GDW Analysis:
GOOD HOPE: A change is being reported in the volleyball program at Good Hope High School.
The school has reported via social media that assistant coach Bridget Keef is now in charge of the squad.
Keef has been an assistant coach under Natasha Holder for several years and handled the role of leading the junior varsity program.
Holder had been in the lead spot at Good Hope since 2018. The Lady Raiders won four consecutive Cullman County championships with her and were 2nd in the 2025 tournament to West Point.
Keef's JV team from the previous season was the top seed for the tournament. They ended the season as a runner up.
For Keef's first season, Good Hope will have experience but also will have to replace five positions due to graduation.
The Lady Raiders will look to display consistency from junior to be Calleigh Granger, sophomore to be Kylee Smith, junior to be Gracie Garmon, senior to be Kynzlee Garmon, sophomore to be Bella White, senior to be Kloe White, sophomore to be Isabella Guzman and junior to be Ella Davis.
Good Hope will encounter a new setup in area volleyball following recent reclassification by the AHSAA.
The Lady Raiders will be Area 13 of Class 4A with Fairview, Hayden and West Point.
Good Hope's previous two years from the area status had them in the same area with West Morgan, East Lawrence and Danville.
Keef has a good association with Good Hope VB as her daughter Bailey is playing at the University of West Alabama. She just finished her first season with UWA last fall after transferring from Mississippi College.
Bailey is part of the 2023 Good Hope team that went 36 & 14, won the area championship and went to the playoffs with her mother on the bench assisting Holder.
Photo of Good Hope VB coach Bridget Keef with her son Tucker and her husband Phillip during the 2026 basketball season. Keef's husband is an assistant on the football and softball programs at Good Hope High School.
Photo courtesy of the Keef family.
