Tstreet Inland Empire

Taylor enters his third season as Club Director of Tstreet Inland Empire, and 7th season with Tstreet Volleyball Club! In the 2021 club season, Taylor’s IE 15-1s and 18-1s teams both qualified for the USAV Junior National Championships! All the IE’s 1s teams qualified to compete in the Premier Volleyball League in its inaugural season, and the 16-1s and 15-1s finished as champions of the Gold Division! Under his direction and the guidance of his qualified coaching staff, the club has grown rapidly and the improvement in the athletes is exceptional!
Taylor’s experience with Tstreet Volleyball Club includes numerous podium appearances and several top finishes in some of the toughest tournaments in the country. In 2018 his 13-1s finished 3rd in the Open Division at Junior Nationals, and 2019 saw another podium finish for Taylor’s 13s as they brought home a silver medal in the National Division.
Prior to coaching at Tstreet, Taylor coached at Sudden Impact Volleyball Club in the greater Seattle area for 5 years. He led a team to junior nationals in 2014 in USA division. He also coached at Bellevue High School helping the team make it to the State tournament for the first time in 20 years. While in Washington he studied volleyball under the tutelage of Jim McLaughlin and the rest of the University of Washington coaching staff learning how to teach the game of volleyball. Previous to coaching in Washington Taylor coached locally at Tesoro High School and at Balboa Bay Volleyball club. He is currently studying psychology to help himself gain a better understanding of how people learn to become a better volleyball coach.
At a young age Taylor found the game of volleyball and immediately fell in love with it. After a successful career in high school, club, and college he pursued playing volleyball on the beach. Achieving as high as a AAA rating in the CBVA and entering many AVP tournaments Taylor ended his career with a shoulder injury. Realizing he was not done with the sport of volleyball he turned his time and efforts to coaching. His passion for the game has left him a desire to learn and become a student of the sport.
When he is not in the gym, Taylor enjoys spending time with his daughter Gianna, fiancée Sam, and the rest of his family. Taylor has an appreciation for nature and enjoys hiking and any activity at the beach. If there is a chance to be outside, he will take it!

Andy Hein enters his fifth season with Tstreet after serving as an assistant with the UCI women’s volleyball team, Pepperdine men’s team and two with the Cal Baptist men’s program. He coaches the IE 16-1 team, which brought home a Junior National Championship Bronze Medal in 2022, and is the Recruiting Coordinator for both the Inland Empire and Las Vegas!

The middle blocker played at Pepperdine from 2003-06, earning AVCA All-American honors twice and helping the Waves capture a national championship in 2005. He earned All-MPSF honors as a senior and junior, while garnering AVCA Player of the Week honors twice in 2005.

Hein remains in the Pepperdine record books, ranking first all-time with a .483 career hitting percentage and ranks first and second for his single-season hitting percentages for the rally scoring era with a .529 in 2005 and a .516 in 2006.  He also ranks first and second in the record books for hitting percentage in a single match with a .909 (10-0-11) mark against Long Beach State in 2005 and a .882 (16-1-17) percentage against UC San Diego in 2004.

After graduation, Hein was a member of the USA Men’s National Team from 2006-13, collecting six medals, including gold at the 2010 FIVB World Championship Qualifier for NORCECA Group F and 2008 Pan American Cup.

Hein also played for Fidia Padova Volleyball Club, Spacers Toulouse Volleyball Club and Hypo Tirol Volleyball Team in Italy, France and Austria from 2012-15.

He has also worked with the Gold Medal Squared Volleyball Camps, Keegan Cook Volleyball Camp, USA High Performance Volleyball Camp and the Marv Dunphy Volleyball Camp.

Hein graduated from Pepperdine with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 2006.  He then went on to earn a Master of Business Administration from DeVry University Keller Graduate School in 2015 with an emphasis in General Management and Finance.

Andy has one daughter, Marilyn.

Kass has been in the Tstreet family since 2013. She started out in Irvine, coaching our 15-2s to back-to-back Junior Nationals appearances (along with a Gold Medal at PNQ in 2014).  She has since helped establish Tstreet Inland Empire, serving as the Club Coordinator, 14U Supervisor, and coaching at both the 16U and 17U levels. She has coached high school and club volleyball since 2006.

Kass received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in English Literature from Cal State San Bernardino, where she played as a setter. She went on to earn her Master of Arts Degree in English at California Baptist University, where she currently teaches English Composition.

Fun Facts: Kass logs and rates (out of 5 stars) every movie and show she watches, air conditioning is on her list of must-haves, she has rescued, fostered, and adopted out over 20 kittens/cats, and she favors podcasts over music.