MEET OUR COACHING STAFF
Andrew Adair
"A" Team Head Coach
Andrew Adair began coaching boys' club teams in 2018 with Arizona Premier Volleyball (APV) and co-founded Sidewinder Volleyball Club as a girls' club in 2022. The clubs merged in 2023, and Andrew now serves as co-director for both the boys' and girls' in Tucson. In 2025, Andrew was named an AVCA 30 under 30 award receipient. The American Volleyball Coaches Association recognized 30 coaches nation-wide who are up-and-coming in the sport and making an impact in their community.
Andrew became the head varsity coach at Catalina Foothills High School in 2022. Before this, he coached for four years at Rincon/University High School. As the Varsity coach for both the girls' and boys' varsity teams at Catalina Foothills, his boys' teams have consistently finished in the top-10, and his girls' teams in the top-15. His teams have won several in-season invitationals, including the TUSD Tournament, Lancer Invitational, and Arizona College Prep's "Battle for The Realm".
In 2024, Andrew was selected to be the Arizona Region High Performance (AZHP) 17U assistant coach. The AZHP team is a group of the best 12 boys volleyball players in the state, selected by the Arizona Region. Andrew's AZHP team took 5th place in the USA Volleyball All Stars tournament'.
Andrew played four years of collegiate volleyball as an Outside Hitter at the University of Arizona, leading his team to a Final Four and earning 1st Team All-Tournament honors. In high school, he reached the State Tournament all four years and was the state runner-up in 2011.
Andrew is the founder of Stat Together, a mobile app for managing team stats and live streaming matches.
Tristan Emma
"B" Team Head Coach
Tristan Emma just graduated from the University of Arizona where he played for the Men's Volleyball Team and studied Computer Science. As the starting right side, Tristan and his U of A team won the D3 National Championship in 2022. Since then, Tristan has helped the University of Arizona team to multiple top 5 finishes at both the D3 and D1 national levels.
A graduate of Cienega High School and having played for Sidewinder (previously APV), Tristan has been a part of many volleyball teams over the past 10 years. Playing all over the court throughout his career, Tristan has gained experience in many different aspects of the game.