OK PREMIER 2019-2020
Coaching staff & partners
Central Coaches
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West Coaches
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Check out their Bios below
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Coach Brandy White:
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Brandy has coached the 11's, 13's, 14's, 15's, 16's, 17's & 18's National teams over the past years, winning the Regional bid with her 15's and 18's, placing third at the ShowMe National Qualifier with her 14's and has never placed lower than third in our State's Regional Competition. All of her 18's received scholarships to go on and play volleyball in college. She has had many of her players make the OK HP teams and had the 15s MVP of the Regional Tournament. Her players have made National A2 Teams and A3 National Teams, and one player made one of the eight spots available on the JVA National Team. Two of her players received the JVA National College Scouting Athletes Leadership grant, and three received the JVA Leadership award. Seven of her players have been on the JVA watch List, and one was an AAU Academic All American. Brandy has competed in the USAV Girls Junior National Tournaments and the AAU National Tournaments every year. Brandy also enjoys working the National HP Tryouts and has enjoyed the opportunities training with and learning from Coach Miles Pabst, former OU head Volleyball Coach. Another highlight was meeting Coach Russ Rose of Penn State, NCAA Women’s Volleyball National Champions, when he visited CrossPointe. Brandy has certifications in the following: Impact, CAP 1, CAP 11, SafeSport, Youth and Adolescents fitness and nutrition, CPR and First Aid and also a member of USAV, JVA and AVCA.
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Cait has played volleyball for the past 13 years, including two years of club ball at OK Premier, where she was aided in getting scholarships to a few different universities. During her senior year, she was awarded the 6A Defensive Player of the Year. She played her first college year with a full ride to Frank Phillips Community College, where she was awarded the Western Junior College Athletic Conference All Conference Player. Now, Cait is playing her second year at Oklahoma City University.
Cait has spent the past two years assisting, studying and traveling to make sure she is prepared to take on the role as an upper level head coach. Last year, she was the assistant for the 16 Diamonds, where she learned much and was able to apply her coaching under the supervision of Craig Doughty. Her hard work and dedication has prepared her to be the perfect candidate for our 17 Diamonds this year |
"I am incredibly excited to start this journey," Cait said. "My main priority is providing my girls as many opportunities and as much exposure so that they get scholarships to the colleges and university’s of their choice! As well, we will be a family and have a season full of wins, lessons and fun!"
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Steve started coaching at the YMCA to spend time with his kids. He coached six seasons at the YMCA before making his way into school ball. He coached Moore West/Brink Junior High, 7th and 8th grade teams. After the school season, he went into club ball. He has coached the 14’s team for OK Storm and the 13 Gold and 15 Gold teams for OK Premier. He is now at Moore High School, coaching Freshman and Junior Varsity, as well as assisting the high school coach with the Varsity team. He plays on an adult sand volleyball league and for recreational church tournaments. Volleyball is a sport he enjoys playing and coaching and is excited to be part of the Premier family!
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Trey and Mel Potts have been married for 21 years and have three children. They have played on several co-ed volleyball leagues, and Mel played volleyball in high school. Together, they have coached several sports at the YMCA over the past 10 years. They love sports in general and spending time together as a family. They are excited to start their second year with OK Premier volleyball. They believe through coaching they are encouraging young players to strive to be better on and off the court.
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Chrissy Marsee is head coach at Noble High School and previously was head coach at Noble Middle School for eight years. In her first season as head coach, the Noble Lady Bears moved up 11 spots from the pre-season OSSAA rankings ending as No. 12 in the state for 5A. She is Impact, SafeSport, CAP 1 and CAP 11 certified. She coached the 15's team for Oklahoma Charge in 2013 and assisted for the 15 Rox team in 2014 and Premier 17 Diamonds in 2015. She is in her third year as the 15 Diamonds coach. Chrissy graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2004 with a degree in psychology and criminology and is in her ninth year teaching in Noble. She has been married to the love of her life for 22 years and has three daughters in college. While she loves teaching, coaching girls volleyball is her passion.
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Chrissy's philosophy of coaching is to not only teach volleyball skills but to nurture the needs of the whole player and to develop strong youth both on and off the court. She is excited to be coaching with OK Premier again this season!
