Hillary Clark
Mrs. Clark has over 20 years of dance and drill team experience dancing competitively and performing throughout her career, but what she loves most is teaching. Mrs. Clark grew up dancing in Coppell training in jazz, ballet, pointe, hip-hop, and lyrical. She was a part of the award winning Lariettes and served as Lieutenant Captain during her senior year. After high school, she attended Kilgore Junior College where she became a World Famous Kilgore Rangerette and danced on the elite group known as the Swingsters. While on Rangerettes, Mrs. Clark performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Presidential Black Tie and Boots Ball and Inaugural Parade for former President George W. Bush, Dallas Cowboys Halftime Show, Cotton Bowl and other parades and appearances around East Texas, Houston and the DFW Metroplex. She also appeared with her two sisters on the cover of the September issue of Texas Monthly proudly representing the Rangerettes in 2004. Mrs. Clark continued her dance training and received
Director
her BA in Dance from Texas Woman’s University. Her passion for drill team continued as Varsity Director for the award-winning Fossil Ridge Sun Dancers in Keller ISD for 11 years before coming back to Coppell in 2018. Mrs. Clark enjoys staying connected to the drill team world by adjudicating drill team competitions at the regional and national level. She has loved directing the Silver Stars and sharing her passion for dance at CHS9. She is excited to continue that passion as she begins her new journey as Director of the 2026-2027 CHS Lariettes. Mrs. Clark is married to Seth and has a daughter named MaKenna.
Julie Stralow
Assistant Director
Mrs. Stralow is in her 23rd year at Coppell High School as a teacher and director. She is originally from Richmond, Texas and is a former member and Colonel of the Stephen F. Austin High School Angels Dance Team. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Modern Dance at Texas Christian University and danced professionally with Contemporary Dance Fort Worth for several years. Mrs. Stralow came to CHS in 2003 as a long-term substitute for the Lariette director and was hired the next year as the Silver Stars JV director and dance teacher. Within that year she became director of both teams and eventually was named the Director of the Lariettes. Under the direction of Mrs. Stralow the Lariettes have seen some growth and changes. Some of the most notable changes included bringing back boots to football season, making sleeves removable from the field uniform, and adding a second look that blends the JV and varsity uniforms together.
Mrs. Stralow was also the first to introduce the Larry’s to the Homecoming halftime in 2005. She is very happy to see so many ideas come to light and continue as Lariette tradition, but she is most proud of how the team has grown in their passion and versatility. Lariettes went from a very traditional military drill team to a dance team that can do anything from high kick to hip hop. In 2018 Mrs. Stralow made the decision to step down as director to allow herself more time for family. She is thrilled to be the assistant director for her long-time friend and fellow dance teacher, Mrs. Mitchell. Mrs. Stralow is married to Coach Stralow who is the Head Football Coach and Boys Athletic Coordinator at Keller High School. They have 2 daughters – Morgan and Reagan.