Bio

Grace Wells was named head volleyball coach at Dallas College Richland on Feb. 6, 2023.

In 2022, she coached at Childress High School in Childress, Texas. From 2020-21, she was the head coach at West Texas High School in Stinnett, Texas. Wells guided West Texas High School to the Class 2A state quarterfinals in both years. West Texas won the district championship in 2021.

In 2018, Wells spent one year as the head coach at Borger High School in Borger, Texas. Wells served as the head coach at Frank Phillips College in Borger from 2012-13. In 2013, Frank Phillips went undefeated at home.

In 2011, Wells was an assistant coach at Academy of Art University, an NCAA Division II school in San Francisco.

Wells was an outside hitter at Academy of Art from 2008-10 under her birth name, Dan Yang. At Academy of Art, she racked up 1,313 kills, including a school- and Pacific West Conference-record 518 in 2009. She also had 143 blocks, including 116 solos, 830 digs and 61 aces in her three-year Urban Knights career. She ranks second all time in career kills, first in kills per set (4.09), fifth in hitting percentage (.265) and seventh in digs. She was a First Team All-PacWest selection.

In 2007, Wells earned Second Team National Junior College Athletic Association Division I All-America honors at Seward Community College, where she broke the single season record for kills (860) and kills per set (5.85).

As a youth, Wells played for the Chinese National Team in 2003, winning a gold medal at the Federation of International Volleyball World Championships in Poland.

Wells earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Academy of Art University. She earned a Master of Science in sports management from Texas A&M University. 

She is married to Aaron Wells, and the couple lives in Frisco, Texas. They have a daughter, Anna, and a son, Eli.