Athletic Personnel

Rodney Butler was named Boys Athletics Coordinator at Bishop Dunne in July 2020 after serving as Director of Athletics for two years at Founders Classical Academy in Frisco, Tx., helping that school through its renovation process.

Mr. Butler has worked in education for over two decades. He began his coaching career at Texas Christian Academy in Arlington, Tx., as Defensive Coordinator in football and Head Boys Basketball Coach; he also served as Assistant Director of Athletics. He then coached football, basketball and was Director of Athletics at Covenant Christian Academy in Colleyville, Tx., where his teams won multiple district and state championships. He also coached girls' basketball, track and field, and elementary cross country there. 
 
He coached football and basketball in the Castleberry (Tx.) Independent School District and at Southwest Christian School in Fort Worth, Tx., where he also served as Director of Athletics-Elementary from 2013-18.
 
A native of Tyler, Tx., he graduated from Chapel Hill High School there in 1989. At Chapel Hill he was a multi-sport athlete: football (four years), basketball (three years), and track & field (four years). He played on CHHS’s 1988 state championship football team, was named first-team All-District his junior and senior years, and was a team captain his senior year.
 
Mr. Butler graduated from Texas Wesleyan University in December 1996; he earned a master’s degree from Northcentral University in 2018. He has two sons, Colin and Cayden. Rodney says he came to Bishop Dunne “for the opportunity to work for a great school.”

Becky Sivinski has been Bishop Dunne’s Girls Athletics Coordinator since 2012 and its Middle School Head Volleyball Coach since 2009. She counts among her accomplishments the addition of the Lady Falcons weight room.

A native of Longview, Tx., Becky graduated from Pine Tree High School there; she was a three-sport athlete: volleyball (two years), basketball (three years) and track (three years). She went on to attend Kilgore (Tx.) College and then the University of Texas at Arlington.

Becky has taught Physical Education classes, coached and organized sporting events in the Diocese of Dallas for the last 12 years. She taught PE and Coaching at St. Joseph Catholic School in Waxahachie, Tx., from 2002 to 2012.  In 2009 she began coaching Middle School Volleyball at Bishop Dunne, bringing players from St. Joseph to play with Dunne in the Dallas Parochial League.

She has developed and implemented fitness programs designed to instill lifelong character and fitness development. She has over 20 years’ experience teaching fitness and health classes at many local YMCAs and has coached several teams. She is a member of the Texas High School Athletic Directors Association (THSADA) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ASCM).

In addition to her teaching and coaching, Becky has chaired several events that have raised thousands of dollars for Catholic schools. 

Becky’s two children graduated from Bishop Dunne – Katie (2013) and Kyle (2016). She is currently enrolled in the Texas Athletic Administrators Certification (TAAC) program, which she hopes to complete in December 2020.

Chris Owens has been Bishop Dunne’s Head Boys’ Basketball Coach since 2019.
 
A native of Akron, Ohio, he graduated from Duncanville (Tx.) High School, where he played basketball for four years and was named an All-American and Mr. Basketball in Texas his senior year.
 
Mr. Owens went on to play three seasons at the University of Texas from 1999-02, helping the Longhorns reach three NCAA Tournaments. He was named the team’s Most Improved Player after the 1999-2000 season. Then in the 2000-01 season he helped lead the Longhorns to a 25-9 record by scoring 14.4 points per game, good for third on the team. He led the Longhorns that year in blocks with 92 and rebounds per game (7.9). He set (and still holds) the Texas record for field goal percentage in an NCAA Tournament game by hitting all seven of his shots vs. Indiana State in March 2000.
 
He played one season for the NBA Memphis Grizzlies, who obtained him on the night of the 2002 NBA Draft from the Milwaukee Bucks, who had selected him in the second round. He went on to play professional basketball for several years in Asia, Europe, and South America.
 
Mr. Owens previously served as an Assistant Coach for four years at Shelton High School in Dallas. He says he was drawn to Bishop Dunne because of “the sense of community.”

Susan Hymes came to Bishop Dunne as the Volunteer Cheerleading Coach in 2007 and was named the head coach the following year.

She grew up in Charleston, S.C., and graduated with honors from Middleton High School there. She graduated in the top 10 percent of her class and cheered there all four years, captaining both the junior varsity and varsity teams along the way. Her teams won numerous Tri-County cheer championships. She was also named president of the Y-Teens, a YMCA-sponsored club.

