Our Coaches

Stef Wigfall

Head Co Coach 17 Gold
Co Founder CITY Sports

• Co Founder of CITY Sports and Volleyball Club
• 2020/21 Head Coach 15 Stef and won 5th in the nation in Open Division
• Sierra Canyon Head Coach of Girls' Volleyball since 2013
• Won 5 League Championships @ SC, Won Back to Back CIF Southern California Championships at SC, Won Sierra Canyon’s first CIF California Division II State Championship
• Named 14’s Coach of the Year in 2017 by the AVCA, Named Cal-Hi Coach of the Year in 2017
• Twice Named Daily News Coach of the Year, Twice Named CIF-SS Coach of the Year (Division II and III)

Mitch Kallick

Head Coach 18 Gold

• 15 years of Collegiate Coaching experience
• 5 years of Club Coaching experience
• Played collegiately at NYU, being awarded a spot on an ALL-EIVA team in each of his four years
• Recently inducted into the NYU Athletics Hall of Fame
• Spent 1 Year playing professionally in Portugal

Kat Luft

Head Co Coach 17 Gold

• Outside Hitter and Beach Player at University of Georgia (2009-2012) and Loyola Marymount University (2012-2014)
• 2-Time All-WCC First Team
• Played 2 years overseas professionally in Switzerland and France
• Played in NORCECA World Championship Qualification for USA Women’s National Team 2014 w/ 3 appearances in the CCAA tournament (3rd place in 2017 & 2018 & 2nd place in 2019)
• Coached girls club teams at both Sports Academy and Sunshine Westside winning a Nationals Gold medal in Patriot Division with 18s Sunshine
• Helped lead California State University, Los Angeles Women's volleyball team to NCAA tournament in 2018 and 2019

Nicole Efseaff

• Captain and Starting Setter for Cal State LA
• All-Academic Team for CCAA 2 years
• Golden Eagle Award Recipient at Cal State LA
• 2 Year Captain and First Team All Big 8 Conference Honoree at Sierra College
• Team Captain and All-Start Northern California Honoree at Pleasant Valley High School, Chico, CA

Ryan Duncan

Head Coach 16 Gold

• 2020/21 CITY Head Coach 16 and 14 Ryan
• Head Coach of Oakwood High School Varsity Boys' and Girls for last 6 years
• Director of Volleyball of Oakwood Middle School
• Won CIF Championship 2019 for first time in Oakwood history and named Coach of the Year
• Played Setter, Outside Hitter and Opposite in High School

Taylor Tattersall

Assistant Coach 16 Gold

• 2021/22 CITY Assistant Coach 15 Gold and 12 Gold
• NAIA 2nd Team All-Conference - Lindenwood University Belleville
• 2015 CCCAA State Champions - Santa Monica College/All State Tournament MVP
• 2x Junior National silver medalist - Open Division
• Aspiring Special Education Teacher
• High passion for motivating youth to reach highest potential on the court and in the classroom

Karl Rojo

• 2021/22 CITY Assistant Coach 16 Gold
• 2020/21 CITY Assistant Coach 15 Stef winning 5th in the Nation in Open Division
• 2019/20 CITY Assistant Coach 17 April
• Head Volleyball Boys Coach of Chaminade High School, West Hills, CA
• Played Libero in High School
• 6 years experience coaching girls and boys club teams

April Leyva

• 2021/22 CITY Co Head Coach 12 Gold
• 2020/21 CITY Head Coach 13 April
• 2019/2020 CITY Head Coach 17 April
• Played Libero and DS at Glendale Community College
• Coached 6 years at Sierra Canyon as JV Head Coach and Varsity Assistant Coach

Melissa Tindall

• 2021/22 Head Coach 12 Gold
• 2020/21 CITY Head Coach 12 Mel and played in American Division at Nationals in Las Vegas
• Club coach for 9 years
• 2017 coached Sunshine 13 Westside team at Junior Nationals in Minneapolis
• 2016 team won Gold Medal at 2016 Far Western JNQ in Reno
• 2009-2011 Setter/Libero for Santa Monica College

Darrin Phillips

Heach Coach

• 10 years coaching for Sierra Canyon Girls' Varsity team
• 5 years coaching club volleyball
• Club team won a gold medal in USA division in 2018 at the Junior Nationals
• As a player won 2-time first team all CIF Division 1
• Played club at LAAC (Los Angeles Athletic Club)