Tom Pingel will serve as the 17 & 18 Black lead coach for the 2024-25 season at Team Colorado.
Tom brings extensive experience to the Team Colorado Volleyball program:
Tom will serve as the 18 Black and Silver lead coach for the 2024-25 season for Team Colorado boys volleyball. Tom will lead practices for both teams during the season and the teams will practice on the same nights/times.
In Tom's third season with Team Colorado (2023-24 season), Tom served as the TCV Boys Master Coach, providing valuable mentorship and feedback to the coaches in the boys program. He also served as an education specialist for the club as a whole, providing education session opportunities for all of the coaches at Team Colorado.
In his second season with Team Colorado (2022-23 season), Tom lead TCV 18 Black to a 20-4 RMR record and #1 ranking in the Region (3 RMR Power victories), an 18 USA silver bracket win in the Winter Championship in Chicago (18 USA bid), a 5th place finish at the Dennis Lafata Boys Bid Tournament in St. Louis and an 18 USA Division Championship at USA Volleyball Boys Nationals (11-0 record).
For his efforts, Tom was awarded the USA Volleyball 2022-23 Boys Junior Coach of the Year honor, the first honor of its kind for a TCV coach!
18 Black athletes coached by Tom were highly awarded in 2023:
In his first season with Team Colorado (2021-22 season), Tom lead TCV 18 Black to an undefeated in-state record in junior play (5 RMR Power victories), a second place finish in 18 USA at the Florida Fest boys qualifier (the clubs first USAV boys bid to nationals) and an 8-2 record in the 18 USA Division at USA Volleyball Boys Nationals.
18 Black Athletes coached by Tom were highly awarded in 2022: