MEET OUR COACHES
Patty Phillips
Varsity Head Coach
Patty has a passion for coaching and a love for the game of volleyball for the past 22 years. She coached 1 year at Mid-America Nazarene College before coming to Olathe Northwest. Patty has coached at ONW since it opened in 2003 except for 3 years, which she became Head Varsity Volleyball Coach for Shawnee Mission East. She took that program from last place to 3rd at State in 2016 and was selected by her peers for Sunflower League Coach of the Year. Patty returned to ONW as Assistant Varsity Volleyball Coach to win a State Championship in 2017 and has continue to have many successful seasons placing at State for several years. She has coached for some local volleyball clubs, Dynasty and PVA, taking a 12’s team to Nationals after winning 2 National Qualifiers.
Patty has been married to Chuck for 41 years. They have 2 children, 3 grandchildren, and a hound dog named Punkin.
GO RAVENS!!
Gillian Doll
Varsity Assistant Coach
Gillian Doll has loved the game of volleyball for the past 16 years. She played Setter/Right Side hitter in Olathe at Frontier Trail Middle School and Olathe East High School. Gillian also played five years of club ball where she added Outside Hitter to her skill set. Starting in Fall of 2009 Gillian began coaching for Zoom Volleyball Club as an assistant coach for two years. She then went on to be the head coach of many premier teams ranging from 13’s-18’s. Gillian completed 13 seasons as a club coach with many 1st place victories under her belt. She now assists the directors and is a supervisor for the club.
During the 2018 school season, Gillian was the Sophomore Volleyball Coach at Olathe North High School. After taking a break to start her family, she made the switch to ONW to coach JV volleyball for three seasons. Coach Doll is so excited to be growing with the program into the Assistant Varsity role.
Gillian is completing her 9th year teaching in the Olathe School District at Washington Elementary, where she teaches Kindergarten. She is expecting her second child Summer ’23. The whole family is so excited for this season of Raven Volleyball! GO RAVENS!
Chloe Thomas
Junior Varsity Coach
Chloe Thomas has had volleyball in her life for as long as she can remember. From watching her aunt coach her sister to playing rec ball coached by her dad. Growing up in Junction City, KS, Chloe played school ball in middle and high school and played club ball from 4th grade on. After high school, Chloe thought her volleyball days were done. She occasionally played with friends but didn’t think coaching would be part of her future.
Chloe graduated college in the Spring of 2021 with a bachelor’s degree in English Education and soon after was offered a teaching position at ONW. On the application, she marked that if help were needed, she would be interested in a coaching position for volleyball. Sure enough, they were looking for a coach.
Chloe coached the freshman team at ONW during the 2021 and 2022 seasons and saw a lot of success with one league championship. She has also coached for Zoom Volleyball Club for one season.
Chloe is so excited to be taking on the JV coaching position for the 2023 season and she can’t wait to see the success and the growth of all the players, including the players that were part of her freshman team in the past.
Go Ravens!
Calvin Schoendaller
C Team Coach
Megan Julian
Freshman Coach
Megan Julian started off her volleyball career after watching her older sister play rec ball. She instantly fell in love with the setter position and never looked back! She played rec ball up until she was 14 when she began club. Megan Julian played through middle school, highschool and a year of college after she was awarded with a volleyball scholarship at Baker University. Once she switched her major, she decided it would be best to transfer to KU but continues to play for fun.
Megan Julian is currently studying education in hopes to teach highschool English, she is also studying American Sign Language to receive a certification in interpreting.
Megan began her coaching career in 2022-2023 while assisting with her past coach for KC Fire club 16’s team. She has always dreamt of coaching for a highschool team and is beyond excited to coach at Olathe Northwest.