High School Coaches
Kelly Christensen
Varsity Head Coach
Kelly is entering her 12th season of being a varsity head coach and her 8th as the head coach at North. In her seven seasons at North, her teams have earned two Sweet 16 appearances in 2016 and 2020, an Elite 8 appearance in 2017 as well as two Final 4 appearances in 2021 and 2022. Kelly was named the 7A Area 5 Coach of the Year in 2017 and in 2020. Her teams have also earned the AVCA Team Academic Award all six years she has coached at North Forsyth.
In addition to coaching at North, in 2017, Kelly also coached the 12-2's national team at A5 Mizuno leading them to a USAV national bid in Minneapolis.
Before coming to North Forsyth, Kelly coached five seasons (2010-14) at Pikeville (KY). While at Pikeville, her teams won two district championships and she was named the 15th Region Coach of the year in 2013.
In 2017, Kelly was named one of AVCA's "Thirty Under 30" given to the top 30 volleyball coaches (of all levels) in the country under the age of 30. She was one of only three high school coaches to be a member of the "Thirty Under 30" in 2017.
Kelly resides in Dawsonville with her two girls, Oakley and Camryn, and her fiancé, Christopher Brown, who coaches softball and baseball at North. Go Raiders!
Jennifer Bayack
JV Co-Head Coach
Jenny is starting her first year in the North Forsyth Volleyball program. Volleyball has been one of her passions since she started playing in middle school. She played club volleyball for the Wichita Flyers and earned spots on the 6A All State Second Team and 6A All State Tournament Team her senior year in Kansas as a Middle Blocker. She primarily coached 14s at a club in Wichita before moving to Oklahoma.
She has a 13 year old daughter, Jayda, who attends Liberty Middle School. They moved to Georgia the beginning of 2021 for her career and love it here!
Bri Gilbert
JV Co-Head Coach
Bri graduated from North Forsyth in 2017. She was team captain for the North Forsyth Raiders volleyball team her senior year. She was selected as Forsyth County News 2nd team all region and all county honorable mention for volleyball. Bri played club volleyball for A5 Gwinnett and then went on to play at Piedmont College in 2017. She coached North Forsyth feeder program to three region championships. She coaches competitive travel ball for A5 volleyball club and assisted the A5 15-4 to receiving a bid to USAV nationals in Indiana. Bri has also served 3 years at a medical unit in the Army National Guard. Since receiving her Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance she now works for Cox Automotive as a Financial Analyst.
Bri is a dog mom to a 4 year old German Shepard retriever mix named Cuda!