Elms College: Director of Athletics Louise
McCleary announced the hiring of David Hildebrandt as head coach of the men and
women’s volleyball programs. Hildebrandt brings a combined eight years of
volleyball coaching experience to his new position at Elms College, including
the last seven as head coach of both the men and women’s volleyball programs at
Newbury College. At Newbury, he won a combined 242 matches and posted a .565
winning percentage at the helm of both programs – best of any coach in any sport
in school-history. (posted 5/12/2008)
Barry: After 12 years at the helm of the
Barry University volleyball, Dave Nichols has resigned to take on the head
coaching position at NCAA Division I Florida Gulf Coast in Ft. Myers, Fla. Barry
director of athletics Michael L. Covone announced. In 1996, Nichols became just
the fourth coach in Barry’s young history. Since then, he has been named SSC
Coach of the Year three times (2001, 2003, & 2004), AVCA South Region Coach of
the Year three times (1997, 2001, & 2004), and Volleyball Monthly National Coach
of the Year in 2001. (posted 5/8/2008)
USC Aiken: Glen Cox has bee named as the seventh head volleyball coach in
USC Aiken's history, Director of Athletics Randy Warrick announced. Cox spent
the past six seasons as the head coach at the Savannah College of Art & Design,
a NAIA institution in Savannah, Ga. (posted 5/8/2008)
Arizona Western: Announced the resignation of Jason Smith, volleyball
coach. (posted 5/8/2008)
New Jersey City: Kelly Wengerter, the assistant women’s volleyball coach
at New Jersey City University for two of the most successful seasons in the
history of the program, has been appointed as the 11th head coach in what will
be the 26th season of the sport at NJCU in 2008. She succeeds Christopher
Feliciano, who resigned in April after four seasons. (posted 5/7/2008)
Grace: Andria Harshman, a volunteer assistant coach on the Notre Dame
volleyball staff, was recently named the head coach at Grace College. Harshman
was an assistant under Irish head coach Debbie Brown during the 2007 campaign.
Harshman is a 2002 graduate of Grace College where she was a member of both the
volleyball and track teams. Harshman was Grace Collegešs 2002 Female Athlete of
the Year. (posted 5/5/2008)
Illinois State: Melissa Myers, who compiled
three-consecutive 30-win seasons the last three years as the head coach at
California University (Pa.), was named the sixth head volleyball coach at
Illinois State, as announced by director of athletics Dr. Sheahon Zenger. Myers
spent the past six seasons at the helm of the Vulcans. Myers compiled a 161-49
(.767) record at Cal (Pa). She was named both the Pennsylvania State Athletic
Conference (PSAC) West Coach of the Year and the American Volleyball Coaches
Association (AVCA) Regional Coach of the Year in 2004, 2005 and 2007. During the
2006 season, the Hastings, Pa., native became the winningest coach in Cal (Pa.)
volleyball history. (posted 5/5/2008)
Central Missouri: Announced that long-time assistant coach Philip “Flip”
Piontek will take over as head coach on January 1, 2009, upon the retirement of
Peggy Martin following her 33rd and final season. During Piontek’s time as
assistant coach at UCM, the Jens have won 15 MIAA titles and qualified for 22
straight NCAA-II National Tournaments. The streak includes six regional titles
and five top-five national finishes in NCAA Division II. The Jens boast an
overall record of 700-164 (.810) during his time on Martin’s staff. (posted
5/5/2008)
William Penn: Athletics Director Greg Hafner
has announced the hiring of Jeremy Wise as the school’s new head volleyball
coach. Wise comes to Penn from Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio, where he was
the head coach of the NAIA program for ten years from 1998 to 2007. Wise turned
the program around immediately and led the Blue Knights to numerous postseason
appearances as well as a national ranking. He leaves as the winningest coach in
school history with 202 wins. (posted 4/24/2008)
Georgia Tech: Bond Shymansky, whose Georgia
Tech volleyball teams have averaged more than 25 wins per season over the last
six years, has signed a four-year contract extension, athletic director Dan
Radakovich announced. Shymansky has compiled a record of 152-54 (.738), winning
at least 20 games in five of his six seasons with the Yellow Jackets. (posted
4/21/2008)
Central Missouri: Jennies Head Coach Peggy
Martin announced that she will retire after the 2008 volleyball season. Under
Martin's guidance, the Jennies have won at least 25 matches 30 straight seasons
for a 1,035-271-8 overall mark, and have won or shared 19 Mid-America
Intercollegiate Athletics Association crowns since the league began sponsoring
the sport in 1982. (posted 4/18/2008)
Pacific Univ. (Ore.): Lena Chan, a former Pacific
University and Baylor University standout who has spent the last six years
coaching at the junior college level, has been named Pacific's new head
volleyball coach. Chan comes to Pacific from Mt. Hood Community College in
Gresham, where she was named NWAACC Coach of the Year three times and led the
Saints to three NWAACC championships. (posted 4/18/2008)
Washington State: Andrew Palileo (paw-leh-lay-oh)
has been hired as the head coach for volleyball at Washington State, effective
immediately, Director of Athletics Jim Sterk announced Tuesday. Joining Palileo
on the Cougars volleyball coaching staff are associate head coach Brian Lamppa,
and assistant coach TeAna Crutcher-Tramel. Palileo comes to Washington State
after an outstanding seven-year head coaching career at South Dakota State where
he accumulated 154 wins and 86 losses. (posted 4/17/2008)
Missouri-St. Louis: Athletics director John Garvilla has named Trent
Jones as the Tritons’ new head volleyball coach. Jones arrives on the UMSL
campus after serving four seasons as the assistant coach at national power
Washburn University. He becomes the seventh volleyball coach in UMSL history.
