Coaches

Coach Carol Bysak

Coach Carol Bysak is in her 20th season as Head Coach for the Beavercreek Men’s Volleyball Team.  Coach Bysak bring with her 35 years of coaching experience.  Bysak's teams have accomplished 18 District Championships, 9 League Championships, 10 Regional Championships and 6 State Quarter Finaiist, 3 State Semi-Finalist and 1 State Championship Runner-up. Bysak has been honored in 2023 & 2013 as /OHSAA/OHSBVA Regional Coach of the Year and the OHSAA/OHSBVA State Coaches Achievement Award 7 times.  Bysak was honored as 2023 GWOC Coach of the Year.  Bysak was the Head Coach for Sinclair Women’s Volleyball program 2019-2023 until all athletics were disbanded at the college.  Bysak was the Assistant Coach for the Wilmington College Women’s Volleyball Program for 3 years. Bysak was a National Club Team Coach and Assistant Director for the Air City VBC for 14 years.  Bysak is a retired OHSAA Class I Official and has also served four terms on the OHSBVA Board of Directors.  Bysak played volleyball on an athletic scholarship at Sinclair College and was honored as an All Ohio NJCAA Setter in both 1978 and 1979.  Bysak attended Carroll High School and was honored as an All Area District 1st Team Player and was a member of the 1st Dayton Junior Olympic Team.  Bysak earned her AAS in Architectural Design from Sinclair and her Bachelor’s Degree at Park University in Accounting.  Coach Bysak is retired from Beavercreek City Schools. Coach Bysak resides in Kettering with her husband Joe and they have three grown children and two grandchildren.

Carol.Bysak@gocreek.org                                                                                937.623.3049

Coach Patrick Salter

Coach Patrick Salter joins Beavercreek Girls volleyball with 11 years of coaching experience in the GWOC. Coach Salter began playing volleyball in 2010 at Fairfield High School and joined the Air Force shortly after graduating in 2012. While active duty military, coach Salter started coaching mens volleyball in 2013 at Beavercreek High School under Coach Bysak, and has circulated among other programs including Northmont and Fairmont volleyball. Coach Salter has coached both men’s and women’s volleyball at the JV and varsity levels. Additionally, Coach Salter also spent 2 seasons as a club volleyball coach with Air City in Dayton, OH. Coach Salter was honorably discharged from active duty in 2018 and now works for Riverside Research as a Contracts Manager. Patrick is married and lives in Beavercreek with his wife Shannon Salter.  


Coach Chace Baxter `17

JVA Head Coach

Coach Chase Baxter is in his 3rd year coaching in the Beavercreek Men's Volleyball Program.  He also is a Coach for the Women's program.  Baxter played 4 years at Beavercreek as a libero-defensive specialist.  He also played for Air City VBC during high school.  Baxter joined the United State Marine Corps after high school, he has completed his Firefighter Certification and is now in Paramedic Training

chace.baxter@gocreek.org

Coach Chris Hanson

JVB Head Coach

Coach Chris Hanson re-joins Beavercreek Men's volleyball with 4 years of coaching experience.  He is also a Coach for the Women's program.  Coach Hanson played volleyball for 4 years for the University of Florida Men’s Club Volleyball Team before graduating with his Bachelors in Mathematics in 1997.  He completed his Masters in Mathematical Sciences at the University of West Florida in Pensacola, FL in 1999 and was then commissioned in the United States Air Force in 2000.  Coach Hanson retired from active duty at Wright Patterson AFB in 2020 and is now a support contractor with KBR.  He lives in Beavercreek with his wife Aimee, daughter Hayden (18), and sons Parker (16) and Sawyer (5).   


Coach Matt Melvin '15

JVA Assistant Coach

Coach Matt Melvin joins Beavercreek Men's volleyball with 3 years of coaching experience in the GCL and 2 year in the GWOC. He is also a Coach for the Girls program.  Coach Melvin played volleyball for Beavercreek High School from 2012 to 2015. Coach Melvin coached JV Men's volleyball at Archbishop Carroll High School from 2016 to 2018 and Freshman Girls volleyball at Beavercreek High School in 2017 and JV Girls in 2023. Coach Melvin joined the Army National Guard in 2014, was deployed in 2018, and was honorably discharged from the National Guard in 2020. He attended Wright State University where he studied Business Management and Louisiana State University where he is studied Leadership and Human Resource Development. Coach Melvin works as a Maintenance Supervisor for C&D Property Management, is married and lives in Beavercreek with his wife Jen Chaltry-Melvin. 


Coach Alex Parson '19

JVB Assistant Coach

Coach Alex Parson joins Beavercreek Men’s Volleyball as a new assistant coach. Coach Parson played volleyball for Beavercreek High School from 2016 to 2019, as well as men’s club volleyball at the University of Virginia from 2019 to 2023, before graduating with a Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Coach Parson works as an engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB. 

Coach Connor Staudt

Varsity Volunteer Coach

Coach Connor Staudt joins Beavercreek Men’s volleyball as a new volunteer coach. Orignally from Pennsylvania, Coach Staudt has 17 years of volleyball experience playing at the state and national level. Coach Staudt was an assistant on the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Women’s Volleyball Team for the 2017 and 2018 seasons in Daytona Beach, FL. Staudt works as an Aerospace Engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory. 

Middle School Coaches:

8th Grade:   Coach Andrew Boos '14     andrew.boos@beavercreek.k12.oh.us

7th Grade:  Coach Courtney Maxwell '22     courtney.maxwell@beavercreek.k12.oh.us