By Kyle Coppola
Real Life Christian Academy Hires New Volleyball Head Coach
Real Life Christian Academy is excited to name Stephanie Coleman as the new Varsity Volleyball Head Coach for the 2024-2025 season. Stephanie is a seasoned volleyball coach with a lifelong dedication to the sport. Beginning her competitive journey at the age of 10, she quickly rose through the ranks, eventually playing for her first club volleyball team in the state of Kansas and earning numerous accolades during her high school career, including 1st Team All Class, All State, and 1st Team All League honors.
Stephanie went on to play at the collegiate level for St.Leo University and Sterling College, where she was recognized as an Honorable Mention All Conference player. Stephanie has coached at both the high school and club levels. With a coaching philosophy centered on instilling discipline, commitment, effort, toughness and pride. Off the court, Stephanie is a devoted wife and mother. She is in her 7th year as the Elementary PE teacher at Real Life Christian Academy, balancing her family life with her unwavering passion for coaching and mentoring young athletes.
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
