Varsity Head Coach: Matt Marrujo '07

The 2020 season marks Coach Marrujo’s 11th season at the helm of the Servite Volleyball program. In that time, he has led the Friars to three Trinity League Championships (2012, 2015, 2019), eight playoff berths and the CIF-SS Division 1 semifinals in 2012. He has also sent 18 student-athletes to compete collegiately including three from the class of 2019. Coach Marrujo was named the CIF Division 1 Coach of the Year in 2012 and in 2016 he earned his 100th career win. In 2017 he was honored with the AVCA 30 Under 30 Award given to top coaches under 30 years of age across high school, club and college volleyball. In addition to coaching, Coach Marrujo has also served on the CIF D1 Advisory committee for five seasons as well as the AVCA All-American selection committee for nine years. He has been coaching since 2004 when he was a sophomore at Servite beginning his career at St. Barbara's grade school coaching the girl’s volleyball and basketball teams. Coach Marrujo graduated from Servite in 2007 and began coaching one year later in 2008 for his proud alma mater before taking over the program in 2010. Currently, Coach Marrujo also works for Balboa Bay Volleyball Club located in Newport Beach winning four Junior Olympic medals with his club teams. Coach Marrujo’s philosophy is to develop every young man into a better athlete while instilling a strong sense of leadership. He also wants to ensure every senior is prepared for life in college and beyond. Coach Marrujo brings his wife Haley and son Noah into the Servite family.

Varsity Assistant Coach: Paul Martinez

This is Coach Martinez's fourth season coaching for the Friars after working at St. John Bosco coaching JV and F/S from 2010-2016. He is also the head 14s coach at Long Beach Volleyball Club. Coach Martinez played club volleyball with Coach Marrujo in high school before graduating from Bosco in 2008.

Freshman Head Coach / Varsity Assistant: Paka Dutro

Coach Dutro joined the Servite coaching staff for the 2019 season and served as the Freshman Head Coach. He brings a wealth of experience to the program having coached high school, club and college teams while also working as a club director. Coach Dutro was born and raised in Hawaii and played basketball and volleyball at Kaimuki High School. He then attended Santa Monica College before starting his coaching career. Most recently, Dutro coached at St. John Bosco and Long Beach City College and currently coaches at OCVC.

JV Head Coach: Trevor Robinson '15

Coach Robinson graduated from Servite in 2015. He was a part of the 2015 Trinity League Championship team. Coach Robinson currently attends Irvine Valley College and is looking to get a degree in Business Administration. As a coach for the JV team, he looks to teach his athletes the fundamentals of the game. He hopes to teach his players the importance of being the best teammate each player can be both on and off the court. He also hopes to teach his players to grow into leaders and become one unit.

JV Assistant: Connor Paone '12

Coach Paone graduated from Servite in 2012 where he was part of the 2012 Trinity League Championship team that went on to advance to the CIF-SS Semifinals. After high school, he attended Chapman University where he played on the Panthers club team before graduating with a degree in Business. Paone current works as a program manager at a local law firm. As a coach, Connor's goal is to keep teaching student-athletes all of the skills, lessons, and characteristics that he was taught during his time at Servite. He hopes to show the importance of a good work ethic, in order to help the young men utilize all of their talents to develop into the best possible person, student, and athlete that they can be.

JV Assistant Coach: Garrett Halsey '17

Garrett Halsey returns to his alma mater to coach for the 2020 volleyball season. A 2017 graduate, Halsey was a three-year varsity letterman for Servite finishing as an All-American, 3x All-Trinity League selection while being named League MVP and All-Orange County his senior season. He also helped lead the team to a league title in 2015. Halsey broke the career kill record during his time playing for the Friars tallying 932 kills from 2015-2017. He is also third all-time in aces with 69 in his career and second in a single season with 42. Following graduation, Halsey went on to play collegiately at BYU and OCC. 

Freshman Assistant Coach: Ann Favreau

Ann Favreau, an Anaheim native and graduate of Cornelia Connelly School, joins the Servite Volleyball staff after 20 successful years of coaching at St. Irenaeus Parish School and St. Joseph Catholic School in Placentia.  During her time as a head coach, Ann accrued five PAL County championship wins along with many league titles.  She is also married to John Favreau ’81 and the mother of Nicole and Timothy, who were both accomplished volleyball players at Rosary (class of ’09) and Servite (class of ’12).

Freshman Assistant Coach: Megan Marrujo

Coach Marrujo joins the Servite coaching staff this season after serving as the Head Girl's Volleyball Coach at Cornelia Connelly High School for four seasons and the Head Basketball Coach for two. Marrujo has also spent three seasons coaching club at Goldenwest Volleyball Club. A 2013 graduate of Connelly, she played volleyball and basketball in high school.

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