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Richard Gomes Jr. joined the Providence College women's volleyball program as an assistant coach and will embark on his first full season with the program in the Fall of 2019. He spent the 2018 season as head coach of the women's volleyball program at Bridgewater State.
Gomes also served as an assistant coach for five seasons at Brown University and eight seasons as the head boys volleyball coach at his high school alma mater, Greater New Bedford Regional Voc. Tech. He was also a volunteer assistant coach for the mens club programs at the University of Rhode Island (2013-2018) and the Community College of Rhode Island (2012-2013).
Gomes, who received a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Recording Arts from New England Institute of Technology in 2014, coached the top 18U team at Blast Volleyball Club from 2012 to 2015 and has served as the head coach for the Coastal Boys team at the Bay State Games since 2011.
A native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Gomes is a 2002 graduate of Greater New Bedford where he earned Boston Globe Player of the Year honors in 2002, after helping lead the Bears to a South Sectional title.
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.
Treibit joined the Red Storm volleyball program prior to the 2000 season. He is responsible for game day preparations and assisting with recruiting efforts. Treibit also serves as an on-court technician and assists with the program's film coordination.
Treibit has many years of experience coaching men's national teams in Holland (Interim Head Coach, Associate Head Coach) and Israel (Head Coach) as well as women's national teams in the United States (Assistant Coach) and Puerto Rico (Head Coach).
In the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, he was instrumental in the Dutch Men's National Team earning a Silver Medal. In the same year, the Dutch squad reached the finals of the World League - the highest level of men's volleyball in the world. As an assistant coach for the U.S. women's national team, he helped the Americans, who earned the world's top ranking that year, qualify for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Russia. Four years later, Treibit was a member of the coaching staff that guided the U.S. team to a Silver Medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif.
Treibit's leadership and guidance led to three of his former players becoming national team coaches themselves for England, France and Israel. Treibit is also a former head coach of the men's volleyball team at Rutgers University-Newark. Over his four-year tenure with Rutgers, the Scarlet Raiders had a winning percentage of .883 (128-17), appeared in two NCAA Division I national semifinals and won the Eastern Collegiate championship in 1977 and 1980. Treibit was also named the Eastern Collegiate Division I Coach of the Year in 1980. In April 2006, Treibit was inducted into the Rutgers Hall of Fame.
Also a respected official, Treibit has refereed over 250 international matches. Those appointments included serving as the head official at the U.S. Olympic Festival in Los Angeles in 1991, and the head official at the 1994 World Military Championship in San Diego. He was also selected as an official for the Special Olympics World Summer Games in 1995, 1999 and 2003. The games featured over 7,000 participants from all over the world in a variety of events. Treibit's officiating is so well respected that he received the 2009 Wilbur H. Peck Referee Emeritus award, which was presented to him at USA Volleyball's Boyce Banquet.
From 2002-08, Treibit coached the New York City women's volleyball team to five straight gold medals (2004-08) and two silver medals (2002-03) at the Empire State Games. Interestingly, Treibit is the only person in the United States to coach and officiate at the Finals for both the U.S. Open and the NCAA. He's also the only person in the world to earn the highest international title in officiating and an Olympic medal as a coach. In 2011, Treibit was inducted into the USSR Veterans Hall of Fame - which is reserved for top athletes, coaches and media members of USSR descent.
In 2000, Treibit coached the World All-Star Team in footvolley - a 4 v. 4 competition played on a beach volleyball court using all parts of the body but the hands - against the Brazilian team in San Paolo, Brazil.
Member of St.J University VB Coaching Staff - 2018 Big East Coaching Staff of the Year
Treibit earned dual master's degrees in electrical engineering and sports and physical education while in the USSR. He is also fluent in five languages (English, Russian, Romanian, French and Spanish). Treibit currently resides in Flushing, N.Y., with his wife, Tatiana. His youngest son, Ronald, is a student at St. John's University, Pharmacy D and his eldest son, Alexander, graduated from Cornell University in 2005.
Michael Hobson enters his second year as the Director of Volleyball Operations in 2019. He was hired to Tony Graystone's staff in the spring of 2018.
Hobson, a graduate of Penn State and Northwest Missouri State, most recently served as an assistant coach at Bucknell University. In two seasons with the Bison, he coached offensive schemes and was directly involved with scouting reports, video, statistical data and recruiting. Additionally, he handled the team's travel, fundraisers and other logistics. With Hobson's help, the Bison improved their win total by nine matches in 2017.
A native of Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania, Hobson has also gained international experience with the USA Men's National Sitting Volleyball team. Specializing in blocking and serve reception, he helped in preparation for the 2016 Paralympic games in Rio and later traveled to Montreal and Hangzhou, China, where the team earned a silver medal and eight-place finish, respectively.
