Coaching Staff
Sara Kealy
Head Coach
Sara enters her 13th season as the head of the Wildcat volleyball program. During her tenure as head coach, the Wildcats have gone from 4-31 to a state runner up finish and 43-1 record. She is originally from Muncie, IN where she attended Muncie Central High School. While at Central, she was a four-year varsity starter in both volleyball and basketball. Sara earned all-conference and all-state honors her junior and senior years. She capped off her senior year by being named Gatorade’s Indiana and Midwest Player of the Year as well as receiving All American recognition 3 times. Sara attended the University of Illinois on a volleyball scholarship where she started for four years and played in every match. While at U of I, she was selected to the All-Big Ten team as a sophomore. Sara is a Special Education Teacher in Woodbury, MN. She has two children; Ryan (11) and Parker (9) as well as three step children; Maddi (20), Michael (20) and Morgan
(17). Maddi is a junior setter for the University of Minnesota Duluth and Morgan just recently committed to St Thomas University.
Ali Igou
Fred Barr
Fred Barr
Varsity Assistant
Ali is the true “utility player” on our coaching staff. She is incredibly versatile and can successfully connect with athletes of all ability and experience levels. She has coached volleyball for 14 years total; all but one of them have been here in River Falls. She started with
the JV team and then spent a few years at th
Varsity Assistant
Ali is the true “utility player” on our coaching staff. She is incredibly versatile and can successfully connect with athletes of all ability and experience levels. She has coached volleyball for 14 years total; all but one of them have been here in River Falls. She started with
the JV team and then spent a few years at the middle school level when her children were little. She returned to the high school and has coached the JV, Blue and Gold teams. This season Ali will be assisting the varsity. She is married to Kyle Igou and together they have three children, Aubrey (10), Ethan (9) and Kendall (7). Ali is a graduate of St Croix Falls HS where she participated in volleyball, basketball and track. Ali teaches Health and PE here at River Falls High School.
Fred Barr
Fred Barr
Fred Barr
Varsity Assistant
Coach Fred Barr returns to the Wildcat coaching staff after a two-year hiatus. He was an instrumental part of building this program as the Associate Head Coach along side Coach Kealy for the first 10 seasons. Fred has also experience coaching club volleyball both for Kokoro VBC and for Rage. Outside of the gym, Fred does
Varsity Assistant
Coach Fred Barr returns to the Wildcat coaching staff after a two-year hiatus. He was an instrumental part of building this program as the Associate Head Coach along side Coach Kealy for the first 10 seasons. Fred has also experience coaching club volleyball both for Kokoro VBC and for Rage. Outside of the gym, Fred does home appraisals and is an owner of Ziggy’s in
Stillwater, Mallard’s in Bloomington and the Tarnation Tavern right here in River Falls. He has three adult children; Zoe (28), Sam (26) and Izzy (22). Both girls were standout players in the RFVB program. Zoe played collegiately at St Kate’s and Izzy just completed her volleyball career competing at Augsburg. Fred is a native of the state of Michigan, but has been in River Falls for the last 24 years.
Angie Peterson
Angie Peterson
Angie Peterson
JV Head Coach
Angie enters her 2nd season coaching JV for the Wildcats. She is from Osceola where she began
playing volleyball at a very young age. She competed for the Chieftains in the fall and played for Minnesota Select for many years during the club season. In addition to the school season, she also coaches for Kokoro Volleyball. Angie
JV Head Coach
Angie enters her 2nd season coaching JV for the Wildcats. She is from Osceola where she began
playing volleyball at a very young age. She competed for the Chieftains in the fall and played for Minnesota Select for many years during the club season. In addition to the school season, she also coaches for Kokoro Volleyball. Angie attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison where she earned a degree in economics and mathematics. She currently works in merchandising and data analytics at Best Buy Corporate.
Melissa Berner
Angie Peterson
Angie Peterson
C Team Blue
Melissa is the most veteran coach on the Wildcat staff; entering her 14th year coaching in River Falls. She was setter at Grantsburg High School where they have a tradition of being a strong, competitive volleyball program. Over the years, Melissa has contributed to this program in many capacities. She has worked with both the
C Team Blue
Melissa is the most veteran coach on the Wildcat staff; entering her 14th year coaching in River Falls. She was setter at Grantsburg High School where they have a tradition of being a strong, competitive volleyball program. Over the years, Melissa has contributed to this program in many capacities. She has worked with both the JV2 blue and gold teams here at RFHS and has
also coached at Meyer Middle School. In addition to coaching during the school season, she has also coached for several club programs including the RAGE program. Melissa is currently working as a para professional at Westside Elementary. She and her husband, Alan, have been married for 16 years. They have three boys Cameron age 15, Mason age 12 and Easton age 7.
Chelsey Strenke
C Team Gold
This is Chelsey’s first official year on the Wildcat coaching staff. Last season she assisted the JV
as a volunteer coach. Prior to coaching here in RF, she had three years of high school coaching experience. She also has experience coaching club with BW Heat the past two seasons. Chelsey is very positive and full of energy. She
C Team Gold
This is Chelsey’s first official year on the Wildcat coaching staff. Last season she assisted the JV
as a volunteer coach. Prior to coaching here in RF, she had three years of high school coaching experience. She also has experience coaching club with BW Heat the past two seasons. Chelsey is very positive and full of energy. She is passionate about volleyball and hopes to inspire that same love for the game in her athletes. She graduated from University of Wisconsin Eau Claire with her Bachelors degree in Chemistry in 2020. She currently works in town at Interfacial as an Account Manager. She has two dogs named Bandi and Thomas.