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Assistant Coach
tarastilwell6@gmail.com
Cornell
Division 1
Hi! I'm Tara Stilwell. I am an assistant coach and co-recruiting coordinator at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. Cornell University has a rich history and has come to be a place that I love. It is an Ivy League institution that not only offers top tier academics, but the opportunity to further your athletic career as well. I am in my second season at Cornell, but prior I was the assistant coach at one of the top DIII volleyball schools - Ithaca College. I was an assistant at IC for 3 years. I have 4 years of club and high school coaching experience before that. As an Ithaca College alum, I love being able to stay in the Ithaca area and experience coaching at the Division I level.
Assistant Coach
keydrick.hunter@gmail.com
Rider
Division 1
Segur joined the Broncs as an assistant coach in the summer of 2021.
Segur is currently involved with USA Volleyball High Performance as an assistant coach for the
youth team that competed in the 2022 USA All-Star Championship. He also serves as a camp
coach, tryout evaluator, and court coach.
While at Rider, Segur was a recipient of the 2022 American Volleyball Coaches Association
(AVCA) Diversity Award. Within this award, he participated in a sequence of educational
seminars that focused on professional and personal development for coaches. He was the only
recipient of the award in the MAAC and one of 18 sponsored award recipients
nationally.
Prior to Rider, Segur served as the Head Coach for the International Volleyball Club 15-1s team
from 2018-2020. He also served as the Head Coach for the Princeton Volleyball Club 18-1 and 12-1 from 2021-
2022.
Assistant Coach
paul.vink-lainas@marist.edu
Marist
Division 1
Head Coach
dbrooks@desu.edu
Delaware State
Division 1
Head Coach
rodgersk6@wpunj.edu
William Paterson
Division 3
Kevin Rodgers was named Head Coach of the William Paterson volleyball program in August of 2021. After just a little over two years leading the Pioneers, Coach Rodgers has achieved the highest winning percentage in school history during the 2023 season and the most wins since 1988. He also earned Coaching Staff of the Year in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) in 2023.
Rodgers arrives in Wayne by way of Fairleigh Dickinson University's Division I Metropolitan Campus, where during the 2021 covid season, the Knights finished with the same number of wins as the previous year despite playing only a third of the matches. Under his watch, FDU improved in every statistical category from the previous season and registered a 3-0 victory over eventual NCAA Tournament participant Long Island University, marking the Knights first triumph over the Sharks in 21 seasons.
Before his stint at FDU, Rodgers was at the helm of the women's volleyball program at East Stroudsburg University for three years (2017-20). During his first season leading the Warriors, Rodgers compiled 17 victories, which was ESUs first winning campaign since 2006. Rodgers closed out his tenure at ESU by posting a 29-7 mark in 2019 and guiding the team to its first PSAC Championship in 32 years and the automatic-qualifying spot in the NCAA Division II Tournament. For his efforts, Rodgers garnered PSAC Coach of the Year honors.
Prior to joining ESU, Rodgers served as the top assistant for Bucknell's women's program in 2016 where he was charged with developing the blockers and outside hitters while leading the Bisons recruiting efforts. He spent four seasons (2012-15) leading the men's squad at Ramapo College, compiling an overall record of 83-57 and a 49-9 mark in conference play.
Rodgers also worked as the head girls' volleyball coach at Central Volleyball Academy from 2012-14, coaching eight future Division I players. The team was ranked fourth of 70 squads in the Garden Empire Volleyball Association in the 17s division in 2013, and second out of 49 teams in the 18s division the following year.
The Clifton, N.J. native began his coaching career at his alma mater, New Jersey City University, as an assistant with the men's program before being elevated to head coach in January of 2012. With the Gothic Knights, Rodgers registered a 14-15 divisional record and a secured spot in the Skyline Conference Tournament.
A 2010 graduate of NJCU with a bachelors degree in business administration, Rodgers was a four-year volleyball standout, racking up more than 1,250 kills and 1,000 digs. He currently ranks second all time in kills (1,297) and fourth in digs (1,014). The Gothic Knights were 71-55 during his four years while making three postseason appearances, and Rodgers was a two-time All-NECVA Metro Division performer. Rodgers continued his education by obtaining a masters in sports administration from FDU-Metro in 2015.
Head Coach
jorge_rodriguezpardo@bloomfield.edu
Bloomfield
Division 2
Jorge Rodriguez takes over as the Head Women's Volleyball Coach for the upcoming 2023 season. "I am thrilled to have Jorge come aboard and lead our women's volleyball program," said Dean of Students and Athletic Director, Sheila Wooten. "His experience and recruiting ability make him a good fit for our department."
Rodriguez, one of the top four-year setters in New Jersey City University school history became the 13th head coach of the mens volleyball team there in 2018 and 2019. Rodriguez was named head coach of his alma mater in May, 2017, after serving the previous three seasons as the assistant mens volleyball coach.
Rodriguez, 35, a native of Havana, Cuba, also served as assistant womens volleyball coach from 2015-2018, where he helped the Gothic Knights qualify for the first-ever expanded ECAC Division III Tournament in 2016 as NJCU went 15-15 and reached the postseason for the first time since 2007.
In the first three seasons as NJCU mens assistant coach, the Knights have won 47 matches, posted two winning campaigns, and twice advanced to the Skyline Conference Tournamentthe No. 3 seed and the semifinals in 2015 and the quarterfinals as the No. 5 seed in 2016.
Before joining the coaching staff for Robert Cole in 2015, he launched his coaching career as assistant varsity girls coach for two seasons at Union City High School. He helped guide the program to a 41-17 record. In his first season in 2013, he guided the Soaring Eagles to a 20-6 record and advanced to the Hudson County championship match. In his second season in 2014, UCHS was 21-11 and advanced to the second round of the playoffs. Rodriguez also served as the head coach of the 2014 UCHS freshmen boys program for one year.
Rodriguez was also head coach of the junior varsity boys coach at his alma mater, Memorial High School, for two years (2014-16) and assistant varsity coach during that time span.
In 2019 Rodriguez became a World Language (Spanish) teacher at Clifton High School in Clifton, NJ. In 2020 he took over as the head coach of the Clifton Mustangs girls and boys volleyball programs. He helped the girls program earn a record of 46-26 in 3 seasons. The first season was shortened by COVID. The girls team earned a record of 14-3. They split the league title with Bergen Tech and also made it to the state semifinal round. The following season they earned an impressive record of 27-3. Only losing one regular season match. The other two losses were in the Passaic county championship and the State sectional championship. That season the Mustangs earned the league title and coach Rodriguez was named coach of the year for the Big North Liberty division. He has helped the boys program earn a record of 24-22 in his first two seasons and he is getting ready to begin his third season in April.
At the club level, Rodriguez was previously a head coach for 4 years at Sideout Sports Volleyball Club. He is currently in his second year as a head coach at North Jersey Volleyball Club.
As a collegiate student-athlete, Rodriguez served as NJCU co-captain as a senior in 2011. In his four seasons on the court for Coach Carlo Edra, NJCU went a combined 65-62 (.512). As a sophomore in 2009, the program enjoyed its seventh and most-recent 20-win season, going 20-16 while reaching the semifinals of the ECAC Division III South Tournament as the No. 3 seed. In 2010, the program had its fifth-best winning percentage in school history (.621), finishing the year at 18-11. The Knights qualified for the enormous NECVA Tournament as the No. 16 seed, then as the No. 2 seed nearly won the ECAC Division III South Tournament, losing an epic championship match in five sets at Hunterbowing 18-16 in the final game.
Statistically, Rodriguez ranks third in school history with 2,590 career assists. He had 40 or more assists 16 times and 50 or more four times, including a career-high 60 in a 3-2 loss at Stevenson in the ECAC Semifinals on April 11, 2009. In 342 sets over 109 matches, he added 436 digs, 102 kills and 197.0 points. He averaged 7.57 assists and 1.27 digs per set for his career.
A 2007 graduate of Memorial High School in West New York, N.J., he was a multi-sport athlete for the Tigers. He played three seasons of volleyball and swam for three yearsboth for legendary coach John Wengerter. He also played one season of soccer.
A May 2012 graduate of NJCU with a B.S. in Fire Science, before completing the alternate route program to become a Spanish teacher.
Born in September, 1987, he was raised in Havana, Cuba until immigrating to the United States in 2004. He resides in Teaneck.
Interim Head Coach
patrick.ernst@dc.edu
Dominican (NY)
Division 2
Head Coach
apego@newhaven.edu
New Haven
Division 2
Head Coach at the University of New Haven, in West Haven, CT - 2023-present.
Experience: 4 years as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 2020 C-USA Freshman of the Year and 3 consecutive trips to the C-USA Tournament.
4 years as assistant coach at the University of New Haven. 2 NCAA Elite Eight Trips (2014, 2017); 2 NE-10 Conference Championships (2016, 2017).
Awards:
2023 Northeast 10 Conference Regular Season and Tournament Champions
2023 Northeast 10 Player of the Year
2023 Northeast 10 Setter for the Year
2023 Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-East Region Player of the Year Award
2 AVCA All-America Honorable Mention and AVCA All-East Region First Team Honors
2 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Honors
Overall Record .745 (as Head Coach)
Head Coach
david.gurst@rutgers.edu
Rutgers University Camden
Division 3
The winningest coach in Rutgers-Camden volleyball history, David Gurst enters his ninth season with the Scarlet Raptors during the 2023-24 scholastic year.
