Anna Criss
Volleyball Program Head
Middle School PE Teacher
Assistant 8th Grade Girls' Basketball Coach
For Anna Felice Criss, athletics, coaching, and teaching are in the genes. Her mother was a teacher, a principal, and eventually superintendent of Wake County Schools, while her father taught PE, coached basketball, and became an athletics director. However, Anna didn’t set out to teach when she earned a degree in health and wellness promotion from UNC-Asheville and All-Big South Conference honors for her time as a volleyball standout. She did, however, feel that "coaching was something I’ve always been passionate about and felt called to do."
In 2016, Anna (then Anna Moore) was hired as the Bucs’ volleyball program head after a two-year stint as an assistant volleyball coach at Lenoir-Rhyne University, where she earned her master’s degree in public health. The coaching job at Country Day coincided with an opening for a Middle School PE teacher, which is how Anna discovered she loves teaching, too. "I’ve been here eight years now, and I’ve realized this is clearly what I’m meant to do," she says.
Anna CrissVolleyball Program Head
We stress with our players the importance of coming to practice with a good attitude, putting forth your best effort, and being a good teammate."