A former elite youth volleyball athlete from the Washington D.C. metropolitan-area, Regan now channels her lifelong passion for the sport of volleyball into coaching youth volleyball players in the Kansas City area. Regan specializes in developing student-athletes both on the court and off the court, focused on developing their technical skills and mental toughness. Experienced in training all skills and individual positions, Regan holds a special place in her heart for training setters, helping them master the strategic, leadership-driven demands of the role to best serve their team, program, and community.

Regan currently serves as the Assistant Varsity Coach at Olathe West High School in Olathe, KS, where she has assisted in the program’s development and led program-wide setter training (2022-present). Most recently, the Owls finished runner-up at the 2025 KSHAA 6A Volleyball State Tournament in Salina, Kansas, falling only to Blue Valley West High School. In their previous run, the program finished in 3rd Place at the 2024 KSHAA 6A Volleyball State Tournament. Regan joined the Olathe West High School Volleyball coaching staff in 2022, and prior to that served as Assistant Varsity Coach at The Barstow School in Kansas City, MO. Additionally, she has coached club volleyball in the CHRVA (Chesapeake) region (2010-2012), and currently works as a Tournament Director for the HOA region (2022-present). In her current TD role, she works closely and unbiasedly with club directors, coaches, facilities managers, players, parents, and spectators. Regan remains dedicated to shaping confident, strong, and resilient youth athletes by empowering them to grow in their position, elevate their game, and strengthen their mindset.

Outside of the gym, Regan works full-time for a global industrial manufacturer in international marketing, and enjoys traveling often. She loves spending her free time attending NCAA volleyball, basketball, and football games with her husband, spending time with her rescue pups, and traveling the world. Despite being “retired” from playing, she still loves competing in Kansas City-area indoor, grass, or sand volleyball leagues and tournaments.

Fun fact: Regan discovered her love of volleyball by following her father, a retired Athletic Director, around gyms, and watching her big sister play volleyball. Her older sister is a seasoned NCAA Head Volleyball Coach, leading both women’s indoor and beach volleyball programs outside of Atlanta, GA, and is an “AVCA 30 Under 30” recipient.

Skills: All. Serving (all types), blocking, passing (serve receive vs. defense vs. free ball/tempo), defensive systems (all types, including international systems), setting (defensively overhead passing and setting offensively), attacking, eye work, basic to advanced volleyball IQ, and more.
Positions: Any, specializing in setters
Ages: All. Prefer middle school, high school, adult
Genders: All
Club-Affiliations: Neutral, by design for tournament directing; certified USAV, HOA, KSHAA, and formerly MSHAA

My coaching philosophy centers on long term growth, built through consistent, intentional habits. I believe in meeting athletes where they are by using baseline data (skill assessments, performance metrics, and clearly-defined/observed behaviors) to guide individualized improvement. This data is not a judgment; it is a roadmap. With it, I reinforce positive behaviors, correct technical details, and outwardly celebrate small, meaningful steps forward. In the classroom, I expect athletes to carry themselves with the same discipline and curiosity they bring to the court. In the gym, I focus on teaching fundamentals, fostering resilience, and building a competitive mindset rooted in effort rather than outcome. Beyond sports, I aim to prepare them for life: to communicate with confidence, to handle adversity with maturity, and to understand that growth is rarely linear but always possible. Volleyball is the vehicle, not the destination. My purpose as a coach and trainer is to guide athletes through a journey where they learn to trust the process, value their teammates, and recognize their own capacity for excellence, whether on the court, in school, or in every chapter that follows. As a former elite athlete and the daughter of an athletic director, I grew up seeing firsthand the full picture of what it means to be a youth athlete—the physical grind, the mental discipline, the emotional highs and lows, and the pressure that extends far beyond the scoreboard. That perspective shapes my belief that great coaching is not defined by wins, but by the development of the whole athlete.