Jones replaces Josh Lauer, who resigned after four seasons as the UMSL head
coach to take the assistant coaching job at the University of Alabama in
January. (posted 4/17/2008)
Chicago: Director of Athletics Tom
Weingartner announced that Vanessa Walby has been named head women's volleyball
coach at Chicago. Walby spent the previous three seasons as assistant coach at
the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater after serving as a graduate assistant for
the Warhawks in 2004. Wisconsin-Whitewater reached the NCAA Division III final
four in each of Walby's three seasons as assistant coach, winning the national
championship in 2005. (posted 4/15/2008)
Berry: Mika Robinson has been named the new
head women's volleyball coach at Berry College, Athletic Director Todd Brooks
announced. Robinson joins Berry after serving as an assistant and later
associate head coach at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho for the past
three seasons. A Harvard graduate, Robinson played four years with the Crimson,
serving as team captain in her final season. She also coached four seasons of
high school volleyball at Bucholz High School in Gainesville, Fla. She led her
team to four-straight district championships and an elite-eight appearance in
the 2001 state tournament. Robinson's Bucholz teams also earned American
Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) academic awards in 2003 and 2004.
(posted 4/13/2008)
Georgetown: Lynnette Moster has joined the
Georgetown Hoyas coaching staff as an Assistant Coach. Moster comes to the Hoyas
from University of Albany, where she served as an Assistant Coach under Kelly
Sheffield in 2007. As a player at Georgia Tech, Moster was a three-time American
Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American selection as an outside
hitter from 2001-04. (posted 4/8/2009)
Drake: Phil McDaniel, an assistant coach the
last three seasons at South Dakota State, has been named the 10th women's
volleyball coach at Drake University, athletic director Sandy Hatfield Clubb
announced. An assistant coach at South Dakota State since 2005, McDaniel helped
the Jackrabbits claim the 2007 Summit League title as well as a berth in the
NCAA Tournament this past season. (posted 4/7/2008)
NJCU: Christopher Feliciano, the winningest
women’s volleyball coach in New Jersey City University history, and the 2007 New
Jersey Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, has resigned after four seasons
and 117 victories, to concentrate on his full-time teaching responsibilities.
Feliciano, a 2003 graduate of the University, served as head coach the past four
seasons from 2004-07, and it was the most successful four-year stretch in the
history of the program. He is NJCU’s all-time winningest coach and finishes with
a 117-28 record in 145 matches for a .807 winning percentage. (posted
4/2/2008)
Northern Arizona: With 17 years of experience
as a head coach, Craig Choate has been hired to take over the Northern Arizona
volleyball program, as announced by NAU Athletics Director Jim Fallis. Choate
was most recently an assistant coach for the men’s volleyball team at Pepperdine
University, and prior to that was the head women’s coach at San Jose State
University for 14 years. (posted 4/1/2008)
Bridgewater: Mary Frances Heishman, the most
victorious coach in Bridgewater College history, has announced she will step
down from coaching and return to full-time teaching after 32 years at the head
of the college's volleyball program. Heishman finishes her career with a 653-280
record, which ranked her No. 5 in total victories among active Division III
Coaches entering this past season. (posted 3/31/2008)
Campbell: Named Leigh Mullins head women’s
coach. Mullins was head coach at Northwestern State from 2002-05. (posted
3/31/2008)
Louisiana Tech: Former Newberry College and
Tulsa head coach Matt Sonnichsen was named the Lady Techsters' new head
volleyball coach beginning in the 2008 season. Sonnichsen’s hire is pending
approval by the Board of Supervisors of the University of Louisiana System.
Sonnichsen said he is excited about the opportunity at Tech and looks forward to
competing in the Western Athletic Conference. (posted 3/31/2008)
UC Davis: Jamie Holmes, most recently the top
assistant women's volleyball coach at The Ohio State University, has been named
as UC Davis' ninth head women's volleyball coach, Director of Athletics Greg
Warzecka has announced. She replaces Steve Walker, who left the Aggie program
after a two-year tenure to accept a head assistant coaching position at the
University of Arizona. (posted 3/28/2008)
Tusculum: Head volleyball coach Nathan Baker
will be stepping down as head coach at the Greeneville, Tenn. school announced
Director of Athletics Frankie DeBusk. Baker has accepted the head coaching
position at the University of West Alabama, located in Livingston, Ala. In his
two seasons in Greeneville, he led the Pioneers to a 48-20 record, including a
20-8 worksheet in the South Atlantic Conference. In 2006, he led TC a 23-10
showing, a 14-win improvement from the previous season. Tusculum also posted a
9-5 SAC record to finish fourth in the league. (posted 3/27/2008)
Hofstra: University Director of Athletics
Jack Hayes announced the appointment of Kristina Hernandez to the position of
head volleyball coach. Hernandez joins the Hofstra staff after spending the last
four seasons as the head coach at Loyola (MD) College and replaces Lauren
Netherby-Sewell, who resigned on February 13 to accept the head coaching
position at Fresno State. (posted 3/27/2008)
Albany: Vice President and Director of
Athletics Lee McElroy announced that MJ Engstrom has been appointed interim head
women’s volleyball coach. Engstrom, who has previously been a head coach at the
collegiate level, was elevated from her role as a UAlbany assistant. Engstrom
completed her third season as the top assistant last fall. She helped guide
UAlbany to its third conference championship in the last four seasons and
produced the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory. (posted 3/26/2008)
Dayton: Kelly Sheffield was welcomed as the seventh head coach in Flyer
volleyball history in a press conference held at the University of Dayton
Arena.Sheffield, a native of Muncie, Ind., comes to UD after seven seasons as
the head coach at Albany. He is a two-time America East Conference Coach of the
Year and led the Great Danes to three trips to the NCAA Tournament, including a
berth in the second round this past season. Albany won 20 matches or more in
four of the past five seasons, back-to-back Conference Tournament Championships,
and three titles in the past four years. Albany volleyball won 20 matches or
more in four of the past five seasons. (posted 3/26/2008)
LeTourneau: Wendi Gibbs has been named head women’s coach at LeTourneau.