Over his eight seasons with the Scarlet Raptors, Gurst has compiled 107 victories and led the team into the New Jersey Athletic Conference playoffs and the ECAC playoffs on four occasions apiece.
Rutgers-Camden finished the 2022 season with a 14-15 mark in a fall campaign that featured a match in The Palestra in Philadelphia, saw Brinn Hassan break the programs career assist record and saw three players earn All-NJAC honors. Hassan and Isabella Choice were both named to the NJAC Second Team, while Erica Nebrich captured NJAC Honorable Mention.
Gurst led the Scarlet Raptors to one of the best seasons in program history in 2021, posting a 21-10 record, qualifying for a New Jersey Athletic Conference playoff berth for the fourth time in his tenure and reaching the ECAC championship match. Gursts team also produced the programs first All-American as Kaliyah Moss earned AVCA All-America Honorable Mention among a host of other honors.
In addition to Moss earning NJAC First Team and NJAC Rookie of the Year honors, Morgan Fox captured a berth on the NJAC Second Team in 2021. The Scarlet Raptors also earned three NJAC academic honors, including Savannah Hayes, who was Rutgers-Camdens female representative on the NJAC Academic First Team. During his eight seasons, Gurst has seen 23 of his players capture NJAC Academic honors.
Although the volleyball program posted a 3-4 record during the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, which was held in March, 2021, the Scarlet Raptors managed to capture their first New Jersey Athletic Conference playoff victory under Gurst. That came during a 3-0 NJAC quarterfinal sweep over New Jersey City University on March 18.
The 2020 Scarlet Raptors saw both Devyn Cobb and Brinn Hassan capture NJAC Second Team honors, while Nebrich earned both the NJAC Rookie of the Year and NJAC Honorable Mention recognition.
During the last pre-pandemic season, Gursts 2019 team fashioned a 13-15 record, including a pair of three-match winning streaks. It also produced a program-record six NJAC Academic Honorable Mention performers. Gursts 2018 Raptors produced four NJAC Academic Honorable Mention players for the second consecutive year.
The seventh head coach in program history, Gurst led his first Scarlet Raptor team to the first round in the NJAC Tournament and the first round in the ECAC Div. III Metro/Upstate Volleyball Championship in 2015. Those Scarlet Raptors finished with a 13-14 record overall and a 4-4 mark in the NJAC, only one season after the team went 5-26 overall and 1-7 in the conference. Three players on Gursts first Raptor team were recognized by the NJAC for their performance on the court as Olivia Rowland captured NJAC Second Team honors, while both Brooke Hassan and Erin Thompson earned NJAC Honorable Mention.
Gurst led the team to back-to-back 16-wins seasons in 2016 and 2017, tied for the third-highest total in program history. His 16-16 club in 2016 posted the first .500 season at Rutgers-Camden since 2012, while becoming the first team in program history to reach back-to-back ECAC tournaments. His 2017 team finished 16-17, while earning the programs third straight ECAC tournament berth.
In addition to his volleyball coaching, Gurst served as an interim head coach of the Scarlet Raptors softball team, inheriting the position partway through the 2017 season.
A 1980 graduate of Cherry Hill High School East, Gurst coached on the high school level from 1984 until taking the job at Rutgers-Camden in 2015. Most recently, he coached at Cherry Hill High School West as the head softball coach from 2004-2014, compiling a record of 132-102. Gurst led the Lions to two conference championships and is a six-time recipient of Cherry Hill West Coach of the Season. He also received the prestigious NJEA Public School Hero Award in 2008.
Gurst also was the head volleyball coach at Cherry Hill High School West from 2002-2012. Prior to his position at Cherry Hill High School West, he was the head volleyball coach at Cherry Hill High School East from 1993-2002, leading the Cougars to four conference championships.
He compiled a record of 294-120 as the head volleyball coach for all schools.
Gurst also coached swimming at Cherry Hill High School West from 2004-2014, helping the Lions win two state championships and five South Jersey championships.
Gurst graduated from Glassboro State College in 1984 with a Bachelors degree in Health and Physical Education. He taught Health and Physical Education for 34 years
Coaches Hired Weekly
As part of our COVID-19 safety plan, the indoor sessions traditionally held on the first day of camp will be shared online.
Sessions will be accessible for the week prior to camp. They are available on-demand and can be completed at the athlete's
convenience.
This approach allows us to continue offering these valuable sessions so athletes arrive to camp ready to maximize the experience,
while still maintaining a safe experience.
Your camp footage will be accessible to the below colleges, who have participated in EXACT's events. Instructing coaches at camp are listed under Confirmed Coaches.
Associate Head Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
billye@ku.edu
Kansas
Division 1
Billy Ebel enters his third season as an assistant coach on Ray Bechards coaching staff at the University of Kansas in 2020. Ebel joined the Jayhawks after five seasons at Lipscomb University.
Billys infectious enthusiasm will serve our program very well, Bechard said. He is a great ambassador for volleyball. His hunger to learn and gain experience has made him an outstanding teacher in the gym. In addition to his time at Lipscomb and UMKC, he has played at the highest level of the mens game, has been involved with USA Volleyball programs, and worked numerous summer camps including ours at KU. He puts the athletes first hes most concerned about their development.
During his time at Lipscomb, Ebel helped lead the Bisons to three Atlantic Sun Conference regular-season titles and three appearances in the NCAA Tournament. In 2014, Ebel and the Bisons earned the ASUNs first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. After three seasons as an assistant coach he was promoted to associate head coach by Lipscomb head coach Brandon Rosenthal in 2016, which was the first time Rosenthal had named an associate head coach.
The Overland Park, Kansas, native also has extensive coaching experience with U.S. Womens National Teams, where he has crossed paths with KU All-Americans Kelsie Payne and Ainise Havili on the national team circuit.
Ebel graduated from Ball State University in 2010, where he was a standout mens volleyball student-athlete and served as team captain, earning all-conference honors during his senior year. In 2010, he set the schools single-season record with a 3.05 digs-per-set average.
He cut his teeth in the coaching career as a volunteer assistant at UMKC under Bechards former KU assistant, Christi Posey.
Prior to joining the UMKC staff, Ebel served as a defensive coordinator at Bishop Miege, his former high school team. He helped the Lady Stags to the 2010 Kansas State Championship. While in college, Ebel served as a volunteer assistant coach at prep powerhouse Muncie Burris Laboratory High School in Muncie, Indiana, for three seasons. He helped guide the Owls to the Indiana Class 2A State Championship in each season and one national runner-up finish.
Volunteer Assistant
andrew.ruttenberg@northwestern.edu
Northwestern
Division 1
My name is AJ Ruttenberg and I'm currently the volunteer assistant at Northwestern University. My main responsibility is running DataVolley. I came to Northwestern after spending a year and half at Cardinal Stritch University where I was playing on the Men's volleyball team as well as being a student assistant for the Women's volleyball team. I have coached for a couple different clubs. This season I coached for MOD Volleyball Club where I was a 15's head coach. Then in the spring I started coaching at Pipeline Volleyball Club where I was the 14 Silver Head Coach.
Assistant Coach
ja3445@columbia.edu
Columbia (NY)
Division 1
Entering her third season at Columbia, Julia Anderson was announced as Assistant Volleyball Coach by head coach Allison Keeley prior to the 2019 season.
Her role at the helm of the setters, duing the 2019 season, saw junior setter Audrey Cheng pass 2,000 assists in her career. And under Anderson's tutelage, Cheng positioned herself as third on the all-time career assists list for Columbia.
Anderson came to Columbia after spending two seasons as the First Assistant Coach at Fairfield from 2017-19.
Anderson focused primarily on the setters, during her time at Fairfield she coached First-Year setter Alexis Rich, who was an unanimous pick for the 2018 MAAC Rookie Team. Along with Rich's success, Anderson was key to Manuela Nicolini earning MAAC Setter of the Year and First Team All-MAAC honors following the 2017 season. Fairfield also won itself a 2017 MAAC Championship with Anderson as a key part of the staff.
Anderson has also spent time with the USA NY club, coaching there from 2014-15 and from 2017-present. During her time there she has had experience coaching on an international stage and in 2018 and 2019 she was the head coach as the club took part in the Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia. For 2021 Julia assisted coaching a U23 team at the Global Challenge.
Before beginning her time as a coach, Anderson was a three-year letterwinner at Delaware, where she graduated from in 2017, and during her freshman season she earned a letter at Maryland before transferring to Delaware. During her time at Delaware Anderson totaled 495 digs, 74 kills, 71 blocks and 46 aces, finishing her career ranked seventh in school history with 2,406 career assists and eighth with 8.07 assists per set. Anderson is originally from Cornwall, N.Y.
Volunteer Assistant Coach
spcsmith@iu.edu
Indiana
Division 1
Spencer Smith joined the Indiana Volleyball program in August of 2019 as the Volunteer Assistant. In his role, Smith is responsible for opponent scouting as well as aiding in on-court training. Additionally, Smith assists with recruiting activities and provides administrative support to the coaching staff. Smith, a native of Indianapolis, was a member of the Ball State mens volleyball team prior to transferring to Indiana University.
