Paulo Castro

Paulo Castro is a founding Co-Director of Atlantic Volleyball Acådemy and has successfully coached girls’ club volleyball for many years. He also currently coaches at Buckley Country Day School.

Paulo has had a long successful career in volleyball. His passion for the sport started when he was just 10 years old in Brazil. At age 13, he entered the highly regarded Marist Schools, and later became a Brazilian Marist Olympiad champion by beating the strong team of Sao Paulo in the finals in 1985.

Paulo made all state 1st team as an outside hitter for 3 consecutive years, 1984, 1985 and 1986. In 1985 he was invited to coach youth teams at AABB (Associacao Atletica Banco

do Brasil).

Paulo arrived in the USA in 1987 and it didn’t take long for him to engage in the volleyball community in NYC. He played various indoor tournaments, including The Empire State games, as well as beach volleyball. He is most proud in his own playing career of winning a Jose Cuervo Open Qualifier in Long Beach that won him a bid to Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Paulo has successfully coached girls’ club volleyball for many years and currently coaches middle school volleyball at Buckley Country Day School. Today he continues to play in Masters division tournaments and last May, he and his team VTNC#RJ BRASIL won the bronze metal at the Columbus Ohio National Championships in the 45+ division.

He is thrilled to be a founding Co-Director of Nike Volleyball Camp with Buckley Summer Academy and is excited to share his love for the sport with the next generation of athletes.