Assistant Coach at the University of Tennessee from 2008-2011
2018 AVCA 18s Club Coach of the year
Over 30 years experience coaching high school, college, and club. Also helping coach All Americans and Olympians
Inbal Peleg
18 Jota Assistant Coach
Originally from Haifa, Israel
Member of the Israeli national team (U21 and senior team)
Played for American University for 4 years
Patriot League Academic Honor Roll
Played her last season for the Northeastern Huskies
Kendra Swafford
18 Jota Assistant Coach
In her 6th season as the William Blount head coach
6th season with K2.
Graduated from Tennessee Wesleyan University where she played volleyball and graduated from nursing school
Currently teach medical classes at WB and work PRN at children’s hospital.
Daniel Millsaps
18 Elite Boys Head Coach
Bio coming soon!
Dave Matthews
18 Elite Boys Assistant Coach
Bio Coming Soon!
Kailey Keeble
16 Elite Head Coach
K2 volleyball Alumni
Lettered four years for the Mountaineers … Recorded 1,681 kills, 1,653 digs, 182 total blocks and 2,249 assists in her career … Helped lead HHS to the school’s first state playoff appearance in 2018 … Earned Under Armour All-America honorable mention, MaxPreps All-America, earned JVA All-National Team in 2017 and AAU 18-Open All-America in 2018 … Rated the No. 9 setter in the country out of high school by PrepVolleyball.com.
Attended the University of Tennessee for two years
Attended University of South Alabama where she was a First-Team All-Sun Belt Conference and SBC Championship Most Outstanding Player and all-tournament team selection
Tusculum Assistant coach 2023/2024 season
Jason Keeble
16 Elite Assistant Coach
Bio coming soon!
Nicklin Hickman
Associate Director and 15 Elite Head Coach
Played for K2 Volleyball from 2009 to 2018
PrepVolleyball.com’s 2014 National High School Freshman of the Year
Helped Webb school of Knoxville win 5 state championships
2017 U19 USA Junior National Team Member for FIVB World Championship in Argentina
2018 Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year
Played at the University Of Nebraska – Lincoln from 2018-2022
Collegiate All American
Graduate Assistant for the University of Nebraska in 2023
15 Elite Assistant Coach and 15 Quokkas Assistant Coach
coaching with k2 for about half a year
Played on the K2 boys team
Jonathan Bornemann
15 Elite and 18 Elite Boys assistant coach
Set at MSOE
played club volleyball at Sports Performance and Club One
coached 3 years at cyclones
first year at K2
Andre Alves
14 Elite Head Coach
Coaching at K2 since 2010
currently the HC at Farragut HS
Sydney Culpepper
14 Elite Assistant Coach
Been playing volleyball for 15 years,
coaching for 9
played at Life Pacific University for 5 years
Coached beach and indoor volleyball at Life Pacific
John Kordes
13 Elite Head Coach
Coached at KIVA for 25 years
AAU National Champions 99/01/02/03/04/06/08/09
Junior Olympic National Champions 01/02/03/04/06/08/09
Runner up 05/10/11/13/22
Assumption Coach 8 years
Gared Luquet
13 Elite Assistant Coach
Gared Luquet comes to K2 from Pasadena, California.
As a Head Coach at San Gabriel Elite Volleyball Club from 2012-2023, Luquet led over fifteen different teams for numerous ages and skill levels. In 2013, Luquet served as the Head Coach at Glendale Adventist Academy for five years, where he brought the school its first CIF section championship and earned him the title of Glendale Newspress Coach of the Year.
Beyond sports, Gared’s leadership extended to education as the middle school and high school Visual Arts Department Chair at Village Christian School from 2014 to 2023. Luquet is a professional artist, and his academic foundation includes a B.F.A in Studio Art from Pepperdine University. His journey reflects a commitment to sports, education, and the arts.
Deidre Keeble
Youth Director and 12 Rainhas Head Coach
Youth Director at K2 Volleyball Club
Graduate of the University of Tennessee
Head Coach of K2 12 Rainhas (10 years)
Over 20 years of club coaching experience across various age groups
Varsity Assistant Coach at Heritage High School from 2017 to present
Married to K2 Coach Jason Keeble. Proud mother of three: Calvin, who coaches for K2; Kailey, who also coaches for K2 and played for K2 throughout her club years; and Ty, who is currently attending Tusculum University and competing in the men’s volleyball program.
