Kris Gullatt

2026/27 Season

Coach – 16 National / 14 National / Rise Beach / Head of Rise Rec League Program / Co Founder of Central Coast League

Coach Kris Gullatt has been coaching girl’s volleyball in Ventura County for 25 years. He is a graduate of Westmont College in Santa Barbara, CA where he played as a setter. Kris was captain of the Westmont team his Junior and Senior year in college. After college he returned back to his alma mater high school, Nordoff, to help with the boys and girls Programs. He reunited with his College teammate Goerge Hees in 2005 to help coach the Boys and Girls at Oaks Christian High School. Kris coached at Oaks Christian for 8 years where he helped the Boys to 3 CIF Championships and the Girls from a CIF Div 3A program to 1A and a CIF Final. Kris left Oaks to become the Head Coach at Foothill Tech HS where he lead FT to the CIF Finals and State Semis. Kris started Rise Volleyball Club in Thousand Oaks in 2013 and brought Rise to Ventura in 2015. Since that time Rise has grown to have over 30 teams including a Boys Program. He has also worked hard to develop the Rise Ventura Facility and make it a home for Volleyball athletes and other athletes alike. Currently Coach Kris is dedicated to further improving Rise through the development of the programs as well as mentoring the next generation of coaches.