Statistics have been a specialty for Hobson, who began his coaching career as a technical director for the Penn State men's team in 2013. He spent two seasons with the Nittany Lions, who earned two straight trips to the NCAA Final Four. In addition to his statistical and video expertise using Data Volley and Data Video software, Hobson helped with the coordination and running of practices, as well as scouting reports for upcoming opponents. Hobson also prepared scouting reports and video analysis before each game.
"Michael has a very impressive background and is going to be an important part of Red Raider Volleyball," Graystone said. "His experience and expertise, particularly on the analytical side, is going to let us utilize this role much differently than we have in the past. As a coaching staff, we are really looking forward to taking advantage of Michael and incorporating him with game planning and stat analysis. Michael is definitely going to make our program better, and we're excited for him to get started."
After graduating from Penn State in 2015, he spent one season as a graduate assistant coach at Northwest Missouri State from 2015-16, where he earned a Master of Science in Applied Health/Sports Sciences. Coaching middle and pin hitters both offensively and defensively, the Bearcats posted a winning record and had four players named to the All-MIAA Team, the program's most since 1985. In addition to his coaching and recruiting duties, Hobson specialized in video and statistical analysis for the team.
Maggie Scott was named to head coach Kayla Banwarth's inaugural staff on January 21, 2020.
A four-year starter and two-time captain at Oregon, Scott exited Eugene as one of just four players in program history with over 3,000 career assists, finishing with 3,369. She guided the Ducks to four consecutive postseason appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
A three-time Pac 12 All-Academic Team selection and an All-Pac 12 Honorable Mention All-Freshman Team honoree, Scott arrives in Oxford after spending the 2019 season as an assistant coach at La Salle University in Philadelphia, where she headed the teams offense, floor defense, and recruiting.
Under her tutelage, the Explorers Katie Wood was tabbed A-10 Setter of the Year for the second-straight season, a first for the program. Wood was also named First Team All-Atlantic 10 and garnered the programs first-ever AVCA All-Region honor.
Scott guided a total of five Explorers to league plaudits, including freshman libero Rachel Hess, as La Salle took home a conference-high eight end-of-season awards. Under Scott's guidance, the Explorers posted an opponent hitting percentage of .204, their lowest mark in 12 seasons, and earned the programs first-ever postseason berth, playing in the NIVC.
Prior to her time in Philly, the St. Louis native joined Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne, England for the 2018-19 year. She played for the school's volleyball team while earning her Master's Degree and serving as an intern with the school's strength and conditioning staff.
Scott's twin sister, Jackie, also played collegiately and is in her third season as an assistant coach at Villanova.
The University of Pennsylvania's head volleyball coach, Iain Braddak, has announced Christina (Ludwick) Kremer as his new assistant coach. Kremer joins Penn after two years as the head coach at MidAmerica Nazarene University, an NAIA school located in Olathe, Kan.
"I am thrilled to welcome Christina to the staff and to our program," said Braddak, who completed his first season at the Quakers' helm in 2018. "She is driven and enthusiastic, and has an unmatched work ethic that will help Penn Volleyball succeed. I am confident Christina will connect with our current players, alumni, and recruits, as well as the rest of the University of Pennsylvania community."
Under Kremer, MNU finished the 2017 season ranked No. 25 in the nation in the NAIA. Kremer coached five Pioneers student-athletes to all-conference honors and two more to AVCA All-American honors. At MidAmerica Nazarene, she implemented the first junior varsity program in addition to the current varsity program. The Pioneers were named a NAIA scholar team in 2017.
Prior to her tenure at MidAmerica Nazarene, Kremer was the head coach at St. Thomas University, an NAIA school in Miami Gardens, Fla. for the 2016 season. The Bobcats went 25-7 that season, the program's most wins in more than ten years. She also took the program to its highest national ranking in the NAIA since 2002 (No. 21), second place in the Sun Conference regular-season standings, and a runner-up finish at the 2016 Sun Conference Tournament.
Kremer began her college head coaching at Central Christian College in 2013, inheriting an NAIA program that finished 1-26 in 2012. She turned the program around, taking the 2014 team to its first appearance in the MCAC Conference Playoffs. She then set a school record for wins and took the program to its first appearance in the NCCAA Division I Regional Tournament in 2015.
Since 2017 Kremer has been a member of the National Tournament Committee with NAIA volleyball, where she has helped direct the NAIA National Volleyball tournament in Sioux City, Iowa. She has also been a member of the NAIA Head Coach Committee.
As a player, Kremer was a four-year starter and a three-year captain for Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, Mass., where she earned multiple NCAA All-Academic and All-Conference Academic honors, while also serving as the President of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee.
