Warner University Men's Volleyball

Gomez has also coached college volleyball, the last being at Brevard Community College, now Eastern Florida State in Melbourne, Florida.  After three successful years, she resigned to help her newly adopted Russian, 7 year old daughter, Svetlana, transition to her new family. She is a USAV member; a USAV CAP III certified coach and an IMPACT Instructor, teaching and mentoring beginning level coaches for USA Volleyball in the Florida Region of USA Volleyball. Gomez was awarded the IMPACT Instructor of the Year by the Florida Region of USA Volleyball in 2014.  She has attended many coaches clinics, including the clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the clinic. Gomez represented the USA Volleyball Florida Regions as a High Performance Boys Coach at the competitive USA High Performance Boys Tournament in 2012 that took place in Iowa.  As the first assistant, Team Floridas 17U Mens team placed 4 of over 45 teams representing every USA volleyball region and 5 International teams.  Gomez was also chosen as the Brevard County Souths Head Coach, as well as an assistant coach, for the Brevard Countys All Star Volleyball Match for charity in 2010 and 2013. She was also named the Florida Coaches Athletic Associations District 8 Coach of the Year in 2012. Gomez helped to implement the Brevard County Space Coast Christian Athletic Associations intermediate volleyball division for 4 through 6 graders in 2010, and recommended adding a SCCAA Middle School division in 2013.   Gomez was voted Director of the SCCAA Middle School division and is the current Vice President of the SCCAAs K-6 grade division. Her accomplishments included writing the SCCAA Middle School Conference Athletic Handbook. Gomez has written several articles addressing youth sports and how coaches approach practices and competition. An article called, Changing Things Up was published in .  She has also developed a coaches mentoring brochure to assist local coaches in utilizing verbal cues for correct skill development for the novice to the intermediate youth athlete. Gomez is currently working with The Florida Region of USA Volleyball as the Sitting Volleyball Cadre, running clinics to introduce and implement programs for the abled and disabled athletes within the Florida Region.  She has recently worked with USA Volleyball Olympic Coach, Bill Hamiter, at the first clinic hosted in Jacksonville Florida this past November.  Last summer, Gomez was named the first assistant coach for the ARMYs Sitting Volleyball Team Trials that took place at West Point, N.Y. Linda Gomez was born and raised in Miami, Florida.  She graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelors Degree in Physical Education and a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University.  Linda and her husband, John, have been married for 23 years and have three children;  21 year old Katie, a Dental Assistant working in Orlando, 19 year old Johnny, a Kinesiology Major and Mens Volleyball Libero at George Mason University and sweet, 17 year old Svetlana.    High Performance Coaches Gold Medal Squared Coaching th th th th Volleyball Ace Magazine

Benson brings an extensive volleyball background to the Royals program that has reached the NAIA National Invitational Tournament three times in the last four years.  Steve Benson is one of the nations top volleyball coaches, said Athletic Director Kevin Jones.  His passion to grow the sport and mentor student-athletes made him an ideal fit for Warner University. Most recently Benson has served as the Sport Development Manager for the Florida Region of USA Volleyball; a position hes held since 2011.  During his time with USA Volleyball, Benson has emerged as the longest serving Team Florida Indoor HP All-Star coach and has assisted USA Volleyball by leading HP tryouts and camps throughout the United States. During his tenure with Team Florida HP All-Stars, Benson led both girls and boys teams to a 1st, 3rd and 4th place finish at the USAV HP Championships.  He was the 1st Assistant Coach for the inaugural Florida WAVE womens pro volleyball team.  As the head coach for the Mens Florida WAVE team in 2013, the WAVE won the 85th U.S. Open and the first Pro Volleyball League championship. Prior to his time with USA Volleyball, Benson served as the head mens and womens coach at Eastern Mennonite University (Va.) from 2005-2011.  In his six seasons at the helm of the mens program, Benson compiled a 93-82 record and his teams broke 11 individual single season school records as well as seven team records. Benson got his collegiate coaching start at Lake-Sumter Community College from 2000-2003 as an assistant coach and was promoted to head coach from 2003-2005. Benson holds a bachelors degree in Physical Education K-12 from North Park University (Ill.) and a Masters of Education from Troy State University. Steve Benson Head Coach Benson brings an extensive volleyball background to the Royals program that has reached the NAIA National Invitational Tournament three times in the last four years.  Steve Benson is one of the nations top volleyball coaches, said Athletic Director Kevin Jones.  His passion to grow the sport and mentor student-athletes made him an ideal fit for Warner University. Most recently Benson has served as the Sport Development Manager for the Florida Region of USA Volleyball; a position hes held since 2011.  During his time with USA Volleyball, Benson has emerged as the longest serving Team Florida Indoor HP All-Star coach and has assisted USA Volleyball by leading HP tryouts and camps throughout the United States. During his tenure with Team Florida HP All-Stars, Benson led both girls and boys teams to a 1st, 3rd and 4th place finish at the USAV HP Championships.  He was the 1st Assistant Coach for the inaugural Florida WAVE womens pro volleyball team.  As the head coach for the Mens Florida WAVE team in 2013, the WAVE won the 85th U.S. Open and the first Pro Volleyball League championship. Prior to his time with USA Volleyball, Benson served as the head mens and womens coach at Eastern Mennonite University (Va.) from 2005-2011.  In his six seasons at the helm of the mens program, Benson compiled a 93-82 record and his teams broke 11 individual single season school records as well as seven team records. Benson got his collegiate coaching start at Lake-Sumter Community College from 2000-2003 as an assistant coach and was promoted to head coach from 2003-2005. Benson holds a bachelors degree in Physical Education K-12 from North Park University (Ill.) and a Masters of Education from Troy State University.