Geoff Kiessling is entering his 34th year of coaching volleyball. This will be Geoff's 17th year with Dallas Premier. Kiessling has had a pretty good
run so far and has no plans of stopping any time soon. Geoff started coaching in 1992. Man, he is OLD! As an Owner/Director and Coach of this
AWESOME Club.
Kiessling feels like Premier is the best kept secret in the NTR Region. “Once people find out what Premier is all about, they almost always fall in love with what we are doing here”. We Train Athletes, period! “Having 30+ years of experience, I can promise that we are at the highest end of the spectrum when it comes to training”. “In an era where name brands seem to lead the decision of choosing clubs, we challenge all that feel the name brand is always the best.
Our product is as good or better than some of those with brand names. I promise you that!!” It must be true, because Geoff has qualified teams
for Nationals every season. “I have been at other clubs and have seen what they do and how they do it. I am VERY THANKFUL for the opportunities provided to me and the experiences I have from those opportunities.” Kiessling spent 3 years at TAV as a Director/Master Coach and while there Medaled at 8 qualifiers, Won the Tour of Texas, Finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th in the Nation with 12’s and 16’s. He has also been a 3x Coach of the Year Candidate once at TAV and twice at Premier. Kiessling came back to Premier with a better understanding of how the other half lives and wanted to bring Premier back to the forefront of the region. In his first year back, he helped bring Jason Williams (current Head Coach at TCU) back to Premier and he did just that. Premier qualified multiple teams that season including in the Open division. The past few seasons Kiessling medaled twice, once with 17 Black and 16 Black winning Silver and Bronze Medals at Junior Nationals!
Good Luck to everyone this Season (below is a very wordy bio. If you have 9 hours, please feel free to read it)
Kiessling has been a part of all aspects of the volleyball game. As a Player, Boys and Girls Club, Boys and Girls High School, College as well as
international coach, Geoff has a good idea how this thing works. Geoff started playing volleyball in Houston, the summer of his 8th grade year. The following year, he helped found the first Texas high school indoor boys league. With 10 teams competing after the girls’ teams on Friday nights, they hoped that it would grow. While pursuing a soccer career, volleyball soon became a passion as well. While playing in High School he and his friends started a high school boys’ teams that quickly turned into a boys league. This was unheard of at the time in Texas, but the High School league had 10 teams represented by 6 schools. On the boys side, Geoff has played as well as coached and trained many successful boys players who continued playing at schools such as Pepperdine, Long Beach, Arizona as well as others.
Kiessling spent 8 years coaching collegiately at Alvin College and Galveston College. While at ACC, Kiessling took the program from the bottom of the Conference and helped to make ACC a Top 20 Nationally ranked program. During his 8-year tenure, 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 2 to play Professional. Some of his setters were ranked in the top 10 in the Nation each and as high as 3rd. His teams also participated in several international matches allowing him to train with and learn from coaches from other countries enriching his love to learn more about the sport he loves. On the high school side of things, while in Houston, he coached boys high school teams in the league that he helped start. He also spent six seasons with John Paul II High School as the Varsity Assistant Coach.
Club coaching started for Geoff with NASA Volleyball Club in Friendswood Texas, his Jr year of High School. The following year, he helped South
East Texas (SET) Jrs get started and took ownership soon after. After a few years, Kiessling merged SET with South Shore Juniors and spent
almost 10 years with the club. As one of the Master Coaches of South Shore Juniors Volleyball Club, he qualified for the USA Junior National
Championships, producing 2 All Americans and finishing as high as 5th in the Nation twice and 3rd at the AAU National Championships. Geoff
spent one year with Texas Tornados as Head 18's 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 in the business. Geoff has trained many athletes from all levels of High Schools, Clubs and
Colleges in Texas as well as surrounding states. He has also trained many athletes preparing them for their International Professional careers.
Coach Kiessling also spent many years with USA Volleyball. Geoff was selected for 10 years to train athletes from all over the country in High
Performance and Development camps held by USA Volleyball. Kiessling had the privilege to train many years with 2004 Olympic Coach Toshi
Yoshida and 2008 Olympic Coach, Jenny "Lang" Ping. He 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 a Gold Medal despite playing up in an older age group. This team consisted of Cal Berkley standout Tarah Murrey, Nebraska Setter
Lauren Cooke, Penn State Setter Kristen Carpenter and Hawaii Outside Hitter Kanani Danielson.
As well as coaching, Kiessling also worked on the technical side of USA Volleyball as a member of the USA Volleyball Events Staff and
Committee. Kiessling also helped 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 represented
the Lone Star Region as a Coach for the LS High Performance Program for the first 4 years of its conception before being asked to work with USA
HP Program. Geoff has coached or trained over 400+ athletes who received scholarship offers to play volleyball in college. Geoff loves training
setters. Some of his setters have received offers to programs like Texas, Texas A&M, Florida State, Arizona, Arizona State, Oregon State, Baylor,
Ole Miss, Wyoming, SFA, Iona, Villanova and others. Some of his setters have been selected as State MVPs as well as collegiate All Americans.
Many of Kiessling's former players have competed in the NCAA Division I National Championships. Kiessling was a member of the North Texas
Region Jr Board of Directors 2014/2107/2024/2025. He is a current and active member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, Junior
Volleyball Association, CAP Level II Certified, Coach VCAP Certified, AAU Double Coach Certified and Just Plain Awesome.
Geoff is married to the smartest and most amazing woman he knows, Rhae. Together, they have 2 amazing boys Connor (10) and Cortland (7).
They have dedicated themselves to help your sons and daughters achieve her goals not only in volleyball, but in life. “We want every player that
leaves Dallas Premier to be a better volleyball player, a better person and to make a positive contribution to the world”.
Lord knows in times like these the more positivity we can spread, the better.
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