Susan received an academic and extra-curricular scholarship to attend the College of Charleston (S.C.), and that’s where the story gets interesting. Charleston, S.C. is also the site of The Citadel, a military college that was all-male until the 1990’s. With no females on campus, The Citadel recruited cheerleaders from around the city; so Susan cheered on The Citadel’s co-ed squad for three years after being one of eight women chosen (out of 300). She was named the squad’s captain her third year.

Susan’s oldest son, Billy, came to Dunne in 2007 entering seventh grade. “I was at school all the time because he played football, wrestled, & baseball,” she says. “Cheer is a passion of mine, so I had to join the Bishop Dunne team.”

Billy graduated from Dunne 2013 and went on to The Citadel, receiving a degree in Civil Engineering. Susan’s youngest son, Sammy, is a senior at Dunne; he hopes to attend the U.S. Naval Academy or The Citadel, following in his brother and father’s footsteps.

Susan’s husband of 34 years, Bill, is a Dallas native. They met in college, but that doesn’t begin to tell the story. Bill wrestled at Jesuit High School in Dallas and at The Citadel until an injury prematurely ended his career. “Walking across campus at the end of his junior year, he heard a lot of girls and followed the sound to the first day of cheer tryouts,” Susan recalled. “He asked how he could participate (I’m sure to get closer to the girls). The coach said he would have to be a cheerleader. He tried out and made it. He just didn’t realize he was going to meet his future wife!”

Susan and Bill are rescue scuba divers, and they love to go scuba diving with their sons. Another interesting fact: “I currently have my Commercial Driver’s License, so I can bus the cheerleaders wherever we need to go!”

Before she became a coach, Susan spent many years as a commercial property manager and a project manager for a computer software company.

Chris MacLlelan has been Assistant Cross Country Coach at Bishop Dunne since 2005.
 
His hometown is Grand Prairie, Tx., although he has deep roots in the Northeast. j

Mr. MacLlelan attended St. Joseph Preparatory Seminary in Princeton, N.J., where he played basketball and cross country. He then attended Niagara University in upstate New York before earning a B.A in Computer Science at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. There he was named to Sigma Phi Sigma, the Sisters of Mercy National Honor Society, and Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish Honor Society. He also ran track for two years. He earned a master’s degree in Religious Studies at Providence College, also in Rhode Island.
 
His athletic claim to fame is playing basketball against the NFL’s New England Patriots – well, some of them. “This was back when I worked in the IT department at Bryant (R.I.) College,” Mr. MacLlelan says. “The Patriots were there for summer camp. Three of four of the players joined us for our lunch break basketball games. I played center at 6-foot-2 and about 155 pounds, trying to post up against Brian Holloway, who went about 6-foot-7 and about 280. Needless to say, it was no match! He stuffed me nearly every time. I only managed to block him once.” 
 
Mr. MacLlelan previously coached junior high cross country and indoor and outdoor track at Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, R.I. He is an avid fisherman. His wife, Terry, attended graduate school at the University of Dallas and now teaches at The Highlands School in Irving, Tx. They have two daughters, Meghan and Regina.

Stephen Guerrero joined Bishop Dunne in 1997. He serves as Head Coach of Boys’ and Girls' Cross Country, Head Coach of Boys’ and Girls' Wrestling, and Assistant Track Coach.  He also serves as Bishop Dunne’s Assistant Principal, Physical Education Department Chair and Health Teacher.
 
Under Mr. Guerrero's leadership the boys cross country team has won six district championships (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013) and three boys state championships (1999, 2000, 2001). He was named Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) District Coach of the Year six times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013).
 
He has coached a wrestling national champion (Lauren Birks, Bishop Dunne Class of ’08); in high school,44 all-state wrestlers; 10 all-Americans; and 23 national qualifiers. His girls’ team won five straight state championships (2005-2009). Three of his former wrestlers have earned full college scholarships.
  
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in 1991 from the University of North Texas, where he was a four-year member of Cross Country and Track team (one varsity letter). He later earned a Master’s degree in Physical Education at East Texas State University and a Master's degree in Educational Administration from The University of Notre Dame.
 
Mr. Guerrero joined Bishop Dunne after teaching for two years at Mary Immaculate Catholic School Farmers Branch, Texas and four years at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Garland, Texas. He received the Diocese of Dallas’ Sister Carol Hensgen Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award in 2015.
 
He began his coaching career as Assistant Cross Country Coach at Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, helping lead the team to three Texas Christian Interscholastic League State Championships (1993, 1994, 1996).

Mr Guerrero's wife of 24 years, Melissa, teaches kindergarten at St. Thomas Aquinas in Dallas. They have a daughter, Georgine, a graduate of Bishop Dunne, and a son, Stephen Jr., a junior at Bishop Dunne.

