Our Mission AT TAV HOUSTON:

To develop student athletes through pursuit of excellence in competitive volleyball.

why choose tav houston volleyball ?

As a top three ranked club in the greater Houston area (usclubrankings.com), TAV Houston is coming off our best performance in the history of the club, hoping to solidify an undisputable top two ranking! With that said, we are sure you have noticed we have made some significant changes to the leadership team at TAV Houston. TAV takes our job seriously and we deeply care about our young student-athletes that we have such a major influence over.

We believe that the future of what TAV Houston will become is something our entire staff is excited about. As a group, we have learned and made necessary changes to allow us to excel into the future. Even though we had a record setting year within our organization, we are still actively seeking to improve each and every day.

As our well-qualified staff continues their effort to steer the ship in the new direction, we feel that it's important to provide clarity as to what the direction of the new team is. In fact, we want you all to be part of the process. To start, we want to make sure that we understand and adhere to our mission statement:

 "To develop student-athletes through the pursuit of excellence in competitive volleyball".

Meet the tav houston leadership team

Ray Hedden - Club Director – Entering his 27th year as a volleyball coach, Ray is widely regarded by his colleagues as one of the best trainers in Houston. Ray has qualified teams for USAV Jr Nationals in every age group 13s-18s many of which were in Open. Ray has experience in training players of all ages in all skill sets. Ray also brings over 10+ years experience as a recruiting coordinator as well as 20+ years as training coordinator.  rhedden@tavhouston.com


Branden Smeltzer, Club Director - Entering his 25th year as a volleyball coach, seventh with TAV Houston. Throughout his coaching career, Branden has successfully coached teams that have earned an Open Gold Medal and also an Open Bronze medal at the USAV Jr National Championships. In addition, he has been named coach of the year twice, and coached three separate high school teams that finished 3rd in the State Championships. Branden has qualified 22 club teams for the USAV Jr National Championships over his tenure.  He also brings 20+ years of operational management experience to the table. bsmeltzer@tavhouston.com

Adrien Wohlschlaeger, Camp & Clinic Coordinator – Adrien has been with TAV Houston for six years now, though recently has been added to the leadership team of TAV Houston! Adrien has proven herself as an extremely knowledgeable coach thanks to her time as an SEC setter at Arkansas, under the tutelage of one of the best coaches in the game (Jason Watson).  Awohlschlaeger@tavhouston.com

Micah Naone, Training Coordinator – Micah brings a tremendous wealth of knowledge, having been the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Brigham Young University (BYU), and a current Lead Trainer within Gold Medal Squared (GMS). Micah has coached teams in the NCAA I finals on multiple occasions, been asked to coach semi-pro teams and will participate in the gym of Team USA this summer. mnaone@tavhouston.com


Bryan Bunn, Director of Recruiting- Bryan is a 30 year veteran collegiate coach, landing at schools such as Baylor, NC State and North Florida. As a head coach, Bunn coached 18 All-Americans, 38 all-conference players, 32 all-region performers and five conference players of the year. Eleven of his teams have won 23 or more matches, with four squads finishing in the top 10 nationally. Bunn coached six teams to the NCAA I Tournament and two NAIA teams to the Championships. bbunn@tavhouston.com

Bill Reynolds, Director of Developmental - Bill brings over 20 years of volleyball coaching experience coaching at all levels: 11s through 18s, junior high school through varsity head coach. Aside from coaching his teams, he has extensive coach training through Gold Medal Squared, Art of Coaching Volleyball, and coaching clinics through Texas Girls’ Coaches Association.  281-292-7574 breynolds@tavhouston.com

meet the tav houston business team

Name Email Address
Jimmy Godail Owner/Manager mjgodail@mycompetitiveedge.com
Jess Willits Business Admin Manager jwillits@mycompetititiveedge.com
Front Desk Customer Service fd@tavhouston.com 281-863-9400

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