All SC Royals coaches and assistants are volunteers who give their time for the love of the game and promoting kids’ sports. They are SafeSport trained through USA Field Hockey, and in most cases, parents of players. We come from a mixture of backgrounds and playing experience, and are passionate about doing our best for the kids and creating a fun, safe and solid learning experience.
If you have experience coaching or want to volunteer your help, particularly umpiring, please get in touch using our form.
Steve Beeny is latecomer to field hockey, but is convinced this is a wonderful sport to share with kids in Orange County. Although he played a little in high school in England, it wasn’t until 2017 that he tried it at the adult level, joining the Orange County Tangerines field hockey club along with his two children.
Following some tournament play, he decided to start his own club with the goal of growing youth field hockey in south Orange County and giving more kids in this area a chance to play the sport. The club was established in 2019 and has grown to over 50 players in three age groups, including his son. Steve’s vision is to see the growth of more youth field hockey clubs and high school programs in the area, and for the OC to be the bridge between the San Diego and Moorpark circuits.
Philip’s children joined South County Royals shortly after the team formed in 2019. Unfamiliar with the sport at the time, both kids jumped into it with enthusiasm, as did their entire family. Philip initially volunteered to assist when needed, and in 2021 was happy to take a more active role in coaching, and assisting with the club.
A camp counselor for 8 years when younger, Philip has served as a volunteer on his kids’ preschool executive board, and more recently the executive board of their PTA. He volunteers his time raising funds, organizing events and programs, helping in their classrooms, and coaching their school’s Kid’s Run the OC programs.
Philip is excited to work with Steve to make SC Royals the premier youth club in Orange County, while giving every athlete the opportunity to achieve success playing field hockey.
Background coming soon.
Delano started playing field hockey at the age of three and has been a competitive field and indoor hockey player for more than 10 years. His former field hockey club was Dortmunder HG, Germany. Delano moved to the US in 2020, and joined the SC Royals as a Coach the following year. He is currently attending the USA Field Hockey Coaching Certification Program and is a student of Santa Margarita Catholic HS, where he competes with the JV Golf Team. He is a passionate athlete and enjoys getting the kids in OC excited about field hockey.
Alyssa Kitchens has been coaching and teaching sports for over twenty years. She is a previous swimming instructor and lifeguard, special needs aid for CVUSD, yoga instructor for Purple Yoga and YogaWorks, and recently spent time coordinating a kid’s hiking club and volunteer coaching for Kids Run the OC in 2020 and 2022.
Alyssa has been swimming since the age of four and participated in competitive swim and gymnastics in elementary school. In junior high she spent time competing with the local track and field team, and continued into high school, where she also participated in water polo, swimming, diving, and cross country. She played water polo in college, and most recently has ventured into the world of adventure endurance events.
She loves doing anything outdoors with her family, and loves teaching people new things, and sharing new experiences. She’s very excited to be a part of the Royals Field Hockey family! She currently has one kid in the club.
Jagtar started playing hockey in 1994 in Huntington Beach with the HB Surfers club. He started coaching in 2021 with his son’s AYSO U8 team, and also refereeing. He started coaching with Royals field hockey club in the same year, and led the Rangers team to victory in the Royals Spring 2022 league.
Coach Jag is passionate to help kids learn field hockey and promote the sport in Orange County to be accessible to everyone. He hopes to see the growth of more field hockey clubs in Orange County and the formation of a year-long league.
Roya is currently a junior at Sage Hill School. She plays a variety of sports, but field hockey is her favorite! She has been involved with field hockey for seven years, four of those years being in Chicago. Roya first started playing in fifth grade for my middle school, and shortly after joined a club team. She attended Northwestern University’s field hockey camps every summer, and after moving to Orange County, began coaching for Royals.