King named second coach for WCHS volleyball

Brittany King

The White County High School Volleyball program will start the 2025 season with a brand-new look. The Warriorettes, previously under the guidance of Logan Hicks, will have a tandem of coaches at the helm this season. Brittany King, a former Warriorette herself, is ready to step in and help lead.

King brings familiarity to the Warriorette team, having spent four seasons as a coach – first as an assistant and then at the front – with White County Middle School.

“I had the pleasure of coaching the current juniors and seniors in middle school, and we had very successful seasons. They are a great group of kids who play hard and are competitive. They don’t quit,” King said. “I look forward to seeing how they have grown as players. Likewise, the freshman and sophomores are also a very talented bunch. I believe we can be competitive this year and for many years to come.”

King’s volleyball experience spans back to before she was in middle school. She fell in love with the sport after attending a volleyball camp while still in elementary school. Her passion for the game carried her through both middle school and high school where she spent four years playing setter and outside hitter for the coach who got her started at that camp, Lynn Cannon.

“My years playing volleyball at WCHS are some of the best memories I have of high school. Lynn Cannon instilled a love for the game, while ensuring we were also competitive,” King said, adding that her senior season the Warriorettes played in the semi-finals of the state tournament. “I hope to carry on that tradition and give the team a season they can be proud of.”

King will be coaching alongside Farrah Griffith, someone she knows well from their time spent playing rec-league volleyball together.

“Farrah brings experience as both a player and coach. I look forward to learning from her prior experiences coaching high school,” King said, while acknowledging that she knows there will be a learning curve in the transition from coaching middle school to high school. “I think that, together, we can combine our experiences on the court to develop our team and create success for the program here at WCHS.”

King has goals for her first season as a high school coach, and while she hopes those goals will convert to wins on the court, she said there are more important things to coaching than winning.

“Every coach wants to have a successful season, of course,” she said. “More importantly, though, I hope that each girl realizes her potential as a player and that the girls unify to compete for success.