The goal of the Venetian Bay Volleyball Club is to offer an affordable competitive setting in which girls can compete against top teams from around the state of Florida plus provide an opportunity for elite teams to travel the country to gain as much exposure as possible. We purposely limit the number of participants in the club so we can maintain a high level of quality practice time and assure abundant playing time. We believe we have an excellent coaching staff experienced in both playing and coaching from Junior High to the college level. Practices are designed to be fun, demanding and promote team unity. We will be competing against all-star teams from all over the state but will be stressing aggressiveness and solid fundamentals over the win/loss column. Elite teams will be playing for victory. We want to prepare our athletes for the High School Varsity Team and beyond for those wishing to take it to the next level. We, as coaches, have a passion for the game and want to instill that in our athletes.
Venetian Bay Volleyball clubs serves Sarasota and Charlotte County
Club Founder and Director
Brian Wheatley, a California native, has helped the Bradenton, Sarasota, Venice, and Charlotte County areas become a major volleyball force in the State of Florida over the course of the last 14 years. After playing volleyball at San Jose State University and coaching as an Assistant at Auburn University, he brought his west coast volleyball mentality to Southwest Florida.
Brian is the founding director of Venetian Bay (1998) where he has helped over a hundred of girls develop into All State players and even reached high school All American status. He has also been very involved in the Florida High School Region including serving as a member of the Volleyball Advisory Committee for the FHSAA.
He has been the Varsity Coach at Venice High School for the last 14 years where he has won 12 District Championships, 5 Regional crowns, 2 state Runner up finishes and 2 State Championship Titles. He has an overall current record of 354-85 at Venice High and has coached 27 athletes on to play college volleyball. The Venice High Team has been ranked in the top 10 of the state in all of his 14 years as coach and finished in the National rankings three times. His coaching accolades include: 1998 and 2005 Florida Coach of the Year Runner-up, 10 time FACA District Coach of the Year, and 7 time Coach of the Year by the Sarasota Herald Tribune. Brian has a BS in Physical Education from Auburn University and a Master's Degree from National Louis University. He teaches PE at Venice H.S. Brian's wife is an elementary school teacher. They have 2 children, 6 year old Brooke and 4 year old Luke.
 | Venetian Bay Volleyball Club is a Girls Volleyball club Sarasota, Osprey, Nokomis, Venice, Englewood, Port Charlotte, and Punta Gorda in Sarasota and Charlotte County Florida Our Girls Volleyball Club is a proud member of the AAU (American Amateur Union - http://aausports.org/default.asp) and the Florida Region of USAV (USA Volleyball - http://www.usavolleyball.org/) - http://www.usavfl.org/ |