Gibbs previously led the program from 1996-98 before spending the last decade
starting a family. (posted 3/26/2008)
Rochester: Head women’s volleyball coach
Linda Downey will retire effective at the end of the school year. Downey is one
of the nation’s most successful volleyball coaches – both on the scholastic and
collegiate levels. She came to the University in the summer of 2003 after
coaching at Nazareth College and Livonia Central High School. She won nearly 600
matches in 30-plus years on the sidelines. In five years at Rochester, she led
the Yellowjackets to a cumulative record of 115 wins and 78 losses. (posted
3/24/2008)
Iowa: Director of Athletics Gary Barta
announced that Sharon Dingman, who guided Illinois State to the 2007 NCAA
volleyball tournament and has served as the head coach of the Redbird program
since 2000, has been selected as the head volleyball coach at the University of
Iowa. Dingman has posted a 17-year career record of 336-212, including a 147-98
record at Illinois State. (posted 3/23/2008)
Holy Cross: Named Marritt Cafarchia head volleyball coach.Cafarchia
spent the 2007 season as acting coach at Tufts. (posted 3/20/2008)
Missouri-St. Louis: Athletics director John Garvilla has named Trent Jones
as the Tritons’ new head volleyball coach. Jones arrives on the UMSL campus
after serving four seasons as the assistant coach at national power Washburn
University. He becomes the seventh volleyball coach in UMSL history. He replaces
Josh Lauer, who resigned after four seasons as the UMSL head coach to take the
assistant coaching job at the University of Alabama in January. (posted
3/20/2008)
Fairfield: The Athletics Department has
announced that Alija Pittenger will become the head coach for the volleyball
program. Pittenger comes to Fairfield from the University of Pittsburgh after
spending five seasons as an assistant coach with the Panthers. During her stint
with the Panthers, she helped guide them to a Big East title and to
two-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2006, she coached three Panthers
to All-Big East honors in addition to a Big East Libero of the Year award and an
AVCA All-America honoree. (posted 3/17/2008)
Ohio: Director of Athletics Kirby Hocutt
announced that Ryan Theis will become the next Ohio Volleyball Head Coach. Theis
comes to Ohio with a high-powered offensive attack and a reputation as an
excellent recruiter. Theis joins Ohio after spending the last two seasons as the
offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator at the University of Florida.
During his two years at Florida, the Gators compiled a record of 59-6 (38-2
Southeastern Conference), won two SEC Championships and advanced to two NCAA
Championship Sweet 16s. (posted 3/17/2008)
Montevello: Katie O’Brien has been named the
new head volleyball coach at the University of Montevallo. She will become the
seventh head coach in the 35-year history of the program and succeed William
"Perry" Robinson, who left UM at the conclusion of the 2007 season. O’Brien will
take over a youthful Montevallo team that finished 11-27 overall and 4-8 in Gulf
South Conference play a year ago, but will return its entire roster for the fall
2008 season. (posted 3/14/2008)
Cameron: Athletic Director Jim Jackson announced the hiring of Brianne
Smedley as head coach of the Aggie volleyball team. She replaces John Haroun who
left the team after just one season for personal reasons. Smedley comes to
Cameron from Berry College, an NAIA school in Mount Berry, Georgia, where she
was the head coach of the Vikings. (posted 3/6/2008)
Memphis: Former University of Memphis
assistant coach and All-American player April Jauregui has been named the next
head volleyball coach for the Tigers, the University announced. Jauregui
replaces Carrie Yerty, who took the top spot at the University of Wyoming in
late January. The eighth head coach in 38-year history of Tiger volleyball,
Jauregui has built a solid foundation in NCAA Division I level coaching. Prior
to taking the assistant post at Memphis, the Orange County, Calif., native spent
the 2003 and 2004 seasons as an assistant coach at Lamar University. (posted
3/5/2008)
Western Oregon: Brad Saindon, former head
coach at Arizona State and Colorado, has been named the new leader of the
Western Oregon University volleyball team, announced by athletic director Jon
Carey. Saindon becomes the ninth head coach in the history of the program. He
replaces Joe Houck, who resigned last month to become the head coach at the
University of Portland. (posted 3/4/2008)
Wayne State: Phil Nickel has been named the
12th head coach in the history of the Wayne State University women's volleyball
program announced WSU Director of Athletics Rob Fournier. Nickel comes to Wayne
State after serving as the assistant coach at the University of Houston for the
last six seasons (2002-07). (posted 3/4/2008)
Manhattan: Named Jolie Ward women's
volleyball coach. Ward comes to Riverdale after serving five seasons as head
coach of Eastern Connecticut State University where she helped guide the
Warriors to three Little East Conference championships and three NCAA tournament
appearances. In total, Ward brings 10 years of collegiate head coaching
experience to Manhattan volleyball. (posted 2/28/2008)
BYU: Director of Athletics Tom Holmoe
announced the hiring of Shay Goulding as the BYU women's volleyball head coach.
Goulding, who comes to BYU from Salt Lake Community College, becomes the fifth
head coach to lead the storied Cougar program. Goulding has 10 years of
collegiate coaching experience, including five seasons as the head coach at SLCC
where she built the Bruins into one of the elite junior college programs in the
country. A four-time NJCAA District I Coach of the Year and two-time American
Volleyball Coaches Association West Region Coach of the Year, Goulding guided
her SLCC teams to four NJCAA Tournament berths, placing as high as second. Her
teams have earned a top-10 NJCAA ranking in each of the last four seasons.
(posted 2/28/2008)
Alaska Anchorage: Athletic director Dr. Steve
Cobb announced that Chris Green has been hired as the Seawolves’ new volleyball
coach. Green, who becomes the sixth coach in program history, has spent the last
nine years as the head coach at Western Nebraska Community College in
Scottsbluff, Neb. Green built a powerhouse program at WNCC, compiling a 453-55
record that culminated in the 2007 NJCAA Div. I national title. The Cougars
finished in the top 10 at the national tournament in each of Green’s seasons,
including a current string of four straight Final 4 appearances. In the last
three seasons, WNCC went 163-7 and finished national runner-up in 2006.
(posted 2/27/2008)
Willamette: Tom Shoji has been hired as the next head coach of women's
volleyball for the Willamette Bearcats. He will start his duties this spring,
but will not arrive on campus permanently until this summer. Shoji has a long
and respected career as a collegiate volleyball coach. His head coaching
experience in women's volleyball totals 24 seasons, including six years each at
New Mexico State University and Indiana University, plus 11 years at Colorado
State University-Pueblo and one year at Westmar. (posted 2/27/2008)
UC Irvine: Head men's volleyball coach John
Speraw has received a five-year contract extension through the 2012-2013 season,
Athletic Director Mike Izzi announced Monday. Along with the contract extension,
Speraw has also been named the Director of Volleyball at UC Irvine. Speraw is
currently in his sixth year at UCI with an overall record of 108-68 (.614). The
Anteaters are currently ranked sixth in the nation. In just his fifth year at UC
Irvine, Speraw guided the Anteaters to a national championship in 2007.