Chris MacLlelan has been Assistant Cross Country Coach at Bishop Dunne since 2005.
 
His hometown is Grand Prairie, Tx., although he has deep roots in the Northeast. j

Mr. MacLlelan attended St. Joseph Preparatory Seminary in Princeton, N.J., where he played basketball and cross country. He then attended Niagara University in upstate New York before earning a B.A in Computer Science at Salve Regina University in Rhode Island. There he was named to Sigma Phi Sigma, the Sisters of Mercy National Honor Society, and Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish Honor Society. He also ran track for two years. He earned a master’s degree in Religious Studies at Providence College, also in Rhode Island.
 
His athletic claim to fame is playing basketball against the NFL’s New England Patriots – well, some of them. “This was back when I worked in the IT department at Bryant (R.I.) College,” Mr. MacLlelan says. “The Patriots were there for summer camp. Three of four of the players joined us for our lunch break basketball games. I played center at 6-foot-2 and about 155 pounds, trying to post up against Brian Holloway, who went about 6-foot-7 and about 280. Needless to say, it was no match! He stuffed me nearly every time. I only managed to block him once.” 
 
Mr. MacLlelan previously coached junior high cross country and indoor and outdoor track at Mount Saint Charles Academy in Woonsocket, R.I. He is an avid fisherman. His wife, Terry, attended graduate school at the University of Dallas and now teaches at The Highlands School in Irving, Tx. They have two daughters, Meghan and Regina.

Stephen Guerrero joined Bishop Dunne in 1997. He serves as Head Coach of Boys’ and Girls' Cross Country, Head Coach of Boys’ and Girls' Wrestling, and Assistant Track Coach.  He also serves as Bishop Dunne’s Assistant Principal, Physical Education Department Chair and Health Teacher.
 
Under Mr. Guerrero's leadership the boys cross country team has won six district championships (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013) and three boys state championships (1999, 2000, 2001). He was named Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) District Coach of the Year six times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013).
 
He has coached a wrestling national champion (Lauren Birks, Bishop Dunne Class of ’08); in high school,44 all-state wrestlers; 10 all-Americans; and 23 national qualifiers. His girls’ team won five straight state championships (2005-2009). Three of his former wrestlers have earned full college scholarships.
  
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in 1991 from the University of North Texas, where he was a four-year member of Cross Country and Track team (one varsity letter). He later earned a Master’s degree in Physical Education at East Texas State University and a Master's degree in Educational Administration from The University of Notre Dame.
 
Mr. Guerrero joined Bishop Dunne after teaching for two years at Mary Immaculate Catholic School Farmers Branch, Texas and four years at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Garland, Texas. He received the Diocese of Dallas’ Sister Carol Hensgen Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award in 2015.
 
He began his coaching career as Assistant Cross Country Coach at Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, helping lead the team to three Texas Christian Interscholastic League State Championships (1993, 1994, 1996).

Mr Guerrero's wife of 24 years, Melissa, teaches kindergarten at St. Thomas Aquinas in Dallas. They have a daughter, Georgine, a graduate of Bishop Dunne, and a son, Stephen Jr., a junior at Bishop Dunne.

Nathan Slaughter became the Head Football Coach at Bishop Dunne in Spring 2020. He brings with him a wealth of high school and professional experience.

He served last season as Secondary Coach and Assistant Track Coach at Northwest High School in Justin, Tx. The football team won the district championship, giving up the fewest passing yards per game in school history. He also taught English.

Prior to that he was the Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator for one season (2018) at Brownfield High School in Brownfield, Tx. He helped turn around a program that had won three games in the two previous years to seven wins and playoff berth in one year. He also taught Geometry.

He coached wide receivers and special teams at Lubbock (Tx.) High School in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. He was also the Assistant Track Coach there, with emphasis on the sprints and the high jump.

Mr. Slaughter has competed at the apex of professional football. From 2014 to 2016 he was a wide receiver for the Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars and Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. During that time he also competed for the Canadian Football League’s Calgary Stampeders, Montreal Alouettes as a wide receiver and defensive back.

He graduated from his hometown Lubbock High School, where he played four sports: football (four years), track and field (four years), basketball (two years) and baseball (one year). He earned All-District honors in football and track team from 2007-09. He also earned membership in the National Society of High School Scholars.

Mr. Slaughter then graduated (2014) from West Texas A&M University in Canyon, Tx., with a degree in Mass Communications/ Broadcast Journalism. He played football for four years and track and field for one. There he earned first-team All-Conference honors and first-team NCAA Division II All-America honors as a senior.

