Jae-Lynn Visscher

Jae-Lynn Visscher is the Assistant Beach Volleyball Coach at the University of South Florida.

Coaching Background:

• South Florida Beach Volleyball - Assistant Head Coach (2023-present)

• Stetson Beach Volleyball - Assistant Coach (2022-23)

• Association of Volleyball Professionals - (various teams) (2022-present)

• USAV: Theo Brunner and Trevor Crabb - Game Analyst (2023)

Playing Background:

• p1440 Development Program (2019-2020)

• Stetson University Beach Volleyball (2019)

• Team Canada Independent Athlete (2019)

• Jacksonville State Beach Volleyball (2016-2017)

• Concordia University of Edmonton Volleyball - (2014-2016)

Accolades:

• AVCA 30 under 30 recipient (2022)

Bio:

Jae-Lyn Visscher (JAY-LIN VISS-SHER) was named the first assistant coach for the Bulls Beach Volleyball Program by head coach Pri Piantadosi-Lima on Dec. 14, 2023.

A former standout volleyball player at Concordia University of Edmonton and touted beach volleyball player at Stetson University, Jacksonville State, and for her home country of Canada, Visscher is an AVCA 30 under 30 recipient (2022) and most recently spent the last two seasons as the Assistant Coach for Stetson University Beach Volleyball.

In her two seasons as Stetson's assistant beach volleyball coach, Visscher helped guide the team to back-to-back NCAA Tournament berths, as a No. 14 seed in 2022 and a No. 15 seed in 2023, and back-to-back ASUN conference championships. Visscher's athletes were often recognized for their achievements under her coaching. She is credited with two ASUN Pair of the Tournament award-winners, four pairs of All-Tournament selections, four ASUN First-Team All-Conference selections, one ASUN Pair of the Year, three All-Freshman selections, one ASUN Freshman of the Year award, two All-Academic selections, two AVCA Top Flight awards, and four AVCA All-American selections.

Outside of her work at Stetson, Visscher was as an assistant coach and game analyst for USA Men's Volleyball Gold Medal winners Theo Brunner and Trevor Crabb. She also assisted head coach Pompillio Mercandante at AVP Hermosa and has coached various teams on the AVP. Visscher also acted as the lead coach for the USA pair of Brunner/Crabb during the Beach Pro Tour Challenge Event in Edmonton.

Visscher has worked as the Chief Executive Officer of VOGO Beach Volleyball where she was responsible for advocating the sport to rural areas in Western Canada. She previously served as the California Region Director for Dakine Beach Volleyball Club (2019-21) and the Associate Director of Adult and Youth Programming and Events for VolleyOC (2019-21). Visscher was named the head women's varsity coach for Paul Kane High School (2018-20) and coached with the Pandas Volleyball Club (2018-19) where she led her team to Best of the West Champions (2019) and Provincial Champions (2019).

As a player, Visscher played beach volleyball at Stetson in 2019, the same year the Hatters finished sixth overall in the final AVCA poll and upset the No. 1 seed USC at the NCAA Championships. They finished 30-10 overall and held a conference record of 8-0 where they were also named ASUN Champions. Ahead of her transfer to Stetson, Visscher played beach volleyball for Jacksonville State in 2017. Before transitioning to sand, she spent two seasons at Concordia University of Edmonton (CUE) where she played indoor volleyball as an outside hitter accumulating 194 kills, 35 service aces, and 333 digs. During her years in Canada, Visscher represented Team Canada internationally on the NORCEA professional beach volleyball tour.

Visscher received her Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry and Physical Education from Concordia University of Edmonton in 2018. She received a Masters of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine in 2021.

Quotable:

"Jae-Lyn is a dynamic leader and coach, and I'm beyond excited to see how well we will work together and build our program and culture," Piantadosi said. "We have similar viewpoints on building the culture and what it takes to not only train but also mentor players so they can be highly successful on and off the court."