Anna Huerta

Anna Huerta has been a club youth head volleyball coach for 13 years and a High School Varsity Head Volleyball Coach for 18 years. She has coached girl’s club and open level teams at the 14’s, 16’s, 17’s and 18’s age groups in Northern VA. She is very excited to be transitioning to coaching Youth Boys Volleyball. She brings a lot of experience and knowledge in technical skill and game strategy. She has great communication skills, leadership skills and the ability to help individual athletes improve to build strong teams. Her teams have been very competitive, winning multiple gold and silver medals over the years. All of her teams have had very competitive seasons with solid finishes.

Anna led the Forest Park High School Volleyball team as the head coach for 12 years. She had 12 consecutive winning seasons as the head coach at Forest Park High School, a 6A VA high school. She has an overall high school head coach record of 293-124 and a record of 225-91 at FPHS. As the FPHS head coach, she had 11 District Championship appearances, 5 District Championships, 12 Regional Playoff appearances, 6 Regional Quarterfinal appearances, 5 Regional Semi-Final appearances, one Regional Finals and State Quarter-Final and tournament appearance. They also won the VA State Congeniality title in 2013.

Anna has been Impact, CAP I and CAP II certified with USA Volleyball. She is dedicated to helping athletes improve. One of Anna’s goals is to grow the game in the DC region and share her love of the game and develop players to become strong, competitive and successful athletes. Anna strives to build well-rounded athletes that can be a part of a cohesive and competitive team. Her key qualifications and skills include planning relevant practice lessons, teaching fundamental volleyball skills, implementing differentiated instruction for individual positions and athletes and designing drills and practices that help athletes transfer skills from practice into games. She has directed and coached multiple camps and clinics and provides one on one training. She has been instrumental in helping several athletes play collegiate volleyball at all division levels. She encourages self-motivation, exceptional performance and has high expectations of the athletes she works with. She continues to educate herself and use best practices in coaching volleyball.

Anna is also a high school art teacher with 33 years of teaching experience and an artist. She is a graduate of Missouri Southern State University where she received a Bachelor of Science in Art Education. She also has a Master of Arts in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University. Anna has played volleyball for over 37 years. Anna’s volleyball playing experience includes high school, division II collegiate volleyball, USAV adult play in the CHRVA Region, and league play. Anna has three children that are all competitive volleyball players. Her two daughters played Div. II Volleyball and are coaches.