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Katelin Shay is from Choctaw, where she graduated from Choctaw High School and played on the varsity volleyball team. She was a key player in building the volleyball program and leading the Yellowjackets to the Sweet 16. She was a Big Ten Conference player and set the Choctaw High School record for the most aces on serve with more than 280 in one season. She was also voted the Game Changer of the Year her freshman year, Sophomore of the Year, MVP her junior year and Player of the Year her senior year. She has played club ball all throughout her junior high and high school career. She also joined a Premier team and played at Nationals on the 17 Diamonds team with Coach Marsee. Katelin was recruited out of high school to play for Division 2 Henderson State University in Arkansas, where she played OH and DS.
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Katelin has now returned to Oklahoma to finish her degree as an education major and to teach biology and coach high school volleyball. Katelin is the freshman coach at Mount Saint Mary High School. This is her second year with OK Premier Volleyball Club, where she has witnessed the value that the organization places on building athletes but also building women of character.
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Tyler is a native Oklahoma, having lived most of his life in Norman. He always has enjoyed the game of volleyball and had the pleasure of being coached by Pete Mills in 1991-1992. Tyler is a devoted husband and a loving father of two. He began his coaching in 2017 as an assistant for the 12 Silver team. His desire to coach continued when he took the position as the head volleyball coach for Longfellow Middle School, followed by a teaching position with the school in 2018. His passion to teach drives him to help others see their full potential. With patience, hard work and dedication, Tyler longs to help everyone to be their best on and off the court.
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Carley grew up in Stillwater and has played volleyball for 12 years. She played for Stillwater YMCA, Stillwater Club and OK Charge Club. She was a libero for Stillwater High School, finishing with the records in career digs and season digs and making the All State team. After graduation, she traveled to Australia to play for Down Under Sports for volleyball, playing in beach and court tournaments. She continued to follow her passion to play volleyball at the collegiate level for Northwestern Oklahoma State University for four years, where she set the school record for career digs and season digs. She graduating in May 2018 with a bachelor's degree in accounting.
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Upon graduation, Carley moved to Lexington with her husband. She is SafeSport Certified. This being Carley's first year to coach at OK Premier, she is ready to teach by using her experience and knowledge to help the girls reach their full potential.
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Rachel is from Norman. She specialized as a back row defensive player throughout high school and college. Rachel received a scholarship to Southwestern Christian University and was starting libero from 2010-2012. She was recognized as team captain throughout high school and during her sophomore year at SCU. In 2011, Rachel was ranked 3rd in the NAIA for Division I in digs per game and 22nd overall for total digs. She was awarded Outstanding Defensive Player in 2011 and Performance of the Year in 2012 to close out her collegiate career at SCU.
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Rachel transferred to Oklahoma City Community College, where she graduated with a degree as an occupational therapy assistant. Rachel accepted a head coaching position at Norman North for the freshman team during the 2013 season. She has been a part of the OK Premier family since 2012 and started out coaching the 12's National Team from 2012-2015. During the 2012-2013 season, the team took 2nd in the Region and then received a National bid to the 2013 USAV Junior National Tournament. Rachel coached the 14's National Team from 2018-2019, where they finished 6th out of 157, and she coached 13's in 2016, when they finished 57th out of 125 teams in Orlando at the AAU Junior National Tournament. This is her 8th year coaching our National Teams. Rachel is Impact certified, Care and Prevention certified, CPR/FirstAid certified, Beach Impact and SafeSport certified.
Kaylie Walker is 18 years old and just graduated from Moore High School. Kaylie is attending college at OCCC. She played volleyball for 11 years and played on varsity all through high school. Kaylie played club for Oklahoma Elite, OK Premier Volleyball and Kaizen. She is so excited to start her coaching career at OK Premier and watch all these young girls grow through the season and watch their love of the game grow as well!
Lydia is from Toledo, Ohio, and graduated from Springfield High School in 2017. She has been playing volleyball for eight years at the Toledo Volleyball Club and Glass City Volleyball Club. Lydia wants to coach because she fell in love with the game because of great coaches and she wants to strive to be one of those great coaches. This is her first year with OK Premier.
