CONFIRMED DVC Coaches FOR 2027
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 29 middle school seasons (1998-2026). Coach Minnis' DMS varsity teams have reached 520 wins. Team accomplishments include 3 TMSAA CLASS AA STATE TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES in 2023,2024, & 2025, with 1 TMSAA CLASS AA STATE TOURNAMENT FINAL FOUR, 2 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 18 season tournament championship titles. This is her 22nd travel season (2006-2027) 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 50 seasons of coaching school (29) and travel (21) volleyball.
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. Coach Mallory was the Dickson Middle School Assistant Coach for 2024. She is currently teaching ELA and is the Head Volleyball Coach at Harpeth High School. She is returning to DVC for the 2027 season for her 7th season as a head coach.
She has coached 121 & 151 2021; 131 2022; 141 2023; 131 and 181 2024; 141 & 171 2025. 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 11th season in 2027. She has coached one season as a 13U coach, four seasons as a 14u coach, 2 seasons as a 15u coach, one season as a 17u coach, two seasons as a 18u coach, and was 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 10th season with DVC (2018 14u, 2019 17u, 2020 15u, 2021 15u, 22 16u, 2023 14u, 16u 2024, 16u 2025, & 15u 2026).
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 8th season coaching for DVC. She has coached 12U and 14U teams. We look forward to her returning to our coaches for the 2027 season.
Coach Ellie Collins, Impact Coach Certified 2025
Coach Ellie played volleyball for Dickson Middle, Dickson County High, & Dynamite Volleyball Club. She helped coach our 142 team for the 2025 season, & was head coach for our 13 Club team for 2026. Since 2025, Coach Ellie has been the assistant coach for Burns Middle Volleyball. She will be returning for 2027 to DVC for her third 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 6th season with Dynamite for the 2027 season (2022 12U; 2023 122 & 131; 2024 142; 2025 151; 2026 161).
Coach Katie Bowers, Impact Coach Certified 2024
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 the Harpeth Middle School Head Coach since 2025. She looks to help improve and encourage young players to always do their best. Coach Katie coached 16u in 2025. We are glad to have her returning to our coaching staff for the 2027 season.
Coach Mya Wood
Coach Mya played volleyball for Dickson Middle, Dickson County High, and Dynamite Volleyball Club. We are excited to add her to our coaching roster and look forward to her coaching with us for the 2027 season.
Coach Emily Kuhn
Coach Emily played volleyball for East Hickman High School and Dynamite Volleyball Club. She has also been a player assistant coach for our 12U team in the 2025 & 2026 seasons and a camp and clinic coach for the past several years. We are glad to have Emily join us as a coach for DVC.