Your name:  Carrie Steele

Your School: Parkway South HS

School Mascot/Team name:  Patriots

Which spring sport(s) do you coach?  Boys Volleyball

How many years have you been coaching?  At South, three years.  Overall - 11 yrs

What was your record last year? 23-11-1

How is your team shaping up for this season?  Currently, we are 2-0 after wins over Parkway Central and West.  We still have a lot of work to do because I have seven out of eight new players.  Four of them played on the freshman team last year and they are starting Varsity which is a big change so we still have a lot of game experience and awareness to work with!

Who do you expect to be the leaders on this team and why?  Brian Collins - has started for us since he was a freshman and is now a junior and he has to be consistent because we will need him as a stabilizer.  Robert Jackson and Tim Corbett are seniors and seniors always have a motivator to play well and be leaders!

Which athletes do you expect to be impact players this year, why?   Brian Collins - was 5th last year in kill leaders as a sophomore.  He continues to play club ball and come in ready to go and hit the ground running

What challenges are you expecting this year?  The fact I have seven new guys!  Two are middles, one a setter, one a RS and playing at a Varsity level is so much different.  The speed, expectations, transition, decision-making - it is completely different. 

What is the best part about coaching this team?  The guy's personalities and willingness to work and change old habits.