Assistant Coach
shannon.hunt@wsu.edu
Washington State
Division 1
With Shannon Hunt (Wyckoff) guidance, libero Kate Sommer, the first WSU recruit by the Greeny staff, claimed the school digs record with 1,954 digs in her four-year career. Sommers season totals of 521 digs (2014), 495 digs (2013), 479 digs (2015), and 459 digs (2012) rank fourth, sixth, seventh and ninth-best in WSUs single season school records. The Cougars held their 2015 opponents to a .190 hitting percentage average, the lowest since the 2002 season. Hunt (Wyckoff) was an outstanding student and athlete at WSU from 1994 through 1997, and a teammate of Greeny. During Hunt's collegiate career the Cougars volleyball team played all four years in the NCAA Championship Tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight once and to the Sweet Sixteen once. She was the first Washington State player to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career. Her 1,254 career digs was the WSU all-time list leader from 1997 until 2008 and is currently second-best all-time. Hunt tallied 1,051 career kills which was fifth-best at the time and now ranks ninth-highest in school history. In addition, her career 83 service aces total is ranked 11th-best at WSU. At Washington State, Hunt started on the left side as a freshman and missed only six matches in the starting lineup, due to injury, during her four-year career. As a sophomore Hunt's 376 digs led team and 3.72 digs per game was third-best in conference. She set a school record with 32 digs in a match at South Florida in 1995. She was named to two all-tournament teams as a junior and was an important cog in the Cougars advancing to the NCAA Championships Elite Eight. As a senior, Hunt continued amassing kills and digs as an outside hitter, earned two more all-tournament honors, and helped lead the Cougars to the Sweet Sixteen at the NCAA Championships. Hunt was recognized for her academic excellence with Pac-10 All-Academic second team and honorable mention selections as well as being named to the GTE/CoSIDA District VIII Academic All-America Teams three times. After graduating from WSU in the spring of 1998 with a degree in education, Hunt taught at the elementary level in the Vancouver, Wash., and coached volleyball at Prairie, Heritage High and Hockinson High Schools. Prior to returning to WSU Hunt taught and coached in the Vancouver, Wash., area for a dozen years. Hunt lives in Pullman with her sons Grayson and Austin.
robert_chilcoat@brown.edu
Brown
Division 1
Head Coach
rcefra@niagara.edu
Niagara
Division 1
Cefra was named the head coach of the Niagara women's volleyball program in March of 2022.
Cefra most recently served as an assistant coach at Temple University from 2015-22. In his position, he assisted with recruiting, planning and organizing team and individual training sessions, budgeting, scheduling, academic monitoring and alumni relations. He also was responsible for gathering team statistical information and live game statistics and coordinated travel, organized practice schedules and team equipment ordering.
While at Temple, the Owls were 2020 AAC Tournament runners-up and made it to the second round of the 2017 National Invitational Volleyball Championships. He coached eight All-AAC First Team honorees, seven All-AAC Second Team selections and the 2020 AAC Libero of the Year.
From March to July of 2015, Cefra served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Minot State University. Prior to Minot State, Cefra was the Director of Volleyball Operations at the University of Nevada Reno from July 2014-February 2015. Cefra was a volunteer assistant coach at St. John's from 2012-14.
Cefra began his collegiate coaching career at Division II Chaminade University as an assistant coach from 2008-10. He also has almost 10 years of experience coaching at the club level and has five years of experience coaching high school volleyball.
Cefra was the recipient of the 2016 AVCA Diversity Award. Cefra has an associate's degree in liberal arts from Leeward Community College and earned a bachelor's degree in public administration from the University of Hawaii West Oahu. He played two years of collegiate volleyball at Santa Barbara City College from 2000-02, where he was a libero.
Assistant Coach
kschanback@campbell.edu
Campbell
Division 1
Former Camel standout Kayla Schanback was named assistant coach at Campbell University in September 2020. A two-time all-conference performer during her playing days, Schanback returned to Buies Creek after coaching stops at Virginia Tech and Eastern Kentucky.
I am ecstatic that Kayla has decided to come back to the Creek and continue to help develop our team and round out our strong staff, said Goral, who is in his ninth season in charge of the program. She was a huge component in the foundation of this program as an athlete and has several years experience as an assistant coach to now provide quality leadership to our young players.
Her first calendar year with the Camels saw two full seasons completed, with the 2020 season postponed to spring 2021, and then the traditional 2021 fall season. Schanback was part of the staff that helped the Camels finish second place during each regular season.
Schanback helped lead the 2021 team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance after a record-setting 21-10 season and 14-2 conference slate, marking a program record for conference wins in a season. The Camels then faced No. 10 Nebraska in the first round in front of a crowd of 7,884, the largest ever for a Campbell match.
Working primarily with serve receive and defense, she helped turn the unit into one of the best in the nation, finishing the season with the 12th best opponent hitting percentage at .152. She has helped libero Claranne Fechter to a pair of all-Big South nods, making the second-team in 2020 and honorable mention in 2021.
Schanback returned to her alma mater after spending the 2019 season on the staff at Eastern Kentucky. In her position at Campbell, she assists with recruiting, training, scouting, match preparation, team travel, marketing, social media and overseeing summer camps.
What stands out about Kayla is her passion for Campbell volleyball as well as coaching the sport at an elite level, said Goral. This university and program are forever part of Kayla and that appreciation shows in how she approaches every day. She has been relentless in her professional development so that she has the tools to be successful on the court, out recruiting, as well as in the office. She also excels at building relationships and knows firsthand how I train and develop athletes; how we operate in a first class manner and the atmosphere and culture we are striving for. But most of all, I look forward to working with someone who truly loves her profession and another truly dedicated person who loves this place and this program.
While at Eastern Kentucky, Schanbacks responsibilities included serving as the program's camp director, managing travel and game-day operations, establishing the defense/defensive philosophy, scouting, assisting with all recruiting efforts, and supervising social media platforms.
During her time as volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Tech, Schanback managed on court and video work with players, scouted opposing teams, supported recruiting, assisted with game day operations, and coordinated equipment.
One of the most decorated defensive players in school history, Schanback ranks third in school history in career (1457) and single-season (566) digs, and eighth in career sets played (446). Her 35-dig performance against Gardner-Webb during the 2016 season is tied for the eighth-most digs in a match in the program record books.
A native of Casselberry, Fla., Schanback helped the Camels reach the 2015 Big South tournament final. In addition, Schanback played a key role in the 2017 squad that won 20 matches and earned the programs first-ever post-season berth (NIVC). She was named to the All-Big South Conference second team twice.
I am ecstatic about the opportunity to coach at Campbell. I want to thank Coach Goral for giving me the chance to return home, said Schanback. I believe strongly as a Campbell alumna that my passion for the sport, program, and University will be transparent in my everyday work as a member of our staff. Campbell Volleyball has proven to be a competitor in the Big South and with the talent, commitment, and positive team culture, I have no doubt we will make history again soon. I am excited to, not only work with everyone, but to make an impact that will help our student-athletes achieve their goals on and off the court.
Following graduation, Schanback was a student assistant at Campbell, where she helped coach the freshman defensive players, and organized the recruiting matrix.
A three-time member of the Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll, Schanback earned her bachelor's of business administration degree with a minor in sport management in 2018.
Director of Operations
kthomas4@udayton.edu
Dayton
Division 1
Assistant Coach
biatrizsberti@gmail.com
Mercer
Division 1
I am from Sao Paulo, Brazil, I started playing volleyball when I was 9 years old and I played volleyball for 14 years. In the United States I started my career at Western Nebraska Community College before transferring to Navarro College and ultimately I wrapping up my final two seasons at Lynn University,FL. I joined the Mercer University volleyball coaching staff in the Fall of 2021. In my year freshman and sophomore I was named NJCAA Women's All Region XIV. In my last year at Lynn University I earned Sunshine State Conference Setter of the Week for three-straight weeks and I was named AVAC Player of the Week.
Head Coach
david.zelenock@citadel.edu
The Citadel
Division 1
Dave Zelenock was named the head coach for The Citadel volleyball program in February of 2018 after serving five years as the head coach at Tennessee Tech.
Zelenock led his 2014 and 2015 Golden Eagle volleyball teams to back-to-back appearances in the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Tournament semifinal round. His 2014 and 2015 recruiting classes earned High Honorable Mention honors from PrepVolleyball.com for strength of recruiting class.
In the classroom, his teams earned the Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award four times (2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17) and 21 of his student-athletes earned spots on the TTU Athletic Directors Honor Roll. The Golden Eagle volleyball program has the longest streak among all the teams within the TTU Athletic Department of uninterrupted semesters (35) with a team GPA exceeding 3.0, a stretch which began in fall 2000.
He also saw 21 student-athletes earn a spot on the TTU Athletic Directors Honor Roll. Twenty-nine athletes also made the OVC Commissioners Academic Honor Roll during his time, and two earned a Medal of Honors for achieving a perfect 4.0 through both the fall and spring semesters.
The Golden Eagles also recorded their first All-OVC athlete and All-Newcomer team member under Zelenocks tutelage. In the summer of 2015, one of his student-athletes, Cody Dodd earned a place as one of 36 athletes to participate in the U.S. Collegiate National Team (CNT) program.
Prior to his stint in Cookeville, Tennessee, Zelenock spent six seasons on the volleyball staff of Central Michigan, helping reshape the landscape of the program. He was named the associate head coach in 2009. With Zelenock on the recruiting trail, Central Michigan secured five-straight nationally ranked recruiting classes in his six seasons as well as two more that felt his impact even after he departed for the head job at Tennessee Tech.