A New Hampshire native, Kremer graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Sports Management from Eastern Nazarene. She also holds a Master's degree in Sport Administration from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.
Andrew Kroger, who spent three seasons as an assistant volleyball coach at Villanova, is in his fourth season as an assistant coach at La Salle in 2016.
Kroger helped the program achieve a nine game improvement in the win column in his first season on campus. Kroger helped Ashley Felton record 54 block assists in 2014 which was the most in a season for La Salle since 2007.
In his second season at 20th and Olney, Kroger saw Jensen Sharrits recognized on the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team, the fourth to be recognized for All-Rookie in team history and saw the team honored with the AVCA Team Academic Award for squads who maintained a 3.30 cumulative average.
"Having Andrew join our staff is a great win for the La Salle volleyball program," head coach Caitlin Rimgaila said. "He brings a wealth of knowledge and prior Division I experience to our gym. Andrew has a great passion for the game and a tremendous technical knowledge of the sport. I look forward to working with him to bring La Salle volleyball into a new era of success."
Kroger worked with the middle blockers at Villanova and was also responsible for video analysis and tape exchange, as well as event management, team planning and statistics.
"I feel incredibly fortunate and I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work alongside Coach Rimgaila at La Salle," Kroger said. "I look forward to being a part of the La Salle community and helping the volleyball program grow in competitiveness in the Atlantic 10 and nationally."
During the 2012 season Kroger helped to coach a young Wildcats team which received excellent performances from its middle blockers. Freshman Gabby Pethokoukis led the team in blocks and averaged over one block per set while ranking among the BIG EAST leaders in total blocks.
Prior to arriving at Villanova, Kroger was an assistant coach at Sycamore High School in Cincinnati and also coached at the Team Z Volleyball Club, where he was head coach for the 15 Navy and 15 Orange squads.
Kroger is a 2011 graduate of Xavier, where he was the president of the men's club volleyball team and also played on the squad for three years.
Angel was promoted to head coach for Rhode Island in July of 2021. Angel Agu joined the Rhode Island volleyball staff as an assistant coach in March of 2020. Agu came to Rhody after having spent the previous two seasons at Wisconsin, where she helped lead the Badgers to the 2019 NCAA Division I National Championship match.
In addition to serving as a volunteer assistant coach for the Wisconsin team that advanced to this past season's national title game after winning the 2019 Big Ten championship, Agu also helped guide the Badgers to the Elite 8 in 2018. During her two years in Madison, the Badgers collected eight AVCA All-America awards while combining to go 52-14 with a 33-7 record in Big Ten play. Additionally, during that two-year span Wisconsin picked up 19 wins over nationally ranked teams and was 7-3 against top-5 programs.
Agu began her collegiate coaching career in the Atlantic 10, serving as a graduate assistant coach at La Salle. There, she helped lead the Explorers to the program's best single-season winning percentage in conference play since joining the A-10.
As a player, Agu had a successful five-year career at perennial A-10 power Dayton from 2011-15. The 6-2 middle blocker was a two-year team captain and four-time Atlantic 10 champion with the Flyers. She helped guide the team to four appearances in the NCAA tournament, where they advanced to the second round three times.
Annie DeLoid joined the Stevens Institute of Technology volleyball program as an assistant coach in March 2019.
DeLoid spent two seasons as a Graduate Assistant at Averett University in Danville, Virginia. At Averett, DeLoid helped coach two AVCA All-Americans, two COSIDA Academic All-Americans, one USA South Player of the year, seven all-conference selections and one vaSID Player of the Year.
A native of Plymouth, Massachusetts, DeLoid played four seasons at Division III Framingham State University. She finished her career with three Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference championships, including back-to-back MASCAC Tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in her final two seasons with the Rams.
DeLoid's additional coaching experience includes two years one season the junior varsity coach and assistant varsity coach at Westwood High School in 2016. She also served as a head coach at Southern Alliance Volleyball Club from 2012-2017 as well as Pura Vida Volleyball Club from 2017-2019.
DeLoid earned her bachelor's degree in business administration from Framingham State in 2016. She is currently pursuing her master's in business administration from Averett.
Former volleyball standout Mary Kate Salko '01 returned to Franklin & Marshall College in the fall of 2003 as the 10th head coach in Diplomats' volleyball history and has had a dramatic impact on the program.
In 17 seasons, she has amassed 326 victories, passing Steve Coulson, who had 251 wins over a span of 12 seasons, on the programs all-time list with a 3-0 shutout of Scranton on Sept. 7, 2016. Salko is the only Centennial Conference (CC) coach to earn all 300 career wins in the CC era, notching her milestone with a 3-2 victory over Gettysburg on Oct. 10, 2018.