He and his wife, Kasaundra, and their son, Nasir, live in Cedar Hill. Nathan says his mission is “to serve God with fidelity and to empower young people to develop the skill of diligence in order to be prosperous in their academic, athletic, social and spiritual lives.”

Devin Childress has been the Wide Receivers Coach at Bishop Dunne since Spring 2020.  A native of Villa Park, Il., he is a May 2020 graduate of North Park University in Chicago, Il., where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications.

As a freshman at North Park he caught 14 touchdown passes, placing him fifth in the nation in NCAA Division III. He led the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) in scoring as a freshman (2014) and was a three-time CCIW All-Conference performer (twice first team). He set North Park records for touchdown receptions in a season (14) and for a career (24). He was named a team captain and earned Academic All-Conference honors three times.

Mr. Childress was a wide receiver in the spring of 2018 for the Champions Indoor Football League’s Duke City Gladiators in Albuquerque, N.M. He did not, however, concentrate on just football; he spent time helping to build positive relationships with first responders and other local members of the community through volunteer opportunities and other events. He also played for the Iowa Barnstormers of the Indoor Football League in early 2020.

Mr. Childress' work experience includes a year at Goosehead Insurance in Westlake, Tx., where he was a licensed insurance agent. There he advised and counseled customers through precise communication. He has also served as an account executive at PLS Logistics Services in Dallas, Tx., building and maintaining positive relationships with clients and prospective clients.

He and his wife, Anais, were married in October 2017. Devin says he came to Bishop Dunne “for the opportunity to be a part of an elite program and to help coach and raise up young men into leaders.”

Terrance Brown, a native of Suffolk, Va., graduated from John F. Kennedy High School in Suffolk in 1987. He played football, soccer, and competed on two state championship track teams. He received an Associate of Arts degree in Business/Commerce at Tarrant County (Tx.) Community College in 2014. He anticipates earning a degree next year in Business Administration and Management from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Mr. Brown is a 17-year Army veteran who came to Bishop Dunne as Defensive Ends/Outside Linebackers Coach in Spring 2020.

He spent four seasons (2016-19) as assistant football coach at Newman International Academy of Cedar Hill (Tx.). He helped start the football program and served as Defensive Coordinator; he also spent time coaching the linebackers and the offensive and defensive lines, coaching seven players to All-District honors. He helped lead Newman to the Texas Christian Athletic Fellowship (TCAF) Division and State Championships in 2019.

Prior to that, Mr. Brown served for one year as an assistant football coach at Southwest Christian School in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. There he assisted on the offensive and defensive lines and on the special teams unit. Before that he helped elevate the 11-man football team (from six-man) at Fellowship Academy in Kennedale, Tx., and served as the assistant defensive coordinator.

In 2012 he became the first Head Coach of the Arlington (Tx.) Impact, a women’s semi-pro football team. In his only season there he taught every player every position and led the team to a 6-3 record and a berth in the playoffs.

Off the field, for the past year, Mr. Brown has been the owner of FML Apparel in Grand Prairie, Texas, a t-shirt company founded and operated by disabled veterans trying to improve their way of life and still give back to the community outside of the military.

He was a supply chain manager in the U.S. Army from September 1987 to June 2012.

Draak Davis became the Running Backs Coach at Bishop Dunne in Spring 2020.

He comes to Bishop Dunne after serving as the Assistant Running Back Coach at Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas in 2018. Prior to that he was Running Backs Coach for two seasons (2015-16) at Bishop O’Dowd High School in Oakland, Ca. For three years before that (2012-14) he was the Running Backs and Secondary Coach at Vallejo High School, where he started his coaching career in 2011 as Junior Varsity Running Back and Secondary Coach.

Mr. Davis was elected to the Sports Hall of Fame at his hometown Vallejo (Ca.) High School, from which he graduated in 2001. He played four sports in high school: football (four years), track (three years), and baseball and basketball (one year each), and helped lead Vallejo’s football team to the Monticello Empire League Championship his senior year. That season, as team captain, he was named the league’s Player of the Year. That year he was also named to the Pac West All-State team and was the Solano County Offensive Player of the Year.

Mr. Davis' impressive college football career began at Solano Community College, where he earned third-team Junior College All-American honors in his only season there (2002). Six years later he was elected to that school’s hall of fame.

From there he went to the University of Kentucky, where he played for an impactful three years. In 2005 he was named the Wildcats’ Special Teams Player of the Year and Mr. Wildcat (pound-for-pound the strongest player on the team).  Mr. Davis was voted game captain by the coaches five times during his career. He also earned Academic All-Southeast Conference honors twice and graduated in May 2007.