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Brandy has been married to Wes White for 17 years and is the proud mother of four children. In addition to that, Brandy is one of the owners of Premier Sportsplex, following her dream to grow the game of volleyball and mentoring through sports and fitness. She was the director of CrossPointe Community Center for six years. She grew up in Noble and played volleyball there, graduating in 2000. Brandy received a volleyball scholarship to Redlands Community College and played there in 2000-2001. In 2002, she was offered the Freshman coaching job at Noble and assisted Darla Smith with the JV and Varsity. Brandy's first coaching job with club was in 2002. She is the co-founder of the CrossPointe Winter Youth League, serving more than 100 girls and boys grades K-12 a year. In addition to being the Co-Founder of OK Premier Volleyball, she also serves on the board as the Vice President, Treasure and Coaching Director.
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Brandy has coached the 11's, 13's, 14's, 15's, 16's, 17's & 18's National teams over the past years, winning the Regional bid with her 15's and 18's, placing third at the ShowMe National Qualifier with her 14's and has never placed lower than third in our State's Regional Competition. All of her 18's received scholarships to go on and play volleyball in college. She has had many of her players make the OK HP teams and had the 15s MVP of the Regional Tournament. Her players have made National A2 Teams and A3 National Teams, and one player made one of the eight spots available on the JVA National Team. Two of her players received the JVA National College Scouting Athletes Leadership grant, and three received the JVA Leadership award. Seven of her players have been on the JVA watch List, and one was an AAU Academic All American. Brandy has competed in the USAV Girls Junior National Tournaments and the AAU National Tournaments every year. Brandy also enjoys working the National HP Tryouts and has enjoyed the opportunities training with and learning from Coach Miles Pabst, former OU head Volleyball Coach. Another highlight was meeting Coach Russ Rose of Penn State, NCAA Women’s Volleyball National Champions, when he visited CrossPointe. Brandy has certifications in the following: Impact, CAP 1, CAP 11, SafeSport, Youth and Adolescents fitness and nutrition, CPR and First Aid and also a member of USAV, JVA and AVCA.
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Paul is married to Terry Page and has two daughters. His youngest, Brooke, plays club and high school volleyball. He enjoys working as a Project Manager and doing Networking and Software support for FISERV, where he has worked for the past 13 years.
He has played volleyball for more than 35 years, both indoor and sand. He also has participated in adult tournaments in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Tulsa and Oklahoma City areas. |
Paul is certified in Impact, SafeSport and Concussion in Sports. Last year, he coached at Stingray Volleyball Club, taking the 12 Regional team to a 9th place finish and never placing lower than 2nd in Silver throughout the 2017-2018 season. He hopes to instill in his players a passion for the game and push them to their full potential, whether that may be playing for years to come or even coaching the game in years to come. His coaching philosophy is best expressed with this: “It is teamwork that gives us the ultimate competitive advantage in sports and in life.”
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Nichole is a 2011 graduate from Noble High School. She has played volleyball since she was in 6th grade and club throughout high school. Nichole then played two years of college volleyball at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. She now attends the University of Oklahoma in pursuit of a degree in physical therapy. In addition, she is a volunteer coach for the Curtis Inge Middle School volleyball teams. She is Impact and SafeSport Certified. Nichole coached the 16s for two years and has been with the 12 Diamonds for the past two years. She enjoys taking her experience of the game and technique and pushing the girls to be the best they can be!
Coach Powell: Assistant 12 Diamonds |
This is Sarah's first year to coach with OK Premier. She was born and raised in Midwest City and attended Destiny Christian School. She has played volleyball since she was 13 and helped lead her team to several state championships and one tri-state championship. She was offered a scholarship to play for Southwest Christian University as a libero, but she turned it down to attend a different school. She recently worked as a youth coordinator for a local christian church and loves working with and mentoring students. She now lives in Norman and works at a sorority house. Sarah is working towards getting her master's degree in psychology.
West Coaching Staff
15 Purple: Stephanie Barbee
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14 Purple: Jason Hammett |
This is Tom's third season with OK Premier. He has lived in Yukon since 2008 when he relocated from Kansas. He enjoys hunting, fishing, hiking and of course volleyball. Tom previously served as the head volleyball coach at Mustang North Middle school for seven years. He is a 7th grade social studies teacher at Yukon Middle School. Tom is certified in Impact, SafeSport and Concussion in Sports.
