

Bridget Atkinson
Head Coach
Bridget is a coach for the Gaston Galaxy.
Bridget is from Gastonia, NC. She played high school volleyball at Highland School of Tech, and played college volleyball at Ferrum College as a DS.
She is the current varsity volleyball coach at South Point high school.
Certifications: USAV IMPACT, USAV SafeSport, USAV Background Screening

Billy Downey
Assistant Coach
Billy Downey is a coach at Gaston Galaxy. Graduate of UNCC with a major in Criminal Justice and minor in Biology. He is a Captain at the Gaston County Police.
Billy started his coaching baseball through a local optimist club 20 years ago. He coached travel fastpitch softball for 7 years. He has coached high school softball and volleyball at Piedmont Community Charter School.
Certifications: USAV IMPACT, USAV SafeSport, USAV Background Screening




Leigh Kiser
Head Coach
Leigh is a coach for the Gaston Galaxy.
Leigh is a Science Teacher at Cherryville High School. She coaches Cherryville High School Varsity volleyball and Chavis Middle School volleyball. Coach Leigh has also coached 2 seasons of club volleyball in Shelby NC.
Certifications: USAV IMPACT, USAV SafeSport, USAV Background Screening




Dave Notaro
Assistant Coach, Beach Coach, Head Coach
Dave is a coach at Gaston Galaxy.
Certifications: USAV IMPACT, USAV SafeSport, USAV Background Screening


Todd Sloan
Assistant Coach, Beach Coach, Director, Head Coach
Todd is the director and a coach at Gaston Galaxy. Graduate of UNCC with a BS in Computer Engineering, Todd is a Software engineer at Velocitor Solutions.
He started his coaching journey thru his children, head coaching all of their youth team sports at High 5 Sports thru Bethlehem Church.
Native to Charlotte, now local to south east Gastonia, Todd and his family love the game of volleyball. Playing adult competitive volleyball for a over decade now, and coaching juniors for 7, it has become a dream and passion to establish a competitive juniors volleyball club in Gaston county.
Certifications: USAV IMPACT, USAV SafeSport, USAV Background Screening, USAV Indoor CAP I

