2018-2019 Fall Program

Centerville Girls Volleyball
Centerville Welcomes New Girls Volleyball Head Coach and Program Director John Buck
Coach Buck has coached volleyball for over 30 years and 20
as the head coach of Toledo St Ursula High School. Under his
tutelage his teams accumulated 477 wins and 69 losses, won
15 league championships, 15 district titles, 12 regional crowns,
four state runner ups and two state championships. His peers
have selected him six times as the D1 state coach of the year,
12 times as the district coach of the year and 11 times as the
league coach of the year.
Coach Buck was also one of the three founding fathers of the
Toledo Volleyball Club. His duties included club director for 12
years, and various coaching assignments from age brackets
13’s to 18’s based on the needs of the club. Most years he
coached the 14-1 team.
Up until 2016, Coach Buck was resident of the Toledo, Ohio
area, hence his love for Detroit Tigers, Lions, Pistons and Red
Wings, and just to the North is his favorite University - Michigan.
Coach retired from Consumers Energy and relocated with his
wife Pamela and daughter Sarah to Bellbrook, Ohio to be close
to their daughter Michelle, her husband Sam and their five
children.
Coach Buck is looking forward to being part of building a strong
volleyball program here at Centerville High School. He believes
it is important to create a competitive atmosphere where there
is no fear of failure, where the players play for their teammates
first, and at the same time challenge each other, in a positive
way to be the best versions of themselves both on and off the
court.
Coach Buck’s philosophy is fairly simple, “There are no short
cuts to the top” You want to excel at anything you have to be
willing to put in the time and effort to make it happen.
Coach Buck is excited about his coaching staff, this staff is
going to help move the program forward, let’s meet them.
MEGGIE MARTEN - VARSITY ASSISTANT COACH
Meggie Marten. Coach Marten will be in charge of our back row
defense and our serve receive. She attended Bowling Green
High School and went to Baldwin-Wallace College where she
continued her volleyball career. While in college she played
outside hitter and libero her last three years. Her senior year,
she was recognized as the Ohio Athletic Conference Libero of
the Year.
She has spent the last 10 years in Charlotte, North Carolina
where she has taught physical education and coached
volleyball at various levels and clubs. The past four years,
Coach Marten has been the director of volleyball and varsity
volleyball coach for Cannon School. There, her team won a
conference championship and finished third in the state two
years in a row for the North Carolina Independent Schools
Athletic Association.
Coach Marten is looking forward to moving back to her home
state and continuing her coaching career at Centerville High
School.
ERIN GEYER - JUNIOR VARSITY HEAD COACH
Prior to accepting a position at Centerville High School, Coach
Geyer was a three-year head coach at Centralia Christian. For
two years she was the club owner of Lewis Jaguars and a head
coach at the club. Prior to that, she was a four-year assistant
coach at Angola High/ Middle School and five-year head coach
with Team Pineapple Volleyball Club for open level teams. With
Team Pineapple Volleyball Club her teams won many high-level
tournaments as well as national qualifiers.
Coach Geyer was born and raised just north of Fort Wayne,
Indiana. She is a graduate of Leo High School and Taylor
University. For the majority of her playing career, she played
outside hitter and defensive specialist achieving 4-year letter
winner, All Tourney and Conference Teams, 2 year Captain and
set the record for kills in a single season. Coach Geyer and her
family moved to Centerville in February 2018.
Coach Buck
Coach Ryan
Coach Geyer
Coach Marten
Coach Geyer is excited to be a part of building a volleyball
culture of excellence at Centerville High School.
LAURA RYAN - FRESHMEN HEAD COACH
Coach Ryan is a graduate of Centerville High School where
she played. She was a varsity starter for 3 years, 1st team all
conference her senior year as well as being placed onto the All
Star Team. She currently resides in Centerville with her husband
Mark and their daughters, Tatum and Tanley.
She has been a coach within the Centerville district for 5 years in
the girls and boys volleyball programs. Coach Ryan is currently
coaching the Freshman girls and JVB Boys teams.
When the opportunity to coach at her alma mater presented
itself she could not turn it down. She is proud and excited to be
a coach and give back to the program that gave her so much.
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