Mr. Davis and his wife of nine years, Nakiesha, have two young daughters, Kaia and Makenna. He says he’s “excited about the opportunity to mentor student-athletes on and off the field.”

Germaine Gaspard has been the defensive backs coach at Bishop Dunne since Spring 2020. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from West Texas A&M University and his MBA from the University of Phoenix.

He was born in New York City but graduated from Lincoln High School in Dallas, where he competed in football, wrestling and track, and earned membership in the National Honor Society.

Mr. Gaspard played football all four years at West Texas A&M and was a team captain his senior year. He was named first-team All-Lone Star Conference in 1999, and was named the conference’s Honorable Mention Scholar Athlete of the Year for three years.

His previous coaching experience includes a year as a Graduate Assistant at West Texas A&M. He has also been defensive backs coach at Lincoln High School and defensive coordinator at Pearl C. Anderson Middle School. He has also been Lincoln’s track coach since 2009.

He has served as a Texas State Trooper in the Texas Department of Public Safety in Garland, Tx., since 2000, working in the areas of criminal investigation, Texas Rangers (Special
Operations), and Education Training and Research. He used his platform as an officer to create opportunities for youth within the inner cities of Dallas and within Dallas County. He has worked to develop, teach, and mentor youth through established programs and programs he developed.

He founded Good Life Living Group in Dallas in 2015; the company provides strategic coaching, mentoring, public speaking and teaching to domestic and international
companies, athletes, professionals, and business owners. The company has taught leadership, team building, increased productivity and measurable success to organizations such as the Celanese Corporation, the Jamaican National Rugby Team and St. Georges College in Jamaica.

Since 2015 he has served as the assistant head coach of Track Dynamite, a non-profit 
organization serving inner city youth; he has helped coach four National Jr. Olympic Champions and 20 All Americans since 2016.

He served as a counselor in the Upward Bound program at West Texas A&M from 1998-1999. He was responsible for the creation of learning and recreational programs and assisted with traveling to and from classes while serving as a tutor. He also spent four years as a YMCA site and aquatics director, creating safety and recreational programs.

He authored the book, MIND SET: Leveraging your Leadership Strengths.  Germain says he came to Bishop Dunne for the opportunity “to work in my purpose of building Transformational Leaders, Champions, and Superheroes.”

Zavier Hall came to Bishop Dunne as Wide Receivers Coach in 2019. A native of Arlington, Tx., Hall graduated from Bowie High School in Arlington, where he played football (wide receiver) for four years.
 
He then attended Tyler Junior College for one year, where he played football.
 
He and his wife, Kiuni, have three children – Zavier II, Zamir and Khilyn. Mr. Hall has volunteered his time to coach youth football for the last eight years; he coached Zavier II’s team to a state championship last season. He says his goal at Bishop Dunne is “to build something great!”

Stephen James has been the Video Coordinator and Quality Control Coordinator at Bishop Dunne since 2010. He began his coaching career in little league football in the late 1990’s before joining the Bishop Dunne staff.

A native of Dallas, Stephen graduated from Duncanville (Tx.) High School in 1993. He played football for one year and baseball for four. He then graduated from Texas A&M University.

An ordained Baptist Minister for over 18 years, Mr. James currently serves as the Assistant to the Pastor at Golden Gate Baptist Church in Dallas.  He has also worked full-time in the accounting field for over 25 years.

Mr. James says he relishes the opportunity to mentor men, young and old.  He and his wife of 20 years, Delisha, have two children, Sarah (25) and Stefan (9).

Joseph Kirchon has been the Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach at Bishop Dunne since Spring 2020. He most recently served as a Quality Control Coach for the Dallas Renegades of the XFL.

Mr. Kirchon spent four years on the football staff at Texas State University in San Marcos, Tx., the last three as the Inside Wide Receiver Coach. In his first season there he was an Offensive Quality Control Coach working with quarterbacks. During his time there he performed a variety of duties: He served as a game day signal caller; he helped run daily wide receiver meetings and practice drills; and he broke down opponents’ defensive films. He was also involved in all aspects of the program’s recruiting efforts. 

He came to TSU from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Va., where he served as 
Varsity Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach for the varsity team from April 2015 to March 2016.

Mr. Kirchon graduated from King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., in May 2012 with a double major in Accounting & Finance. He played quarterback all four years at King’s and was an Academic All-Middle Atlantic Conference selection.

Keith Mikhail has been Bishop Dunne’s Linebackers Coach since Spring 2020.

