Ryan Mitchell is starting his eighth season with VICTORY. He has been head coach for the 12's, 14's, 15's 16's,17's and 18's age divisions, and has also assisted with the 15's. Last year Ryan led his 18's team to a J.O.'s birth in Minnesota.  In 2006, Ryan led teams to titles in both the 12's and 17's in the North Texas Regionals. In 2005, his 16's team finished first at the Northeast Qualifier in Baltimore and received a bid to the Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships. His teams have qualified for the Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships in each of the last five seasons, and finished third in the American Division in 2004. Ryan has also served as an assistant coach for the USA Volleyball North Texas Region High Performance Junior Regional Team. In addition, Ryan has experience as head varsity volleyball coach at Irving Nimitz High School, an assistant volleyball coach at Hebron High School, and is currently head volleyball coach at Lovejoy High School. He played college volleyball at Dallas Baptist University, where he was a setter.

He and his wife Lana have two sons, Reid Miles and Elijah Ryan.

Among Ryan's favorite Bible verses are:
"So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal."
2 Corinthians 4:18 (NIV)

Corinne (Sherard) Atchison
Club Co-Director

Head Coach 13 Elite

Corinne (Sherard) Atchison is excited to be coaching the 13 Elite Team for the upcoming season. She will be starting her 8th season with Victory. She has been head coach for the 12's, 13's, and 14’s age divisions and has also assisted with the 18's and 15's. This past season, she also became the Club Administrator for Victory.

Corinne has qualified 6 teams in the past 7 years to the Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships as Head Coach, and this past year, she also assisted with the 15’s, who qualified as well. Her teams have also won 2 National Qualifier events in the past three years. She has over 15 tournament wins and has placed in the Top 4 of the North Texas Region every year. She helped out with the NTR High Performance Camp and also coached at the College Prep Camp at Texas Christian University this summer.

Corinne played for J.J. Pearce High School, where she received First Team All-District and Second Team All-City honors for two consecutive years. She also received the Team MVP award for those same two years and set a school record of number of aces in a season. After graduating from high school in 1998, Corinne attended Hardin-Simmons University and immediately became the starting setter. She ranked sixth in the conference for number of assists. Corinne left Hardin-Simmons after her freshman year and has coached for Prestonwood Christian Academy, Trinity Christian Academy, and Bishop Lynch High School.

Corinne now resides in Plano, Texas and has been married to Brant Atchison for two years. They attend Heights Baptist Church in Richardson. She loves to shop, work out, and play beach volleyball. Corinne will be helping out with the TCU Volleyball Program this year and will also be finishing up her degree in Business.