Jeff Sears is in his 20th year as a director with the Mark Cresse School of Baseball. Jeff enters his 16th year as South County Director and 20th with Mark Cresse School of Baseball. After being an assistant coach for Division III national power Chapman University for 3 years, Jeff is in his first year as head varsity baseball coach at Laguna Beach High School. Jeff has previously coached at his alma mater, Cal State Dominguez Hills, and University High School.

Mark Cresse had a 22 year reign as coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers through 1998. The Dodgers captured 5 National League pennants and 2 World Series titles in his long and distinguished career. In 1984 Mark founded his unique training program and branded it Mark Cresse Camp. He began with 140 ballplayers and one camp site and have since grown to six camp sites and more than 2,000 ballplayers in 2008. More importantly, as the competition has increased in baseball camps, Mark Cresse has become Southern California's most respected baseball camp because parents understand the true value and quality of the program he offers.

The Mark Cresse School of Baseball difference is Mark Cresse. This unique individual takes great pride in the personal care and attention given to every ballplayer's well-being. Obsessed with detail, perfection, and an uncompromised work ethic, Mark founded the camp with the philosophy, "If the camp is going to have my name on it, it better stand for everything I believe in." The Cresse "Mark of Approval" encompasses the entire business from coaching staff and facilities, to equipment, and vehicle safety. A visit to any of our 6 facilities and you will immediately understand the "Cresse difference".

Director and Head Coach Lance Stewart was a CIF Champion and CIF Player of the Year as well as a 2x Junior Olympic Champion and Junior Olympics MVP as a player

As a Coach Lance has 4 CIF Titles, 2 State Titles and 2 National Championships as a Head High School Volleyball Coach at Laguna Beach and Corona Del Mar High Schools.

He is currently the Head Boys and Girls Volleyball Coach at Laguna Beach High School, where his girls team is back to back CIF Champions

Combined High School coaching record of 375 – 125 (Laguna Beach and Corona Del Mar)

Charlie Brande begins his ninth season as the head coach of the UCI women's volleyball team. In 2007 five Anteaters were named to All-Big West teams under Brande

In seven seasons, Brande has tutored 27 All-Big West Conference selections and seven of his players have amassed 14 Player of the Week awards. Two Anteaters, Kelly Wing and Amanda Vazquez, were named AVCA All-Americans while Wing became UCI's first Big West Player of the Year in the sport of women's volleyball in 2004.

Brande began his UCI coaching career as the head coach of the men's program. Serving as the Director of Volleyball from 1999-2002. In 1999 Brande was awarded Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year honors after his team recorded wins over then-No. 1 Long Beach State, No. 2 UCLA and No. 7 Hawaii. He produced 10 All-MPSF honorees as well as three All-Americans in his tenure.

Brande is a prominent figure in club volleyball, serving as the Orange County Volleyball Club's director since 1982. In that 24-year span, he has administered 29 national championship teams and produced over 300 collegiate women's volleyball players, including 16 NCAA All-Americans. Thirteen of 19 Club Cups have been won under the OCVBC banner and several former players remain prominent figures in volleyball today. Several collegiate coaches have passed through OCVBC, including Long Beach State's Debbie Green-Vargas, Wellesley's Dorothy Webb and former Indiana coach Elaina Oden. Former national team players Bev Oden and Jenny Evans, AVP pro Rachel Wacholder and former USC standout April Ross all competed under Brande during their club years.

Brande also retains his connections to men's and boys volleyball as well. As the director of the Balboa Bay Volleyball Club since 1976, Brande won 25 national titles and sent more than 90 players to the men's collegiate ranks.

Winner of the FIVB’s Best Passer Award at the ’89 World Cup, Tanner played on the U.S. Team for three years (1987-’90) and was a member of the 1988 U. S. Men’s Gold Medal team at the Seoul Olympics. A 3-time All-American at Pepperdine, Tanner was named the Collegiate Freshman of the Year and was part of two NCAA Championship teams. He was named the AVP Rookie of the Year in 1992 and picked up honors for the Defensive Player of the Year and the Most Improved Player in 1997. Currently, Tanner is an assistant coach for the U.S. Men’s National Team and also coaches the girls and boys teams at JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano. Previously he was an assistant coach at BYU, helping the team to two NCAA championships.

Karch Kiraly says . . . “Troy is one of those rare players who could – and did – play every position, doing whatever it took to help his team improve. That intimate knowledge of each position gives him a huge advantage as a coach. He’s also one of the few coaches I’ve seen enter a program and make a difference – he did it at BYU, and he continues to do it today.”

Tom has been studying and competing in Martial Arts and Wrestling for nearly 30 years and is an experienced instructor of Pro Wrestling, Japanese Puroresu, Mexican Lucha Libre and Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). He is a veteran of more than 1000 matches/bouts around the world and has appeared regularly on TV and Pay-Per-View. Tom has experience in virtually every aspect of Pro Wrestling and MMA as it relates to Film and TV.

Tom’s career highlights include:

· Veteran Performer/Competitor in Pro Wrestling, Mixed Martial Arts and Kickboxing for worlds top companies including WWE, Zero One, UFO, K1, Cage Rage, IFL, All Japan, Noah, IGF & AAA

· Former US Heavyweight Champion in wrestling and NWA Tag Champion in Japan

· Instructor/Host of Ultimate Pro Wrestling Training, the industries leading instructional series w/ students including John Cena & Samoa Joe

· Featured in shows on Discovery Channel, TLC, MTV, CMT, VH1, WB, Fox and USA

· Experienced Actor, Stuntman, Producer, Technical Producer, Action Coordinator, and Fight Scene Choreographer with credits in Film, TV and Commercials.

· Trainer of actors & celebrities for Film & TV, such as Jack Black for “Nacho Libre,” and Dennis Rodman, Butterbean and Danny Bonaduce for Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling.

Tom combines hands-on experience in the Mixed Martial Arts & Pro Wrestling industries with experience in Film & TV, on camera and behind the scenes, to bring the highest levels of reality, professionalism and expertise to every project.

Jason Wright is one of the finest basketball trainers in the United States. He brings a strong sense of discipline and creativity to the hardwood. His students are some of the most fundamentally sound AAU, high school, collegiate and professional basketball players in the world. As a former Division 1 student athlete at the University of New Orleans, Jason earned the respect from his peers through his intense work ethic and hard-nosed approach to the game. He has competed against such NBA greats as Derek Fisher, Allen Iverson and Jason Kidd, played professionally overseas in Europe, and was a successful walk-on at the Seattle Supersonics training camp before seriously injuring his achilles tendon. In 2001, he formed JW Basketball and since that time has become Southern California's premier basketball trainer.