Matt Bleding, born in Illinois, brings a wealth of knowledge as both a player and a coach to his first year of coaching at ARVC. Matt started playing volleyball in 8th grade and has continued playing at the high school, club, college and adults levels.
Matt started coaching while also playing volleyball when he was 16 and has coached for 23 years since then at the high school level in Illinois, Iowa and Colorado, club level in Iowa and Colorado college level in Wisconsin.
Matt is stay at home dad with daughter Charlie.
Matt coaches to help athletes push themselves to do what they don’t want to do, so they can become who they have always wanted to be.