Paolo Castillo

Red Rock SF Club Director

Red Rock Boys 16-1

Paolo was born and raised in the Bay Area and is entering his 10th year coaching club volleyball. In 2015, he graduated from San Mateo High School where he was a tri-sport and scholar athlete. In his senior year of high school, he was named MVP of both his water polo and his volleyball team. He spent his high school career playing both club and school seasons of water polo, soccer, and volleyball. 

Paolo then graduated from UC Davis in 2019 with a degree in Human Development and Public Health. At UC Davis, he played on the NCCVL UC Davis indoor team as a libero/DS all four years. Paolo also was a volunteer for both the indoor and beach Women’s team and was also a head coach at Moxie Beach Volleyball Club located in Davis, helping a former AVP establish an elite program in the Sacramento/Davis area. As a Coach at Moxie, he helped train athletes by honing in on their beach volleyball skills and technique, while helping a handful of athletes get recruited into Division 1 beach programs. Paolo also helped to create the first Club Beach Volleyball program at UC Davis with a couple of his friends, where he competed as the “2’s” pair. 

After graduating, Paolo joined Red Rock Volleyball Club where he coached both Boys and Girls. He was also the Red Rock Boy’s and Beach director where he trained a variety of age groups, establishing fundamentals and furthering technical skill development to compete at the highest level. While playing in many CBVA beach volleyball tournaments and grass tournaments around Northern California, he competed with a 9-man Volleyball team called Dragons where he placed 4th in the National Championships in Oakland in 2022. He also competed with a local semi-professional VLA team from San Jose, playing alongside and against former Division 1 athletes.

Paolo then went to UC Berkeley to pursue his Master’s in Public Health where he also joined the UC Berkeley Men’s team as a graduate student and competed in the NCCVL League as a Libero/DS, finishing top 10 in the nation. 

Some of his coaching accolades include: 

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  Leading the Red Rock Boys 14-1s team to a top 10 finish in NCVA Power League, earning a bid to USAV Nationals in 2022 
• Leading the Red Rock Boys 15-1s team to a silver medal at the NCVA Far Westerns Qualifier in 2023
• Leading the Red Rock Boys 15-1s team to a silver medal at SoCal Cup in 2023
• Leading the Red Rock Boys 15-1s team to a 5th place finish at USAV Junior National Championship in 2023
• Leading the Red Rock Boys 16-1s team to a 1st place finish at Far Westerns in the Open Division in 2024
• Leading the Red Rock Boys 16-1s team to a 2nd place finish at NCVA Power League in the 16s Division in 2024
• Leading the Red Rock Boys 16-1s team to a 3rd place finish at AAU Nationals in the 16 Premier Division in 2024

Azariah Hill

Red Rock Girls 16-1

Azariah Hill is returning for his 4th season at Red Rock, he will be making the transfer over to Red Rock Peninsula from East bay as he furthers his education at San Jose State in the fall majoring in communications.

He has worked with kids of all ages and different skill levels, started his volleyball career head coaching middle school in Oakland, worked his way up to head coaching boys high school volleyball in San Ramon, assistant coaching back at his old high school in Alameda and made his way to club level coaching boys and girls.

 This past season he head coach Red Rock 18’s boys and assistant coach Red Rock 15’s team both finishing the season in 13th. Azariah is also being mentored and works closely with Head Coach Brad Keller at the University of Southern California.