Erin Legendre, Head Varsity Coach

In 2006, Erin Legendre began her first season as the OTHS Head Varsity girls volleyball coach, after 3 years as an assistant and underclass coach. In 2003, Erin began as the Freshman coach before moving to the JV level in 2004 and 2005.  In 2006, she took the head Varsity coaching position with OTHS.  In her first season as varsity coach, the Panthers went 14-18, with a 2-5 SWC record....while carrying only 3 seniors.  Key victories against Edwardsville, Kirkwood (MO), and a playoff win against perenial power Belleville East highlighted the season giving the 2007 Panthers hope for a big season.

Coach Legendre also coaches club volleyball for the Southern Heat Volleyball Club and graduated high school from Red Bud High School where she played volleyball.  After high school, she went to McKendree College and played volleyball the entire four years. 

Aside from coaching varsity volleyball at OTHS, Erin teaches Social Studies.  In 2005, she married Dave who is glad to play the role of "volleyball widow" during the season, and he loves to come watch OTHS volleyball.  No kids yet, but they do have 3 volleyball dogs - Sam, Zoe, and Morgan....all are big fans of OTHS volleyball.

Melissa Massey, Junior Varsity Coach

Coach Massey has played volleyball for over 18 years. Her experience began at Zion Lutheran Grade School to Belleville East High School to Belleville Area College (now SWIC). She finished up collegiately at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Her parent's told her that the only way to college was through a full ride scholarship so that is what she worked for and achieved. She was a setter and achieved many awards and goals during her playing time. Melissa's love for volleyball included coaching as well as playing where she started coaching during high school at St. Teresa's grade school. From there, she went on to coach a couple years for Game Face VBC (now SWIL). After graduating from Union University, she became assistant volleyball coach.

When Melissa returned home, she and her family started their own volleyball club, Blue Steel VBC. Currently the co-director, coach, and trainer for the club, Blue Steel has been up and running for 7 years. As a side job, she also trains young girls and boys the fundamentals of volleyball, agility and speed. Now, she is getting certified with NESTA to be a certified trainer in speed, agility, and quickness training. Melissa is married to Ryan Massey, a teacher and coach with OTHS and they have 3 kids: 6 year old Trent, and 4 year old Riley, and 2 year old Sutton. Coach Massey is in her 6th season as a coach with OTHS and loves being a part of the program. She cannot wait to see what the upcoming season brings.

Dani Collins, Assistant Coach

This is Dani’s first year at O’fallon as an assistant coach. Dani played volleyball at Freeburg Community High School for four years. After high school Dani played as a starting right side for the University of South Carolina Upstate for one year before transferring to McKendree University to pursue an athletic training degree. While attending school, Dani coached for Southern Heat Volleyball girl’s 12 team for three years. Dani recently graduated from McKendree with honors and is now a certified athletic trainer. She is currently working as a graduate assistant for the athletic training department at Lindenwood University-Belleville while pursuing her master’s degree in healthcare administration.

Katelyn Hagarty, Assistant Coach

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