COACHES & DIRECTORS
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Stephen Turner
CO-HEAD COACH 2025/26
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David Lee
CO-HEAD COACH 2025/26
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Steve Scott
2024/25 CO-HEAD COACH
Steven Scott is co-head coach of the Redwood high school mountain bike team. He’s been coaching with the team for three years and riding mountain bikes since the late 80s. Back when the earth was cooling he raced 24-hour races and a few cross country events in the Western US. He still gets out and chases his daughter around riding in Marin, Tahoe and anywhere his wheels will take him. He lives in Fairfax, with his wife, daughter and big Labrador retriever.
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Rob Howard
2025/25 CO-HEAD COACH
Rob Howard is co-head coach of the Redwood High School Mountain Bike Team. He’s been coaching with the team for three years and riding mountain bikes for more than 30 years. In ancient times he raced mountain bikes in NORBA and NCAA events hroughout the Northeast. Despite getting a little slower every year, he still enjoys climbing and technical riding in Marin and the Tahoe area. Outside of biking he lives in Larkspur with his wife and two girls and is the CEO of Kindred Motorworks.
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Duane Coughlan
TEAM DIRECTOR & COACH
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Julia Violich
TEAM FOUNDER
Julia is the co-founder and Finance Director for the US based TWENTY24 professional women’s cycling team. The team is in its 19th year and has earned multiple World Championships as well as medals at the 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics and in the 2020/1 Tokyo Olympics.
She is also the Director of the Bear National Team, a national junior and U23 elite team with riders from 19 different State leagues. She is an avid cyclist herself and has five National Titles and a Silver medal at the Masters World Championships.
Julia has been a coach for the Redwood High School Mountain Bike Team since 2002. She has also coached the Branson Team and Marin Academy Team. She has been an advisor to the NorCal Board since 2004, hosting the first fundraiser for the League.
Locally, Julia has been on the board of Marin County Bicycle Coalition Board of Directors for the last 20 years. She also the President of the Friends of Stafford Lake Bike Park, a 17-acre Bike Park in Novato.
Nationally, Julia is a past member of the national USA Cycling Board of Directors, and as well as a current member of the USA Cycling Foundation Board’s executive committee, acting as treasurer.
Coaches 2024-2025
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Adrian Nacamuli
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Casey Sackett
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Chris Jones
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David Houston
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David Lee
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Duane Coughlan
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Greg Feehan
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Hugh Marasa
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James Bogin
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James Sievert
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Jeff Tuatini
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Jennifer Corteville
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Jenny Gloistein
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Julia Violich
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Kurt Hawks
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Lee Crocker
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Louis Nordrum
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Louis Wellmeier
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Luke Voiles
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Marc Fenner
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Megan Crocker
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Peter Brockman
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Petra Lindqiust
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Renee Hassle
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Rob Howard
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Sean Coletta
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Stephen Turner
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Steve Scott
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Susan Scott
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Tom Nofziger
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