Our Staff
Mark Burik - CEO / Head Coach
Head Coach Mark Burik has been coaching sports for 16 years and has over a decade of playing and coaching experience in volleyball. From 2005-2008 he competed with the George Mason University Men’s Volleyball team garnering All-East honors in his final year. After receiving his degree in Exercise Science and graduating Cum Laude, he continued his career playing professionally in Sweden, Norway, and Croatia. Mark has also been the head coach for two different professional teams and served as the Strength and Conditioning Coordinator for Vingakers Volleyball Klubb.
During the warmer months, Burik has been a mainstay on the AVP Tour and also competes regularly on the FIVB World Tour. Recognized as one of the top beach volleyball players in the country, he has numerous championships under his belt and has won the legendary Pottstown Rumble three times. He recently added a NORCECA Continental Tour Gold Medal to his accolades. Mark has always had a passion for beach volleyball so he decided to retire from indoor in 2014 to dedicate his time and efforts to beach volleyball full time.
Since his early days as a player, Burik has taken a special interest in coaching, consistently finding opportunities to increase his volleyball IQ and share it with other players and coaches. For the past six years, he has been a part of the Gold Medal Squared staff, which promotes a system of teaching designed by national team coaches throughout the last three decades. He has spent the last 10 years competing, traveling the world, working with hundreds of coaches, thousands of players, and being employed by numerous national teams and federations.
Mark is the Founder and Owner of VolleyCamp Hermosa, where athletes can stay and play in sunny Southern California. Join him and the rest of our awesome staff for beach volleyball lessons, classes, and camps in Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo Beach.
Brandon Joyner – Lead Coach & Co-Founder of BetterAtBeach.com
Brandon started playing volleyball in Chester, Virginia when he was 16 years old for his high school volleyball team. As a senior, Brandon was named Virginia State Player of the Year.
Later, Brandon went on to play collegiate volleyball at George Mason University. During his career at George Mason University, Brandon accumulated accolades such as first-team All EIVA and Honorable mention All-American. Brandon was also tied for 5th in the country in blocks per set.
After his career in college, Brandon played professional indoor volleyball in Slovakia, Finland, and Sweden from 2012-2014.
Once he retired from indoor volleyball, Brandon moved to the beach where he found success in the National Volleyball League. During his time playing, he finished as high as third, and also took home the “Most Improved” award in 2016. Currently, Brandon is playing on the AVP tour and international circuit.
Brandon has also been a coach for more than 10 years.
During his playing years, Brandon was also a coach. Brandon has coached for 10+ years. He has coached volleyball camps as a head coach since 2008 and was the assistant coach for George Mason university from 2011-2013.
Tonya Stumphauzer – Director of Content
Tonya joined the team as Director of Content in January 2019, but it was months prior to that she really “interviewed” for the job during a volleyball class when she shyly asked Mark if she could film some of the class, then went home and edited a video. I guess he liked it because here she is producing and editing videos and creating and managing social media for VolleyCamp Hermosa/Better at Beach.
Her background in video production spans over twenty years and includes working in TV news, editing movie trailers, working eight years as a producer and editor at a video game company, and more recently, serving as Creative Director at an internet marketing company before she decided to give freelancing a go!
Tonya considers working with VCH/BAB a dream because it combines her love of writing and making videos with the other love of her life: beach volleyball.
Although she discovered the sport later in life, when she did, it became an obsession, and has been playing on and off (mostly on) for 11 years, having earned a CBVA “A” rating. Her career winnings include one (used) beach volleyball from a CBVA tournament and one brand new one (yay) from winning War of the Roses, which is probably not enough to retire on, so she continues to do video work.
John Magueflor – Administrative Director
Kyle Stevenson – Coach
Kyle at the famed Manhattan Beach 6 Man Beach Volleyball Tournament
Kyle competing on the NVL (National Volleyball League) Tour.
Megan Burgdorf – Coach
Megan comes to VolleyCamp Hermosa with a seriously impressive resume that speaks for itself.
Co-Founder – Beach Volleyball Consulting
Manager, Beach Volleyball High Performance – USA Volleyball
Assistant Women’s Volleyball Coach Walsh University
Premier Men’s / Women’s Head Volleyball Coach University College Dublin
Irish National Beach Volleyball Coach – Volleyball Ireland
Director of Marketing, Small Countries Division Beach Volleyball Commission – Confédération Européenne de Volleyball (CEV)
Megan is the coach of AVP rockstars Corinne Quiggle and Amanda Dowdy
Rob McLean – Coach
Rob started his volleyball career at Northport High School in New York as a 3 year starter on their varsity squad. He then continued playing indoor volleyball in California, at Long Beach City College from 2009-2012 earning accolades each year, most notably the State Championship in 2012, as well as California State Tournament MVP.
Rob continued his indoor career with stints in Croatia and Luxembourg from 2012-2015. In 2015, Rob turned to beach volleyball and hasn’t looked back. Living in Hermosa Beach, CA, Rob trains under the Elite Performance Squad with Kerri Walsh’s p1440. He competes regularly and hopes to earn his place as a regular on the AVP tour.
Rob has been a coach for more than 8 years and is highly sought after in the Beach Cities with numerous roles on multiple juniors teams. We are happy to have a trainer of his intellect, patience and unique view of beach volleyball.
