Alex Chigas grew-up in the suburbs of Chicago where he played volleyball for Oak Lawn Community High School and the Ultimate Volleyball Club. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a BS in Statistics. While attending university Alex worked as a line judge for Big10 Women’s Volleyball.
He coached for the PrimeTime VC in Champaign, IL (2011-2012) and for the Acers VC in Madison, WI (2012-2014. Currently he is the head coach of the JV volleyball team and the assistant coach for the varsity at Windward School. This is Alex’s second year as a Sunshine VC coach.
Alex’s coaching philosophy is mostly based on the “mental game.” He puts a heavy emphasis on what the team is doing when they don’t have the ball, this translates into better movement, ball control, and overall awareness.