John Frederick
VARSITY HEAD COACH
This will be Coach Frederick's ninth year at St. Pius X as Head of the Volleyball program. His teams have been 292-161 in his tenure at St. Pius X.  After leading the team to its first state finals appearance ever, Coach Frederick was named DeKalb County Coach of the Year for the third time.  Coach Frederick was 292-74 in 12 years as the Junior Varsity coach at Westminster. Westminster won five state championships (1987, 1989, 1992, 1995 & 2000) during Coach Frederick's time in the program.  He began his volleyball carrer as a player where he was a middle blocker and setter at Bucknell University from 1980-83. Coach Frederick also coached Track and Cross Country at Westminster assisting with another 5 state championship teams. In addition to his Volleyball duties at St. Pius X, Coach Frederick teaches Chemistry. He is married to Ann Frederick and they have three children, David (18), Allison (14) and Kelsey (12).

dun hahn

Varsity associate head coach

Returning for a fifth season with the Golden Lions is Coach Dun.  He has been instrumental in changing the culture of Pius Volleyball.  In his four three years with the Golden Lions the teams accumulated 168 wins (44 more than in any prior four years in school history).  Coach Dun comes to us from Woodward Academy where he assisted with their 2004 state championship.  He also has spent the last seven years coaching with Tsunami Volleyball club program.  An IMPACT certified volleyball coach, he has guided many players to continue their careers at the collegiate level.  An outstanding player in his own right, Coach Hahn won a national championship as a player in BB Reverse Coed in 2004.  He is a graduate of Parkview High School and Georgia Tech where he has a degree in Biology.

Amanda mahoney

Junior Varsity coach

Among the strongest players in St. Pius X history Amanda continues to move up through the coaching ranks.  In her sixth year of coaching following an oustanding playing carrer for the Golden Lions, she has led the JV to some of their best seasons evera and their first tournament championship in many years when they won the Darlington Invitational in 2007. Previously she coached our freshmen and middle school teams.  More importantly she has done a fantasitic job of building the confidence of our young players with her positive outlook.  She also is coaching in the Tsunami club program.  This follows after playing a year of college volleyball at West Georgia State University.  One of the captains of the 2002 St. Pius X Golden Lions, Amanda will lend her expertise and positive attitude to our junior varsity program again this year.  She has finished her associates degree in english and is currently in her senior year at West Georgia.

Kari Sans

freshman coach

Kari joined the freshman program mid season of 2007.  She played volleyball at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California and made first team all league as a defensive specialist.  Kari graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a bachelor's degree in Physical Education and Health.  Additionally, she was commissioned in the US Army and complete her service with the 7th Infantry Division (Light) in Fort Ord, California as a Captain.  She has assisted with the IHM Volleyball developmental program for years and currently assists with Team One -13's.  Kari is married to Juan, and has two boys; Sebastian and Addison who attend St. Pius X.

howard miles

middle school gold coach

Howard is joining the volleyball program for the first time in 2009.  He has been a player for the past 17 years and he has coached four the past four years.  He is currently enrolled at Argosy University to work on his Masters in Educational Leadership.

danny suarez

middle school navy coach

A long time fixture in Atlanta volleyball circles, Danny comes to us from having coached the IHM middle school program.  The parent of two Pius players, Mara and Emilia, Danny has done a great job over the years teaching a large number of young girls the basics of the game.

bill mCgoldrick

assistant coach

Also a seasoned player on the Atlanta volleyball scene, Bill has taken his love for the game and is working to transmit that to a new generation of player.  Those players include his two daughters, Grace and Gloria, who are now in the Pius volleyball program as well.  Bill comes to Pius from the IHM middle school program and is helping the program coaching positional groups in our sub-varsity program.

liz maxey

assistant coach

Kit rosser

assistant coach

A player at Druid Hills High School here in DeKalb County, Kit has joined the staff as a beginning coach to help with our middle school and JV teams.

kim fletcher

assistant coach

One of the most accomplished players on the volleyball staff, Kim played volleyball at Notre Dame.  She is helping teach the basics of the game to our middle school beginners.

david alaniz

assistant coach

Helping with the middle school Navy team, David, joins the program to help Danny Suarez.  He is the parent of middle school player Sarah.

Shannon Barnes

assistant coach

Described to me recently as "the greatest volleyball player in St. Pius X history," Shannon returns to help out with the middle school white team.