(posted 2/26/2008)
Radford: Named Marci Jenkins to the position
of Head Women’s Volleyball Coach. Jenkins, who has spent the previous two years
as the head coach at Chowan University, becomes the 10th head coach in Radford
history. Jenkins comes to Radford with a 30-26 overall record as a college coach
after turning around the Chowan program. She also has a 121-49 mark in 10 years
at the High School level. (posted 2/22/2008)
Saint Michaels: Chris Kilmer, an assistant
coach for the Purple Knights’ volleyball team for the last three seasons, has
been promoted to head coach or Saint Michael’s College. Kilmer, the eighth coach
in the program’s 29-year history, replaces Emily Decker, who resigned last month
after four successful seasons as head coach of the NCAA Division II program.
Decker led Saint Michael’s to 28 wins in her four seasons, including an
11-victory campaign in 2006. (posted 2/15/2008)
Hofstra: Head Volleyball Coach Lauren
Netherby-Sewell announced her resignation to accept the head coaching position
at Fresno State. Netherby-Sewell just completed her third season on the Hofstra
Volleyball coaching staff and her second as head coach. Through two seasons, she
had compiled a career coaching record of 43-19 overall and a conference mark of
26-6. (posted 2/14/2008)
Middle Tennessee: Matt Peck has agreed to a
four-year contract extension at Middle Tennessee. With the extension, Peck's
contract runs through the 2012 season. The state of Tennessee does not permit
contracts to exceed five years. (posted 2/11/2008)
Maryland: Former Dayton coach Tim Horsmon has
been named the new head volleyball coach at Maryland. Horsmon replaces Janice
Kruger, who retired after a 30-year coaching career (the last 20 seasons as
Maryland’s head coach) as the ACC’s all-time winningest coach with 381
victories. Horsmon led the Flyers to four NCAA tournament berths in five seasons
at Dayton including the program’s first ever trip in 2003. His five-year record
at Dayton was 127-43. (posted 2/11/2008)
Akron: Ron Arenz has been named head coach of
its women’s program. Arenz served as head coach at West Alabama for the past two
seasons. (posted 2/8/2008)
Indiana State: Director of Athletics Ron
Prettyman announced today that Traci Dahl has accepted an offer to become the
head volleyball coach at Indiana State University. Dahl was an All-American
middle blocker and a member of Long Beach State’s 1993 national championship
team. Most recently, Dahl has been the assistant volleyball coach at Cal
State-Fullerton (2005-2007). (posted 2/7/2008)
Ohio State: Geoff Carlston has been named the
head coach of the Ohio State women's volleyball program. He will be the fifth
head coach of the Buckeyes in the 36-year history of the program, replacing Jim
Stone who retired after 25 years as the head coach. Carlston comes to Ohio State
after spending five years as head coach of Ohio University, where he guided the
Bobcats to five consecutive Mid American Conference championships with an
overall record of 144-22. He had a MAC conference record of 78-2 and was 14-1 in
the conference tournament, winning four of five. (posted 2/4/2008)
Virginia: Athletics director Craig Littlepage announced that Lee Maes has
been named head womens volleyball coach for the Cavaliers. Maes comes to
Virginia after serving as the head women's assistant coach at Nebraska the last
three seasons. He also had stints with both the mens and womens programs at
California and served as the head coach for USA Volleyballs Junior National A2
Program. (posted 2/4/2008)
Ohio: Head volleyball coach Geoff Carlston
announced that he will resign from Ohio University. During his five seasons at the helm of the Bobcat
program, Carlston reached unparalleled levels of success, leading the squad to a
ranking in the AVCA's Top 25 for 42 consecutive weeks. This season, Ohio
achieved its highest ranking in school history at No. 13 after registering two
of the biggest wins in school history over No. 9 Minnesota and No. 12 San Diego.
(posted 2/4/2008)
Pacific Univ. (Ore.): Chris Stanley retires
after five years as head volleyball coach at Pacific Univ. (Ore.). Stanley has
been in the sport for 30 years and leaves Pacific as a conference title
contender. (posted 2/4/2008)
Eastern Washington: Miles Kydd, an assistant
on the Eastern Washington University volleyball coaching staff the past four
seasons, has been selected as Eastern Washington’s fifth head coach of the NCAA
Division I era. (posted 2/1/2008)
Rutgers: Athletic Director Robert E. Mulcahy
III announced the hiring of Jeff “CJ” Werneke as the new head volleyball coach.
Werneke, who spent three years at Rutgers as an assistant coach from 1999-2001,
returns to the Banks after six-years as head coach at Fairfield University.
While at Fairfield, Werneke led the Stags to a combined 111-85 record from
2002-2007, and was named the 2006 and 2007 Anaconda Sports Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. This past season the Stags finished 21-13
overall and 17-1 in the MAAC, and Werneke became Fairfield’s all-time winningest
coach. (posted 1/31/2008)
Maryland: Janice Kruger, head coach of the University of Maryland volleyball
team for the past 20 seasons, announced her retirement from coaching. She
finished her career with 381 victories and led the Terrapins to five ACC titles.
