JESSE ORTIZ

HEAD COACH

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

MARIS BELOW

RECRUITING COORDINATOR

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

HANNAH BARRETT

ASSISTANT COACH

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

DESIRAE ORTIZ

CAMP DIRECTOR

JESSE ORTIZ

South Alabama’s Head Volleyball Coach, and the 2021 Sun Belt Coach of the Year and Southeast Region Coach of the year, Jesse Ortiz invites you to improve all areas of your game. Coach Jesse has over 20 years of coaching experience both at the club and collegiate level. He has coached over 52 teams collectively and helped many of them to Conference and National Championships including an NCAA Women’s Elite 8 appearance.

DESIRAE ORTIZ

Desirae Ortiz is going into her third year as JO Volleyball Camps camp director. She is in charge of planning, coordinating, and scheduling all of our volleyball summer camps. In addition, Desirae has over 15 years experience coaching volleyball at both at the collegiate and club level.

MARIS BELOW

Maris Below is in her third year of coaching at South Alabama and with JO Volleyball Camps. She focuses on defense and ball-handling with our defenders and pin hitters. Coach Maris is a former collegiate player at Miami University (Ohio) and professional player at Asko Linz-Steg in Linz, Austria.

HANNAH BARRETT

Hannah Barrett is in her second year of coaching at South Alabama and with JO Volleyball Camps. She comes to Mobile after previous stints at Texas Tech and Gonzaga. Coach Hannah is a former collegiate player at California State University San Bernardino. She primarily works with our offense, specifically with setters and attackers.