Varsity Head Coach: Matt Marrujo '07

The 2023 season will mark Coach Marrujo’s 14th 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), 10 playoff berths and most recently a trip to the CIF-SS Division 2 Finals in 2022 and the semifinals in 2021! He has also sent nearly 25 student-athletes to compete collegiately including two from the Class of 2022. 

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 seven seasons as well as the AVCA All-American selection committee for over 10 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 five 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. In addition to his coaching responsibilities, he also serves as Athletic Director.

Coach Marrujo brings his wife Haley and son Noah (3) into the Servite family. 

Varsity Assistant & Director of Player Development: Paka Dutro

Coach Dutro joined the Servite coaching staff for the 2019 season and served as the Freshman Head Coach and now works with the varsity squad and serves as the Director of Player Development for our JV and Frosh/Soph teams. 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. Past coaching roles have included St. John Bosco and Long Beach City College. He currently coaches 15's at Balboa Bay Volleyball Club and serves as an assistant at Vanguard University where he won a National Championship in 2023.

Varsity Assistant Coach: Marty Ross

Coach Ross joined the Friars’ coaching staff for the 2021 season as a varsity assistant who worked mainly with the middle blockers. Coach Ross brings a wealth of coaching knowledge and playing experience to the team. Most recently, he served as the head coach at University High School for the 2019 season in addition to coaching at Balboa Bay Volleyball Club for the last five years winning the 17’s Club Division gold medal in 2018. Besides coaching, he teaches US Government at Servite. Originally from the Chicago, Illinois area, he attended Providence Catholic High School. Marty was a Fab 50 standout in high school and played middle blocker for Pacific and UC Irvine.  

Varsity Assistant Coach: AJ Christensen

Coach Christensen comes to Servite with nearly 10 years of coaching experience including six at the high school level. He began coaching in 2013 at St. Paul’s Lutheran before moving on to coach at his alma mater, Orange Lutheran from 2018-2022. During that time helped lead the boys’ team to a league title in 2021 and a CIF and State Regional Championship in 2018. He also coached the Lancer girls from 2020-2022 winning Trinity League in 2020. In addition, Coach Christensen works with Pulse Volleyball Club, winning a bronze medal at JO’s in 2022.

JV Head Coach: Trevor Robinson '15

Coach Robinson graduated from Servite in 2015 and was a part of the Trinity League Championship team his senior year. 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 Coach: David Selski 

Coach Selski joined the Servite coaching staff for the 2022 season and served as the Junior Varsity Assistant Coach.  He brings a wealth of experience to the program having coached elementary, middle, and high school boys’ and girls’ teams at various levels.  Coach Selski was born and raised in Southern California and played volleyball at Laguna Hills High School. He then attended Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts where he actually began his coaching career starting a girls’ varsity program at the New Jewish High School from 1996 to 1999. Coach Selski then returned to Orange County and coached junior varsity boys at Laguna Hills High School from 2000 to 2002, junior varsity boys and girls at Foothill High School from 2002 to 2006, boys and girls at St. Mary’s and All Angels Middle School from 2006 to 2008, and girls fourth through sixth grade at Valley Beth Shalom Elementary Day School from 2008 to 2010.  He currently teaches College Prep Pre-Calculus and AP Statistics at Servite.  Coach Selski’s motto is “Be smarter than your opponent, give it everything you got all the time, and most of all, bring the energy.

Frosh/Soph Coach & Director of Volleyball Operations: Megan Marrujo

Coach Marrujo joined the Servite coaching staff for the 2020 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. After spending four seasons coaching club at Goldenwest Volleyball Club, she now works at Balboa Bay Volleyball Club. A 2013 graduate of Connelly, she played volleyball and basketball in high school.

Frosh/Soph Assistant Coach: Dylan Trama '17

Coach Trama graduated from Servite in 2017 and joined the Friars' coaching staff for the 2021-2022 season. As the assistant coach for JV, he aims to improve the skills of the former freshmen and sophmores to harness their strengths and better their weaknesses. One of his biggest goals is to make sure everyone has a great time in the volleyball program and to gain lifelong leadership skills. 

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