She was a four-time ACC Coach of the Year. Kruger will
continue working for Maryland Athletics for the next year, serving as assistant
to the athletic director and fundraising for the first-ever endowed scholarship
for Maryland Volleyball, named in honor of her career contributions to the
volleyball program. (posted 1/31/2008)
Milligan College: It was announced that
Doneva Bays of Gate City, Va., will return to her alma mater to lead the
Milligan College women’s volleyball program. Bays brings to the position a
history of athletic success both as a coach and player. Her previous experience
includes coaching at Coastal Carolina University (SC) and Georgetown College
(Ky.). (posted 1/31/2008)
UC Davis: Announced the resignation of Steve
Walker, women's volleyball coach. (posted 1/31/2008)
Radford: Crystal Poskey has resigned her
position as Radford University’s head volleyball coach. Poskey will be leaving
to pursue other opportunities. (posted 1/30/2008)
Trinity (District of Columbia): Hired Seng Chiu as the new women's head
volleyball coach. Chiu, a native of Cambodia and a 1994 graduate of the College
of William and Mary, has extensive experience as a player and coach at the high
school, club and collegiate levels, and has worked as an assistant coach at
William and Mary, Hampton University and Marymount University. (posted
1/30/2008)
Montana State: Named Sara Schaub as the new head coach of the women's
volleyball team. Schaub, who will become the eighth coach in the program's
history, recently completed her first season at MSU Billings, guiding the
Yellowjackets to an 18-10 overall mark and a fifth place finish in the Great
Northwest Athletic Conference. (posted 1/30/2008)
Arizona State: Jason Watson has been named as the new head coach of the ASU
women's volleyball team. With his hiring, He is the sixth coach in program
history, and comes to ASU by way of Provo, Utah where he spent the last three
years as the head coach of the BYU women's team. In his three seasons at the
helm of the Cougar program, Watson compiled a 74-18 (.804) overall record while
leading BYU to three straight NCAA Tournament appearances. (posted 1/30/2008)
BYU: Athletics Director Tom Holmoe today
announced that women’s volleyball head coach Jason Watson has resigned his
position at BYU to accept the vacant women’s volleyball head-coaching position
at Arizona State. Watson was named the head coach of BYU’s women’s volleyball
program on Feb. 17, 2005, after serving for three years as an assistant with the
team. (posted 1/29/2008)
Georgia Southern: Named Chad Callihan as head
volleyball coach. (posted 1/23/2008)
Missouri St. Louis: Athletics director John Garvilla announced that Josh
Lauer has resigned as the Tritons’ head volleyball coach to take a position as
the top assistant coach at the University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa). Lauer
recently completed his fourth year as head coach of the UMSL program, where he
produced a 40-76 record, including a 14-19 record this past season and a second
straight bid to the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Tournament. The team
also recorded a 10-9 GLVC mark, finishing third in the West Division, its
highest finish since the 2000 season. (posted 1/23/2008)
Penn: The Penn volleyball team announced the hiring of Ryan Goodwin as an
assistant volleyball coach and recruiting coordinator. Goodwin will replace J.
Chapman, who left Penn to take a position as the Operations Manager at the
Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education Center. (posted 1/23/2008)
Wyoming: Athletics Director Tom Burman announced on Tuesday that
Carrie Yerty has been hired as the new women's volleyball coach at Wyoming.
Yerty comes to Wyoming after serving as the head volleyball coach at the
University of Memphis for the past 13 seasons. (posted 1/23/2008)
Portland: Joe Houck, who previously revived
volleyball programs at Western Oregon and Concordia University, is the new head
volleyball coach at the University of Portland, Director of Athletics Larry
Williams announced. Houck also helped the Eastern Washington volleyball program
reach unprecedented heights as the associate head coach. In eight years as a
collegiate head coach, Houck has compiled an overall record of 131-76.
(posted 1/22/2008)
William & Mary: Athletics Director Terry
Driscoll announced the hiring of Melissa Aldrich Shelton as the Tribešs new
volleyball head coach. A former player at W&M (1987-91), Shelton comes to the
College after a successful 13-year tenure as head coach at the University of
Virginia where she was the winningest coach in the programšs history. Shelton
replaces former Tribe head coach Debbie Hill, who retired following the 2007
season after a successful 30-year career at W&M. (posted 1/22/2008)
Washington: The University of Washington announced that head coach Jim
McLaughlin has signed a new five-year contract that extends through the 2012
season. McLaughlin, 47, recently completed his seventh season as Washington's
head volleyball coach and has compiled an impressive 170-49 record for a .776
winning percentage. (posted 1/22/2008)
Kenyan: Katie Charles was tabbed to lead the
Kenyon women’s volleyball program. Charles, who was a member of Juniata’s 2004
national champion team, worked last year as director of volleyball operations at
Georgia. She also worked as an assistant at Endicott and Dartmouth. (posted
1/18/2008)
Bradley: Director of Athletics Ken Kavanagh
announced Sean Burdette has been named head volleyball coach at Bradley. The
seventh head coach in program history, Burdette has been an assistant coach at
Ohio State for the last five seasons, where he helped the Buckeyes to three
consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in addition to national rankings in
three of his five seasons in Columbus, Ohio. (posted 1/17/2008)
Holy Cross: Announced the resignation of Chris Ridolfi as head volleyball
coach. (posted 1/16/2008)
Wyoming: Head volleyball coach Pat Stangle announced that he has decided to
resign his position at the University of Wyoming to pursue other career
opportunities. Stangle recently completed his fourth year as the head coach of
the Cowgirl Volleyball program. (posted 1/16/2008)
Samford: Derek “Dex” Schroeder was officially
named the head volleyball coach at Samford University Thursday, Director of
Athletics Bob Roller announced. Schroeder comes to Samford after serving a year
as an assistant coach at Saint Louis University. Prior to his stint at Saint Louis,
he spent four seasons as an assistant with the women’s team at Furman University
from 2003-06. (posted 1/14/2008)
Lake Forest: Jennifer Saylor was named head
women’s coach at Lake Forest. Saylor had served as head coach at Illinois
College since 2002. (posted 1/9/2008)
