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After six years, three consecutive appearances at the state championship, and bringing home the state championship title, Brian Doyon is taking his leave from Battle Mountain High School in Vail, CO.

When Doyon first arrived at Battle Mountain, the volleyball program was little more than a faint blimp on the state's radar. For their first two seasons in the league, they had gone winingless.

But Doyon was about to change all that. He quickly whipped the program into shape, each season seeing more and more success and attracting more and more attention.

However, everyone was shell shocked when the Battle Mountain Huskies made it to the state championships in 2005. Everyone, except Doyon. People were even more blown away when the team snatched the third place title.

But the best was yet to come, the following year, the determined Huskies went undefeated, losing their only match all season to 5A Doherty. This loss only fired the team up further as they went on to completely sweep states, not dropping a single game despite their underrated ranking of fifth. This season was later dubed the "dream season" by a reporter for the local newspaper.

Indeed, after capturing Battle Mountain volleyball's first and only state title and recieving a college coaching job offer, Doyon returned to Battle Mountain. Although he didn't experience the same amount of success, his team did manage to make it back the the Denver Coliseum for the third time, claiming fifth place.

Alas, the time has come for Doyon to climb the next rung on the ladder of success. When the University of Utah offered him an assistant coaching position, Doyon simply couldn't resist.

"It just felt right- it's a good fit," Doyon says of his new opportunity.

While Doyon isn't looking back, he will surely be missed by the entire Battle Mountain community.

"We're all going to miss him, but we wish him the best," said Rich Houghton, Director of Athletics at Battle Mountain.