Zelenocks responsibilities at CMU included acting as the programs recruiting coordinator and future opponent scouting. In the gym, he was in charge of outside hitter development/training.
During his six seasons at CMU, the Chippewas forged five winning seasons and a 107-78 overall record. In 2007, his first season on the staff, Zelenocks scouting abilities helped CMU to its first 20-win season since 1985 and first postseason victory in 25 years. The Chippewas won 20 straight sets over the course of eight matches midway through the season. In 2008, the Chippewas missed their second straight 20-win season by the slimmest of margins (19-11).
CMU posted its fourth straight winning season in 2009, and reached the MAC Tournament semifinals for the first time since 1996. The Chippewas tallied postseason victories over Eastern Michigan and Northern Illinois to reach the semis.
The 2011 CMU team ended a 33-year drought as the Chippewas won the Mid-America Conference championship and earned the schools first trip to the NCAA Volleyball Tournament.
Individually, during his six seasons on the staff Zelenock saw seven CMU players earn all-MAC honors as well as two capture all-freshman awards.
A 2005 graduate of Central Michigan, Zelenock also served as an assistant coach at Northwood University for two years and Delaware State for one season before returning to his alma mater in 2007. At Northwood, he helped the team to a 44-21 two-year record and two NCAA Tournament appearances.
As an undergraduate at CMU, Zelenock was a four-year starter for the mens club volleyball team. He served as captain for three seasons, club president for two years and was a coach for two years.
He earned his bachelors degree from CMU in 2005, majoring in physical education with a minor in secondary physical science. Zelenock and his wife, Jamie, have two sons, Jacoby and Zander Lee.
Volunteer Assistant Coach
norto2da@ucsb.edu
Cal-Santa Barbara
Division 1
Dustin has been an assistant volleyball coach on the staffs of James Madison University and UC Santa Barbara's women's teams. He has also coached club volleyball in Virginia for many years and coached at various collegiate camps throughout the country.
jessica.aschenbrenner@du.edu
Denver
Assistant Coach
shayla.chalker@cms.claremont.edu
Claremont McKenna
Division 3
Shayla Chalker just finished her second season as an assistant coach for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's volleyball team in the 2017 season. Shayla helped guide the team to 2017 National Championship on the back of a 31-5 season and a 22 match win streak to finish the year.
Before joining the CMS staff, Shayla was the head coach at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. for three seasons. During her time at Knox she helped turn around a program that had not won a conference match in four years beginning with a conference win vs. Illinois College in 2012 that marked the first victory against them since 1990. In her final season at the helm, Knox finished the season with the most conference wins since 1995 and a freshman All-Conference Player.
Prior to becoming a head coach, Shayla served as an assistant coach at Quincy University in Quincy, Ill. in 2009 before joining the staff at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Mo. working for Olympic Bronze Medalist Caren Kemner.
A native of Melbourne, Australia, Shayla played on the Australian National Team from 2000-2011. She was also part of three consecutive National Championships as part of the Victorian State Team and a four-time recipient of the Australian All-Star 6 Award. A 2009 graduate of Coe College, Shayla was a two time All-American and four time first-team All-Conference athlete.
Head Coach
cstraubel@wpi.edu
Worcester Poly
Division 3
Assistant Coach
aregan17@gmail.com
Bard
Division 3
Volunteer Assistant Coach
coachjerrylucio@gmail.com
Cal Tech
Division 3
Jerry Lucio is currently the volunteer assistant at Cal Tech. He is going on 10 seasons with Cal Tech.
Jerry has coached at the high school level and club level both in Arizona and California. Jerry is a California native playing high school as a defense specialist for Chatsworth High School. After high school, Jerry went on to join the military and played volleyball as a setter for the regional teams in the Marine Corps, both stateside and in Japan. Jerry has over 20 years of coaching at elite levels and hopes to pass on his knowledge of the game to the student athletes. Jerry participates in several camps with different organizations throughout the year.
Assistant Coach
lindsey.veersma@centre.edu
Centre
Division 3
Assistant Coach at Centre College - NCAA DIII located in Danville, Kentucky. I will be entering my second season at Centre after contributing to a 17-9 regular season which was the third best in program history.
The program boasted a 4th seed finish in the Southern Athletic Association and landed 3 athletes on the All-SAA squad.
In the new era of Centre Volleyball, myself and Coach Robo look forward to continuing to make our program a regional and national contender in DIII!
Head Coach
pdill@mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
Division 3
Dills involvement in volleyball has spanned both sexes, nearly all age groups, and two continents. With the women's team at MIT, he has built what has become one of the premier Division III volleyball programs in New England.
Dill has worked with the MIT volleyball program since 1992. He served as an assistant coach for three years for both the MIT mens and women's varsity programs. Named head women's coach in 1996, Dill has guided the Engineers to 12 NCAA post-season bids, two ECAC Championships, four NEWMAC titles, and the NCAA Elite 8.
Entering his 26th season, Dill is currently ranked top 15 out of over 400 active Division III coaches in the nation in overall winning percentage (.760), averaging 27 wins and single-digit losses per season during his career. He has never collected fewer than 20 wins in a season and has five 30-win seasons under his belt, lifting his combined men's and women's career record to over 1000 wins. A four-time AVCA Division III New England Region Coach of the Year, Dill has also been named the NEWVA Coach of the Year three times. He also collected NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors in 2002, 2016 and 2017.
Dill began duplicating this success with the MIT mens team which he coached from 2004-2017. He led the mens program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014 and an overall record of 328-132. Before coaching the MIT mens squad, Dill directed the Emmanuel College mens squad to a 12-8 record in its first season of varsity competition. He also co-coached the England Women's Junior National Team for four years and was an assistant coach for a Division I National League womens club team in the English Volleyball Association. Other experience includes coaching the University of Connecticut mens volleyball club team while earning his MBA, serving as the manager of the Bates College women's team as an undergraduate, and coaching the mens open division of the Bay State Games.
Head Coach
ehayes2@bates.edu
Bates
Division 3
Emily Hayes, head coach at Lewis & Clark College from 2018 to 2021 and a former assistant at St. Lawrence University and Hope College, was appointed head coach of womens volleyball at Bates College in July 2021, announced by Director of Athletics Jason Fein.
To be at Bates and in the NESCAC is just beyond exciting for me. This was an opportunity that I couldn't pass up, said Hayes. To work at an institution with so much history and culture, and with a volleyball program with both a history of great success and then in recent years, the improvement that the program has seen -- its just thrilling to be able to build on and continue in that direction.
Hayes is the 13th head coach in the history of varsity women's volleyball at Bates, a proud program that began in 1967 and once enjoyed a 36-0 campaign in 1989.
We're elated to welcome Emily Hayes as our new head volleyball coach," said Fein. "Her work ethic, attention to detail, and history of creating a winning culture in a highly competitive atmosphere make her the perfect choice for our program, and to lead our student-athletes. Her playing and coaching experiences will serve her well.
In 2018, Hayes was promoted from assistant coach to head coach after a year at Lewis & Clark, and she quickly won the colleges Coach of the Year award for 2018-19 after turning the Pioneers record around from 2-21 in 2017 to 13-10 in 2018. She developed three all-conference players in two seasons while establishing a culture of pride, trust and commitment within the program.
Hayes coaching style, she says, is one that is obviously going to be playing high level volleyball and developing a championship program, but I take the responsibility really seriously to be a role model and inspire young women in more areas than the volleyball court. So developing women leaders and immersing ourselves in the community and excelling academically while also holding ourselves to incredibly high standards in terms of volleyball.
Originally hailing from Austin, Texas, Hayes attended Hope College in Michigan, where she earned a bachelors degree in classical studies in 2014. She played setter for a year at Hope before becoming a student assistant coach for the next three seasons, in the meantime helping the Flying Dutch advance to the NCAA tournament in 2011, 2012, and 2013, including the Elite Eight in 2013.
After graduation, she assistant-coached mens and womens volleyball for a year at Lourdes University, then joined the staff at St. Lawrence University as a graduate assistant coach in 2015. While at St. Lawrence, Hayes had six student-athletes earn All-Liberty League recognition and nine chosen for conference all-academic honors. She also established core and weightlifting programs for the team while earning a masters degree in educational leadership.
She became assistant coach at Lewis & Clark in 2017, and head coach in 2018. Throughout her six years as a collegiate coach, Hayes was part of coaching staffs that mentored eight All-Americans.
Assistant Coach
ckoenegstein@coloradocollege.edu
Colorado College
Division 3
Chad Koenegstein joined the Colorado College volleyball staff in 2018 and has filled important roles on and off the court during what has been the programs most successful era.
During Koenegsteins tenure, the Tigers have amassed a 111-14 overall record, good for a .889 winning percentage, won a pair of Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships and earned a berth in the NCAA Division III Womens Volleyball Championship each season.
During the 2021 spring season, the Tigers earned the No. 1 ranking in the America Volleyball Coaches Associations Division III Top 25 Coaches Poll when they posted a 17-0 record, the first undefeated season in program history.
Koenegstein coached three CC players who earned All-America Honors Lizzy Counts (2018-19), Marguerite Spaethling (2018) and Georgia Mullins (2021), while Jenny Jenks (2021) and Mullins (2019) earned honorable mention status.
