Colleyville Heritage High School Head Volleyball Coach Josh McKinney was named the National Federation of State High School (NFHS) Association’s 2023 Coach of the Year* for the sport.
“I was honestly in shock after hearing the news that I won this award! There are so many deserving coaches in our state. It’s such an incredible honor, and I’m overwhelmed with gratitude,” said McKinney on receiving the award.
This is McKinney’s 14th year teaching and his eighth year at Colleyville Heritage. During his time as a Panther, his teams have earned several playoff appearances:
2017 5A Region 1 Finalists
2018 5A Region 1 Semi-finalists
2019 Bi-District Qualifiers
2020 5A Region 1 Quarterfinalists
2021 5A Region 1 Semi-finalists
2022 UIL 5A State Champions
2023 UIL State Semi-finalists
2024 5A Region 1 Finalists
McKinney was recognized at the UIL state volleyball tournament on Saturday, November 23, 2024.
*𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘍𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦 2022-2023 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴; 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳 2023-2024.