RoVo Staff
Christianne Burns
Christianne is the Founder and Director of Rocktown Volleyball Club. She has grown up playing volleyball, but her main sport was track. After graduating high school, she realized the thing she missed the most was volleyball. She started playing among the adult community in Harrisonburg, and volleyball quickly became a priority in her life. She became a head coach, and she has continued coaching at the middle and high school levels. She is currently the JV head coach at Spotswood High School. Christianne is the Club Director for all things indoor volleyball and outdoor volleyball for RoVo.
Colton Frey
Colton has been around competitive volleyball for 14 years. From Lancaster, PA Colton started playing as a freshman in high school after years of being devoted to soccer. After 4 years of high school ball, Colton played Libero/DS for 4 years at Eastern Mennonite University. He quickly entered the coaching scene as the assistant at EMU, and started his high school coaching career at EMHS. He has since become well known in the area as the varsity coach at Broadway High School. Colton loves to work on skill development with athletes and believes in the wholistic power of coaching to empower young athletes to succeed in life. Most recently, Colton was named as the first head men’s volleyball coach at Bridgewater College. Colton’s role in RoVo Juniors is to work as an advisor to our coaching staff and to assist with the development of the indoor programs, including boys and girls volleyball.
Sydney Coffman - RoVo Juniors 17U Head Coach
Sydney will be coaching for our RoVo Juniors travel program. She is currently an elementary school teacher and JV head coach at Broadway High School. Sydney has experience coaching high school volleyball and travel volleyball, and she excels at coaching pin hitting positions. We look forward to having Sydney on staff this season working with our 17U girls!
Kaitlyn Schuman - RoVo Juniors 13U Head Coach
Kaitlyn grew up in northern California, where she spent most of her childhood playing volleyball. Starting at age 9, she played for her school teams and club teams every year since 4th grade, making it all the way to playing in college at D2 California State University of San Bernardino in southern CA. She spent the majority of her athletic career playing the position of Outside Hitter, as well as some time as an Opposite, and, despite being 6'1", was the starting Libero her senior year of college!
She, her husband Logan, and their dog, Tilly, have lived in Harrisonburg for 3 years now. Kaitlyn currently works as the Asst. Program Director of a health and wellness retreat where she teaches classes on nutrition, facilitates exercise classes, and much more. A fun fact about her is that she is a major Swiftie!
Kaitlyn will be a travel coach for one of our younger girls teams this season, and we are excited to have her on staff!
Dallas Butler
Dallas has coached high school track and field for 7 years, specializing in coaching hurdles and high jump. Starting right out of high school, he coached at Turner Ashby before continuing on to Spotswood, where he led YoungLife. Dallas became obsessed with volleyball watching the 2008 summer olympics, but never had opportunity to play organized volleyball until adulthood. In recent years, Dallas has become a student of the sport, watching and analyzing matches for indoor and outdoor volleyball, while also learning the ins and outs of the sport through media. Dallas’ role for RoVo Juniors is to aid in the athletic development of our players.
Josh Bollinger - RoVo Juniors 16U Head Coach
Josh is a local of Rockingham County, where he attended TAHS and then Bridgewater College. In college, he was first able to play the sport he loved watching as he grew up. He went on to play in intramural volleyball competitions at Bridgewater with every opportunity, and after graduating, he has continued to find local volleyball, including pickup and tournaments.
Josh teaches Chemistry at Fort Defiance High School, where he has been part of the volleyball coaching staff as an assistant coach for 7 years, helping coach his team to 4 state playoff appearances. Josh is excited to share his knowledge and love of the game with his team this club season.
Josh is also a passionate Ultimate Frisbee player and coach, playing for “Fog of War” in Winchester and coaching his high school club team to play in the state competition in 2022.
We look forward to having Josh on our coaching staff this season!
Owen Longacre - RoVo Juniors 14U Head Coach
Originally from Philadelphia, PA, Owen first came to the Shenandoah Valley to play college basketball at Eastern Mennonite University. Upon graduation, he immediately entered the coaching world with a desire to help athletes reach their potential.
8 years ago his path led him to become the Varsity Assistant for the Spotswood Volleyball program where he helped coach them to a District title and state appearance. This past fall, Owen became the Head Coach for Spotswood Volleyball and has continued to grow his love and appreciation for this sport.
“I am excited to join Rocktown Volleyball Club because of their emphasis on player development and growing the game of Volleyball in our local area. I can’t wait to get started”