Club Director & Owner email: nitrovbc@nitrovbc.com
Andy created Nitro
Volleyball Club in 2003 with the help of his wife
Brandy. He is the
Creative Director of an Advertising Agency in North
Dallas and a proud father of three.
Andy is
Impact certified.
Andy attended
USAV CAP Level I in Bethany, Oklahoma and
USAV CAP Level II in St. Louis, Missouri. In 2004 Andy
traveled to Colorado Springs to train at the Olympic
Training Center during
USAV CAP Level III. Andy's article Starting a Club:
The Story Behind the Creation of Nitro was published
in Coaching Volleyball magazine in April 2007,
recognizing all of his hard work. Andy is presently the
Varsity Assistant Coach at Parish Episcopal School and
has been for the last 3 years. In 2007 Parish went to the final 4 of State and in 2008 they won the State Championship. In 2006 he coached the
Parish 8th grade D1 team. In 2005 he was
the
Varsity
Head Coach at Garland Christian Academy (Made Playoffs) and the
Junior Varsity Coach at Ursuline Academy in 2001 (25W-12L) and
2002 (34W-10L). Andy has also coached developmental teams through S.V.A.A.
for 6 years. Andy has been a
Club Coach 13 years.
Club Director &
Owner & 13 National Head Coach / 11 Devo Head Coach email: nitrovbc@nitrovbc.com
Brandy has coached girls
youth volleyball for over 13 years. She and her husband,
Andy started Nitro Volleyball Club in 2003. Brandy is
the mother to three young children. Prior to her growing
family, Brandy taught middle school and was the Head of
the Science Department at Good Shepherd Episcopal
School. During her 7 years at Good Shepherd, she taught
fifth grade through eighth grade, coached volleyball,
basketball, track, and led backpacking groups within
Classroom of the Earth. She also graduated from National
Outdoor Leadership School in 2000.
Brandy is Impact certified.
She attended
USAV CAP Level I in Bethany, Oklahoma and
USAV CAP Level II in St. Louis, Missouri. After CAP II,
Brandy had her first article, The 6-6 Offense for
Beginning Players, published in USA Volleyball
Magazine. Brandy then traveled to Colorado Springs to
train at the Olympic Training Center during
USAV CAP Level III. Brandy has coached Middle School
volleyball for 7 years, coached S.V.A.A. 6 yrs and has
been a club coach 13 yrs.
14 National Black Head Coach & Assistant Club Director email: neuvolley71@sbcglobal.net
Congratulations to Coach Neuhoff for taking Parish
Episcopal to the TAPPS 5A state final four in 2007 and 2008. Winning the State Championship in 2008 In only
Parish's second season of varsity volleyball, coach Neuhoff won the TAPPS District 2-5A with a record of
14-0 and earning a spot in the state tournament. Parish
ended the season 10th in DFW in 4A schools, 5th in the
state for private schools and earned Neuhoff coach of
the year honors.
5th yr. with Nitro
Impact Certified
USAV CAP Level II Certified
Club Coach 8 yrs.
Teacher of Physical Education at Parish 7 yrs.
Certified in Nutrition and Weight Management, SCW
Played H.S. for Ursuline 4 yrs.
Played at Maryville College 2 yrs.
Middle School Coach 1 yr.
H.S. Freshman Coach 1 yr.
H.S. Varsity Head Coach at Parish Episcopal School 6 yrs.
12 National Maroon Co-Head
Coach email: marshall.gandy@finra.org
Marshall and
Sara Gandy have raised their four daughters in
Richardson since 1987. Like many fathers, Marshall
began coaching recreational sports when his daughters
were old enough to play; beginning in 1992 with T-ball
and soccer, and later softball and volleyball. In 1998,
he served as a Softball League President for the Spring
Valley Athletic Association before focusing his coaching
energy on volleyball. Marshall served on the Board of
Directors and as a Volleyball League Coordinator at the
Plano Sports Authority from 2003-2005 planning weekly
and tournament play for more than 30 teams during the
fall, spring and summer seasons. Marshall has been
IMPACT certified since 2002 and received his USA
Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program Level I
certification in 2008 after completing 20 hours of
classroom and court training during the 2008 USA Junior
Olympic Girls Volleyball Championships.
In 2003 after coaching recreational volleyball for eight
years, Marshall founded the Boom Volleyball Club to give
his youngest daughter and her PSA teammates an
opportunity to play club volleyball together. Later in
2004, Marshall received his certification as a USAV
referee. Marshall coached and directed Boom until
joining the Nitro coaching staff for the 2005-2006 club
season. During the 2007-2008 season, Marshall and
Heather Potter successfully coached the 12’s National
team to a 5th place ranking in the North
Texas Region and a bid to the 2008 USA Junior Olympic Girls
Volleyball Championships.
