Coaching Staff

Name: Seth Vansell

Position: Varsity Head Coach

Email: svansell@gunterisd.org

Years of Coaching Experience: 9 years

Family Members: Wife-Rachel, Daughter-Kaidance(6) & Son-Ricky(2)

Favorite Basketball Team: The Oklahoma City Thunder

Favorite Basketball Player of All Time: Nick Collison

Why I Coach: My hope is to help student athletes learn and embrace values that will allow them to be successful leaders in all they do now, and in the future. I coach to build positive leaders.

Name: Andrew Applewhite

Position: JV Blue Head Coach, Varsity Assistant

Email: Aapplewhite@gunterisd.org

Years of Coaching Experience: 13 years

Family Members: Wife-Hannah, Two Sons-Jaxen & Kobey

Favorite Basketball Team: Dallas Mavericks

Favorite Basketball Player of All Time: Dirk Nowitzki

Why I Coach: I am a competitor, lover of sports, and enjoy having a positive impact on the youth in our society. I can’t think of a better profession to be a part of where I can accomplish all those things at the same time!

Name: Casey Frost

Position: JV White Head Coach

Email: cfrost@gunterisd.org

Years of Coaching Experience: 5 years

Family Members: Cary and Scarlett Frost(Dad and Mom), A.J. Murray(Brother)

Favorite Basketball Team: Golden State Warriors

Favorite Basketball Player of All Time: Da Goat (M.J.)

Why I Coach: I coach because I love the game and what it can teach you on and off the field/court. It gives me an opportunity to share the knowledge to young athletes that was taught to me and helped make me the man I am today.

Name: Daryl Hellman

Position: Middle School Coach

Email: Dhellman@gunterisd.org

Years of Coaching Experience: 25 years

Family Members: Wife Lee Angela, son RyLee and daughter KyLee (23) twins, son Ty (21), son Ivy (16)

Favorite Basketball Team: The MJ Bulls

Favorite Basketball Player of All Time: Michael Jordan

Why I Coach: “Coaching and teaching is a mission field. I enjoy being a positive part of a young person’s life development.”

Name: Jordan Gill

Position: Middle School Coach

Email: Jgill@gunterisd.org

Years of Coaching Experience: 3 years

Family Members: Wife Katelyn

Favorite Basketball Team: San Antonio Spurs

Favorite Basketball Player of All Time: Michael Jordan

Why I Coach: I coach because I understand the value that sports play in a persons life, and how that can be influenced by a coach. Leadership and toughness mixed with respect and humility are learned traits, and I want to be a part of people becoming great. And the best way to lead kids is by serving