Childress is the most successful prep girls’ volleyball coach in the history of the Aurora area with a career at Grandview that included 10 trips to the Class 5A state championship match and five victories. She coached previously at Otis, Palisade and Ferndale high schools and Colorado Mesa University before she came to Grandview in 1998 and joined the school’s original coaching staff — along with husband, Gary — where she coached until 2015 and amassed a career record of 493-169 with Class 5A state championship victories in 2004, 2005, 2007 (when the Wolves defeated area rival Eaglecrest to complete a perfect 31-0 season), 2013 and 2014. The Wolves also made it to the state final in 2003, 2006 (in another all-area final against Eaglecrest), 2008, 2011 and 2012 and also appeared in the semifinals two other times. Childress was selected as Colorado Coach of the Year eight times and was the Dave Sanders Award recipient in 2013. She was inducted into the Colorado High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2015, the National High School Athletic Coaches Association National Hall of Fame in 2017 and the Colorado High School Activities Association Hall of Fame in 2018.