Robe

Coming from a basketball background, Robe's journey in volleyball coaching is one marked by rapid growth, vision, and impact. He is the founder of CITY Volleyball in Los Angeles, CA—a program born from a shared belief that sport can serve a higher purpose and empower young women to thrive both on and off the court.

Much of what inspired the launch of Podio Sports stems from the wealth of positive experiences Robe has collected throughout Southern California. His coaching resume includes multiple CIF championships across volleyball, basketball, and tennis at the high school level. He began his club volleyball career with LAVA Volleyball (Los Angeles), spending four years there before transitioning to co-direct Sunshine North, one of California’s premier volleyball clubs. While at Sunshine, he coached a bid-seeking 16s team, led the 13s to a gold medal at the 2019 Denver Qualifier, and secured a bronze at the 2019 Reno Qualifier.

In CITY Volleyball’s inaugural year, Robe’s leadership led his 15s team to a championship win at the Las Vegas Showcase and a top-five finish in the Open Division at Junior Nationals. That same team would eventually produce 11 Division I collegiate athletes, an impressive testament to his developmental approach.

Robe has also gained valuable experience at the collegiate level, coaching at Concordia University in Portland and working camps alongside coaching mentors at universities such as Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. His international coaching includes work with the national team of Grenada, travel camps in Italy, and clinic facilitation in Vancouver, BC.

Now based in the Pacific Northwest, Robe currently coaches volleyball, basketball, and tennis at The Overlake School. He has contributed to the Puget Sound volleyball scene through multiple seasons of club coaching, including roles with Team Yakima, Team Tenacity (which he founded in Walla Walla/Tri-Cities), and Island Thunder Volleyball Club on Mercer Island, where he led several 15s–16s teams to Junior Nationals in the Open Division. He returned to Island Thunder in 2022 before ultimately answering the call to launch Podio Sports, a program designed to help athletes pursue excellence, legacy, and purpose through sport.