honoree. She was a member of the NAIA All-Tournament team twice. Amber still holds the record at Concordia for a match high 36 kills.
After completing her education, Amber traveled to Europe, playing in Slovenia and Italy. She then signed to play in Svedala, Sweden where she played professionally as a member of the Swedish Volleyball League.
Amber is currently teaching Physical Education at Carden Hall in Newport Beach. Amber has completed her Education and will be awarded her Masters Degree in Coaching and Coaching Administration from Concordia University in Irvine in May 2016.
When not teaching PE or coaching volleyball, Amber can be found spending time with her niece Heidi or at Angels Stadium cheering on her favorite team, the Angels.
Dillon Emery
Dillon is the Junior Varsity Coach for both the 2016 boys team and was the girls FS coach for the 2015 season.
Luke Pope
Luke Pope is a new coach to Fountain Valley. He is coaching the Boys Fresh/Soph team for the 2016 season.
Luke played at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, and after graduation, he went and continued to play at Santa Barbara, Golden West, and finished at Concordia University Irvine.
While he is new to coaching at Fountain Valley, Luke is not new to coaching. He has coached at Huntington Christian, Sowers Middle School, and currently coaches club at Surf City and The HBC.
We are excited to have Luke join the Baron squad!