Lost Price: Three-time state champ Julie Price is new Mansfield volleyball coach

A three-time state championship coach will be taking over as the head volleyball coach at Mansfield High.

Julie Price was announced as Mansfield’s new coach by Mansfield ISD on Tuesday.

“I have a lot of respect for that district. It has a great reputation in terms of leadership and support for athletic programs,” Price said. “If you look at the history of the volleyball program, it has been successful for a long time. It has had some really good leadership, and it has been in really good hands, so it’s already a really successful program. I’m hoping I can come in and just add to that.”

We are pleased to announce the hiring of Julie Price as the new Head Volleyball coach at Mansfield HS. Coach Price brings a wealth of experience & knowledge to our program & has a proven track record of developing successful teams. @Mansfield_Vball pic.twitter.com/z3K1ZVlb2E
— MISD Athletics Dept. (@MISDathletics) May 9, 2023

Price, formerly Green, led Austin Lake Travis to the Class 4A state semifinals in 2008 and to the 4A state title in 2010. She won 5A state championships as the coach at Coppell in 2011 and in 2012 and was named national coach of the year by ESPN in 2011. Her 2012 Coppell team finished the season ranked No. 1 in the nation by MaxPreps.

Price has coached at Hurst L.D. Bell the last two years. She had a career record of 550-160 when she got to L.D. Bell and has also had coaching stints at Luling, Springtown, Azle and Stephenville.

She takes over a Mansfield program that was a regional quarterfinalist in 2019 and 2020, a regional semifinalist in 2021 and that reached the second round of the playoffs last season.

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