Scott Spiess
Director of Operations and Coaching Education
Scott joined the Bader Region Staff as Operations Manager in August 2017. He has been actively involved as a member in the Badger Region and volleyball community for many years, starting as player of the UW-Whitewater Men’s club team from 1999-2004. Scott graduated from UW-W with a degree in K-12 Physical Education and currently resides in Brookfield, Wis., with his wife, Kim.
He has been an assistant coach in the Badger Region High Performance All-Star program for three years.
Spiess has 19 years of high school coaching experience, all at Brookfield Central, with 13 of those years spent as Head Coach for the Girls Varsity Volleyball team. He served as a the Chair for Girls Division 1, on the Executive Council of the Wisconsin Volleyball Coaches Association. As a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association he was the Region 6 representative for the AVCA/USA Today High School poll and Under Armour All-America Awards Committee.
In addition to his time spent on high school sidelines, Spiess coached for the Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club where he has coached girls at all levels 15s-18s. Twice his teams medaled at the AAU National Championships and a total of seven athletes earned All-American recognition under his tutelage. Scott also sits on the club’s Board of Directors.
When not coaching Spiess has been an active participant in coaching education opportunities including but not limited to college camps, USA Volleyball coach development clinics, The Art of Coaching Volleyball clinics, the American Volleyball Coaches Association convention and more. In his role with the Badger Region he facilitates coaching clinics for new/beginner coaches as well as clubs and disseminates coaching education offerings to members and clubs across the Region.
Scott also remains involved with the Wisconsin Volleyball Conference (men’s and women’s Collegiate Club teams) serving on its Advisory Committee. He was a presenter at the 2019 WVC Leadership Summit, assists with the Hall of Fame selection process, and execution of the annual WVC Championships. As a player, Scott was awarded the Libero of the Year Award and Leif Storvik Sportsmanship Award by the conference. He had also received the WVC service award for his role on the advisory committee.
Prior to joining the Badger Region Staff, Scott was the physical education teacher and athletic director for St. Matthias Parish School in Milwaukee for 11 years.