At the same time, Tigers earned three of the four SCAC major awards, including multiple recipients of Player of the Year (Spaethling, Mullins), Setter of the Year (Isabelle Aragon-Menzel, Jenks) and Freshman of the Year (Meaghan Hohman, Isabella Lipacis) awards.
Colorado College also excelled in the classroom, earning the AVCAs Team Academic Award each season and having more than 80 percent of its players earn a spot on the SCAC Academic Honor Roll.
Prior to his arrival at Colorado College, Koenegstein worked at USA Volleyball for two years in coaching education.
He began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs during the 2017 season.
Koenegstein earned his bachelors in elementary education from Murray State University in 2013 and currently is pursuing a masters in sport coaching at the University of Denver.
ealeman@dom.edu
Dominican (IL)
Division 3
Head Coach
jordanf@dbu.edu
Dallas Baptist
Division 2
Jordan Fish is in her third season as the Head Volleyball Coach at DBU. In her first two seasons at the helm, Fish has guided the Lady Patriots to the NCAA Tournament in 2023, marking DBUs first trip to the postseason since 2013, and back-to-back appearances in the Lone Star Conference Tournament. Over the course of two seasons, Fish has compiled a 39-15 record and a 24-9 mark versus Lone Star Conference opponents.
Under Fishs direction, the Lady Patriots have produced four AVCA All-Americans including a program record three in 2023. In her first year at DBU, Halee Van Poppel was tabbed an Honorable Mention All-American after finishing the year with the seventh-highest kills per set (4.41) average in the country. In 2023, the trio of AJ Koele, Lauryn Burt, and Shaylee Shore each garnered All-American honors. Koele became the first player in program history to be named a First Team All-American after registering the 20th-most kills (449) in the nation and ranked 16th in the country in kills per set (4.08). Both Burt and Shore were selected as Honorable Mention All-Americans. Burts 1,194 assists ranked as the 21st-most in the country while Shores .386 hitting percentage was the 16th-best in the NCAA Division II ranks.
YEAR-BY-YEAR
The 2022 season proved to be a record-setting year as the Lady Patriots won a school record 25 matches and earned the programs first-ever at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament. DBU posted a 14-2 record versus conference foes to finish in second place in the Lone Star Conference standings. After qualifying for the LSC Tournament for the second consecutive year, the Lady Patriots reached the LSC Championship for the first time in program history where they eventually fell to West Texas A&M. Making their first trip to the NCAA South Central Regional since 2013, the Lady Patriots took No. 18 Colorado Mesa to five sets dropping a 3-2 decision.
At seasons end, DBU saw three players earn All-American recognition including Lauryn Burt, AJ Koele, and Shaylee Shore. Koele was also selected as the South Central Region Player of the Year and was joined by Burt and Shore on the All-South Central Region Team. Additionally, Burt was named both the LSC Setter of the Year and the leagues Newcomer of the Year, while Leah Palensky picked up LSC Academic Player of the Year honors. Five Lady Patriots were also named to the All-LSC Team including First Team selections Lauryn Burt, AJ Koele, and Shaylee Shore. Both Delaney Fuller and Lindsey Otero each earned Honorable Mention accolades.
In her first year at the helm, Fish began a rebuilding project that saw her guide the Lady Patriots to a 14-8 record, marking their first winning season since 2015. She also led DBU to their first-ever win in the LSC Tournament where they reached the quarterfinal round.
Following the 2021 season, Halee Van Poppel was tabbed an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American and the LSC Newcomer of the Year. Along with Van Poppels All-American accolades, Fish produced three All-Lone Star Conference performers in 2021 including Van Poppel (1st Team), Leah Palensky (Second Team), and Audrey Nunes (LSC All-Freshman Team).
DBUS SEASON RECORDS UNDER FISH
2021: 14-8
2022: 25-7 (NCAA Regional)
TOTAL: 39-15 (.722)
Fish came to DBU from Hill College where she spent four seasons at the helm and developed the Rebels into one of the premier NJCAA Division I programs in the country. In four seasons at Hill, Fish led the Rebels to three trips to the National Tournament, four consecutive Region 5 North Championships, three conference titles, and a pair of undefeated conference seasons.
Fish was recently named the Northern Texas Junior College Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2021 and was tabbed to the American Volleyball Coaches Association's (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 Coaches list, recognizing the top up-and-coming coaching talent in volleyball. She was also a three-time District Coach of the Year and developed four players that received All-American honors during her four-year stint at Hill College.
Prior to arriving at Hill College in 2017, Fish served as the assistant coach at Charleston Southern University in South Carolina where she helped lead the Buccaneers to their best season in 30 years. Fish was the primary setting coach for Rachel Smith who led the Big South in assists and was the only setter to be named to the All-Freshman team.
Fish was a standout in her own-right on the court as a four-year letter-winner at the setter position at Virginia Tech. As one of the all-time greats in program history, Fish finished her career ranked fifth all-time in assists in school history, topping the 2,500 assist milestone. A standout in the classroom as well, Fish was a two-time All-ACC Academic Team selection.
Following her collegiate career, Fish played professionally in Denmark and Sweden where she was a two-time Most Valuable Player selection and led her team to their first Final Four appearance in program history. Fish also served as a head coach for the Amager VK 16U team and worked clinics at various local middle schools in Copenhagen.
In addition to her decorated volleyball coaching and playing careers, Fish has been a fixture serving in the communities that she has been a part of. Most recently, Fish developed and led weekly volleyball classes through Mission Waco, a Christian nonprofit organization serving the poor and marginalized. She also helped coordinate and lead the first Fellowship of Christian Athletes Volleyball Academy for 3rd-6th graders in Waco. Additionally,
During her time at Virginia Tech as a student-athlete, Fish was a three-year member of the Virginia Tech Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and was an active member in the campus ministry organizations, Athletes in Action and Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Among her other experiences on and off the court, Fish served a 10-week internship with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization in Huntington Beach, California, in the summer of 2015 that focused on developing and equipping college players who wanted to know God more and use volleyball to impact their team and community.
Fish has also served abroad working alongside a group of athletes from Virginia Tech that traveled to Eleuthera, a small island in the Bahamas, helping to build a local church, teaching sport, and feeding and providing other basic needs for the Haitian refugee community.
Additionally, Fish traveled to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic as a student leader for a summer course that focused on global citizen leadership and taught HIV/AIDS awareness and education through sports camps.
Fish is a 2015 graduate of Virginia Tech University with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and is pursuing a Masters in Organizational Leadership from Lincoln Christian University. Jordan is a member and actively involved at Highland Baptist Church in Waco.
Head Coach
kevin.edwards@baruch.cuny.edu
Bernard M. Baruch
Division 3
Kevin Edwards just finished his third season with the women's team (fall 2019) and will next begin his fourth season coaching the men's team (spring 2020).
Kevin led the women's team to their first-ever postseason win in team history at the 2019 ECAC Championship first round and finished the season with 19 wins, which was an eight-win improvement from 2018. For his accomplishments, he was voted the CUNYAC Coach of the Year.
During the 2019 spring men's volleyball season, he led the Bearcats to their first CUNYAC Championship and appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2015.
He was also voted the CUNYAC Coach of the Year during the men's 2018 season.
Edwards, a former Trinidad & Tobago international player (1996-2009), is a familiar face in the New York volleyball circles with intercollegiate coaching experience at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, NYU-Poly, and The New York City College of Technology.
He has also coached on the high school level at Dalton (NYC), Westport (Connecticut), and is currently employed at The Sports Center at Chelsea Piers as a beach/indoor volleyball instructor.
He earned his FIVB International Level I Coach in 2003, along with USA Volleyball Impact Certification in 2011. He became a FIVB International Level 2 Coach in 2017.
Edwards resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Career at Baruch
Men's Volleyball
2017: 10-17, 7-1, CUNYAC Runner Up
2018: 13-17, 7-1, CUNYAC Runner Up
2019: 18-13, 4-3, CUNYAC Champion, NCAA
2020: 14-6, 5-0 CUNYAC, Season Halted by Covid-19.
Women's Volleyball
2017: 11-17, 5-3, CUNYAC Semifinalist
2018: 11-19, 5-3, CUNYAC Semifinalist
2019: 19-12, 6-1, CUNYAC Semifinalist, ECAC Quarterfinals
Note: Currently working at Baruch College.
Assistant Coach
pickettl@southwestern.edu
Southwestern (TX)
Division 3
Pickett joins Southwestern University volleyball staff after serving as the Temple College head Coach since June of 2017. The growth in Pickett's coaching era went from 2 wins in 2017, to 18 wins and placing 3rd in the NJTCAC Conference in one season. In the 2021 season, the Leopards made it to the Regional Championship and finished the year as the number 1 blocking team in the nation. She has a 100% success transfer rate for players that desire to play at a 4 year institution. Since joining the Leopard Athletics staff, she has coached 3 All-Region athletes, 1 New Comer of the Year, 6 First-Team All-Conference athletes, 10 Second-Team All-Conference athletes, and 6 Academic All-Americans. 40% of her transfer athletes have transferred to Division-I universities. Another 40% transfer to Division-II, then the other 20% to NAIA and Division-III institutions.
From 2015-2017 Pickett coached a range of national teams at Austin Performance, while positional training pins and middles. In 2015, Pickett coached under Tyler Albarado (Baylor University). In 2014, Pickett student-assisted at University of Arkansas Fort-Smith, under Johnny Neely, who is now the BYU Women's Volleyball 1st assistant.
