2024 Confirmed DVC Coaches
Head Coach & Director Heather Minnis, Impact coach certified 12/2005, Director and Head coach since 2005
Coach Minnis began coaching volleyball in August 1998, where she coached the first Dickson County school volleyball team at Dickson Jr. High. She has been a head coach 26 middle school seasons (1998-2023) and her teams have accumulated 430+ varsity wins. Team accomplishments include TMSAA STATE QUALIFIER in the first state tournament for middle school volleyball in 2023, 13 varsity middle school conference tourney titles, 8 varsity middle school regular season conference titles, and 14 regular season tournament championship titles. This is her 19th travel season (2006-2024) as a head coach and director of DVC. She has coached 11u to 18u teams. Those travel teams have earned 17 CLUB TOURNEY CHAMPIONSHIP TITLES, ONE SRVA REGIONALS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE, TWO SRVA REGIONALS RUNNERS-UP, AND 13 CLUB TOURNEY RUNNERS-UP.
Coach Mallory Minnis, Impact Certified 2020
Coach Mallory played for Dickson Middle(2012-2015), Dickson County High School(2015-2019), and Dynamite Volleyball Club as a setter and right side from 4th grade through 12th grade(2010-2019). Her senior year, as a starting setter, the Lady Cougar's volleyball team earned a 36-3 record, taking the championship in their district. As a Dynamite player, Coach Mallory's team was fortunate enough to win a championship tourney title every season from 13u through 18u (2014 St. Patty's Day Tourney Champs, 2015 St. Patty's Day Champs, 2016 Club West Classic Tourney Champs, 2017 Battle Ground Explosion Tourney Champs, 2018 SRVA Regionals Champs, & 2019 Music City Block Party, President's Day, & Southeast Pre-Qualifier Champs). Coach Mallory completed her undergrad degree at Freed-Hardeman University in 2023. She is currently working on her masters. She is returning for her 4th season as a head coach for 2024.
She has coached 121 & 151 2020-2021; 131 2021-2022; 141 2022-2023; 131 and 181 2023-2024.
Coach Jennifer Oliver, Impact Coach Certified
Coach Jennifer continues to learn the sport of volleyball, and we are excited by her enthusiasm for volleyball. She will be returning for her 8th season in 2024 as our 141 coach. She has coached three seasons as a 14u coach, 2 seasons as a 15u coach, one season as a 17u coach, two seasons as a 18u coach, and has been the Dickson Middle assistant coach for 8 seasons (2015,16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23).
Coach Alisha Tolley Baker, Impact Coach Certified
Coach Tolley Baker is excited to be a member of our Dynamite coaching staff. She has played volleyball for many seasons. She was the DMS Volleyball Assistant Coach for 6 seasons (2017, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22). She will be returning for her 7th season with DVC (2018 14u, 2019 17u, 2020 15u, 2021 15u, 22 16u, 2023 14u, 16u 2024).
Coach Joani March , Impact Coach Certified 2021
Coach Joani played volleyball middle school, high school, and through college. she played as an outside hitter at David Lipscomb University in Nashville, TN. She was also a co-captain for her team.
Coach Joani is excited to return for her third season(2022 12U & 2023 122 & 131) as our 142 Head Coach, and we are excited to have her coaching with Dynamite for the 2024 season.
Coach Cierra Ramsey, Impact Coach Certified 2021
Coach Cierra played for Dickson Middle, Dickson County High School, and Dynamite Volleyball Club as a libero and DS. She is currently teaching elementary education. We are excited for her to be returning to our gym and to be coaching with DVC for her 3rd season.( 2022 12u, 2023 12u, & 2024 12u & 13u)
Coach McKenzie Jenkins, Impact Certified 2022
Coach McKenzie played volleyball at Dickson Middle School,
DCHS, and travel volleyball with Dynamite as a libero and Defensive Specialist. She is currently a Sophomore in college. McKenzie was a player assistant coach 2022 season, a 131 coach for 2023,and we are glad to have her returning as a coach for our 2024 season (15u).
Coach Julie Kaiser, IMPACT CERTIFIED
Coach Julie will be returning to coach for her 2nd season at Dynamite (2023 16u; 2024 18u)
Recently leaving her many years as a Varsity coach at Vista High School in Vista, CA, Coach Julie has also been part of the USA Volleyball Pipeline helping to identify and train athletes nationwide who have shown the potential of developing into a national team member for the USA Olympic Volleyball Team. Over the past 20 years, Julie has coached club volleyball teams for all ages including the collegiate level club program. Club programs include San Diego Volleyball Club, Genuine Volleyball and Forza1 Volleyball.
Coach Julie is certified as a USA Volleyball CAP level three accredited coach as well as a long time IMPACT coaching instructor for USA Volleyball. She holds a certificate in the USA Volleyball Conditioning Accreditation Program as well. A long time member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association, Julie has provided coach training sessions at the AVCA national conventions and is a “mentor coach” helping coaches with requests for assistance in all aspects of coaching. She has been frequently published in Volleyball Magazine, USA Sports Performance and AVCA publications in the past.
As a player, Coach Julie played 2 seasons at her hometown university, Southern Oregon University before joining the US Marine Corps. She played 3 seasons on the All-Marine team and was selected for the All-Armed Forces National team each year.
A new resident of White Bluff, Coach Julie and her husband are enjoying the Tennessee life and enjoying her weekend fun with the grandkids.
Coach Gary Patterson, Impact Certified 2021
We are happy to have Coach Gary as a coach again for this 2024 season. He was the assistant coach for the 2022 season with Dynamite 151 and 2023 with Dynamite 161. For 2024, he will be assistant coach for the 182 team.
Coach Andrea Holley, Impact Certified
Coach Holley was the Harpeth Middle Head Coach. She coached volleyball at Harpeth for 11 seasons as an assistant or head coach. This will be her 5th season coaching for DVC. We look forward to her returning to our coaches for the 2024 season as our 12u coach.
Coach Amy Fitzgerald, Impact Coach Certified 1/2015
Coach Amy is returning this season to Dynamite Volleyball Club as an assistant coach. She has been coaching, learning, and helping with volleyball teams and clinics for the last 8 years. Coach Amy was a head coach for 14u and 12U teams. For 2024, she will be an assistant to our 141 team.
Coach Lucas Mangrum, Impact Coach Certified 10/2023
Coach Lucas has been a part of volleyball for many years and his involvement has lead him to coaching. We look forward to having Coach Lucas Mangrum coaching with Dynamite Volleyball Club for the 2024 season. He will be the assistant coach for our 2024 142 team.