18A Redbacks Head Coach and 15 Cuttlefish Head Coach
I played for K2 the first three years they were a club
I played club volleyball at UT all four years; we came in second at Nationals in Reno my sophomore year
I’ve coached middle/high school for seven years
This will be my sixth year coaching with K2
Noah Wilson
18A Redbacks Assistant Coach
I have played volleyball for K2 and the UTK Club Men’s team for a total of 2 years.
I have also coached a 14s local team for K2
Cassie Kuerschen
18A Redbacks Assistant Coach
Played at K2 from 2018-2021, JOTA libero from 2019-2021
DS/L at Penn State University
Madison Roulette
18B Redbacks Head Coach
Played volleyball for 11 years and 4 of those at the Collegiate level at Maryville College
8 years coaching at K2 from the ages of 13-18 years old
Kaitlyn Wilkerson
18B Redbacks Assistant Coach
Played at Heritage Middle and High
Currently playing at Johnson University
Played for K2 my freshman- senior year of high school
Helped with Academy camps
Coached 14 numbats and 15 Quokkas last season
Noelle Day
18 Frilled Lizards Head Coach
playing the sport of volleyball since 6th grade
played college volleyball at West Virginia University institute of technology, an NAIA division school
coached at a small club in Charleston WV my junior and senior years of college
coached at K2 in the spring of 2024
Zoe Greszler
18 Frilled Lizards Assistant Coach
ten years of playing experience
Bella Rochford
18 Frilled Lizards Assistant Coach and 15 Koalas Assistant Coach
current UT student double majoring in Neuroscience and Global Health Biology
coached 4-10 year olds at the local rec league in Florida.
coach(ed) in the 4 week in house rec league at K2
played for 10+ years from rec leagues to competitive club travel teams
Jaymee Hannah
18 Cuttlefish Head Coach and 14 Redbacks Head Coach
4 year college setter WVU Tech
Coached 7 years at K2
Jacinda Huff
18 Cuttlefish Assistant Coach and 13 Cuttlefish Head Coach
just finished my 5th year of coaching at West High School.
played at West and K2, where I fell in love with volleyball
plays outdoor, in AVP tournaments around the southeast
Michelle Dougherty
13 Redbacks Head Coach and 17 Koalas Head Coach
Club Coaching:
K2 from the beginning
Smoky Mountain Jrs
Move Your Feet (Alabama)School Coaching:
Knoxville Catholic High School
St. John Neumann
McGill-Toolen High School (Alabama)
Christ the King School (Alabama)
Olivia Emmons
17 Koalas Assistant Coach
played volleyball competitively for 6 years through high school
Played in several adult leagues in Chicago and here in Knoxville.
K2 is the first and only place she has coached, starting last winter season and through the spring season
Bri Hunt
14 Redbacks Head Coach and 17 Koalas Assistant Coach
played club volleyball at the University of Nebraska Lincoln for 2 years.
coaching for over 7 years
started coaching club volleyball in Lincoln at a club called Nebraska One
moved to Knoxville in 2021 and started coaching for K2
Jason Litwiller
16 Redbacks Head Coach
Coached at K2, Sporting Albany, NY Attack, Lakeside Volleyball Club (NY), Smoky Mountain Volleyball Club, Club Unite, and Shawnee State University
Luke Siegler
16 Redbacks Assistant Coach
I have played 4 years with k2 on the elite boys teams
reffed the middle school league for 2 seasons
coached locals for 2 sessions
was a assistant coach for Catholic high school.
Jordan Martin
16 Redbacks Assistant Coach
I play volleyball at Johnson University where I am a senior studying sports administration. I played at Ethos Volleyball Club for 7 years and I coached for 15 Cuttlefish last spring session!
Mandy Richards
16 Frilled Lizards Head Coach
Coached @ K2 for 4 years
Coach at Concord high school
Emily Lawless
14 Koalas Head Coach and 16 Cuttlefish Assistant Coach
Setter for Tusculum University in 2018.
Played beach volleyball for Tusculum 2019-2022.
Played at K2 2013 and 2014.
Taneisha Crockett
14 Numbats Head Coach and 16 Frilled Lizards Assistant
former collegiate athlete ( Appalachian State and Tennessee State )
2nd season coaching k2
Brenda Brown
16 Cuttlefish Head Coach
Bio Coming Soon!
