Warrenton High School has officially hired the head coach for the newly added boys volleyball program. Jacob Brown, who has worked in the district for 15 years, will lead the program.
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Warrenton High School has officially hired the head coach for the newly added boys volleyball program. Jacob Brown, who has worked in the district for 15 years, will lead the program.
Boys volleyball was recently added after the Warren County R-III School Board of Education approved the program back in March, along with adding a stunt team. Brown was named to be the head coach less than two weeks ago.
Brown is a 2005 Warrenton alum and will be entering his fifteenth year in the district currently working as a physical education teacher at Rebecca Boone Elementary School. In addition, Brown currently coaches boys high school soccer and used to coach girls soccer and basketball.
Brown recently started playing the sport at a recreational level. Pretty quickly, he caught a passion for it and started to learn more about the game. In addition, he has taught plenty of volleyball lessons in the high school summer physical education program.
“I really love the sport and I think it’s the ultimate team sport, as far as having good communication, good skills and footwork,” Brown said. “It was a unique opportunity to start something new.”
Brown has hopes to make this program more than just volleyball. He also wants to involve the team with community service, make sure the players focus on academics and work on the whole person instead of just the athlete.
He hopes to involve the team with Oak Pointe, an assisted living facility. He noticed the people there rarely have visitors and wants to assign players to a senior buddy. Brown also noted the possibility of trash pickups, something his dad did when he ran the industrial tech club for the R-III district.
“I think getting the kids outside of school and in a different environment can help build relationships, so we’ll go from there and see how those worked out,” Brown said.
Brown also hopes to focus on foundational skills and techniques, as well as building the program.
“For the most part, this first year will be learning and building and hopefully being competitive in games and making kids excited to come out and play,” Brown said.
Brown is unsure of how many students are interested but is hoping to get more open gyms and mini-camps going. The program is planning on a varsity and junior varsity team. If there are a lot of numbers, the program may add a freshmen team too.
