Van Atta begins his fifth coaching season at Trevecca, where he has led the women's basketball program to new heights. Van Atta, a veteran coach of 23 years, holds an overall coaching record (high school and college) of 508 wins and 244 losses. His four-year college coaching record is 379-191 (NAIA record is 272-81 (.777)). Van Atta has an impressive 100% graduation rate and has coached more than 100 scholar-athletes and 12 Academic All-Americans. During the past three seasons the Lady Trojans have been ranked in the WBCA's Top 25 Academic Teams in the Nation.

In the spring of 2009, Van Atta was selected by the WBCA to serve on the WBCA Region 5 Coach of the Year selection committee.

He has a career record of 106-32 overall at Trevecca and is 47-17 in conference play in his first four seasons. The former Trojan (‘79) led the program to consecutive conference tournament championship games (three of the last four); back-to-back Elite Eight finishes in the NAIA National Tournament, and an NAIA Championship game appearance.