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Geoff Kiessling - Head Coach: 16 MizunoEmail: g.kiessling@yahoo.com
This will be Geoff’s fourth year with Dallas Premier. He is also in his third season with John Paul II High School as the Varsity Assistant Coach. Kiessling comes to Dallas from the Houston area as a former collegiate coach at Alvin College and Galveston College as well as Co-Director of South Shore Junior Volleyball Club. While at ACC, Kiessling took the program from the bottom of the Conference and helped to make ACC a Nationally ranked program. During his 8 year collegiate coaching career he helped lead his teams to Post Season play every year. He helped to produce 20 All Conference, 10 All-Region and 2 All-Americans. 21 of his players went on to play at Major Universities and 1 to play Professional. Each of his setters have been ranked in the top 3 in the Nation each and every year.
Since 1992, he has been coaching or playing volleyball.
Eight of those years were for South Shore Juniors Volleyball Club where he has qualified for USA Junior National Championships five times, producing 2 All Americans and finishing as high as 5th in the Nation twice. Geoff has coached or trained 75 Seniors who all received scholarships to play volleyball in college. For the past few years he had 10 players selected to PrepVolleyball.com’s top 250 Seniors in the Nation. 8 Players were selected to the Lonestarvolleyball.com All Texas Team. In 2005, three of Kiessling’s former players competed in the NCAA Division I National Championships.
One year was spent with Texas Tornados where as the Head Coach his team qualified for the Junior Olympics and won the Bronze Medal in the 18 American Division and three of his girls were selected as All Americans.
Kiessling is known as one of the top technical trainers. Geoff has trained many athletes from all levels of High Schools, Clubs and Colleges in Texas as well as surrounding states.
Coach Kiessling is also very involved with USA Volleyball. Geoff has been selected for the past 8 years to train athletes from all over the country in High Performance and Development camps held by USA Volleyball. Kiessling has trained with 2004 Olympic Coach Toshi Yoshida and current National Team coach Jenny “Lang†Ping. Kiessling was also selected as an apprentice coach for USA Volleyball for the High Performance program. Geoff was involved in the training of the USA HP A1 Team that participated in the USA High Performance Championships where his USA HP Red won the Gold Medal despite playing up in an older age group. As well as coaching, Kiessling also works on the technical side of USA Volleyball as a member of the USA Volleyball Logistics staff.
Kiessling was asked to help with training the USA Junior National Team as they prepared for the NORCECA Continental Junior Women’s Championship in Winnipeg, Canada. He also helped with the 2000 Olympic Team tryouts in San Diego, California.
Kiessling was also chosen to represent the Lone Star Region as a Coach for the High Performance Program for the first 4 years of its conception. Before being asked to work with USA HP Program.
Geoff is a current and active member of the American Volleyball Coach’s Association and is CAP Level II Certified Coach.
This will be Geoff’s fourth year with Dallas Premier. He is also in his third season with John Paul II High School as the Varsity Assistant Coach. Kiessling comes to Dallas from the Houston area as a former collegiate coach at Alvin College and Galveston College as well as Co-Director of South Shore Junior Volleyball Club. While at ACC, Kiessling took the program from the bottom of the Conference and helped to make ACC a Nationally ranked program. During his 8 year collegiate coaching career he helped lead his teams to Post Season play every year. He helped to produce 20 All Conference, 10 All-Region and 2 All-Americans. 21 of his players went on to play at Major Universities and 1 to play Professional. Each of his setters have been ranked in the top 3 in the Nation each and every year.
Since 1992, he has been coaching or playing volleyball.
Eight of those years were for South Shore Juniors Volleyball Club where he has qualified for USA Junior National Championships five times, producing 2 All Americans and finishing as high as 5th in the Nation twice. Geoff has coached or trained 75 Seniors who all received scholarships to play volleyball in college. For the past few years he had 10 players selected to PrepVolleyball.com’s top 250 Seniors in the Nation. 8 Players were selected to the Lonestarvolleyball.com All Texas Team. In 2005, three of Kiessling’s former players competed in the NCAA Division I National Championships.
One year was spent with Texas Tornados where as the Head Coach his team qualified for the Junior Olympics and won the Bronze Medal in the 18 American Division and three of his girls were selected as All Americans.
Kiessling is known as one of the top technical trainers. Geoff has trained many athletes from all levels of High Schools, Clubs and Colleges in Texas as well as surrounding states.
Coach Kiessling is also very involved with USA Volleyball. Geoff has been selected for the past 8 years to train athletes from all over the country in High Performance and Development camps held by USA Volleyball. Kiessling has trained with 2004 Olympic Coach Toshi Yoshida and current National Team coach Jenny “Lang†Ping. Kiessling was also selected as an apprentice coach for USA Volleyball for the High Performance program. Geoff was involved in the training of the USA HP A1 Team that participated in the USA High Performance Championships where his USA HP Red won the Gold Medal despite playing up in an older age group. As well as coaching, Kiessling also works on the technical side of USA Volleyball as a member of the USA Volleyball Logistics staff.
Kiessling was asked to help with training the USA Junior National Team as they prepared for the NORCECA Continental Junior Women’s Championship in Winnipeg, Canada. He also helped with the 2000 Olympic Team tryouts in San Diego, California.
Kiessling was also chosen to represent the Lone Star Region as a Coach for the High Performance Program for the first 4 years of its conception. Before being asked to work with USA HP Program.