A native of Chicago, Il., he graduated from Durango (Co.) High School, where he played football and basketball. He then attended Western Colorado University, where he was a member of WCU’s 2006 conference championship football team. He graduated in 2007.

He has been a defensive coach for the past decade, He spent last season as the Outside Linebackers Coach/Assistant Defensive Coordinator at Rock Canyon High School in Littleton, Co. Prior to that he was the Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/ Linebackers Coach at Alameda High School in Lakewood, Co.

Prior to his time in Colorado, Mr. Mikhail was the Linebackers Coach at Atrisco Heritage Academy High School in Albuquerque, N.M. He has played linebacker professionally in indoor football leagues in Germany and Poland.

Mr. Mikhail says his purpose as a coach is to “make a difference in my players’ lives…giving them hope and providing them the tools to succeed on and off the football field. My purpose is to motivate and inspire my players, pushing them to be the best they can be and achieving their dreams no matter the circumstances.”

Alex Portee has been the Cornerbacks Coach at Bishop Dunne since Spring 2020. A native of Lubbock, Tx., he graduated in 2004 from Lubbock Estacado High School, where he competed in football, basketball and track. He was first-team All-District in basketball his junior and senior years.
 
Mr. Portee studied engineering at South Plains College in Lubbock, Tx., and although he didn’t play sports, he certainly caught the coaching bug. He has coached receivers at The Agency 7 on 7 since 2017.

He has been a warranty claims processor at Toyota Headquarters in Dallas since October 2019. He spent the eight previous years as a unit manager at a J.P. Morgan Chase retail banking call center in Arlington.

Prior to that he served for two years as a Bilingual Teller/Bilingual Telephone Banker for Wells Fargo.

Mr. Portee came to Bishop Dunne for “the opportunity to work with and develop young teenage men. I want to play an essential role in their lives and help improve their football skills and their long-term life skills.”

Manuel Ramirez has been an offensive line coach at Bishop Dunne since Spring 2020.  He graduated in May 2019 from the University of Texas at San Antonio, where he studied kinesiology and played football (in 2018). He is currently studying health and kinesiology in graduate school at UTSA.

Mr. Ramirez spent last fall as a graduate assistant for the UTSA football team. His duties included recruiting, scouting opponents, preparing playbook drawings for the season, assisting in weekly game planning, assisting in drills during practice, coaching the scout team defensive unit, and helping to run summer camps for prospective student-athletes.

He also worked for the Boys and Girls Club of Greater San Antonio May 2018 to August 2019, assisting in the mental, physical and emotional development of young boys and girls. He has been a personal quarterback trainer since August 2013, training youth in areas such as Mansfield, Arlington, Fort Worth, and San Antonio.

Mr. Ramirez coached for a seven-on-seven football team for Bowie High School in Arlington, Tx., in 2017; also in 2017 he coached in the Grand Prairie Youth Football Association in Grand Prairie, Tx.

Prior to attending UTSA, Mr. Ramirez attended McMurry University, where he played football for two seasons and earned a Presidential Scholarship.

Since 2014, the Falconettes have been directed by Kelly Norman, a proven teacher and director with an excellent record and reputation in the dance industry. Mrs. Norman has more than 30 years of teaching, directing and choreography, in a variety of learning establishments, in both education and private business. Her original tenure with the school was from 1985 - 1990 as Drill Team Director for Bishop Dunne High School. 

Using a combination of teaching techniques, Mrs. Norman leads the Falconettes from tryouts through performances for athletics events and competitions. Under her leadership, both Middle School and High School teams have received awards including Top 10 Team, Best in Class, Top 5 Team, Outstanding Technique, Choreography, and Precision.

Mrs. Norman works as Company Director, Choreographer and Instructor at Dream Dance Conservatory and as an instructor for American Dance/Drill Team School. She was the Owner, Director and Choreographer of Plano Dance Force for 16 years. 

Mrs. Norman was a four-year member of the Bishop Dunne High School Dance Team serving as an officer and a captain where she won numerous solo competitions and was awarded Dancer of the Year for two years and the Golden Falcon for Drill Team and Spirit.  

She is a graduate of Texas Woman's University with a Bachelor's Degree in Dance Education and Sociology. 

Wren Bledsoe has been the High School and Middle School Head Swimming Coach at Bishop Dunne since 2019.

Born and raised in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex, Wren attended Cedar Hill High School in Cedar Hill, Tx., for a year, then graduated from Fossil Ridge High School in Keller, Tx., in 2005. He played one year of football in high school and swam for three. (His swimming specialties were the 200 Individual Medley and the 100 Breaststroke.) He graduated from the University of North Texas, where he swam on the intramural level.

