Joel Stanford

Joel Stanford
214-616-3668
joel@downstatevolleyball.com

Head coach of 14 Black, 15 Mystic, & 13 Mystic

Following his collegiate soccer career, Joel played adult volleyball in the Lone Star region of USA Volleyball (USAV) where he won four regional championships as a player prior to beginning his coaching career. Joel began coaching volleyball in the North Texas region where he won a Junior National Championship, in 2005. His teams have won two state high School championships, with Bishop Lynch HS, in 2004, and Haldane HS, in 2007. Joel was also the head coach of Div. II, Concordia College. From 2006 to 2012 he was the Garden Empire Volleyball Association’s (GEVA) Junior Competition Director. His Downstate teams have won the GEVA open regional championship 7 times and earned bids to the USAV Girls’ Junior National Championships 10 times.

Joel is the proud father of three children. His daughter is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy, where she was a starting setter for 3 years. His two sons, both former club hockey players, are now living in Boston, MA, and Austin, TX.