Capri Grotowski has been head coach of the FAU sand volleyball program since 2014. A graduate of Lake Worth High School, Grotowski attended Northwood University. She was named team MVP all four seasons and after being named an all-conference outside hitter as a sophomore, she moved inside to middle blocker and earned all-conference honors there in each of the next two seasons.
After completing her degree in 2006, Grotowkski chose to focus on sand volleyball. She played on several local tours and had numerous top-three Open finishes, including more than 25 career wins. In 2009, she qualified for an AVP tournament for the first time and played on tour for the next two years. After taking a year off for the birth of her son, Grotowski returned to the beach and recorded a top-10 finish.
As a coach, Grotowski began coaching a local beach club in 2006, before starting VB Beach, a sand volleyball training club for juniors and adults with her husband, 2012 sand volleyball Olympian Steve Grotowski. The couple have two kids, son, Cayd, and daughter, Kyah.