Marshall is a life-long resident of Dallas graduating
from Hillcrest High School in 1970. He attended Sam
Houston State University where he graduated magna cum
laude with a degree in Criminal Justice in 1974. He
later attended SMU Law School where he earned his Juris
Doctor before beginning the practice of law as an
Assistant District Attorney for Dallas County. In 1989
after 10 years in the District Attorneys Office,
Marshall was appointed as a criminal court judge where
he served for 10 years founding the first family
violence court in the state of Texas. After leaving the
bench, Marshall served as Senior Trial Counsel for the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission in Fort
Worth from 1999-2007 prosecuting violations of the
federal securities laws. In January 2008, Marshall
accepted a position with the Financial Industry
Regulatory Agency (FINRA) as the Senior Regional Counsel
in its Dallas office.
Marshall’s wife, Sara, teaches at Mohawk Elementary
School in Richardson. His two older daughters attend
Texas A&M University and the University of Oklahoma, and
his two younger daughters, who have played for Nitro
teams, attend Pearce High School in Richardson.
12 National Maroon Co-Head
Coach email: hpotter@hksinc.com
Heather grew up in Van Alstyne, Texas. In high school, she could be seen doing everything from playing volleyball where she was made All-State Academic 1st Team, All-District 1st Team and co-Captain of the Varsity squad her senior year to showing pigs with the FFA program.
She attended college at the University of Texas at Dallas and graduated with a Bachelor's in Business Communications. She plans to go back and get a Master's degree in the next couple of years.
Heather works in downtown Dallas at one the largest architecture firms in the world, HKS Inc. She was recently promoted to Associate within the firm. She is in the IT group and works on computers and blackberries across 20 different offices around the world.
Her hobbies are doing anything on computers, playing and coaching volleyball, shopping, and just hanging out with friends and family. Heather has coached club for 5 years and this will be her fourth year at Nitro.
14 LT National Head Coach email: boeding7@boeding.net
Steve played intramurals at the
University of Nebraska and on a U.S. Army volleyball
team in South Korea. This will be his fifth year as a
USAV club coach, the first four years with Dallas Summit
Volleyball Club. He has coached volleyball for the past
eleven years in the Dallas Parochial League at the
middle school level, coaching boys, girls and co-ed
teams at two different schools. Since the Garland
Volleyball Association started in 2001, Steve has had
one or more teams in all of the Spring and Fall seasons
and occasionally coached Summer league teams, running
volleyball clinics for third through sixth grade
students during the summer months and helping with
various club camps. He is a member of the American
Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and is CAP Level I
certified and IMPACT certified with USA Volleyball. He
has also coached soccer for fourteen years, holding a
State D coaching license, and has coached baseball and
basketball. Steve also referees high school volleyball
and soccer, is a member of the Texas Association of
Sports Officials and National Association of Sports
Officials, has umpired baseball, refereed American
football and basketball. Steve is CPR trained through
the American Red Cross and is Sport First Aid certified
through the American Sports Education Program.
Volleyball
Coaching Experience
2004-07 Dallas Summit U-12 girls
1997-2004, 2007 Good Shepherd Catholic School 5th – 6th Boys,6th grade girls/5th – 8th Co-ed
2001-07 Garland Volleyball 3rd grade girls,
4th grade girls, 5th grade girls, 6th grade girls, 8th
grade girls
2005-06 St. Monica Catholic School 7th/8th grade girls
Coaching Certification
PLC 2006 Play Like A Champion Today - DPL1 sponsored
CAPI 2005 USA Volleyball coaching accreditation program
IMPACT 2003 USA Volleyball coaching accreditation
program
D license 2003 United
States Soccer Federation
coaching certification program
E license 2001
United States Soccer Federation
coaching certification program
13 LT National Head Coach email: doctls@sbcglobal.net
Tom played volleyball
in college with the intramural programs while pursuing
his Doctorate of Dental Surgery and continued play
mainly beach volleyball while living in California. He
also played on various teams within each area served
while serving in the U.S. Navy. While in college, Tom
was a member of the power lifting team 181 lb. class. He
was in the top 3 for region for 3 years and was NW
region power lifting champion. Tom set state records in
squat and bench press.
Tom has coached
soccer, basketball, softball and volleyball. He coached
5 seasons with SVAA, PSA and is a six grade coach at
Parish. This is his fourth year with
Nitro.
14 National Head Coach email: sam@nitrovbc.com
Sam started playing volleyball for
Kirtland Airforce Team as a civilian, while working for
Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque New Mexico.
This was the start of a 15 plus year career playing at a
high competitive level, stretching from Chicago and
Dallas areas.
