About

Meet Our Coaches

Laura Gibson

Academy Director and Coach

Shannon Helm

Coach

Jodi Barnes

Coach

Laura holds many awards in her high school and collage volleyball career for Defensive Specialist. Laura began coaching Volleyball after completing college for Texas Juniors DFW volleyball club. She coached with the organization for 6 years and was the assistant director for 2 years. While coaching club she also coached the Middle School team at Fairhill School in Dallas for 2 seasons. Laura then became the Varsity Coach at Carrollton Christian Academy, for 2 years, where her team advanced to the Regional Finals. Laura was also the Volleyball Director at The Edge Extreme sports training facility in Flower Mound, TX. There she began a Recreational league for elementary school ages. She organized and coached camps, clinics and private lessons. Laura has experience coaching volleyball for all ages. She has coached girls from the ages of 5 to 18, from recreational leagues to National travel teams.

Shannon went to Granbury High School where she played 3 years of varsity volleyball and still holds the school record for highest kill percentage. She also played 6 years of club and 4 years of beach volleyball. Shannon graduated Texas Tech University and has returned home to Granbury where she has been coaching club & beach volleyball.

Jodi too has coached many ages of volleyball. She implemented the Boys & Girls Club league locally in 2002 and has coached Elementary, Middle School, Junior Varsity and Varsity level volleyball. Recently, she coached for Cornerstone Christian Academy winning multiple TCAF District titles, Regional and TCAF State-Runner up titles. Jodi has organized and coached clinics, and camps. She lives in Tolar with her family and has a passion for teaching the fundamentals of the volleyball

UVC Mission Statement

It is the mission of Urban Volleyball Club to provide a positive, competitive youth volleyball experience for player, parents and coaches. We emphasize long term player development of physical and emotional and social skills.
UVC provides a wide variety of experiences that help the development of habits and attitudes that prepare our athletes for success throughout life, both on and off the volleyball court.
It is our goal to create a environment that will benefit the individual on and off the team.
UVC also promotes a high level of academic achievement as well as a commitment to development of moral charter and self confidence,

Urban Volleyball Club is owned by Tommy Matthews
We have a 4000 sq. ft. volleyball facility