Coach Amy Farber Teal

Amy was born and raised in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, and was the baby of 6 children in her family.

Attended the University of Oklahoma on a full-ride volleyball scholarship.

Was offered the Assistant Coaching Position at OU her junior year of college.

Graduated with a Bachelor of Science, in Physical Education, Sports Studies

Assistant Coached at Oklahoma for 4.5 years while obtaining her Masters in Science, in Sports Management and Behavior (Sports Psychology).

Got her first Head Division I Coaching job at Northeastern Illinois University

Head Coached at Oral Roberts University where she won 6 consecutive Conference Championships, 6 consecutive Conference Tournament Championships, and earned 6 births to the NCAA National Championship Tournament.

In 1997, her team upset #10 ranked Arizona in the first round of the NCAA tournament to advance to the second round where they lost in 5 to Colorado finishing the season ranked 27th in the nation.

Was voted Mid-Continent Conference Coach of the Year in both 2002 & 1998.

Amy coached 5 Mid-Continent Players of the Year, 6 All-Tournament MVPs, 3 Newcomers of the Year, 6 Setters of the Year, as well as one Freshman of the Year, and one Defensive Player of the Year. She also guided the Golden Eagles to five 20+ win seasons in six years.

After Oral Roberts University, Amy was hired as the Associate Head Coach at Iowa State University in which she helped guide that program into its best finish since joining the Big XII.

After leaving Iowa State, she was hired as the head coach at Drake University in Des Moines, IA when she finished her Division I career as a head coach. Amy spent 3 years rebuilding that program, recruiting top talent in the area, and was awarded an Honorable Mention in the prepvolleyball.com top 25 selection for recruiting classes in the nation.

After coaching Division I volleyball for over 17 years, Amy decided to get out of college coaching to spend more time with her daughter. Amy turned her love for volleyball and kids into developing her own training academy in Ankeny, IA called Kingdom Volleyball Academy, which was a Christian-based training academy to develop all aspects of young people through the vehicle of volleyball. It was at the Lone Star Qualifier that she brought her team to compete in, where they asked her to apply for a job with Austin Juniors as the Director of the Cedar Park location.

Was hired by Austin Juniors to oversee their north location as Associate Director of Coaching and Programming, and the Recruiting Coordinator. She has worked for Austin Juniors since moving to Texas in 2010.

Amy has a beautiful daughter Allana, who played collegiate volleyball at Berea College, in Berea Kentucky and just graduated with a degree in Communication with a minor in Radio and TV broadcasting. She recently got married to Kirk Teal and now has 3 amazing step-children, KJ, Kameron, and Kara, who she trained when she was first starting out at Austin Juniors. Kara recently finished a stellar career at the University of Texas in San Antonio as a middle blocker and will be Amy’s assistant coach this season with Austin Juniors, coaching the 15 adidas team.

Besides her love for coaching, Amy is also a certified volleyball official. She is a Junior National official for USA Volleyball as well as the PAVO National Level Official for NCAA Volleyball. She was honored by being selected to officiate the first round of the NCAA tournament as well as the NAIA National Championships.

Amy is a devout Christian who loves the Lord with all her heart. Her goal is to demonstrate her love for the Lord through the training she provides on and off the court, and feels blessed to be called a COACH!