2025 DVC Confirmed 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 27 middle school seasons (1998-2024). Coach Minnis' DMS varsity teams have reached 469 wins. Team accomplishments include 2 TMSAA CLASS AA STATE TOURNAMENT QUALIFIERS in 2023 & 2024, 1 TMSAA CLASS AA STATE TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR, 1 Sectional Tournament Championship title, 1 Sectional Tournament Runner-up, 14 varsity middle school conference tourney titles, 9 varsity middle school regular season conference titles, and 16 season tournament championship titles. This is her 20th travel season (2006-2025) 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, 1 SRVA REGIONALS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE (17U), 3 SRVA REGIONALS RUNNERS-UP(18U, 18U & 15U), AND 13 CLUB TOURNEY RUNNERS-UP. Coach Minnis has a combined 46 seasons of coaching school and travel seasons.
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 volleyball team earned a 10-0; 36-3 record, taking 3 Championship titles including the MidTN Classic Tournament(6-0), the Rocky Top Classic Tournament (8-1), and the Class AAA District 11 Tournament. 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. Coach Mallory is also the Dickson Middle School Assistant Coach for 2024. She is returning for her 5th season as a head coach for 2025.
She has coached 121 & 151 2021; 131 2022; 141 2023; 131 and 181 2024. Her HEAD COACH travel teams have earned 2 CLUB TOURNEY CHAMPSIONSHIP TITLES, 4 CLUB TOURNAMENT RUNNERS-UP.
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 9th season in 2025. 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 8th season with DVC (2018 14u, 2019 17u, 2020 15u, 2021 15u, 22 16u, 2023 14u, 16u 2024).
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 6th season coaching for DVC. She has coached 12U and 14U teams. We look forward to her returning to our coaches for the 2025 season.
Coach Amy Fitzgerald, Impact Coach Certified 1/2015
Coach Amy is returning this season to Dynamite Volleyball Club. She has been coaching, learning, and helping with volleyball teams and clinics for the last 9 years. She has been an assistant coach at DCHS for 2018 and 2024. Coach Amy was a head coach for 14u and 12U teams. She will be returning to our coaching staff for the 2025 season.
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 will be returning for her 4th season with Dynamite for the 2025 season (2022 12U; 2023 122 & 131; 2024 142).
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. In 2024 he helped coach our 142 team. We look forward to having Coach Lucas Mangrum coaching with Dynamite Volleyball Club for his 2nd season.
Coach Katie Bowers
Coach Katie played volleyball for eight years, starting at William James Middle School, Creek Wood High School, Freed-Hardeman University, and club with Dynamite Volleyball Club. In 2021, her DVC team earned Runner-up at the SRVA Regional Championships in Atlanta. Her senior year of high school, her school team won the 2022 AA State Championship Title. She is currently a Sophomore in college and is studying Elementary Education. She looks to help improve and encourage young players to always do their best. We are glad to add her to our coaching staff for the 2025 season.
Coach Savannah Baker
Coach Savannah played for Charlotte Middle School (2017-2020), Creek Wood High School (2020-2024), Freedom Volleyball Club in 7th grade, and Dynamite Volleyball Club in 8th-12th (2019-2024). As a Creek Wood Red Hawk, Savannah started varsity all four years as a setter. Her junior year her high school team went to the state tournament for the first time in school history and earned the 2022 Class AA State Champions Title with a record of 40-2. Her senior year her team went to the state tournament again and took 3rd in state. As a Dynamite player, her 15u (2021) team won the SRVA Regional Championships Tournament in Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently the assistant coach for Creek Wood High School and this will be her first season as a coach at Dynamite Volleyball Club. We look forward to her coaching with DVC for the 2025 season.