Angelo State: Director of Athletics Kathleen Brasfield has named Chuck
Waddington of Florida Southern College as the new ASU head volleyball coach,
effective Jan. 2. Waddington, the top assistant coach for Florida Southern’s
highly successful program, becomes the fifth head coach in the ASU program’s
22-year history. He replaces Ruth Lawanson, who resigned last month after three
seasons with the Rambelles. (posted 1/9/2008)
Central Florida: Director of Athletics and
Executive Vice President Keith R. Tribble announced that Todd Dagenais has been
named the Knights’ women’s volleyball head coach. He becomes the ninth head
coach since the program debuted in 1975. Dagenais comes to UCF after spending
three seasons as the assistant head coach at the University of Southern
California, where he helped guide the Trojans to a 29-5 record in 2007 and a
trip to the 2007 NCAA Final Four for the fourth time in six seasons. (posted
1/8/2008)
Montana State: Miya Malauulu stepped down
from her post as head women’s coach. She had led the program for the past five
seasons. (posted 1/7/2008)
Fresno State: Ruben Nieves resigned his position at Fresno State. (posted
1/7/2008)
New Jersey City: Christopher Feliciano resigned his post as men’s coach
at New Jersey City. Carlo Edra will replace Feliciano, who will remain as head
women’s coach. (posted 1/7/2008)
Indiana State: Julie Krofcheck resigned at Indiana State. (posted
1/7/2008)
Wayne State: Ernie Gilbert resigned his post at Wayne State after four
years at the helm. (posted 1/8/2008)
Columbia: Named Jonathan Wilson women's
volleyball coach. (posted 1/2/2008)
Urbana: Named Wendy Cromer women's volleyball coach. (posted 1/2/2008)
Auburn: Wade Benson has been named head volleyball coach at Auburn
University announced Athletics Director Jay Jacobs and Senior Woman
Administrator Meredith Jenkins. Benson, 44, served as an assistant at Auburn
this past season. He replaces Laura Farina, who resigned in November after six
seasons at Auburn. (posted 1/2/2008)
Illinois State: Kelly Kreger, a former
Redbird volleyball standout and Illinois State’s interim head coach during the
spring season, has been hired as an assistant coach on new head coach Melissa
Myers’ staff. Kreger, known to many Redbird fans as Kelly Rikli in her playing
days (2001-04), compiled 4,345 career set assists (11.68 apg), which ranks
second all-time. (posted 5/12/2008)
Western Carolina: Western Carolina Head
Volleyball Coach announced today the hiring of Talia Ogle as an assistant coach
to complete her staff. Ogle comes to Cullowhee from the University of Texas Pan
American where she spent one season with the Broncs. Her primary
responsibilities for UTPA was working with the outside hitters and defensive
specialists. She also served as the academic advisor, camp director and travel
coordinator. (posted 5/8/2008)
Ohio: Head Volleyball Coach Ryan Theis has
announced Meghan Keck will join the Ohio volleyball staff as an assistant coach.
Keck completes Theis’ coaching staff at Ohio, as she will serve as the
recruiting and travel coordinator for the Bobcats and work with setter training
and development. Keck comes to Ohio after spending the last two seasons as an
assistant coach at DePaul University. (posted 5/5/2008)
Dayton: Head volleyball coach Kelly Sheffield
announced the first member of his coaching staff with the hiring of Kristin
Fiorillo as an assistant coach. Fiorillo, a former player for Sheffield at
Albany, comes to Dayton after one year in a similar position at SUNY New Paltz.
(posted 4/18/2008)
Akron: head volleyball coach Ron Arenz
announced that Cass Dixon and Aline DosSantos have been hired as assistant
coaches, thus finalizing his first full staff at UA. Dixon joins the Zips family
after serving the same role at Ashland University, while DosSantos will remain
in the Mid-American Conference after having last worked on the staff at Central
Michigan. (posted 4/17/2008)
Bradley: First-year Bradley volleyball coach Sean Burdette has completed
his coaching staff with the announcement that former Ohio University standout
Savanah Parra will join the Braves as an assistant coach. A two-year starter at
setter for the Bobcats, she will work primarily with Bradley’s setters.
(posted 4/17/2008)
Bradley: Former Dayton Flyer Genoa (Ja - NAY) Moxley has been named
assistant volleyball coach announced first-year Bradley volleyball head coach
Sean Burdette. Moxley joins the Braves coaching staff after one year as an
assistant coach at Kent State. (posted 4/17/2008)
Ohio: Coach Ryan Theis has named Kyle Weindel
assistant coach, making him the first member of Theis’ staff at Ohio. Weindel
will serve as the primary on court trainer and the trainer of the middle
blockers and defense, as well as the video analyst and camp coordinator. Weindel
joins the volleyball staff at Ohio after spending the 2007 season as an
assistant at Saint Louis University. (posted 4/16/2008)
Iowa: Head Coach Sharon Dingman has announced
that Chris Gaskill will join the Iowa volleyball staff as an assistant coach.
Gaskill served as an assistant coach under Dingman at Illinois State in 2007.
(posted 4/14/2008)
Montana State: Sean Kiracofe, who served the
past five seasons at Southern Methodist University, has been named an assistant
volleyball coach at Montana State University, announced Bobcat first-year head
coach Sara Schaub. Kiracofe joined the SMU program in 2003 and helped guide the
Mustangs to one of the best seasons in the program’s history, going 22-6 overall
and 11-2 in conference action. (posted 4/14/2008)
Oregon State: Assistant coach Mark Barnard
will be promoted to associate head coach effective on July 1, announced head
coach Taras Liskevych. Barnard will enter his fourth season as part of the
Oregon State volleyball program. Prior to coming to Corvallis, he coached at the
international level for more than 10 years and has been the head coach of the
Australian Women's National Team since 2001. (posted 4/13/2008)
BYU: Head women's volleyball coach Shay
Goulding has announced the completion of her volleyball coaching staff, adding
Shawn Olmstead and retaining former Cougar All-American Chelsea Goodman as
assistant coaches for the 2008 season. Goodman, who was initially hired by the
previous coaching staff after completing her playing career, and Olmstead are
the 17th and 18th assistant coaches in the history of the program. The new
coaching staff takes over a BYU program that is No. 4 all-time in total
victories and has qualified for 34 of the sport's 39 national postseason
tournaments, including 24 of 27 NCAA Championships. The program boasts 24
conference titles and 64 All-America citations. (posted 4/8/2008)
Valparaiso: Head coach Carin Avery announced that
Shawn Taylor has been hired as an assistant coach for the Crusader program.
