16-1 West Head Coach
J Dee Marinko
Charge is happy to announce that J Dee returns as a 16’s coach for Charge West in 2023-24. Last year his team finished 2nd at the OKRVA Regional Championships in the non-bid division. J Dee is an Outside Hitter for the USA Men’s Sitting Volleyball team.
From the Team USA Sitting Volleyball page: https://www.teamusa.org/usa-volleyball/athletes/JDee-Marinko
Name: J. Dee Marinko
Position: Outside Hitter
Sport: Sitting Volleyball
Discipline(s): Sitting Volleyball
Height: 6-4
Birthplace: Norman, Okla.
Hometown: Newcastle, Okla.
High School: Newcastle High School
College: Panhandle State University; DeVry University
Paralympic Experience
- 2016: Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro (8th place)
World Championship Experience
- 2018: World ParaVolley World Championships (8th Place)
- 2014: World ParaVolley World Championships (10th place)
- 2010: WOVD World Championships (10th Place)
Other Career Highlights
- 2019: Parapan American Games (Silver)
- 2015: USA Volleyball Male Sitting Player of the Year
- 2015: Parapan American Games (Silver)
- 2011: Parapan American Games(Silver); Continental Cup; Sarajevo Open
DID YOU KNOW
- J.Dee is below the knee amputee on his right leg
- After being diagnosed with synovial sarcoma, J. Dee was told there was a 75 percent chance of the cancer coming back if he did have the affected parts of his leg removed.
- Played two years of football at Panhandle State University
Personal: Parents are Joe Marinko and Teresa McShane… Brothers are John Marinko and Zac Boydstun; Sisters are Joy Harold, Tina Bishop and Valerir Powell. J.Dee is the youngest of the family…The happiest moment of his life was the birth of his sons, Kash (2008) and Liam (2011)…The person J. Dee admires most is his mother, Teresa, because, “She has fought and beat cancer, and was with me through my fight with cancer.”… J. Dee’s hobbies include golf, hunting and fishing
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