Wren has been involved in the aquatic field and teaching lessons for almost 20 years. He’s coached/taught almost every age group, from four-month-olds to adults. Besides coaching at Bishop Dunne, Wren was the Head Coach of the Green Wave Aquatics in 2017.

He and his wife, Sophia (Bishop Dunne Class of 2005), have two children, Luciana and Wilder. Wren says he came to Bishop Dunne “for the opportunity to coach the sport I love and begin my dream career. Coaching this team has been a blessing and a privilege.”

Hannah McKee is home. The Bishop Dunne graduate has served her alma mater as an Assistant Swimming Coach and Assistant Middle School Soccer Coach since 2017.

The Ennis, Tx., native attended St. John’s Catholic School there for two years before transferring to and graduating from Dunne. She played no less than five sports in high school: soccer (four years), tennis (four years), basketball (two years), softball (two years) and volleyball (two years).

She went on to graduate from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Tx., where she immersed herself in intramural sports: soccer, softball and flag football. She also immersed herself in her studies, earning President’s Honor Roll status in each of her four years.

What drew her back to Bishop Dunne? “It’s my Alma Mater and my home!” she says.

Sheila Gonzalez has been the Tennis Coach at Bishop Dunne since 2017.
 
Sheila grew up in DeSoto, Tx., and now lives in Waxahachie.  She graduated from DeSoto High School, where she played tennis for four years. She went on to attend Harding University in Searcy, Ar; she played tennis there for one year “before work got in the way,” she says.
 
She has coached at Palmer (Tx.) High School and also in the Midlothian Tennis Association. She runs a tennis program in Waxahachie called Ellis Aces.
 
Sheila also coached for two years (1996-98) in Panama, her husband’s home country. Their daughter, Sofia, is a senior at Bishop Dunne.

Richard Murphy has been Bishop Dunne’s Head Track and Field Coach since January, 2020. 
 
Richard, who grew up in Longview, Tx., and Dallas, attended South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas for two years before graduating from Longview High School in 1990. He played football and ran track all four years, and had a sterling career in both:
·       First-Team All-East Texas honors in 1989 and 1990 in both sports;
·       First Team All-East Texas Decade Football Team at the wide receiver position;
·       Class 5A State Champion in 1989 in the 1600-meter relay;
·       Two-time First-Team All-State in the 300-meter hurdles, and
·       Two-time District Champion in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles.
 
He then went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in General Studies from Texas A&M University in 1995; he subsequently earned a master’s degree in Sports Management. He also continued his impressive success on the track. He qualified for the Olympic Trials in 1992 and 1996 in the 400-meter hurdles, and earned NCAA All-America honors in the hurdles in 1992 and 1994. He was also named an Academic All-American in 1993. His other achievements include:
·       Southwest Conference Champion in the 400-meter hurdles in 1992;
·       Southwest Conference Champion in the 55-meter hurdles in 1993;
·       The only hurdler in SWC history to win sprint- and long-hurdle titles, and
·       Third All–Time Fastest 400-meter hurdler in A&M history (49.35).
 
Richard also ran professionally for Brooks Shoes from 1993-1995.

Prior to coming to Bishop Dunne, Richard coached hurdles and sprints at Texas A&M University (Commerce) from 2011 to 2013. From 2014-2018 he was the head track and field coach at Texas College in Tyler, Tx. He has coached the Mesquite Track Youth Club since 2010.
 
Richard loves spending time with his 10-year-old daughter Kayla and coaching youth track and field. As for coaching at Bishop Dunne, he says, “I love the opportunity to be around student-athletes who get it!”

Stephen Guerrero joined Bishop Dunne in 1997. He serves as Head Coach of Boys’ and Girls' Cross Country, Head Coach of Boys’ and Girls' Wrestling, and Assistant Track Coach.  He also serves as Bishop Dunne’s Assistant Principal, Physical Education Department Chair and Health Teacher.
 
Under Mr. Guerrero's leadership the boys cross country team has won six district championships (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013) and three boys state championships (1999, 2000, 2001). He was named Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) District Coach of the Year six times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013).
 
He has coached a wrestling national champion (Lauren Birks, Bishop Dunne Class of ’08); in high school,44 all-state wrestlers; 10 all-Americans; and 23 national qualifiers. His girls’ team won five straight state championships (2005-2009). Three of his former wrestlers have earned full college scholarships.
  