Taylor arrives at Valpo after spending one year as head coach at Kansas Wesleyan
University. He guided the Coyotes to a 27-8 record during the 2007 campaign,
including Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season and tournament
championships. (posted 3/31/2008)
Central Iowa: Former Cal State-Stanislaus
head coach Cindy Nikkel was named as an assistant volleyball coach at Central
Iowa. (posted 3/31/2008)
Wyoming: Head volleyball coach Carrie Yerty
announced the hiring of Jill (Jones) Stucky as an assistant with the Cowgirl
volleyball program. Stucky comes to Wyoming from the University of Kansas in
Lawrence where she spent the past ten seasons as an assistant coach. (posted
3/28/2008)
Samford: Former Georgia volleyball player Kilee Goetz has been hired as the
second assistant for the Samford volleyball program announced head coach Dex
Schroeder. Goetz comes to Samford after a three-year stint as the head
volleyball coach at Kalamazoo Central High School in Kalamazoo, Mich. While at
Kalamazoo Central, Goetz helped increased the team's season record from 4-49 to
73-58-12 overall and 6-16 in conference play in two years. During her three
years there, the squad's record was 109-72-14, with a 40-20-3 record in 2007.
(posted 3/28/2008)
Kansas: Ken Murczek has been named Kansas
assistant volleyball coach it was announced by Jayhawk head coach Ray Bechard.
Murczek, who joins the Kansas coaching staff after spending the last year as an
assistant at Virginia, replaces former KU assistant coach Jill Jones Stuckey,
who accepted an Associate head coaching position at Wyoming earlier this month.
(posted 3/28/2008)
Wyoming: Head volleyball coach Carrie Yerty
announced the hiring of Jill (Jones) Stucky as an assistant with the Cowgirl
volleyball program. Stucky comes to Wyoming from the University of Kansas in
Lawrence where she spent the past ten seasons as an assistant coach. (posed
3/27/2008)
Central College: Former Cal State-Stanislaus head coach Cindy Nikkel has
joined the Central College staff as an assistant volleyball coach. A Dordt
College graduate, Nikkel was the volleyball program director at Ripon (Calif.)
Christian High School from 1987-98, leading her team to runner-up state finishes
twice and earning coach of the year honors five times. She also was head coach
at NCAA Division II Cal State-Stanislaus from 1998-2004. The squad’s 19-13
record in 2002 set a school mark for most season wins. She received an NCAA
Sportsmanship Award in 2000. (posted 3/2 7/2008)
St. Louis: Head volleyball coach Anne Kordes
announced the addition of Kyle Walton to the coaching staff as assistant coach.
Walton, who was an assistant at Southern Illinois last season, will begin his
duties immediately. At Southern Illinois, Walton was primarily in charge of the
middle blockers and right-side hitters, and helped SIU return to the six-team
State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament for the first time since the
2002 season. (posted 3/26/2008)
Central Florida: Head coach Todd Dagenais
announced the addition of Michelle Chatman to the UCF volleyball staff as the
teams’ recruiting coordinator, director of operations and middle blocker coach
on Monday. Chatman comes to UCF after serving the previous two seasons as an
assistant coach at Georgetown University. As an assistant at Georgetown, Chatman
coordinated all recruiting efforts, while also serving as the director of
operations of the team, including travel and equipment. (posted 3/17/2008)
South Florida: Head Coach Claire Lessinger announced the hiring of Michelle
Collier as the next Assistant Coach for the Bulls. Since graduation, the All
American and Conference USA Player of the Decade, has been playing
professionally throughout Europe. Her responsibilities will include, but not
limited to; recruiting, outside hitter training, team travel, video
coordination, and strength and conditioning. (posted 3/17/2008)
Arizona: Former Arizona volleyball assistant
coach Steve Walker will rejoin the coaching staff as the program’s top
assistant, head coach Dave Rubio announced. Walker served as an assistant coach
with the Wildcats for three seasons from 2003-05, helping to lead the program to
three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2005.
He left Arizona after the 2005 season to become the women’s volleyball head
coach at UC Davis, where he has coached the past two seasons. (posted
3/10/2008)
Wisconsin: Brian Heffernan has been named an
assistant volleyball coach at the University of Wisconsin, Coach Pete Waite
announced. Heffernan, who spent the last four years as the head coach at
Washington State University, will begin his duties March 5. (posted 3/4/2008)
Samford: Former Michigan standout Jen
Gandolph joins the Samford University volleyball staff as its first assistant
coach, announced Samford head coach Dex Schroeder, Friday. The hire comes just a
month and half after Schroeder joined the Samford staff as head coach. Gandolph
is a 2005 graduate of the University of Michigan, where she earned a bachelor's
degree in sports management and communication. She was a four-year starter for
the Wolverines' volleyball program and its all-time leader in kills, digs and
attempts. (posted 2/26/20008)
Notre Dame: Head volleyball coach Debbie
Brown announced the addition of Matthew Botsford to the Irish coaching staff.
Botsford will be an assistant coach at Notre Dame after serving in a similar
role at the University of Miami since the 2004 season. During his four-year
tenure with the Hurricanes, Botsfordšs primary coaching responsibilities dealt
with the development of the outside hitters and middle blockers, and the
coordination of off-campus recruiting and scouting. (posted 2/25/2008)
Kentucky: Promoted Robert Pulliza to
associate head coach. Pulliza is entering his fourth season with the Wildcats.
(posted 2/18/2008)
UALR: Head volleyball coach Van Compton announced that Todd Bourdo was
promoted to first assistant coach for the UALR women’s volleyball team after
assisting the program for four years. Bourdo’s primary role for the Trojans will
be recruiting coordinator. (posted 2/20/2008)
Virginia: Head Coach Lee Maes announced today
that Jill Kramer has been hired as an assistant volleyball coach at Virginia.
Kramer comes to Virginia from Alabama, where she served as an assistant coach
for two seasons. Prior to the start of the 2007 season, she spent time as the
assistant coach to Maes on USA Volleyball’s Junior National A-2 team that
competed at the World European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia. (posted
2/19/2008)
Maryland: Newly-hired Maryland volleyball
coach Tim Horsmon took the first step in assembling his coaching staff, tabbing
Tami Ores, his top assistant and recruiting coordinator from his tenure at
Dayton, as assistant coach. Ores spent the last five years at Dayton with
Horsmon, winning four Atlantic 10 Tournament championships and earning four NCAA
Tournament berths. (posted 2/15/2008)
Nebraska: Head Coach John Cook announced the
hiring of Colorado assistant Erik Sullivan to the Nebraska coaching staff.