Pickett most recently played in the Bring It USA Professional Volleyball Tour in Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy in 2016. She played her junior and senior year of college at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. In 2012-2013 Pickett was awarded 1st Team All-Conference for the Heartland and 1st Team All-Tournament for the Heartland Conference Tournament. In 2012 Pickett was awarded NCAA D2 Honorable Mention All-American. Prior to University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, Pickett played at Temple College, after transferring in from California State University East Bay, where she spent her freshman year. While with the Leopards in 2011, Pickett was awarded 1st Team All-Region, 1st Team All-Conference, and was the Region V North Co-Offensive MVP.
Pickett graduated from the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith with a Bachelor of Science in English Literature with a Teacher Licensure.
Outside of coaching, Pickett enjoys teaching Pilates, health and wellness, and being involved in women's ministry.
Assistant Coach
casey_curran@pba.edu
Palm Beach Atlantic
Division 2
Palm Beach Atlantic volleyball coach Doug Walters has named Casey Curran as the programs new assistant coach in the spring of 2020. Curran joins the Sailfish after spending three seasons at West Alabama.
Curran started as a graduate assistant coach at UWA in 2017. During her tenure with the Tigers, Curran coached one AVCA All-American, three AVCA All-Region players, and five second-team All-GSC players. She helped guide UWA to its first NCAA DII tournament appearance and first GSC Championship match appearance in 2018. After two years as a graduate assistant at UWA, Curran transitioned to the full-time assistant coach for the 2019 season. She also gained coaching experience at the North Carolina Volleyball Academy where she designed the conditioning program for the 18 Diamond team and trained other NC Volleyball Academy setters.
As a player, Curran played two years at NCAA Division I North Carolina Central where she led the Eagles in kills and aces in 2016 and assists in 2015. She started her collegiate career at Iowa Western Community College where she helped lead the Reivers to two 40-plus win seasons, along with conference championships in 2013 and 2014.
Volunteer Coach
gene.krieger@cui.edu
Concordia (CA)
Division 2
https://cuieagles.com/news/2019/5/15/krieger-named-cui-beach-volleyball-head-coach-indoor-assistant.aspx
pkeola@fit.edu
Florida Institute of Tech
Division 2
PuaLehua Keola was hired as the assistant volleyball coach in April 2023.
Keola came to Florida Tech after serving as an assistant coach at Davis & Elkins since 2020.
Over her three years with the Senators, she helped lead Davis & Elkins to a .551 overall winning percentage and a 27-15 mark in conference play to earn three consecutive top-three finishes in the Mountain East Conference South Division.
Keola also served part-time as a Sports Information Director at Davis & Elkins from October 2021 to January 2022.
Prior to Davis & Elkins Keola served as the head coach for the Southern Colorado Precision Volleyball Club 17U and 14U.
A successful collegiate athlete herself, Keola was a five-year member of the CSU-Pueblo volleyball team. Keola finished her career with 430 digs, averaging 2.46 digs per set.
Keola, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, graduated from Colorado State University-Pueblo with a bachelor's degree in General Exercise Science and a minor in Coaching in May 2020. She graduated with her Masters in Coaching and Administration from Concordia University Irvine in May 2023.
Assistant Coach
kylie.bishopp@bobcats.gcsu.edu
Georgia College & State
Division 2
I recently graduated from Davidson College and am finishing my first year as the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Georgia College. This past season, we finished 2nd in the Peach Belt Conference and competed in the NCAA Southeast Region tournament, advancing to the round of 32 teams. I am passionate about mentoring players so that they can get the most out of their collegiate volleyball experience. Georgia College is a challenging academic institution, so I strive to help my players achieve success in the classroom just as much as I work to help them be successful on the court. I value hard work, dedication, communication, and positivity and believe that these values are key to building strong players and teams. I am looking forward to working the Southeast Academic Volleyball Showcase this summer!
mbouse@truman.edu
Truman State
Division 2
Assistant Coach
kshelstead@atu.edu
Arkansas Tech
Division 2
My name is Kennedy Shelstead and I am the assistant volleyball coach at Arkansas Tech University. I have been with the ATU Volleyball program for 3 years now as a Graduate Assistant my first 2 years and 1 as the Assistant Coach, GO SUNS! I Graduated from and played at Abilene Christian University as a Middle Blocker.
Head Coach
llondonlaw@washjeff.edu
Washington and Jefferson
Division 3
Lauren London-Law (Hiram '10) enters her fourth season as head volleyball coach at W&J in the fall of 2020.
During the 2019 season, senior libero Makenzie Coughlin was the 2019 NCAA statistical champion in digs per set (6.77) and set the program-single match record for digs (55) twice in the same week against Westminster and Saint Vincent. Coughlin earned All-PAC First Team laurels and finished second in program history in career digs (1,947).
In her second season leading the Presidents, the Red and Black finished with an 18-10 overall record and a 14-2 league mark in 2018. W&J qualified for the PAC Tournament for a fifth straight season, securing the No. 2 seed to advance to the Semifinals. Under London-Law's direction, five Presidents gained All-PAC honors, including PAC Player of the Year Madison Lydic. Lydic became the seventh overall and first W&J player since 2005 season to claim the league's top honor. Lydic was joined by Abbey Eich and Mallory O'Brien on the PAC's First Team.
London-Law guided the 2017 W&J volleyball team to a 14-11 overall record, including an 11-7 mark in the Presidents' Athletic Conference, and the PAC quarterfinals as the four-seed. She coached four student-athletes to All-PAC recognition in her first year, including Madison Lydic who earned First Team laurels, tied for the most All-PAC selections in a season in program history. London-Law was honored as an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 recipient following her first season at W&J.
London-Law also serves as the advisor to W&J's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and an advisor for Alpha Lambda Delta Society.
Before coming to W&J, London-Law served as the first full-time assistant coach at Carnegie Mellon University, she helped the Tartans to more than 100 wins (102-38) and a postseason appearance each season, including a pair of trips to the NCAA Division III Women's Volleyball Championship. In 2016, Carnegie Mellon achieved its highest ranking ever in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25, reaching No. 14, en route to a 25-8 season and NCAA Tournament appearance. Three student-athletes garnered All-America recognition for their performances in 2016.
During the 2015 campaign, CMU posted the second most wins in school history (29) and entered the national rankings for the first time since 2004. The Tartans also topped 20 wins in her first two seasons, posting 25 victories in 2013 and 23 in 2014.
London-Law was chosen to attend the NCAA Women Coaches Academy in 2014, which is a four-day educational training open to NCAA coaches of all experience levels that offers non-sport-specific program management strategies, with a special focus on philosophy development and building skills and knowledge about planning, communication, legal issues, ethics, hiring, supervising staff, conflict resolution, learning styles and achieving success.
At Carnegie Mellon, London-Law also served as an instructor in physical education, assistant to the director of intramurals and Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) staff liaison.
Prior to arriving at CMU, London-Law served one year as an assistant coach at Denison, helping the Big Red to their best season in 10 years by finishing 21-10.
London-Law is a 2010 magna cum laude graduate of Hiram (Ohio) where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a minor in history. She earned her master's degree in Public and International Affairs from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) in 2012.
While at Hiram, London-Law was a four-year letterwinner and senior captain for the Terriers. She was part of two NCAA Tournament teams and a member of the school's first-ever NCAC Tournament Championship squad in 2006. That same season, the team set a school record with 33 victories. In four years as a Terrier, the team compiled a 103-38 record with 51 wins in conference play. London-Law was a four-year member of the SAAC, serving as the SAAC president, vice president and secretary throughout her college career.
Assistant Coach
krsizemore@valdosta.edu
Valdosta State
Division 2
Kathryn Sizemore is going into her second year as a graduate assistant coach at Valdosta State University. Sizemore is originally from Asheville, North Carolina and moved to Valdosta in 2019.
Prior to VSU, Sizemore was an assistant coach for the volleyball team at T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville and has five years of experience coaching at the club level at Burke Elite Volleyball Club (2014-2018) and Xcel Volleyball Performance (2018-2019). Sizemore completed her four years of athletic eligibility as a member of the volleyball program at Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina. She graduated with a bachelors degree in Instructional Studies with focuses in Mathematics and Special Education. In her time at Lenoir-Rhyne, Sizemores team won the SAC conference tournament and advanced to the Sweet 16 of the National Tournament in 2015.
Assistant Coach
graham2003@gmail.com
Austin
Division 3
2016-Present
Assistant Volleyball Coach Austin College
Middles and Blocking Coach
Assistant Coach
etodd3@uco.edu
Central Oklahoma
Division 2
Joining the University of Central Oklahoma volleyball team in 2021 is Emily Todd, who will be the assistant coach and will also assist with recruiting.
Todd comes to Central Oklahoma from Henderson State. The former assistant coach spent three seasons there in the same role. She guided HSU to back-to-back 20-win seasons and one appearance in the GAC Championship.
Todd spent three seasons at Arkansas Tech prior to moving to Henderson State. Following a two-year standout playing career at ATU, Todd moved into coaching and helped the Golden Suns to a sensational 35-1 season. ATU went undefeated in the regular season and won the GAC Championship with its only loss coming in the national tournament.
As a player at Tech, Todd helped the squad win 54 matches in two years, winning two conference titles and earning two bids to the NCAA Tournament. She was a two-time All GAC selection and was also named the GACs Newcomer of the Year in 2013.
