Lemont High School Names New Boys' Volleyball Coach

At its February 18 meeting, the Lemont High School District 210 Board of Education approved the recommendation to hire Dina Kyriakoulis to serve as the school’s head boys’ volleyball coach beginning in Spring 2014.

Kyriakoulis will take over the program from Zach Splitt, who coached the Indians in 2012 and 2013 before resigning in January to become the boys’ volleyball coach at Oswego East High School.

For the last three seasons, Kyriakoulis has served as the sophomore coach in head coach Chris Zogata’s girls’ volleyball program. From 2011-13, she guided the Indians to a combined 62-22-3 record, which included perfect 13-0 conference records and South Suburban Conference sophomore titles in both 2011 and 2012.

Kyriakoulis collected a combined eight seasons of assistant coaching experience in boys’ and girls’ volleyball at Reavis High School. She also has served as a club volleyball coach with the 1st Alliance Volleyball Club, Celtic Force Volleyball Club, Attack Volleyball Club and Sports Performance Volleyball Club.

A standout player and team captain as a prep player at Reavis, Kyriakoulis went on to play for two seasons at Aurora University. She saw time both as a setter and as a libero.

Kyriakoulis is in her fourth year at Lemont High School, having joined the staff as a special education paraeducator during the 2010-11 school year. She also has served as a special education teacher during her Lemont tenure, and has taught summer school at Argo High School. She also has extensive experience as a private tutor in English and writing.Kyriakoulis earned a bachelor’s degree in English Literature from Saint Xavier University in 2009, and was awarded a masters in education degree with a Reading Specialist concentration from Olivet Nazarene in 2011. She also earned an endorsement in special education from Lewis University.