Coach Rico Guimaraes

SUMMARY

Successful volleyball coach with vast experience nationally and internationally.   

Presently: Developing a new Beach Volleyball Complex in the city Teresopolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  Entering his 10th year as a Head Coach and Evaluator for USA Beach Junior National Team and Co-owner and Technical Director of Carioca Volleyball Club    

Highlight of Beach Volleyball: 

• Gold, Silver and Bronze for Team USA at the USA High Performance Championship 2018 
• Bronze for Team USA at the World University Games in Munich, Germany 2018   
• Gold and Silver for Team USA at the World University Games in Parnu, Estonia in 2016.  
• Gold and Silver for Team USA at the FIVB Under 17 at Acapulco, Mexico in 2014.   

Helped bring two different NCAA Division 1 schools to the NCAA Championships from 2015-2018:

• Successfully brought First-Ever NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship Final Bid to Florida International University 2017 
• Reach the NCAA Inaugural National Championships while at Stetson University in 2016   

 Highlights of Indoor Volleyball:

•  Placed 6th in the World as an Assistant Coach of the Dutch National Women’s Team, Grand Prix 2005    
• Spanish Champion of the Liga FEV - Head Coach of Clube Volleyball Tenerife, Spain 2005  
• Served as a Professional Coach for 3 major European Clubs.  (2000 / 2009) 
• NCAA Division I Assistant Coach (2015 / 2016) 

SafeSport Trained - Certified since 2010    

As a player:  

• Professional Beach and Indoor Volleyball Player, USA, Brazil and The Netherlands.  
• Starting Member of the University of Hawaii Volleyball Team.  
• California State Champion, as the Captain of L.A. Pierce College Volleyball Team. 
• California Junior College First Team All-Conference for two consecutive years.

Proven leadership skills, with experience managing, mentoring teams, training coaches and operational staff. Multilingual proficiency: 

Fluent in English, Portuguese, Spanish and Italian. 

        “I have made Champions out of millennials.”   RG

PROFESSIONAL COACHING EXPERIENCES  

2018 – Present - Technical Director Carioca Volleyball Club, Hermosa Beach, CA    

TEAM USA VOLLEYBALL EXPERIENCE 

2010 – 2019 USA Beach Volleyball Junior Head Coach Boys and Girls

2014 – 2019 Boys National Head Coach (under 17) A-1 program  

• Gold, Silver and Bronze at the International High-Performance Championship in Hermosa Beach, August 2018
• Gold at the International High-Performance Championship in Hermosa Beach, August 2017 
• Gold and Silver at the High-Performance Championships in Hermosa Beach, July 2016
• Gold and Bronze at the High-Performance Championships in Hermosa Beach, July 2015
• Placed 9th and 13th at the FIVB World Championships in Acapulco, Mexico July 2014

2010 - 2019 USA Beach Volleyball High Performance Head Coach/ Recruiter/ Evaluator              

• Responsible for training and evaluating National Try-outs and Camps from ages of 15 through 26. 
• Coach and rank individual athletes for each specific National Volleyball Program.  
• Camps includes: 
• A1 – A4 USAV Junior Beach National Teams
• USAV Beach High Performance Teams 
• USAV Beach Elite Development Camps 
• USAV Beach Advanced Skills Camps 
• Regional Beach HP Teams  

2018 Head Coach for Team USA ( Men and Women)

Responsible for training and coaching 8 athletes to compete at the World University Championships  

• Women:  Bronze and 5th Place at the World University Games in Munich, Germany 
•  Men:  Placed 9h & 23rd   

2016 Men’s Head Coach & Women’s Assistant for Team USA

Responsible for training and coaching Team USA for the World University Championships 

• Women:  Gold and Silver at the World University Games in Parnu, Estonia,
•  Men:  Placed 13th & 23rd   

 2017/18 Head Collegiate Coach for Team USA Collegiate Rosecrans, Manhattan Beach, CA  

Inaugural USA Collegiate Training for the A1 program  

2014 Girl's Assistant Coach A-1 (under 17) for Team USA

• Gold and Silver at the FIVB World Championships in Acapulco, Mexico July 2014 

2014/15

• Gold, Silver and Bronze at the High-Performance Championships in Hermosa Beach

 2013 Head Coach of the USA Beach National Training Team (Men & Women) U19/U26 

• Evaluated trained and coached individual athletes to reach their top capacity
• Coached the non-travel A1 USA Team of every age group to compete at the World Championships in Hermosa Beach.     