Todd also played for the University of Colorado Boulder and Navarro Junior College before finishing her career at Arkansas Tech.
Todd received her bachelors degree in Health & Physical Education and has a masters degree in College Student Personnel, both from Arkansas Tech.
Volunteer Assistant Coach
waterslynetta@yahoo.com
Fisk
NAIA
Assistant Coach
gbennett1@iit.edu
Illinois Tech
NAIA
Gabrielle (Gabby) Bennett is in her first season as Illinois Tech Assistant Womens Volleyball Coach in 2023-2024. She has spent the previous three years coaching at the club level at Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy and completed coaching her first high school season as the Junior Varsity Coach at Oak Lawn Community High School in 2022.
Prior to her coaching days, Bennett graduated from Wesleyan University, in Middletown, CT where she studied Psychology, Classics, and Education Studies. She was a starter for the Cardinals as a Middle Blocker and earned Conference Player of the Week honors in 2016. That year, she helped lead her team to their first NESCAC (New England Small Conference Athletic Conference) Tournament appearance in over 25 years, in 2017, their first NESCAC Tournament win in program history, in 2018 she accompanied the team on their first Regional Championship win and NCAA DIII Elite 8 appearance, and 2019 helped lead them to a Regional Tournament run. Throughout her career, she was a varsity starter and leader in both conference blocking and hitting percentage statistics.
Bennett grew up on the south side of Chicago, Illinois and attended St. Ignatius College Prep for High School where she played volleyball and was awarded Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 2015.
Head Coach
dustin.sahlmann@lyon.edu
Lyon
NAIA
Dustin Sahlmann is entering his second season as the Lyon College Head Volleyball Coach in 2021-22.
In his first year at the helm, Coach Sahlmann posted an 8-14 record and a sixth-place finish in the American Midwest Conference. The Scots made the AMC Tournament for the eighth consecutive season and three players earn All-AMC Honors. In year 2 Lyon 11-18 finishing 7th in the AMC. Lyon reached the AMC tourney for the 9th straight year and had 2 All AMC players.
Sahlmann comes to Lyon following four seasons as the head volleyball coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. During his time at UAPB, the Lady Lions won more conference matches in three years than any other coach in school history (26). Sahlmann led UAPB to its first wins over Jackson State and Alabama A&M in program history during his tenure. He coached 19 Southwest Athletic Conference Player of the Week recipients. Sahlmann also coached 2017 SWAC Newcomer of the Year, Lisa Casimie. In 2018, UAPB OH Kendalle Howard led the SWAC in kills per set, points and points per set. UAPB had a pair of all-conference selections that season. Sahlmann helped raise the team grade-point average from a 3.0 to a 3.775 during his time at UAPB.
Prior to his time at UAPB, Sahlmann spent one year as the assistant volleyball coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana Tech. Before his time at Louisiana Tech, Sahlmann served as the assistant volleyball coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of New Orleans until he was promoted to the interim head coach at UNO.
Sahlmann earned his first head coaching position at the collegiate level in 2011 at Philander Smith College. During his two-year tenure with PSC, Sahlmann had one player earn First-Team and another earn Second-Team All-Gulf Coast Athletic Conference honors. He was also played an integral role in helping PSC host the 2020 GCAC Tournament.
Sahlmann also spent time as the head volleyball coach of the Little Rock Juniors and at Pulaski Academy High School after beginning his coaching career as a student assistant at the University of Arkansas in 1994.
Head Coach
hkirby@brynmawr.edu
Bryn Mawr
Division 3
Hayley Kirby was announced as the 12th head coach in Owls volleyball's recorded history in the summer of 2020. Kirby arrived at Bryn Mawr after a tremendous two-year turnaround at Waynesburg, where she inherited a one-win program and helped build them to a nine-win team in just two seasons. While at Waynesburg, Kirby was responsible for all aspects of running the D-III women's program, while also serving as a coordinator of student-athlete academics and supervisor of the men's club volleyball team.
Prior to her time at Waynesburg, Kirby served as associate head coach at Earlham College for three years. Once again, her time there showcased the dramatic impact she has on her teams; after inheriting a four-win team, Kirby and head coach Lauren Horton ultimately built Earlham into a 15-win program and helped the Quakers collect conference victories for the first time in eight years.
Kirby also brought experience as a club coach, having served as club director or head coach at clubs such as Next Level Volleyball Academy, Plex Performance, and Kanawha Valley. She also worked summer camps at the University of Michigan, Northwestern University, and University of Texas.
Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Kirby competed as a student-athlete at West Virginia State University. She put together a very impressive playing career for the Yellow Jackets, becoming a four-year starter and two-year captain and earning Honorable Mention All-Mountain East during her senior year.
Assistant Coach
slkl.nelson@gmail.com
Augustana (IL)
Division 3
Augustana College
Assistant Varsity Coach
Head JV Coach
2021-present
Assistant Coach, Recruiting Coordinator
brianrosen@creighton.edu
Creighton
Division 1
Brian Rosen was named an assistant coach with the Creighton Volleyball program, head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth announced on Friday, Feb. 18. Rosen has spent the past three years as the head coach at Nova Southeastern, and last fall led the Sharks to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2009.
Although it is bittersweet to be moving on from such an amazing group of young women at NSU, I am so excited about this new opportunity that Coach Booth has provided me to join the Bluejay volleyball family, said Rosen. She has created a culture of winning and prioritizing family, which are both so important to me. I look forward to using my strengths and experience to build on all of the success Creighton Volleyball has experienced since Coach Booth and Angie arrived. My family and I cannot wait to be in Omaha!
Rosen arrived at Nova Southeastern in 2019 and guided the Sharks to a 20-13 record in his first season. His program won their final six contests to clinch Nova Southeasterns first 20-win campaign since 2008. NSUs 12 Sunshine State Conference wins were a program record, and a pair of student-athletes were named AVCA All-Americans. His team posted a 3.61 GPA to earn a second consecutive AVCA Team Academic award.
After the 2020 season was cancelled due to COVID-19, Rosens team stormed out of the gate with 13 straight victories to open the fall of 2021. The 19 straight victories (counting the end of 2019) were one of numerous school records set in the fall. NSU established program-best marks for Sunshine State Conference victories (16), and .800 winning percentage in SSC play, best overall winning percentage in the NCAA-era (.828) and most home wins (16).
The 2021 Nova Southeastern squad qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the first-time since 2009 and had three Sharks earn AVCA All-American Honors, AVCA All-Region awards, and All-Conference recognition. NSU finished 25-6 overall with a No. 19 year-end ranking in the AVCA poll. The Sharks were one of two teams to defeat eventual national champion Tampa, but the Spartans returned the favor to eliminate NSU in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament.
What Brian has done at Nova Southeastern, turning around that program, is remarkable, said Booth. He cares about his student-athletes, and I think hell connect really well, not only with our players but with recruits. When you look at our past hires for that position, three of the five have been former head coaches, so clearly, I like people that have been able to navigate their own program and bring new ideas to ours. Were excited for Brian to do that with us.
Rosen joined the NSU coaching staff after spending two years at Davidson College as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator. In his final year at Davidson, Rosen helped improve the Wildcats' hitting percentage by over .100. In addition to coaching for the Wildcats Rosen also served as the Carolina Juniors Club Director, where he coached seven consecutive teams to USAV National Championship bids.
Immediately before joining the Wildcats, Rosen served as the head coach at Providence (N.C.) High School, producing an undefeated regular season for conference and tournament titles, garnering 2016 Conference and South Charlotte Weekly Coach of the Year honors.
Prior to starting at Davidson, Rosen spent seven years (July 2009-May 2016) as the girl's head volleyball coach at Charlotte Country Day School. During his tenure, he coached the program to an overall record of 169-66, earning two state championship and conference championship titles in 2013 and 2014. After those two stellar seasons, he was named the Charlotte Observer Coach of the Year. In 2012 and 2013, he was named the South Charlotte News & South Charlotte Weekly Coach of the Year. In addition, he was honored with the AVCA Thirty Under 30 award in 2013; one of just two high school coaches to receive the honor.
Since the start of his coaching career in 2005, Rosen has also spent time as a volunteer assistant coach at Winthrop and served as the head coach of the men and women's club volleyball teams at the University of South Carolina.
Rosen earned his bachelor's degree in Sport and Entertainment Management, graduating cum laude from the University of South Carolina in 2008. He will be joined in Omaha by his wife Angelica and their daughters Bryce and Brady.
Head Coach
hamptond@uncw.edu
North Carolina-Wilmington
Division 1
UNCW is Hamptons third head coaching position following tenures at Niagara (2012) and South Carolina (2017-interim). She has served as an assistant coach on the staff at Coastal Carolina.
Hampton helped the Chanticleers compile a 24-6 record overall and 13-3 mark in the competitive Sun Belt Conference. The Chants finished first in the Eastern Division and came up just short to Texas State in the finals of the SBC Tournament.
Prior to joining the Coastal Carolina program, Hampton served as an assistant at South Carolina from 2014-17, finishing the 2017 season as interim head coach. In Hamptons four seasons in Columbia, the Gamecocks racked up 60 wins.
Hampton was previously the head coach at Niagara, piloting the Purple Eagles to a 15-14 record overall and 12-6 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2012.
Hampton served as an assistant coach at five schools. She served on the staffs at Indiana (2005-06), former CAA rival George Mason (2007-10), Pittsburgh (2011) and Butler (2013). In 2009, she helped George Mason post a 23-9 record, capture the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament championship secure and NCAA berth.
