Coaches

Coach Plyler is a Colorado native. He attended Metropolitan State University of Denver and received his bachelors degree in K-12 physical education with a minor in  sport's coaching. Coach Plyler has been teaching middle school and elementary physical education since 2008.  Coach Plyler started coaching club at Colorado United and high school soccer in 2012. In 2016, he received his M.A. in sports coaching from the University of Northern Colorado. Coach Plyler was a 2X Colorado High School Skyline Conference all conference selection and state finalist.  Coach Plyler holds the following certifications and licenses: 

USSF license D

NSCAA GK 1 Diploma

Positive Coaching Alliance member and orientation certified 

NFHS High School Soccer Certification

NSCAA Coaching Fundamentals

NSCAA Attacking Principles

NSCAA Defensive Principles

NSCAA Small Sided Games

2019 5A Jefferson County Boys soccer coach of the year

3X Jefferson county value award winner for teamwork, integrity and exemplary performance

4X Jefferson County Program Sportsmanship Award recipient 

Coach Robert Hancovsky Varsity Assistant Coach

Coach Hancovsky is a Pittsburgh native.  He attended Duquesne University where he studied mathematics and education.  Coach Hancovsky has been teaching high school algebra at Excel Academy in DPS since 2019.  Coach Hancovsky has served as JV head coach successfully at Bear Creek High School and Littleton High School.  Coach Hancovsky enjoys spending time with his fiancé and their dog.  When Coach Hancovsky is not coaching and teaching he also enjoys supporting his favorite teams the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Coach Keary Sullivan JV Head Coach.  Coach Sullivan (Sully) grew up playing soccer in Colorado, she is also a life-long, multi-sport athlete who swam for 14 years, ran varsity cross country all four years of high school, played basketball and volleyball growing up, and ran distance track in college to stay in shape for the soccer season. Coach Sully played competitively for Club Columbine and Colorado Elite, as well as Columbine High School, before playing four years at Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, IN, where she set a record for most minutes played in a career. Upon graduating from college, she started coaching a group of neighborhood girls on a Colorado Rush club team from the age of 9 until they were 17 years old, paying forward her love of the game. She has coached with the Dakota Ridge girls’ soccer program since she started her teaching career here in the fall of 2002. Having been a fan supporter of the boys’ program since she started at Dakota, she joined the boys’ soccer coaching staff in the summer of 2019 as the varsity assistant coach. A defender at heart, she continues to play on both her co-ed and women’s teams, even though her knees are not always happy with her about that. 

In addition to soccer, Sully is entering her 23rd year as a social studies teacher at Dakota Ridge, having taught World History, AP European History, World Geography, and Student Government over the course of her career. After having coached summer club swim teams since she was 19, she decided to step into the high school swimming and diving world in the fall of 2018 and has been the head swimming coach since 2020.