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The 2025 AU Pro Volleyball Championship isn’t just about 44 of the globe’s top professional women volleyball players—it’s also built on coaching strength. This season, Athletes Unlimited has brought together five esteemed coaches to mentor, guide, and collaborate with player-captains throughout the tournament. With names like Kayla Banwarth, Joseph Trinsey, Fernando Morales, Alisha Glass Childress, and Beau Lawler in the mix, the chessboard of strategy, development, and leadership just got a lot more interesting.

Weekly Coaching Rotations & Roles

Every week, the four captains—selected from top performers—will draft their teams. Alongside them, four coaches will be paired up, one per captain, to assist in coaching duties. These coaches are not just symbolic; they bring serious experience. Whether it’s drafting lineups, creating practice routines, analyzing matchups, or crafting scouting reports, each coach can either share responsibilities with their captain or take a heavier load, depending on what the captain prefers. Meanwhile, Beau Lawler fills a broader role as Player Development Coach, available to all teams to help players with skill refinement and growth throughout the competition.

Coach Profiles: Who They Are & What They Bring

Kayla Banwarth returns to AU, having previously served in 2023, and now coaching with renewed reputation, including leading the Atlanta Vibe in the Major League Volleyball season. Her background includes NCAA tournament turnarounds at Ole Miss and experience as a high-level libero for the U.S. National Team, winning gold at the 2014 World Championship and bronze in the 2016 Olympics. Her strength lies in defense, reading the game, and building resilient teams.

Joseph Trinsey enters his fourth season as an AU coach. He has a strong coaching history domestically and internationally—including NCAA programs and pro leagues in Korea and Germany. With a record in AU that shows both wins and adaptability, Trinsey is known for his tactical awareness and ability to develop younger players.

Fernando Morales is a first-season AU coach but far from inexperienced. He coaches national teams (Puerto Rico, South Korea) and has guided college teams (like Evansville). As a former setter and national team captain, Morales brings both leadership and technical skill, particularly in setting and transitions.

Alisha Glass Childress transitions into coaching after years as a player in AU and overseas. Her resume includes NCAA championships, USA team experience, leadership on the court and in Player Executive roles. She understands setters deeply, as well as court vision and communication—key components in a player-draft and captain-coaching model.

Beau Lawler serves as Player Development Coach, meaning he’s not tied to just one captain or team. His role is to work on skills, wellness, technical improvements across all players. His experience spans college programs (including very strong ones) and club coaching, giving him broad insight into different playing styles, athletic systems, and what helps individual players grow.

Why Coaching Matters in Athletes Unlimited’s Model

Athletes Unlimited is designed around player-first principles. Players draft their teams weekly, have influence over certain decisions, and score points both for themselves and their teams. Coaches are facilitators and mentors, not dictators. They support captains—but captains can choose how much they rely on their coach. This flexibility enables different leadership styles, and allows players to learn and adapt. The coach’s role shifts: some weeks they may lead practices and strategy; other weeks they might step back.

Having five skilled coaches enhances the competitive and developmental environment. With AU’s condensed format, players who want to improve quickly need constructive feedback, strong tactical preparations, and good work during brief practice windows—and these coaches provide that scaffolding.

Expectations, Challenges & What to Watch

With the coaching staff set, several storylines will be worth following:

How captains and their assigned coaches work together. Will some captains take full control? Will others rely heavily on coaching input?

Matchups where coaching decisions—like scouting reports, lineup changes, rotation tweaks—could swing tight games. Coaches with broader experience (like Morales or Trinsey) may show their depth here.

Player development across the season: which players tend to improve visibly week to week, possibly due to effective coaching.

The influence of Beau Lawler’s Player Development role: whether his contribution lifts the baseline for all players, and how that affects competitive balance.

Challenges may include limited practice time, fatigue, and managing team chemistry amid weekly roster changes. Also, coaches must balance guiding players and allowing captains freedom, which may vary in effectiveness depending on the duo.

The Tournaments & Stakes

The 2025 AU Pro Volleyball Championship spans several venues: Omaha, Nebraska (Liberty First Credit Union Arena) from October 1-15, and Madison, Wisconsin (Alliant Energy Center) from October 22-November 3. Forty-four elite athletes will compete: national team stars, all-league veterans, and younger rising players. Everyone is chasing prestige, performance, and improvement—not just wins, but personal impact. Coaches will be crucial in maximizing both.

