Coaches

Bryan took his first coaching job at the age of 19 with the North Atlanta Volleyball Club where he and good friend Shaun Catlin coached the 15s team. Half way through this season Bryan was accepted on transfer to the University of Georgia, and moved up to Athens. Once in Athens Bryan tried out for and made UGA Men's Volleyball Club Team, where he played for three seasons.

After graduating Bryan moved back home and got right back into coaching. He hooked up with the Atlanta Junior's Volleyball Club and coached with them for 4 years. While coaching for Atlanta Juniors Bryan also began to coach at Pope High School. Jones was the Varsity Assistant for 3 seasons under Medra Ashmore and took over the head coaching position at the end of his 3rd season with the Greyhounds.

After pulling double coaching duty (for Juniors and High School) Coach Jones decided to focus solely on high school, and took a break from the junior's world. In 2004 Jones lead the Greyhounds to an Area 1AAAAA Championship and a Final Four appearance. (Both of which were a first for the Pope High School Volleyball Team). In 2005 the Greyhounds finished runner up in Area 1AAAAA and finished in the top 10 in the State.

When he is not coaching Bryan loves to spend time with his lovely wife Jenny and his two super cute baby girls: Sydney (born July 2003) and Jordyn (born October 2005)!! He also enjoys cheering on his favorite team*The Georgia Bulldogs!!!

David Woolsteen has been playing volleyball for over twelve years. He began playing beach volleyball in college where he worked his way up through the divisions to play Open level volleyball and traveled extensively, playing on various Pro-Am tours such as the Budlight, Jose Cuervo and East End volleyball tours. He has won a Gold Medal, two Silver medals and a Bronze medal in the Georgia Games, as well as many other tournament titles. He has also played USA volleyball for many years, but prefers the beach game.

Junior Varsity Head Coach - Sherry Trimble

Sherry Trimble is starting her first season with Pope JV Volleyball. Coach Trimble coached Varsity at Campbell High School and was the 13’s1 Head Coach for A5. Her A5 team finished 22nd at Nationals in June ’06.

Coach Trimble attended Carson-Newman College and graduated with a BA in Elementary Education with Liberal Studies. She played four years at Carson-Newman as a setter and helped lead her team to two conference titles and the schools first appearance to the NCAA Division II National Tournament. Her senior year the team finished 31-7 - the best season in school history.

Coach Trimble holds the career assists record and single season assist record for the school. During her time playing at Carson-Newman she also coached two years of 15’s for Lakeway Club.

Coach Trimble is starting her third year teaching 2nd grade at Fair Oaks Elementary. This fall she is beginning her masters at Kennesaw State University in Educational Leadership with emphasis in Technology.

Junior Varsity Coach - Mikki Mardis

Mikki is a hometown girl from Marietta. She attended Marietta High School where she played volleyball, helping her team reach State-Runner Up. She attended Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating with a degree in Management. Go Jackets! She then attended Georgia State University where she received her Masters of Mathematics Education.

Mikki is a math teacher at Pope and is excited to be joining the coaching staff for the Greyhounds.

She is married to Chris and enjoys playing with her dog named Max.