Breece Snapp
16 Cuttlefish Assistant Coach
played at k2 for 3 years
Refs Volleyball
Kailey Smith
16 Cuttlefish Assistant Coach and 14 Quokkas Head Coach
played in high school ; junior and senior year we won our district championship
Maura Emert
16 Numbats Head Coach
Played at K2 for 6 years.
Played D2 for 2 years at Brevard College.
Played NAIA for 2 years at Tennessee Wesleyan University.
Coached at K2 since 2019.
Coached Hardin Valley Academy JV for 5 seasons.
Kierstin Bell
16 Numbats Assistant Coach
sophomore volleyball player at Johnson University
coached with K2 last year for the winter season
Abigail Rivera
14 Quokkas Head Coach and 16 Numbats Assistant Coach
currently a sophomore at the University of Tennessee
played club for seven years at Memphis Metro and Memphis Juniors.
played school ball through middle school and all four years of my high school career at Bartlett High School.
coached for K2 for a little over a month with girls 11s and 12s
Alexa Austin
16 Koalas Head Coach
8 years playing total
5 years playing club at K2
2 years playing D2 colligate volleyball
1 year coaching at K2
April Htun
16 Koalas Assistant Coach
played high school and club ball
second year playing for Johnson University
head coach for a 15s team last club season at K2.
Marissa Kenworthy
16 Koalas Assistant Coach and 13 Cuttlefish Assistant Coach
played volleyball at K2 on the college prep team since 15’s year
senior in Highschool at Oak Ridge
coached Academy, Local, and In house for over a year
Caroline Waite
15 Redbacks Head Coach
Played at K2 for three season prior to college.
Played five years at Austin Peay State University and one year at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
Coached club three years in Clarksville, TN.
Current Assistant Coach at Christian Academy of Knoxville (CAK).
Brooke Jackson
15 Redbacks Assistant Coach
Played volleyball for 12 years, then went on to play and graduate from Bryan College
Coached club volleyball for 4 years
Head volleyball coach at CAK for 2 years
Anderson Autry
15 Redbacks Assistant Coach and 14 Frilled Lizards Assistant Coach
played at the boys k2 program the past year
william blount high school team
coached academy with k2
Sarah DeLung
15 Frilled Lizards Head Coach and 15 Dingoes Head Coach
Grew up playing volleyball since 3rd grade
Coached high school (William Blount) for two years and currently coach middle school (CAK) for 3 years now
3rd year at K2!
Bella Ekeler
15 Frilled Lizards Head Coach
coached local spring season last year
Currently playing at k2
Brooke Dawson
15 Cuttlefish Assistant Coach
played volleyball for 9 years and I’ve played at k2 for 5
committed to play D1 volleyball at Troy University
previously coached the 12 red backs
Currently on 18 Jota
Sarah Steiden
15 Cuttlefish Assistant Coach
played club volleyball at Lexington United
played college for one year at The University of Cincinnati
coached 2 seasons at Sacred Heart Cathedral
Calvin Keeble
15 Numbats Head Coach and 14 Frilled Lizards Head Coach
apart of the first boys team ever at K2.
3rd year coaching at k2
Assistant Coach at Heritage High School for 2 years
Aubrey Mollenhauer
15 Numbats Assistant Coach
grew up overseas in Baku, Azerbaijan because my dad is a professional basketball coach.
grew up playing volleyball, played HS and club
Kallie Powell
15 Numbats Assistant Coach
senior at Johnson University anda member of the volleyball team
been apart of Johnson for 4 years
been playing volleyball since I was 11 years old
Coached Carter Middle Schools volleyball team
coached club ball at Emerald Youth for 5 years.
coached at k2 last year
Lauren Collins
15 Koalas Head Coach
played volleyball at K2 from 13-19
played volleyball at Tusculum University for two years
coached at Karns Middle this past season
Drew Carver
15 Koalas Assistant Coach
Played on ’22-’23 K2 Supafly 16-1s team
Played on ’23-’24 K2 Elite College Prep 17s team
Captain of 2024 Maryville High School Men’s Volleyball Team
Kelsey Green
15 Quokkas Head Coach
4 year varsity athlete in high school
played DII Volleyball at T University of Virginia’s at Wise!