Kacera was born in rural Oklahoma but moved to Tulsa in her early teens. Once there, she was introduced to volleyball and fell in love with the sport. She played school and recreational volleyball for more than eight years. She has coached for three years at Yukon Middle School. She has a holistic style of coaching, believing that players are not only working on skills to help excel in volleyball, but also to excel in life. Kacera graduated from high school in Tulsa and continued her education at Oklahoma State University.
After graduating from OSU with a bachelor's degree in secondary education with a focus in biology, she moved to Oklahoma City to pursue a teaching career. Kacera lives in Oklahoma City with her partner, Michael. They both enjoyed playing sports growing up. They love to hike and work out in their spare time. Volleyball is a passion of Kacera's, and she is honored to have the opportunity to help OK Premier players and this amazing sport grow!
After graduating from OSU with a bachelor's degree in secondary education with a focus in biology, she moved to Oklahoma City to pursue a teaching career. Kacera lives in Oklahoma City with her partner, Michael. They both enjoyed playing sports growing up. They love to hike and work out in their spare time. Volleyball is a passion of Kacera's, and she is honored to have the opportunity to help OK Premier players and this amazing sport grow!
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Diana lives in Mustang with her husband and two young sons. She teaches 5th and 6th grade PE and coached middle school volleyball for several years as an assistant and head coach. After coaching many seasons of club ball, she realized her positive influence working with the younger athletes. Coach McElroy works with young athletes in the community through Jump Force, Archery Team, Running Club and of course volleyball. |
Kristi is a born-and-bred Okie who grew up playing softball and volleyball in Bethany. By day, she is a curriculum specialist, facilitating the redesign of college courses. By night, she can often be found on or near a volleyball court, either playing herself or cheering on one of her two teenage daughters, who both have found a love for the sport as well. Kristi has played both softball and volleyball since she was a youngster. She was offered a chance to play both sports out of state but decided to stay in Oklahoma to get her bachelor’s and master’s degrees. However, her love of sports, and specifically volleyball, never waned.
Over the years, she has coached multiple age groups and skill levels, both through the YMCA and at various clubs. When she’s not on the sidelines coaching, she is on a court somewhere playing the sport she loves. She is very excited to be back at Premier working as a specialty coach with the OK Premier West teams this year!
Over the years, she has coached multiple age groups and skill levels, both through the YMCA and at various clubs. When she’s not on the sidelines coaching, she is on a court somewhere playing the sport she loves. She is very excited to be back at Premier working as a specialty coach with the OK Premier West teams this year!
Additional Coaching Staff with OK Premier
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Patty is Impact, Beach and SafeSport certified. She has been around volleyball since 1992 when she married her husband, Pete Mills. She has assisted with many of his teams, including the Boys Junior Olympic teams and girls teams of all levels. She is one of the proud owners of OK Premier and has been a primary hand in the development of our club and the Crosspointe youth leagues. In addition to her volleyball experience, she grew up in El Reno and graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in elementary education. She served for 13 years as the children's director at Goodrich Memorial United Methodist Church. She has two boys, one of which played volleyball in college at MBU, and one who proudly serves our country and is married to her sweet daughter-in-law with their very precious first grandson! Patty's most current coaching position was at Longfellow Middle School as their assistant coach.
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Markus has been active in sports all of his life. He has played golf, basketball and baseball throughout middle school and high school. Markus attended Norman North High School and graduated in 2013. He has been an assistant coach for our National teams during the 2011-2017 seasons. He played men's volleyball for Missouri Baptist University in St. Louis, Missouri. Markus is Impact, SafeSport, CAP 1 and CAP 11 certified. He officiates volleyball for the middle schools in Norman. He is excited to be assisting with the National teams again this season.
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Pete is a 1977 graduate of Norman High School and has been involved in community sports and recreation for more than 30 years. After graduation, Pete worked for the Norman Parks and Recreation Department, Norman Public Schools and as a volunteer for the Norman Optimist Club, where he coached and played the usual baseball, basketball, softball and the unusual World Freestyle Frisbee and Team Handball. In 1984, Pete started part time for United Parcel Service and has been full time since June 1986. In 1985-1986 while coaching 7th grade boys basketball at Whittier, Pete was asked to coach 7th grade girls volleyball. The Whittier girls team was undefeated, and the nucleus of this Whittier team, as seniors at Norman High School, won a state 5A High School championship, a perfect 51-0.