Geoff is a current and active member of the American Volleyball Coach’s Association and is CAP Level II Certified Coach.
Miranda Orr - Head Coach: 14 MoltenMost recently Miranda Orr spent 2 seasons as an assistant at the University of North Texas. She also served as the assistant for TAV’s 17 Asics teams in 2008 and 2009.
Before coming to the metroplex, Miranda was a head coach for West Texas Juniors out of Midland. She led her teams to several tournament titles and top ten finishes at national qualifiers. Her teams qualified for nationals in 2006 and 2007.
Orr also spent three seasons as an assistant with the University of Texas-Permian Basin volleyball program helping the team to the regional tournament each year. As a player, she was a four-year starter at outside hitter and earned All-Red River Athletic Conference, Offensive MVP honors, and NAIA Region VI first-team selections. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology in 2003.
Brian Meyer - Head Coach: 17 MizunoBrian Meyer begins his second season at Dallas Premier. In his first year with Premier he qualified his 18 Molten team, consisting of all Juniors and only 1 senior, for the Junior National Championships in Reno in the 18′s Division. Brian spent 12 years of coaching at the Division I collegiate level at the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) and the University of Tennessee. During his coaching career, he has helped coach and produce 2 All-Americans, 1 academic All-American, 2 AVCA All-Region players, 12 all-conference players, 19 academic all-conference players, 3 players who participated in the US National program and several players that have gone on to become volleyball coaches after concluding their playing careers.
A native of San Antonio, he began coaching as a student assistant at the University of Texas-San Antonio, while at the same time coaching for Alamo Juniors, where his teams qualified for the Junior Olympic National Championships each of his three years there. From there, Meyer went on to become the top assistant coach at UTEP. During his stay in El Paso he also served as a coach for, and technical advisor to, the El Paso Juniors volleyball club. He had numerous players at Alamo and El Paso Juniors who went on to play collegiately at all levels. Meyer also conducted several sessions of the Mizuno Coaching Clinic series for local and regional coaches in El Paso.
While at the University of Tennessee he helped return the program to national prominence, evidenced by the Lady Vols’ selection and participation in the NCAA tournament after a seven year absence. Meyer’s efforts at Tennessee helped produce seven players who are listed in the Lady Vols All-Time Top 10 in several statistical categories of their record books.
Brian also traveled to Europe to coach an all-star team of former US college players on a tour competing against several top European professional clubs in Germany, Belgium, Austria and The Netherlands.
An accomplished camp clinician, Meyer coordinated and coached the summer camps at UTEP and Tennessee, while also coaching camps at several universities, including Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri.
Brian Meyer begins his second season at Dallas Premier. In his first year with Premier he qualified his 18 Molten team, consisting of all Juniors and only 1 senior, for the Junior National Championships in Reno in the 18′s Division. Brian spent 12 years of coaching at the Division I collegiate level at the University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) and the University of Tennessee. During his coaching career, he has helped coach and produce 2 All-Americans, 1 academic All-American, 2 AVCA All-Region players, 12 all-conference players, 19 academic all-conference players, 3 players who participated in the US National program and several players that have gone on to become volleyball coaches after concluding their playing careers.
A native of San Antonio, he began coaching as a student assistant at the University of Texas-San Antonio, while at the same time coaching for Alamo Juniors, where his teams qualified for the Junior Olympic National Championships each of his three years there. From there, Meyer went on to become the top assistant coach at UTEP. During his stay in El Paso he also served as a coach for, and technical advisor to, the El Paso Juniors volleyball club. He had numerous players at Alamo and El Paso Juniors who went on to play collegiately at all levels. Meyer also conducted several sessions of the Mizuno Coaching Clinic series for local and regional coaches in El Paso.
While at the University of Tennessee he helped return the program to national prominence, evidenced by the Lady Vols’ selection and participation in the NCAA tournament after a seven year absence. Meyer’s efforts at Tennessee helped produce seven players who are listed in the Lady Vols All-Time Top 10 in several statistical categories of their record books.
Brian also traveled to Europe to coach an all-star team of former US college players on a tour competing against several top European professional clubs in Germany, Belgium, Austria and The Netherlands.
An accomplished camp clinician, Meyer coordinated and coached the summer camps at UTEP and Tennessee, while also coaching camps at several universities, including Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois and Missouri.
Sherry Olivares - Sherry begins her second year with Dallas Premier. Sherry Olivares is currently in her 5th year at JPII High School as head volleyball coach. Her teams have finished with winning records each of her first four seasons with JPII. Prior to JPII she coached 12 seasons at Garland High School. Her successful program included her teams advancing to playoffs 10 out of the 12 seasons. Prior to her career at Garland High, Coach Olivares coached successful programs at Austin Academy & Webb Middle Schools, and Newman Smith and South Garland High Schools.
A player herself, she attended East Texas State University (now Texas A&M, Commerce) on a full volleyball scholarship. Her playing day accomplishments include many all-conference teams, her team’s Most Valuable Player Award, as well as being named “Most Outstanding Female Athlete” her senior year. She co-directs a highly successful youth league, Garland Volleyball Association, and is a Cap Level 1 certified club volleyball coach for Dallas Premier.
When not coaching, Sherry enjoys time with her kids – Marissa, a junior at Sachse High School, plays volleyball, and Michael, an eighth grader at Hudson Middle School, plays football and basketball.