Sam began coaching volleyball as his daughter started
gaining an interest in the sport. His daughter is a
junior at Parish Episcopal School, where she is a
member of the varsity team. This will be Sam’s forth year coaching for
Nitro.
Volleyball Coaching Experience
2002 YMCA 4th Grade girls
2003 SVAA/PSA 5th Grade girls
2003-2004 Volunteer Head Coach Parish Episcopal School
(5th & 6th grade girls DPL
2006 Assistant 15 National Nitro
2006-2007 IMPACT USA Volleyball coaching accreditation
program
2007 Assistant Freshman and Varsity Assistant Coach Parish
Episcopal School
2008 Varsity Assistant Coach Parish Episcopal School / MIS Head Coach / Nitro 14 National Head Coach
2009 Varsity Assistant Coach Parish Episcopal School / MIS Head Coach / Nitro 14 National Head Coach
Floater/Assistant Coach email: sharhonda@nitrovbc.com
Originally from Port Arthur, TX, Sharhonda attended Texas A&M University in College Station and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. While at A&M she was a 4 year member of the Corps of Cadets military ROTC program where she competed in Corps level intramurals such as flag football, softball, and volleyball, in addition to holding leadership positions of scholastic corporal, battalion recruiting sergeant, and senior chaplain. She was also actively involved with Dance Arts Society, Sigma Phi Lambda Christian Sorority, and founded Aggie Coaches and Kinesiology Teachers.
This is her 6th year of teaching and coaching. She began by teaching elementary PE and coaching with Skyhawks summer sports camps, before moving into junior high. She spent 2 years in Duncanville ISD teaching junior high PE and coaching volleyball and track, and is now in her 3rd year with Wylie ISD teaching science and coaching volleyball, basketball, and track.
She is an active member of Watermark Community Church, leads in the children's ministry, and participates in 5K and marathon relay races. This is her fourth year with Nitro.
16 National Head Coach email: jwigley@shelton.org
Two years coaching boy’s varsity volleyball at San Marcos High School in San Diego. The second season we made the playoffs for the first time in school history.
Two years coaching boys club volleyball in San Diego
One-year coaching 8th grade girl’s volleyball at Utley middle school in Rockwall.
Two years coaching middle school girl’s volleyball at the hillcrest academy.
Five years of coaching the high school varsity and junior varsity girl’s volleyball at the Shelton School.
Three years of coaching and directing Dallas Impact Volleyball Club.
20 years of overall experience in coaching Volleyball, Football, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, Tennis, Golf, Softball and Track and Field.
12 years of teaching experience.
This will be Jeff's second year with Nitro.
16 National Assistant Coach
My first experience with
volleyball was when I was 4 and my parents played on a
team in our neighborhood league in West Milford, New
Jersey. All the kids would go down to the court on the
lake and watch our parents play volleyball while we
built sandcastles. Volleyball was not a sport that was
played at a young age in New Jersey during the
late-1980s so when we moved to Dallas in 1993 I was so
excited to get my first chance to play and I continued
to play for the next 10 years. I played at St. Mark in
Plano, for a Club team and at Ursuline Academy until
1999 when we moved to Atlanta, Georgia. There I joined
Cobb Atlanta Juniors Volleyball Club and played Varsity
at Walker High School. I decided to go to Miami
University instead of playing in college. I worked for
the varsity volleyball team at Miami my first year,
traveling with them on the road and tracking all of the
stats and I also played a lot of intramural indoor and
outdoor volleyball while at Miami. To this day I still
have an incredible love for volleyball and am always up
for a game. I am a firm believer that no matter your
height or your natural talent, if you work hard enough
on the fundamentals and are always willing to sacrifice
your body for the ball, you can be an incredible player
and major asset to your team. I am really looking
forward to getting back into the volleyball life and
helping young girls enjoy the sport as much as I did.
This is her second year with Nitro.
17 National Head Coach email: dana@nitrovbc.com
Originally from El Paso Dana
played for Andress High School for 4 years and played club for the El
Paso Sunspots. Once graduating from Andress, Dana played two years for
TCU and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Political
Science). She also received her Masters of Public Administration from UNT. Dana is currently playing competitive women's and co-ed soccer and
co-ed softball. She has also ran 11 marathon's and will not stop until
she qualifies for the Boston Marathon.
This will be Dana's fourth year with Nitro.
Nitro is always looking for Qualified Coaches:
We look for qualified, energetic,
dedicated, and experienced coaches to help train young athletes. All applicants
must pass background check and complete IMPACT certification.
*If you are
interested in becoming a coach with NITRO please contact us
by phone:
214-476-6976 or email: nitrovbc@nitrovbc.com
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