Head Volleyball Coach

Shaun Pohlman

►1st year as Head Volleyball Coach at Dodge City Community College

► Hometown: Twin Falls, ID

► High School: Twin Falls High School

► College: College Of Southern Idaho; Idaho State University   

This will be Coach Pohlman’s first year at the helm of the Dodge City women’s volleyball program. Pohlman was born and raised in Twin Falls, Idaho where he attended the College of Southern Idaho and Idaho State University.  He earned his Associates of Arts Degree in Sign Language and Deaf Studies from CSI in 2003.  In 2005, Pohlman completed his Bachelors of Science degree in Educational Interpreting in Sign Language.

Pohlman’s broad range of experience in volleyball as a player and as a coach started from recreational volleyball with his late-father, John Pohlman.  It’s been seven years since that time and Coach Pohlman has studied the game very intrinsically at all facets of the sport.  After his recreational experience, he joined the Idaho State Men’s Volleyball Club as a setter, starting his first year.  The following year, he took the reins as the President of the ISU Men’s Volleyball Club where he led his club team to a reputable finish as the Bronze National Champions and chalked up the honor as Second Team All-Conference as a setter in 2005. 

Upon graduating and landing a job as a sign language interpreter at Filer High School in Idaho, Coach Pohlman found his true calling; coaching.  Starting as the 7^th grade head coach and assistant varsity coach, he soon found himself developing his own USA Volleyball club from the ground up only a year and a half later to compete in the Intermountain Volleyball Region.  That wasn’t until after he ran the spring volleyball program for Filer, set up and ran a traveling volleyball club within the school district while coaching the 14 and under team, took a 16 and under team to the volleyball festival in Reno, assisted the varsity at the UVSC team camp, and finished coaching the 8^th grade school team this past fall.  His club, Southern Idaho Volleyball Club, started with 6 staff members, 2 teams, and 18 players last fall, and by the time the season ended the first week in July, the club had over 45 players and 5 teams.  The club traveled to Utah, Boise, Treasure Valley, and Reno to compete in a total of 15 tournaments.  Serving as not only the Co-Director of the club, but as a coach, he assisted the 14 and under team as well as head coached the 18 and under team.  Coach Pohlman states that he lives, eats, and breathes volleyball and claims he is a student of the game and always will be.

Shaun, his wife, Megan, and their dog, "Conq" live happily in Dodge City.  "I am lucky to have Megan," Shaun says, "She makes a coach's job a lot easier because of her support for Dodge City Community College and our athletics!"

Assistant Volleyball Coach

Cristina Grover

►1st year as Assistant Volleyball Coach at Dodge City Community College

► Hometown: Morrison, CO

► High School: Mullen High School

► College: Metropolitan State College of Denver