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Durham Lady Panthers
4002 Westfield Drive
Durham, NC 27705
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  • Our Program
    I believe our program is just as challenging and offers the same opportunities as the "elite" programs run throughout the region. Our coaches are just as knowledgable and have the same committment to develop the players on our teams.

    We enter the same tournaments, and when justified travel to the same out of region tournaments. We measure our success not just in teams of our teams successes, but also as we have seen our players win recognition in the region.

    • 6 Lady Panthers (or former players) have received all-region recognition.
    • Over a dozen Lady Panthers (or former Panthers) have played with the High Performance Traveling team.
    • 14 Lady Panthers played on their High School State Championship Teams!
    • Many of our players have made their varsity teams as freshman after playing with us the previous winter.
    • This is the one we find amusing. At least five of our players have gone on to be Captains on Triangle teams. In the last two years, both captains of the 14's and 15's teams played with Panthers the year before... so as we say... when you get tired of Panthers you can always be a captain on Triangle.
    Coaching Staff
    Tom Droege has been the head coach of the Lady Panthers for 5 years. We have benefited each year from some exceptional assistant coaches who are listed below. We will be looking for an assistant again this year.
    • Wade Heverly - Panthers 1998-1999. He was the head coach at Abundant Life for many years and is currently the head coach at Orange High School. Dad.
    • Wallace Chambers - Panthers 1998-1999. Dad.
    • Barb Kanoy - Panthers 2000. Currently head coach at Durham Academy. Mom.
    • Tim Searles - Panthers 2000. DVBC Player and Dad.
    • Cathy Johnston - Panthers 2001. Head coach at Immaculata. Mom.
    • Jack Petty - Panthers 2002. DVBC Player and Dad.
    • David Slack - Panthers 2003-2004. Current Player and Dad.
    Tom Droege coaches the Lady Panthers. He played for the University of Illinois (3 years), practiced with the Mexican National Team while in Mexico, played for the Durham Volleyball Club (8 years), played at Men's 45s Nationals, coached Cresset Christian Academy Varsity (5 years) and Middle School coach (4 years), and Durham Lady Panthers (6th year). He himself was coached and trained as a setter by Jon Wilson (former Duke Women's coach).