What This Means More Broadly

Athletes Unlimited’s structure—with rotating captains, player drafted teams, flexible coaching involvement—challenges traditional league models. These coaches aren’t only preparing teams for matches, they are guiding individual growth, influencing how professional female volleyball players experience competition.

In a landscape where women’s sports are pushing for better pay, more visibility, more agency, this format puts power with players while giving high-level coaching support. It could influence other leagues or inspire changes in how coaching and leadership are structured across professional women’s sports.

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The 2025 coaching lineup for Athletes Unlimited Pro Volleyball Championship isn’t just a supporting cast; it’s central cast. With Banwarth, Trinsey, Morales, Glass Childress, and Lawler, the season promises tight competition, visible growth, and leadership that flexes to meet player needs. As the matches begin and captains step up, there will be much to learn—not just for players, but for anyone invested in how coaching can evolve in women’s sports.

Fixture list for the matches happening in Kochi:

Matchday 1 | 2-Feb-19 | Saturday | Kochi Blue Spikers Vs U Mumba Volley

Matchday 2 | 3-Feb-19 | Sunday | Calicut Heroes Vs Chennai Spartans

Matchday 3 | 4-Feb-19 | Monday | Ahmedabad Defenders Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad

Matchday 4 | 5-Feb-19 |Tuesday | Calicut Heroes Vs U Mumba Volley

Matchday 5 | 6-Feb-19 | Wednesday | Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Ahmedabad Defenders

Matchday 6 | 7-Feb-19 | Thursday | Chennai Spartans Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad

Matchday 7 | 8-Feb-19 | Friday | Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad

Matchday 8 | 9-Feb-19 | Saturday | Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Calicut Heroes

Matchday 9 | 10-Feb-19 | Sunday | Calicut Heroes Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad

Matchday 10 | 11-Feb-19 | Monday | Kochi Blue Spikers Vs Chennai Spartans

Matchday 11 | 12-Feb-19 | Tuesday | U Mumba Volley Vs Blackhawks Hyderabad

Matchday 12 | 13-Feb-19 | Wednesday | Calicut Heroes Vs Ahmedabad Defenders

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Fixture list for the matches happening in Chennai:

Matchday 13 | 16-Feb-19 | Saturday | Chennai Spartans Vs U Mumba Volley

Matchday 14 | 17-Feb-19 | Sunday | Chennai Spartans Vs Ahmedabad Defenders

Matchday 15 | 18-Feb-19 | Monday | U Mumba Volley Vs Ahmedabad Defenders

Matchday 16 | 19-Feb-19 | Tuesday | Semi Final 1

Matchday 17 | 20-Feb-19 | Wednesday | Semi Final 2

Matchday 18 | 22-Feb-19 | Friday | Final

Participating Teams

Ahmedabad Defenders – Owned by Bonhomie Sports Event Mgmt. Ltd. the team from the state of Gujarat would look to make a splash in the first season with two-star icon players Ranjit Singh and Gurinder Singh in their ranks along with the Serbian import Novica Bjeilca .

Calicut Heroes – Built around American Olympian Paul Lotman and the heartthrob of Indian Volleyball, Jerome Vinith, Beacon Sports owned Calicut Heroes is a franchise that will draw inspiration from the passion for the game in the city. That means they have bottomless reserves of passion to draw from.

Chennai Spartans – A city that has a successful team in every sports league of the country, Chennai would be looking for nothing less than the title in Season 1 of Pro Volleyball League. And much to the city’s joy, with Icon player Akhin GS having the support of veterans like Naveen Raja Jacob and Vibin George, they look every bit a contender.

Black Hawks Hyderabad – The Hawks have taken to the skies with some big names to boast about in Season 1. The team owned by Agile Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. have American Carson Clark in their lineup along with big auction buys like Muthu Samy, Aswal Rai, and Rohit Kumar to boot.

Kochi Blue Spikers – Another team from Kerala and no lack of passion for Volleyball here either. And the passion will only increase when they are represented by the two stars of Indian Volleyball in February – Mohan Ukkrapandian and Prabhagaran S. Not to forget, their draft pick was two-time Olympic medalist David Lee.