MIAMI WAVE
VOLLEYBALL
OUR
TEAM
Marco
Paglialunga
Club Director
Technical Director
Marco Paglialunga has 25+ years of volleyball experience as a coach. He coached the Italian Women's National Teams for 8 years as Assistant and Head Coach of the Youth, Junior, and Senior Teams, collecting 8 International Medals and one World Cup in 2011.
Marco also coached for 4 years in the Italian Serie A, the best professional league in the world, and he collected 4 National Championships while coaching junior clubs.
In his tenure at Menlo School (CA), his team won one State Championship (2016), two League Titles, and three Northern California Tournament appearances; in 2017, he was named California Rookie Coach of the Year.
His former players play now in many collegiate programs (Stanford, UW, Brown, Yale, Cal, and many others) and in many professional leagues around the globe.
Marco is currently the Varsity Head Coach and Associate Athletic Director at Carrollton School of Sacred Heart in Miami.
He is married to Mia Causevic, a former pro volleyball player and director at Miami Wave VB Club; Marco and Mia have two daughters, Nina and Luna.
6 Times Italian Champion
1 California High School State Championship
1 Time California Coach of the Year
10 National Medals
1 Time World Champion
1 Olympic Qualifications
8 International Medals (Europe/World)
8 Years Italian National Team Coach
4 Years Italian Professional League Coach
HONORS AND AWARDS
CLUB DIRECTOR
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
MIA
CAUSEVIC
Club Director
Technical Director
Mia Causevic comes from a family of high-level volleyball players (both her parents played professionally for several years, and her father Nurko was one of the top players in the world, a pillar of the Yugoslavian National Team).
She started playing when she was 10 years old and quickly became one of the top players in Croatia. When she was 14, she was recruited and got under contract with Teodora Ravenna, one of the top clubs in the Italian Pro League (Serie A), which started her Italian career.
While playing, she got her BA in Fashion at NABA and then started her career in education and fashion at the Fashion School - NABA in Milan in 2010.
She moved to Miami in 2019, where she founded Miami Wave Volleyball together with her husband, Marco Paglialunga, and she is currently the Assistant Chair at the Fashion Institute at MDC.
She is married to Marco, a former Italian National Teams coach and director at Miami Wave VB Club; Mia and Marco have two daughters, Nina and Luna.
3 Times Junior Italian Finalist
2 Times Junior Croatian Champion
1 Time MVP Jr Italian National Championship
One of the Youngest Pro Players in Europe to reach Serie A (14 yo)
10+ Years Pro Player
HONORS AND AWARDS
CLUB DIRECTOR
LITTLE WAVES COORDINATOR
BRAND MANAGER
OUR ADMIN STAFF
OUR COACHING STAFF
MIA CAUSEVIC
U11 TEAL HEAD COACH
STEVEN SORIANO
U12 TEAL HEAD COACH
U17 AQUA HEAD COACH
VANESSA PHYAKEO
U12 BLACK NORTH HEAD COACH
U15 BLACK NORTH HEAD COACH
LIO GONZALEZ
U13 BLACK HEAD COACH
U16 AQUA ASSIST. COACH
RANDI GONZALEZ
U14 TEAL HEAD COACH
WAVE TRAINING HEAD COACH
MARCO PAGLIALUNGA
U16 AQUA HEAD COACH
DANNY ZAMBRANO
U12 BLACK ASSIST. COACH
U16 TEAL ASSIST. COACH
MICHAEL FLYNN
U14 TEAL ASSIST. COACH
WAVE TRAINING ASSIST. COACH
BOBBY CLAPP
U12 TEAL ASSIST. COACH
U17 AQUA ASSIST. COACH
SIENNA AGUIAR
U13 AQUA ASSIST. COACH
JOSH GARAVITO
U11 PINK ASSIST. COACH
U15 BLACK ASSIST. COACH
ABBY CASIANO
U11 PINK HEAD COACH
U13 TEAL MIZ HEAD COACH
KRISTINA HILL
U12 BLACK HEAD COACH
JO AGUIAR
U13 AQUA HEAD COACH
PETRA BRKCIC
U13 BLACK NORTH HEAD COACH
PEDRO GONZALEZ
U14 BLACK HEAD COACH
U11 TEAL ASSIST. COACH
RYAN RANERO
U16 TEAL HEAD COACH
DAGO SIFONTES
U11 VIOLET ASSIST. COACH
U14 BLACK ASSIST. COACH
MCKAYLA THELEUS
U13 BLACK MIZ ASSIST. COACH
WAVE TRAINING NORTH COACH
TAYLOR POLIVKA
LITTLE WAVES ASSIST. COACH
WAVE TRAINING ASSIST. COACH
KAILYN ALTHAGE
U12 BLACK MIZ ASSIST. COACH
SONIA SINKOVA
U12 BLACK NORTH ASSIST. COACH
U15 BLACK NORTH ASSIST. COACH
VANESSA TRUJILLO
U11 VIOLET HEAD COACH
LITTLE WAVES HEAD COACH
MATT ALTHAGE
U12 BLACK MIZ HEAD COACH
ALANNA PEREZ
U13 TEAL HEAD COACH
U15 BLACK HEAD COACH
CATHRYN SCHARA
U14 AQUA HEAD COACH
JOSH PEREZ
U15 AQUA HEAD COACH
WAVE SOUTH HEAD COACH
KRIS DIAZ
WAVE TRAINING HEAD COACH
PAULA MORENO
U13 TEAL ASSIST. COACH
U14 AQUA ASSIST. COACH
GAIA REIDMULLER
U12 TEAL ASSIST. COACH
U17 AQUA ASSIST. COACH
ZACH HENRY
U13 BLACK ASSIST. COACH
U16 AQUA ASSIST. COACH
VALERIA CLEMENTE
U11 PINK ASSIST. COACH
U14 TEAL MIZ ASSIST. COACH