Colleen Westfall joined the Howard Payne staff in the summer of 2014 from Bangs high school in Bangs, Texas where she served as the head volleyball coach for two seasons.
 
Coach Westfall has led the HPU volleyball program to significant improvements which include making the American Southwest Conference tournament for the first time in 16 years in 2016. 

Have over ten players receive all-conference honors so far in her time at the helm of the Lady Jacket program, her players have also made significant strives in the classroom with 19 receiving Academic All-Confernce honors.

Coach Westfall led Bangs high school to a district championship in 2013 with a 21-8 overall record. The team earned a Bi-District Championship and was an Area Finalist. In 2012, Bangs was District Runner-up and a Bi-District Finalist under her direction.
 
Before Bangs, she was the assistant volleyball coach at Llano high school in Llano, Texas from 2008 to 2012. There she helped lead the team to the 2008 Regional Quarter Finals. She spent one season as the head volleyball coach at Santa Anna high school leading them to a 15-8 overall record in 2008.
 
Colleen transferred to HPU in 2006 after starting two seasons for the NCAA-II Midwestern State University volleyball team. Before graduating from Howard Payne in 2008 with a Bachelors of Science degree, Colleen played for the 2006 Lady Jacket basketball team that went to the second round of the NCAA national tournament.