Hampton is a 1998 graduate of Purdue-Fort Wayne, where she was a three-time All-Great Lakes Valley Conference and two-time All-Region volleyball honoree. Hampton was an AVCA All-America selection as a senior.
Following her collegiate career, Hampton played four seasons professionally in Europe.
Head Coach
aak618@lehigh.edu
Lehigh
Division 1
Alexa Keckler enters her fifth year as the head coach of the Lehigh volleyball program in 2022.
At the helm of the program, Keckler has led Lehigh to the Patriot League Tournament with five players earning All-Patriot League honors including three Academic All-Patriot League selections.
In 2019, Keckler led the Mountain Hawks to their first Patriot League Tournament appearance since 2017. Under her guidance, senior Emily Poole and junior Hannah Wright earned Second Team All-Patriot League selections for the second consecutive season. For the second season in a row, senior Lauren Bright was named an Academic All-Patriot League honoree.
During her first season at the helm, Keckler led the Mountain Hawks to a 20-8 overall record and had the program's best start to a season at 11-1 entering Patriot League play. She has coached two Second Team All-Patriot League selections through her first year.
Hired in February 2018, she brings to Lehigh 13 years of collegiate head coaching experience, including the last eight seasons as the head coach at Muhlenberg College.
At Muhlenberg, Keckler's teams reflected her commitment to recruiting nationally, to high academic achievement, to community service, and to competitive consistency. In addition to team successes, Muhlenberg volleyball student-athletes earned All-America, All-Region and All-Centennial Conference recognition, as well as Academic All-America and All-District honors.
Competitively, Keckler compiled a record of 141-96 (.595) at Muhlenberg and owns an overall mark of 237-151 (.611) in her 13 seasons at the collegiate level. Prior to Muhlenberg, Keckler spent five seasons at fellow Centennial Conference member Gettysburg College, where she won a conference title and led the Bullets to five-straight postseason appearances.
Keckler ranks third in Centennial Conference history with 88 wins in conference matches and ranks fourth with seven wins in conference postseason matches. She accumulated 237 total wins during her time at Gettysburg and Muhlenberg, which ranks eighth in Centennial history.
Just three seasons after tying for last place in the Centennial Conference, Muhlenberg won 20 matches and advanced to the conference championship match for the first time in 12 years in 2013. The following season, Keckler led the Mules to the championship match again in a landmark season that saw the program win 25 matches, set the school record for the longest winning streak (13), receive votes in the national poll for the first time ever and crown its first All-American in 10 years.
Inheriting a young, rebuilding team in 2010, Keckler began her stint at Muhlenberg with a 6-21 record and capped off her tenure with a 24-6 campaign in 2017. In her final season, Keckler led the program to its highest-ever NCAA regional ranking (fifth) and once again had the Mules receiving votes in the national poll.
Prior to arriving at Muhlenberg in 2010, Keckler spent five years as head coach at Gettysburg, where she compiled a record of 96-55 (.636), including a record of 40-10 (.800) in Centennial play. The Bullets posted at least 18 wins in each of her five seasons and captured their league-best 11th Centennial Conference Championship in 2005. During Keckler's tenure, Gettysburg reached the conference championship match three times and advanced to the NCAA regional semifinals in 2005.
In her 13 seasons at Gettysburg and Muhlenberg, Keckler coached two All-Americans, two All-Region selections, 35 All-Centennial Conference selections, the 2013 Centennial Conference Rookie of the Year, a 2016 Centennial Conference Volleyball Scholar-Athlete Award recipient, two Academic All-Centennial selections, three CoSIDA academic All-District selections and two CoSIDA Academic All-America selections.
Prior to entering the college coaching ranks, Keckler piloted her alma mater of Smithsburg (Md.) High School to an 18-2 record in 2002 and guided Littlestown (Pa.) High School to an 18-5 mark and a district playoff appearance in 2004. In between those assignments, she served as head coach of the Tri-State FCA Volleyball Club's 15-and-under girls team, leading that squad to a 49-25 record in 2003-04.
An all-region most valuable player and junior college All-American at Hagerstown Community College, Keckler earned her associate's degree in 1998 before graduating from Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University with a bachelor's degree in sports and exercise science in 2000. She was a two-year letter winner with the TNU volleyball program, earning TranSouth Athletic Conference academic honors both seasons.
She acquired a master's degree in human performance from Frostburg State University in 2002 and also has CAP 2 coaching certification from USA Volleyball. In addition to her coaching duties, she has served as the director of the Mid-Maryland Volleyball Camp since 1996.
Keckler and her husband, Moravian University men's basketball head coach Darryl Keckler, have three daughters, Olivia, Camryn and Mallory, and a son, Maddox.
Assistant Coach
jonferrari2@gmail.com
Colorado State
Division 1
sethomas@eiu.edu
Eastern Illinois
Division 1
Head Coach
adamsry@lafayette.edu
Lafayette
Division 1
Entering his third season at the head of the Leopards volleyball program for the fall 2021 season, Adams was introduced as the second full-time head coach in Lafayette College volleyball program history on Feb. 2, 2019.
In his first year on College Hill, he led the Leopards to the most wins the program had seen in 10 years, leading the Maroon and White to a 13-19 overall record.
In a shortened 2021 spring season, he led the Maroon and White to a 2-5 season, including a weekend sweep of crosstown rival Lehigh. He also coached outside hitter Leanna Deegan to the programs first Patriot League First-Team selection since 2006.
Adams came to College Hill after a pair of stints as an assistant at Bucknell from 2014-16 and in 2018. In his first two years in Lewisburg, the Bison ranked up 21 combined wins, including 13 Patriot League victories and were on the doorstep of the conference tournament berth in 2015. He played a large role in the programs first winning season in nine years.
A 2009 graduate of Cal State Northridge, Adams was named an Academic All-American while earning his degree in urban studies and planning. He began coaching in 2012 when he became a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Idaho and served as an academic coordinator for the athletic department.
After his first stop with Bucknell, he spent one season on the William & Mary coaching staff, while also serving as the head coach of the Williamsburg Volleyball Club 18 National team. Eleven players from that squad went on to play in college, including five at the Division I level.
In 2017, Adams served as the assistant coach at Princess Anne High School in Virginia. He helped guide the Cavaliers to a 27-4 record and a runner-up finish in the Virginia State Tournament. Along with his assistant coach duties, Adams was the head coach of East Coast Volleyball Club 16 Travel which went 31-16 under his guidance and ranked second in the Old Dominion Region.
Assistant Coach
amugler@murraystate.edu
Murray State (KY)
Division 1
At Murray State
2020 is her second season as MSU assistant coachIn 2019, assisted in coaching the Racers to a 19-11 overall record including 12-4 in the OVCIn 2019, assisted in coaching of AVCA All-American and OVC Player of the Year Rachel Giustino
Before Murray State
Spent nine years as head coach of Toledo Volleyball Club from January 2010 until 2019Assistant volleyball coach at St. Ursula Academy in 2018Assistant volleyball coach at Owen's Community College from July 2009 to December 2011Business Director at Toledo Volleyball Club from January 2010 to February 2012
Playing Career
Played four years at Murray State under head coach David SchwepkerAccumulated 1,104 kills (9th all-time) and 1,699 digs (6th all-time), one of just eight Racers in the 1,000/1,000 clubRacked up 174 assists, 126 blocks and 75 service aces in her career as well2005 OVC All-Newcomer Team selection2008 OVC All-Tournament Team selection2007-08 OVC Commissioner's Honor RollGraduate of St. Ursula Academy in Ohio and won the state championship in 2004First-Team All-City, All-District, and All-State in 2004 was inducted into school's Hall of Fame in 2018
Assistant Coach
mhmarcum@sewanee.edu
University of the South
Division 3
Mary Marcum enters her first season with the Sewanee volleyball program.
Head Sewanee volleyball coach Nancy Mueller-Culver has announced the addition of Mary Marcum to he coaching staff.
Prior to her arrival on the Domain, Marcum served as a volunteer assistant coach for King University in Bristol, Tenn. for the 2018 season. At the NCAA Division II institution, she was responsible for practice planning and execution, film breakdown, game planning and organizing travel plans. On the court, she led service receptions, defensive schemes and individual setting techniques.
Before she began her coaching career at the collegiate level, she served as a varsity assistant coach with North Oldham High School in Louisville, Ky. She was also the head coach of the junior varsity squad during the 2017 season.
In club volleyball, Marcum works with A5 Chattanooga and has previously worked with Kingsport Volleyball Club, Union Volleyball Club, Kentucky-Indiana Volleyball Club and the Orlando Volleyball Academy.
Coaching volleyball since 2011, Marcum graduated from the University of Central Florida in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice.
Marcum lives in Chattanooga with her husband Justin, and their two dogs Panda and Chloe.
Assistant Coach
thares@umw.edu
Mary Washington
Division 3
Tenley Hares is the assistant coach at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA. After graduating from UMW with a Bachelors in Biology in May 2021, she joined the coaching staff at UMW. She just completed her first season with the Eagles who went 19-12 and advanced to the Coast to Coast Conference Tournament semifinals. She currently coaches club at CORE VA Volleyball Club.
Assistant Coach
anabel.bustamante@tamiu.edu
Texas A&M-Int'l
Division 2
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