COLLEGIATE COACHING EXPERIENCE 

2016/18 Assistant Beach Volleyball Coach Florida International University, Miami, Florida – NCAA Division 1  

• At the end of both beach seasons 2017 and 2018, FIU finished ranked Top 10 in the country according to the AVCA National Poll. 
• Back-to-back over 20-wins season 
• The 2017 was FIU’s best season in its history with a school record of 24 wins.  
• Advanced to the CCSA Championship match for the first time in program history.  

2015/16 Assistant Coach (Indoors and Beach) Stetson University, Deland, Florida - NCAA Division 1  

•  The 28 dual match victories set a school record and the team's 11-match winning streak tied a school record. 
• In 2016 with a 28-9 winning record and an at-large berth in the inaugural NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship.  
•  Stetson was the No.8 seed for the tournament and took No. 4 seed UCLA to the wire before falling 3-2.   

1992 – 1993

Graduate Assistant-Coach (indoors) University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii  

 OTHER PROFESSIONAL COACHING EXPERIENCES 

 2018 – 2019 Head of Project and Technical Director 

The Atlantic Project, Miami, Florida  2011 – 2013

Head Coach (Indoors) Team RockStar Gold Boys U18/17, Carson, California 

2007 – 2009 Head Coach (Indoors) The Netherlands Women’s National B Team Club Volleyball DELA Martinus 2, 1st Division Amstelveen, The Netherlands     

• Placed top 4 in the Dutch League 2008 • Champion of the Dutch League 2009. 
• Successfully trained 8 players to the National Team  Summer 

2005 Assistant Coach and Team Manager (indoors) The Netherlands Women’s National Team – World Grand Prix 2005, Asia 

• Placed 6th in the world        

2003 – 2007 Women’s Head Coach (indoors) Club Voleibol Tenerife (CVT) Liga FEV & Youth –Tenerife, Spain.       

• Champions of Spain First Division 2006. 
• Qualified to Superliga 2007/08
• 3 Times Champions of Tenerife 2004/05/06.  

Summer 2004 The Netherlands Women’s Beach Volleyball Head Coach FIVB  2001 – 2002

Men’s Second-Coach (indoors) Compaktuna 7 Islas Volleyball Club First Division, Canary Islands, Spain         

2000 – 2001 Women’s Second-Coach and Physical Trainer (indoors) Minetti / Veneto Banca Vicenza Volley 1st Division, Vicenza, Italy       

• Champions of Copa CEV Minetti Vicenza 2001
• Champions of International Volleyball Tournament “KEPATINI 2000”, Greece 
• Runner-up 16th Women’s International Volleyball
• Tournament of the City of Sanremo, Italy   

1998 – 1999 Assistant-Coach/ Player Under Proclaimed Pioneer Beach Coach Marco Freitas - Men’s Brazilian Beach National Team FIVB and CBV, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil                                                

PLAYING EXPERIENCE 

1992 – 1996 Professional Beach Player AVP and CBV Best finishes:  

7th at CBV – Victoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil

9th at AVP – Manhattan Open, California, USA

13th at AVP – Hermosa Beach, California, USA 

1997 – 1998 Professional Indoor Volleyball Player BREVOK, Breda, The Netherlands 

1990 – 1992 Starting Member of the University of Hawaii Volleyball Team University of Hawaii, Oahu, Hawaii 

1987 – 1989 Captain of L.A. Pierce College Volleyball Team  Los Angeles Pierce College, Woodland Hills, California Team 

Successes: 

1988 California State Junior College Champion  

Awards/Honors:  

1988 -1989 Junior College First Team All-Conference 

EDUCATION  

Bachelor of Arts, B.A. - Operational Events, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii 1995 

Master of Business Administration, M.B.A. - Canary Islands MBA Business School, Gran Canarias, Spain 2003   

TECHNICAL CERTIFICATES 

 USAV Membership Number – BA2144464MOA18  

SafeSport Certified since 2010 

CPR Certified - Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED – ID #GS9LFO – 2019  

NFHS Certified since 2010 

NCAA Eligibility Center Coaching Education 2012 & 2013 

USA IMPACT Certified Indoor and Beach since 2010  

USA Beach Volleyball CAP since 2010  

International Volleyball Credential CAP III  National Trainer - Real Federacion Espanola de Voleibol # 25.509 – Spain 2007 

Concussions in Sports v2.0 2011 

The Netherlands Indoor Volleyball Clinics Coach 2002/2008 

Volunteer work:  Special Olympics 1994