Ari Amini

Ari Amini was born and raised in the Bay Area, in Martinez, California. He is half Puerto Rican and half Iranian (both being huge on volleyball). He has played beach volleyball all his life and began playing indoor in 2009 at Alhambra High School. He then attended UC Irvine to earn a degree in Quantitative Economics, while playing Intramural Volleyball. He returned to the Bay Area after graduating in 2013 and began assisting/coaching Varsity at Alhambra High School and club at Diablo Valley Volleyball Club.

He coached at Alhambra High school for 5 years, helping his team to several NCS Championships. His teams also made history, in being the first Alhambra team to make it to state 2 years in a row. He coached for Diablo Valley Volleyball Club for 4 years coaching 14s, 15s and 16s. 

He now coaches Varsity Volleyball at Pitman High School. He is also a full time Math teacher at Pitman High School. 

He is also a Volunteer Assistant Coach for Stan State Volleyball (D2 Volleyball).

Ari has been coaching for Crush for 3 years now and is also a member of the Turlock Crush Board.

Ari 's 2023 Turlock Crush 17-1s team earned a Bid to Nationals

2023 CCAL Coach of the Year

2023-24 Pitman High School Record: 34-7

2024 NorCal Winter Classic Tournament Champions 

2024 Capital City Clash Tournament Champions

2024-25 CCAL League Champions 29-7 

2024-25 CCAA Conference Tournament Champions (Stan State Volleyball)

2024 Selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as one of the top 30 under 30 Club Coaches in the country. 

2024-25 Redwood Rumble Tournament Champions 15s Division.