Dayton Moore follows mom into coaching as both lead Riverheads
Following in her mom’s footsteps is, apparently, something that Dayton Moore just does. Like her mom, Amy Moore, Dayton was a star setter for her high school and college volleyball teams. Amy played at Fort Defiance and Bridgewater, while Dayton recorded over 2,000 assists at Riverheads before playing at Averett College. Now, she’s followed her mom into coaching. That wasn’t something Dayton considered until college, but as she worked toward being a teacher, she said coaching kind of came along with that profession, as least for her. “I always thought maybe I would coach a club,” Dayton said. “But I didn’t know I would come back and get this opportunity.” Dayton is the Riverheads varsity assistant coach this season, coaching under her mom, the head coach. It’s not the only mother-daughter coaching duo in the area — not far away at Buffalo Gap Elizabeth Ashby is the head coach and her daughter, Camille Ashby, is the assistant — but it is the most recent family coaching connection in Augusta County. “Once a Gladiator, Always a Gladiator” is the slogan at Riverheads, and Dayton took that to heart. She’s so happy to be back coaching where she played. "Just coming back
