She's one of the most decorated volleyball players of all time, a three-time medalist at the Olympics, gold, silver, bronze.

She is a legend on the beach and now the head coach at El Camino College.

She's also a recent graduate from Concordia University Irvine getting her master's in coaching at athletics administration.

We talked with the great April Ross next on episode 77 of the Masters and Coaching Podcast.

Let's go.

Welcome into episode 77 of the Masters and Coaching podcast here on IHeart Radio, wherever

you're getting to this podcast or watching on YouTube.

We certainly appreciate that.

So excited to talk to this week's guest.

She is volleyball royalty.

One of the best and most decorated players ever to play the game, three-time Olympic

medalist winning gold at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, eight-time player of the year, three-time member of the beach volleyball team of the year.

In college, a two-time national champion at USC, two-time first-team All-American.

In high school, yes, two-time CIF champion in the state at Newport Harbor High School.

And now she's coaching after all of this in her career. She's coaching beach volleyball

at El Camino College here in Southern California. And she graduated from Concordia University Irvine's

master's in coaching athletics administration program. And she's a mother. All of that. She is April

Ross. And she joins us now. April, how you doing? I'm great. Yeah, thanks for having me.

Excited to be on. Absolutely. It's been a busy year or so for you. You have now taken over

as the head coach of the volleyball program at El Camino College. What's that been like that

transition from player to coach? Well, that's been actually the easiest part.

I think I have so much knowledge from playing for so long,

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