Coach Tara Costa

E-mail: t1costa@yahoo.com

Current Coaching Jobs: Varsity Volleyball Coach at Fairhaven High School Head Tennis Coach at Fairhaven High School

Current Coastal Position: Co-Director of Coastal and Head Coach of Sharks 18 Open

Volleyball Coaching Certifications:

  • 2016 NERVA PVL Midnight Riders Assistant Coach
  • Coaches Accrediation Program Level II (CAP II pending )
  • Volleyball Conditioning Accrediation Program (VCAP)
  • Art of Coaching Volleyball Clinic 2016, 2018
  • AVCA Convention 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Gold Medal Squared Volleyball Clinic
  • SafeSport Certification
  • Impact Certification

Year Started Coaching Volleyball: 2006 (18 years)

Year Started At Coastal: 2006 (18 years) as a coach, 1997 (27 years) as a player 

Year Started Playing Volleyball: 1993 (31 years)

Old Jersey Number(s): 1, 13

Schooling:  Fairhaven High School, Framingham State University, & UMass Dartmouth

Your Other Job: Spanish Teacher, FHS

Your Role Model: Many coaches that I have been lucky enough to learn from and work with over my coaching career

Your Favorite Volleyball Player: Kerri Walsh Jennings

Favorite TV Show: Gilmore Girls

Favorite Movie: Remember The Titans

Favorite Food: Lobster

Hobbies/Interests Outside of Volleyball: Tennis, dance, working out, reading, going to the beach, spending time with friends and family

Best thing to ever happen to you in Volleyball: Going to watch the final four in volleyball as many times as I have, meeting volleyball legends like Russ Rose and Hugh McCutcheon