Mia Kinney
15 Quokkas Assistant Coach
played volleyball for 5 years
coached kids camp for all five of those years
brother plays professional baseball and sister plays D1 volleyball at Vanderbuilt university
Currently on 18 Jota
Jackson Warren
15 Dingoes Assistant Coach and 14 Cuttlefish Assistant Coach
Coached at K2 for about a year
Played on the K2 Boys team
Eden Glover
12 Frilled Lizards Head Coach and 15 Dingoes Assistant Coach
3rd year at K2
2nd year at Halls High School
Emily Evans
15 Kangaroos Head Coach
3rd year coaching at k2
played 8 years competitive at K2 and Club Unite
played two years JUCO at Roane State community college.
Hannah Lukey
15 Kangaroos Assistant Coach
plays Johnson University right now
played throughout middle school and high school and played club volleyball at tri-state elite and NKYVC
coached at Club Unite and last year coached at K2.
Jordan Flynn
15 Kangaroos Assistant Coach
played at k2 for little of over a year now
Second year coaching at K2
Catherine Sweeney
14 Redbacks Assistant Coach
played volleyball at Walters State
Played Club at K2!
Lauren Freeman
14 Frilled Lizards Assistant Coach
played volleyball from 8 years old to 17 years old
played for Amarillo Xtreme and TAV Amarillo and competed in the open level at tournaments
played beach volleyball for 2 years and qualified for nationals in doubles
worked in several TAV and High School clinics and camps
junior at the University of Tennessee studying Neuroscience hoping to go on and become a clinical psychologist.
Jake Sutton
14 Cuttlefish Head Coach
coached club for 9 years at different levels (in house, travel, local travel)
coached middle school 3 years and high school 1 year in Panama City, FL
certified/trained with Gold Medal Squared
Miley Presnell
14 Numbats Assistant Coach
Currently Playing at K2
Alex Mendillo
14 Koalas Assistant Coach
been playing volleyball since I was 13 years old
currently committed to play in college at Belmont!
experience coaching at academies and camps
Komal DeFelice
14 Quokkas Assistant Coach
Tots and Academy Volunteer,
13U Assistant Coach at old club,
played with K2 16 Numbats and K2 16 Frilled Lizards
Anna Birling
13 Redbacks Assistant Coach
Trained and played travel elite volleyball at K2 volleyball club 12U – 18U
Played libero for 4 years at HS Varsity volleyball at Concord Christian School
Current collegiate volleyball player at Johnson University
Have previously helped coach K2 local teams for 2 seasons
Lauren Trone
13 Frilled Lizards Head Coach
3rd season with K2
Finished 5th at AAU Girls Nationals in 2021 & 2022
Have coached for 15 years, boys and girls 14u, boys and girls 16u.
Run the South Doyle Middle School Girls Volleyball program
Addy Ely
13 Frilled Lizards Assistant Coach
played club volleyball for 7 years, 2 years with k2
second year coaching, last year I coached the 14 FL and the 12 CF
I am a current senior at Halls High School
Jennifer Nash
12 Redbacks Head Coach
outside hitter at Maryville College
Coached club for smoky mountain
Kinna Magette
12 Redbacks Assistant Coach
Played club for Beach Elite out of VA beach (13’s-17’s)
Assistant coach 14’s for Blackwater Volleyball Club (2020-21)
Played at UVA-Wise fall of 2021
Played Emory and Henry College (2022-2023)
Claire Houser
12 Frilled Lizards Assistant Coach
played at K2 since I was 12
play high school volleyball at Pigeon Forge High School
have volunteered at multiple academies
Jadyn Sutton
12 Frilled Lizards Assistant Coach
Played 7 years including 2 travel seasons and a few in-house seasons at k2,
3 years at middle school, and 1 year at my high school.
Coached 1 local travel season for 13u at k2 and on 2nd season of coaching in-house.
Blake Cherry
11 Redbacks Head Coach
Played 4 years for Carson Newman Volleyball as a 6 ro OH
Played at Mid TN out of Smyrna
Played at Cookeville HS for 4 years
Recently started directing Next Level Volleyball Camps
Julie Lowe
11 Redback Assistant Coach
Evie Turner
11 Redback Assistant Coach
Played on Halls High volleyball team for two years