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in 1991 from the University of North Texas, where he was a four-year member of Cross Country and Track team (one varsity letter). He later earned a Master’s degree in Physical Education at East Texas State University and a Master's degree in Educational Administration from The University of Notre Dame.
 
Mr. Guerrero joined Bishop Dunne after teaching for two years at Mary Immaculate Catholic School Farmers Branch, Texas and four years at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Garland, Texas. He received the Diocese of Dallas’ Sister Carol Hensgen Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award in 2015.
 
He began his coaching career as Assistant Cross Country Coach at Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, helping lead the team to three Texas Christian Interscholastic League State Championships (1993, 1994, 1996).

Mr Guerrero's wife of 24 years, Melissa, teaches kindergarten at St. Thomas Aquinas in Dallas. They have a daughter, Georgine, a graduate of Bishop Dunne, and a son, Stephen Jr., a junior at Bishop Dunne.

One of Bishop Dunne’s veteran coaches, Michael Kistner has been the Head Volleyball Coach here since 2007, but he started coaching here in 2002.
 
As an “Army brat” growing up, Michael lived all over.  He attended Stephen F. Austin High School in El Paso, Tx., for three years before graduating from Dallas’ Lake Highlands High. He played football and baseball during those years.
 
He went on to graduate from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1987, and subsequently earned his master’s degree from the University of North Texas.
 
“I was looking for a school where I could practice my faith as well as teach it,” he says. “I was attracted to Bishop Dunne by the administration and the faculty, who were very open and welcoming not only to me, but to the students. We became a family, and I’ve been here ever since.”
 
Michael lives in Garland, Tx., with his one-year-old Golden Retriever, Buck. He was married for 30 years “to a wonderful woman,” Kris, who passed away in 2020. Bishop Dunne has honored her with a scholarship in her name.

Rhonda R Benavides has been Bishop Dunne’s Middle School Girls’ Volleyball Coach since 2010. She has also coached the freshman volleyball team since 2016.

Prior to coming to Bishop Dunne, Rhonda was Head Coach of volleyball, soccer and basketball at Immaculate Conception Catholic School in Grand Prairie from 1999-2006.
 
A native of Irving, Tx., she graduated from Grand Prairie High School, where she played softball and volleyball. She then attended Dallas College Mountain View Campus.
 
Rhonda was drawn to Bishop Dunne by its diversity and family atmosphere. “My husband and I were so impressed with the family atmosphere and bonds within children and family.”
 
Rhonda and her husband of 36 years, Al, have two children, both of whom graduated from Bishop Dunne – Seth (2011) and Rachel (2014).
 
“We are pleased and grateful for what Bishop Dunne gave to our children,” Rhonda says. “Being here is an absolutely amazing life experience! God has put me where I wanted to be – coaching and mentoring our Bishop Dunne students.”

Stephen Guerrero joined Bishop Dunne in 1997. He serves as Head Coach of Boys’ and Girls' Cross Country, Head Coach of Boys’ and Girls' Wrestling, and Assistant Track Coach.  He also serves as Bishop Dunne’s Assistant Principal, Physical Education Department Chair and Health Teacher.
 
Under Mr. Guerrero's leadership the boys cross country team has won six district championships (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013) and three boys state championships (1999, 2000, 2001). He was named Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) District Coach of the Year six times (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013).
 
He has coached a wrestling national champion (Lauren Birks, Bishop Dunne Class of ’08); in high school,44 all-state wrestlers; 10 all-Americans; and 23 national qualifiers. His girls’ team won five straight state championships (2005-2009). Three of his former wrestlers have earned full college scholarships.
  
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education in 1991 from the University of North Texas, where he was a four-year member of Cross Country and Track team (one varsity letter). He later earned a Master’s degree in Physical Education at East Texas State University and a Master's degree in Educational Administration from The University of Notre Dame.
 
Mr. Guerrero joined Bishop Dunne after teaching for two years at Mary Immaculate Catholic School Farmers Branch, Texas and four years at Good Shepherd Catholic School in Garland, Texas. He received the Diocese of Dallas’ Sister Carol Hensgen Distinguished Teacher of the Year Award in 2015.
 
He began his coaching career as Assistant Cross Country Coach at Jesuit College Preparatory School in Dallas, helping lead the team to three Texas Christian Interscholastic League State Championships (1993, 1994, 1996).
 
Mr Guerrero's wife of 24 years, Melissa, teaches kindergarten at St. Thomas Aquinas in Dallas. They have a daughter, Georgine, a graduate of Bishop Dunne, and a son, Stephen Jr., a junior at Bishop Dunne.