JH/HS Girl's Volleyball
Volleyball has been at Tacoma Baptist since the early 1980‘s providing one of the main teams for girls athletics. Volleyball has a rich tradition of competitive and spiritual success having competed in the state Volleyball tournament twice in its history. Our team has been very competitive throughout our history and provides a great opportunity for our girls to grow at Volleyball players and as Christian young ladies. Our goal is to continue that tradition and to make Volleyball an exciting program that honors Jesus Christ and promotes excellence.
Head Coach: Rusty Carlson
Rusty Carlson is currently the Executive Pastor at Rainier View Christian Church, where he has been on the pastoral staff since 1987. Rusty has joined the New Hope/Tacoma Baptist Schools Athletic Department as Volleyball Coach. He has played and coached many sports throughout his lifetime, including volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball and tennis. Coach Carlson was the assistant coach to Kevin Aoki, the current head women's volleyball coach at Pacific Lutheran University, at both PLU and Bethel High School.
His dad was a state championship level volleyball coach at Columbia River High School during his high school years. He grew up playing volleyball and helping his teams as well as helping manage the volleyball team at Hudson's Bay High School where he attended. He was the head women's tennis coach at PLU for 10 years and played both tennis and volleyball at the collegiate level
"I'm very excited to help both TBS and New Hope develop a comprehensive approach to the volleyball program and bring the high school program to state championship levels."
Coach Carlson and his wife Anna (a school teacher) have a daughter, Kathryn (12 yrs) and a son, Jonathan (9 yrs). They love to camp, travel, hike and play together as a family and he is especially fond of chocolate chip cookies and Root Beer Floats!