Arizona Primitive Volleyball Club

About Us

The Arizona Primitive Volleyball Club has enjoyed success since 1996. In winning at both local and national levels, Arizona Primitive has gained respect in Arizona and across the country. Continued success, growth, and national recognition are welcome expectations as club goals are set higher and higher, leading the way for volleyball in Arizona.

Head Coach and Club Director Fred Mann is excited about providing more of the east valley with a place to cultivate their volleyball skills. It is Arizona Primitive's goal to foster an environment in which full effort and excellence are expected. Our athletes push themselves individually so as to strengthen the team corporately.

Fred Mann has compiled an astounding 8 volleyball state championships in his tenure as Head Coach at Mountain Pointe High School, 7 with the boys and 1 with the girls. Coach Mann is recognized throughout Arizona as a fantastic coach and a great teacher of the sport of volleyball and was recently honored by the Arizona Region of Volleyball as one of the most influential people in the growth of volleyball in Arizona.

our Coaches

Fred Mann: Head boys and girls coach at Mountain Pointe High School for 17 years. Has lead the boys team to 7 state championships and girls to the 2001 state championship. Coach Mann was recently awarded The Arizona Region Salute as one of the most influential volleyball contributors to the growth of Arizona volleyball.

Brian Wagner:: Brian started his volleyball career as a high school freshman under club director Fred Mann. In 1999 his Mountain Pointe team won the State Championship and he was named State Player of the Year. Following high school, Brian played college volleyball at Loyola Marymount and Pepperdine, where he was a part of two Final Four teams and was coached by Hall of Famer Marv Dunphy. After graduation, he relocated back to Arizona and began coaching high school and club immediately. Brian still plays competitively whenever the opportunity arises, but now considers his family and coaching young people as his passions.
Jared Morrison: Jared is currently in his third year of coaching for AZP. Morrison played at Mountain Pointe High School under Coach Mann and won two state championships. He was named player of the year by the Arizona Republic. Morrison graduated in 2009 and currently plays for Grand Canyon University. In 2010, Morrison was awarded Arizona’s Volleyball Player of the Decade.
Jesse Kipp: Jesse went to high school at Mountain Pointe high school where he was the first freshman to make the varsity team in school history. He recently graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in history. He played all four years on the top team at Cal and was the starting libero for three years. He is currently applying for medical school, taking classes at Arizona State University and playing on the Arizona State Men's volleyball team.
Brian Pomerantz: A native of Columbus, Ohio, Brian is crrently the head men’s coach at Perry High School . Pomerantz began coaching in 1999 with the Miami University Women’s Volleyball Club. While at Miami, Pomerantz set for and was captain of the school’s Men’s Volleyball Club. From 2002-2003 Pomerantz attended the University at Albany where he spent one season as a volunteer assistant with the women’s varsity team and one season as head coach of the Albany Men’s Volleyball Club. In 2005, he was the men’s JV coach at Dublin Scioto High School ( Ohio) and then coached at Upper Arlington High School(Ohio) in 2006 as head men’s coach. In 2009 expanded his role to include head coach of the Upper Arlington women’s team. In his last year at Arlington (2010) five athletes from the men’s and women’s teams went on to play in college.

Vince Zanzucch: Vince is currently the girls JV coach and assistant boys coach at Hamilton High School. Vince played college volleyball at Santa Monica College under head coach John Mayer. He then went on to play professionally in League 2, Germany for FC Schuettorf 09 from 2008 to 2011. Vince qualified in the main draw on the AVP Beach Tour in 2009 and has competed on the AVP Qualifier Tour with a career best finish 5th place. In 2009, he qualified for the Montelimar, Nicaragua NORCECA Open by finishing 3rd place in the Long Beach International Qualifier. He currently competes for the U of A Alumni team (2 Ball Express) which has won 5 AZ Region Championships since 2003 and won the Silver Medal in 2008 and 2009 at the USAV AA Adult National Championships.