Pete met his wife Patty in 1991. Patty adopted the 11 boys on the club team and planned their wedding and honeymoon around volleyball tournaments, practices and a trip to Chicago for an AAU tournament. Married 29 years, they have two sons — Jace, who lives in Ft. Polk, Louisiana, with his wife Kelly, and Markus, a 2013 graduate from Norman North High School and was a manager for Norman North girls volleyball team and on the boys golf team.
Pete is a member of USAV, CAP 1, Beach IMPACT and SafeSport Certified, member AVCA and JVA.
Volleyball Highlights:
2013 USAV Girls Nationals with OKPremier 12s and 14s teams
2014 USAV GJNC 15s,
2014 AAU 13s,14s,15s
Playing club ball at OU for coach Tom Hilbert, now the head coach at Colorado State
Two trips to USA Jr. Nationals with 14s and 18s boys.
One trip to AAU Nationals with 18s boys in1992
Co-founder with Brandy White of the Crosspointe Winter Youth League
President/Co-founder of Oklahoma Premier Volleyball Club
Pete met his wife Patty in 1991. Patty adopted the 11 boys on the club team and planned their wedding and honeymoon around volleyball tournaments, practices and a trip to Chicago for an AAU tournament. Married 29 years, they have two sons — Jace, who lives in Ft. Polk, Louisiana, with his wife Kelly, and Markus, a 2013 graduate from Norman North High School and was a manager for Norman North girls volleyball team and on the boys golf team.
Pete is a member of USAV, CAP 1, Beach IMPACT and SafeSport Certified, member AVCA and JVA.
Volleyball Highlights:
2013 USAV Girls Nationals with OKPremier 12s and 14s teams
2014 USAV GJNC 15s,
2014 AAU 13s,14s,15s
Playing club ball at OU for coach Tom Hilbert, now the head coach at Colorado State
Two trips to USA Jr. Nationals with 14s and 18s boys.
One trip to AAU Nationals with 18s boys in1992
Co-founder with Brandy White of the Crosspointe Winter Youth League
President/Co-founder of Oklahoma Premier Volleyball Club
Coach Karin Moore:
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Karin spent the past 16 years at Norman North High School and held the head volleyball coach position for the majority of her time there before stepping down to focus on her family. Now she is the new head coach for the Newcastle Racers High School volleyball team. A transplant from Indiana, Moore graduated from Indiana University and is a Hoosier at heart and played at the collegiate club level there. She has sat on the Board of OK Premier and is a primary part of who we are. She took some time off to focus on building her beautiful family and is now back on the court. We are so excited to have her coaching our 16's this year!
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Coach Michelle Coffman:Michelle Coffman grew up playing volleyball in Imperial Beach, California, and then Coronado, California, where she graduated from high school 1998. After high school, she moved to Fresno to play college ball at a small private school. While in Fresno, Michelle coached a high school girls varsity team. Michelle and her family moved to Oklahoma in 2004. She graduated from OU with a degree in sociology and criminology. Michelle began her career with a large insurance company, where she is an investigator. During her spare time, Michelle also coached a group of girls in soccer for seven years. Michelle is very excited to be coaching volleyball again and is looking forward to working and developing players. Michelle is Impact, SafeSport and CAP 1 certified and assistant at Noble High School.
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Specialty Coach: Craig Doughty
If you are interested in coaching for OK Premier,
contact us at okpremier@gmail.com for more information.
OK Premier Board of Directors
President/Club Director: Peter Mills
Vice-President/Treasurer: Brandy White
Secretary/Club Administrator: Patty Mills
Parent Liaison: Laura Thompson
Facility & Equipment Coord.: Wes White
Public Relations: Rob Thompson
Director of Coaching: Brandy White
Vice-President/Treasurer: Brandy White
Secretary/Club Administrator: Patty Mills
Parent Liaison: Laura Thompson
Facility & Equipment Coord.: Wes White
Public Relations: Rob Thompson
Director of Coaching: Brandy White