Sullivan, a two-time U.S. Olympian, has been at Colorado for the last four
seasons, working primarily with the outside hitters and team passing. He
replaces Lee Maes, who was named the head coach at the University of Virginia
last week. (posted 2/15/2008)
UC Irvine: Jay Hosack, currently a member of
the USA men’s national team coaching staff, has been named an assistant coach
with the UC Irvine women’s volleyball program. Hosack joins UC Irvine after
serving as the associate head coach for both the men’s and women’s volleyball
programs at Irvine Valley College since 2005. He will continue to coach the
men’s team at IVC and was instrumental in the program’s Orange Empire Conference
titles in 2005 and 2007 as well as guiding the Lasers to a state championship
last season. (posted 2/11/2008)
Auburn: Head coach Wade Benson announced that
Chris Campbell and April Yantis have been named assistant coaches at Auburn.
Campbell will assume the role as Benson’s top assistant and will take over the
position of recruiting coordinator. Along with her coaching duties, Yantis will
handle much of the program’s administrative duties. (posted 2/11/2008)
Florida Southern: Josh Hill, an assistant
volleyball coach at Campbell University the past two seasons, is the new
assistant volleyball coach at Florida Southern College. Hill replaces Chuck
Waddington on the staff of head coach Jill Stephens. Waddington resigned after
five seasons to become the head volleyball coach at Angelo State in Texas.(posted 2/5/2008)
Colorado School of Mines: Heather Roberts
begins her first season as the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Colorado School of
Mines in 2008. Prior to her arrival at CSM, Roberts spent the 2007 season as an
assistant coach at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly
University of Missouri - Rolla). From 2005 to 2007, Roberts served in the
capacities of assistant coach and interim head coach at Bemidji State
University. (posted 2/4/2008)
Sacramento State: Former Sacramento State
player Sarah Chlebana will return to her alma mater as an assistant coach.
(posted 1/30/2008)
Georgia: Chad Hanson has been named assistant
volleyball coach at the University of Georgia as announced by UGA head coach
Joel McCartney. Hanson, a native of Pullman, Wash., joins the Bulldogs from the
University of Iowa, where he served as an assistant coach from 2004-07.
(posted 1/29/2008)
Southern California: Tim Nollan has been
named assistant coach for the USC women’s volleyball program, head coach Mick
Haley announced. Nollan replaces former assistant coach Todd Dagenais, who was
recently named head coach at Central Florida. (posted 1/25/2008)
Alabama: Head coach Judy Green announced the
hiring of Josh Lauer as the new assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at
the University of Alabama. Lauer joins the Tide coaching staff after a four-year
stint as the head coach at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. (posted
1/23/2008)
UC Santa Barbara: Former UC Santa Barbara
men’s volleyball player Lee Nelson has joined the Gaucho coaching staff as
Associate Head Coach it was announced by 30th year Head Coach Ken Preston.
Nelson not only played for the Gauchos, he has also coached under Preston at
UCSB. Most recently, Nelson was the first assistant coach with the Fresno State
women’s program in 2007. (posted 1/23/2008)
Tennessee: Head volleyball coach Rob Patrick
announced the hiring of Gregg Whitis as the team’s new assistant coach and
recruiting coordinator. He will take over for Mike Minnis who left the staff in
December to pursue another coaching opportunity. Whitis will be involved in all
phases of the program, including on-court coaching and scouting. (posted
1/18/2008)
South Carolina: Laura Collins has been named
as an assistant coach on the South Carolina women's volleyball staff, Gamecock
head coach Ben Somera announced. Collins, a former standout for Ben and former
Carolina head coach Nancy Somera at Oregon State, will assist the Garnet and
Black in all areas of training, recruiting and administration. (posted
1/14/2008)
Minnesota: Head Coach Mike Hebert has named
Laura Bush (formerly Laura Farina) as assistant coach. Bush will assume primary
recruiting responsibilities from Dave Manka who resigned to pursue other
opportunities after the season. Bush brings with her a wealth of experience at
the Division I level, including nine seasons as a head coach. She was the head
coach for Auburn from 2002 to 2007, and was also the head coach at Marquette for
three years prior to that. (posted 1/10/2008)
Indiana: Head Volleyball Coach Sherry Dunbar
announced the addition of Keith Schunzel to her coaching staff. Schunzel will
begin his role as an assistant coach on Monday, Jan. 7. He served as an
assistant at Valparaiso University the past two seasons. (posted 1/4/2008)
Wayne State (Neb.): Former
University of Nebraska standout and 2005 AVCA Player of the Year Christina
Houghtelling has been hired as a graduate assistant coach at Wayne State College
in Nebraska. The university says she will join the Wildcats in May.
Houghtelling graduated in December with a degree in elementary education and is
playing professional volleyball in Puerto Rico. (posted 2/18/2008)
Cardinal Gibbons: Head Coach Louise Crocco announced her resignation on
Thursday, January 24, 2008, after 29 seasons at the helm of the Cardinal Gibbons
girls' volleyball team. Undisclosed health issues led to her decision. Crocco,
who will remain on for at least one more school year as the school's athletic
director, resigns with a career record of 1,132-123 and an FHSAA-record 18 state
championships. She coached softball and basketball at the school before being
named athletic director in 1981. (posted 1/29/2008)
USA Volleyball: It was announced that Danalee
Corso has been hired by USA Volleyball to serve as technical coordinator and
master coach for its growing beach volleyball program. Corso, whose first day
will be Feb. 1, will work closely with Ali Wood, USAV’s director of beach
programs. She will serve as the junior national team coach as well as provide
technical assistance to the elite athletes who represent the United States in
international competition. Among her duties will be organizing youth and junior
beach volleyball performance camps and coordinating the selection and training
of youth and junior athletes for international tournaments. (posted
1/31/2008)
Illinois State: Named Christen Garcia
director of volleyball operations. (posted 1/23/2008)