Salko has guided the Diplomats to 15 winning seasons in her tenure, including three Centennial Conference (CC) regular-season titles (2012, 2013, 2018) as well as the 2010 and 2014 CC Championship - the fifth and sixth in school history.
Following another historic campaign in 2018, Salko was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year for the first time in her career and earned Centennial Coach of the Year for the second time. The Diplomats earned the program's ninth NCAA Tournament berth, ending the season with a 23-8 overall record and a perfect 10-0 mark in Centennial Conference (CC) action.
The Diplomats became the first No. 5 seed to ever win the CC Tournament in 2014, taking down Muhlenberg with a 3-2 win. With a 24-6 overall record in 2013, F&M captured the most victories under the direction of Salko and the highest total since 2002. The Diplomats went undefeated in the Centennial Conference at 10-0 on the way to their second straight regular-season crown.
Under Salko, the Diplomats have recorded 20 or more victories eight times and have had six All-Americans come through the program, in 2006 CC Player of the Year Margot Phelan (2006), Nicole Morano (2009), two-time CC Player of the Year Julie Harvey (2011, 2013) Ellie Ezekiel (2014), 2018 CC Player of the Year Grace Maggiore (2018, 2019) and Allison Franke (2018, 2019)
Salko was inducted into the F&M Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. A three-time All-CC setter (1999, 2000-First Team, 1998-Second Team), she completed her career as the all-time leader in assists (4,062) and is the only player ranked in the top 10 in career kills, digs, service aces, blocks, and assists.
A 1998-2000 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Mid-Atlantic Region Player, she averaged 10.19 assists per game to lead the Diplomats to a school-record 34-6 mark, a perfect 10-0 conference record, the Centennial Conference Tournament title and a "Sweet 16" finish in the NCAA Division III Volleyball Tournament as a senior.
During her playing career, she led F&M to the 1999 and 2000 Centennial Conference Championships and four consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament appearances while recording a 120-32 record from 1997-2000, the best four-year mark in program history.
Co-captain of the Diplomats in 2000, Salko holds school assists records for a game (23, vs. Roberts Wesleyan, 10/27/00), a season (1309 in 1999), a career (4012) a four-game match (63, vs. Pomona-Pitzer, 9/15/00) and a five-game match (75, vs. Grove City, 10/3/98). Her 4012 career assists rank sixth in Centennial Conference history.
A native of Wayne, Pa., Salko graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in the spring of 2001 with a degree in Business Administration.
Alma Mater: Ramapo College 11 (Master's in Sports Business, NYU '22)
Seasons as Head Coach: 5 (including 2022-23)
Record at NYU: 107-33 (.764)
Postseason Appearances: 4 (2 NCAA, 2 ECAC)
NCAA Tournament: 2021 (Regional Finalist), 2022 (Final Four)
UAA Championships: 1 (2021)
ECAC Championships: 2 (2018, 2019)
Andrew Brown was hired as head coach of the New York University womens volleyball team in January 2018. His teams have posted a .764 winning percentage and have made postseason appearances each season.
The 2022-23 season was monumental for Brown as the Violets posted a 29-7 record and NYU advanced to the NCAA Tournament Final Four for the first time since 2004. Brown captured his 100th win as the Violets head coach against Montclair State University on October 5.
The Violets were ranked #4 in the final poll of the season released by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA), while Brown and his student-athletes received numerous awards from AVCA, the University Athletic Association (UAA) and the College Sports Communicators (CSC). Brown was named AVCA Region 4 Coach of the year, while AVCA All-American honors were awarded to three Violets: Haley Holz (First Team), Lindsey Hirano (Second Team) and Leela Anvekar (Third Team). Holz and Hirano were also named All-UAA First Team, while Anvekar and Gabriella Spaethling were named Second Team.
As a team, the Violets finished second in NCAA Division III in total assists (1,629), third in total kills (1,759), sixth in total attacks (4,838), 10th in total blocks (251.0), 15th in total digs (2,179), and 16th in hitting percentage (.237).
The success didnt stop on the court as 14 team members received UAA All-Academic honors and Holz was named CSC Academic All-American Second Team.
The 2021-22 season was one of the most outstanding in team annals, as the Violets went 28-2, won their first-ever UAA Championship, earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, and advanced to the Hoboken Regional final.
The campaign, which ended with a #11 national ranking from AVCA, saw Brown and his student-athletes receive numerous awards. NYU earned UAA Coaching Staff of the Year honors and Brown was named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Coach of the Year. Abby Ausmus was selected UAA Most Valuable Player, Holz and Spaethling received First Team All-UAA accolades, while Hirano was selected ECAC Division III Rookie of the Year and UAA Freshman of the Year. Ausmus and Holz both received All-ECAC honors, while AVCA All-American accolades were also bestowed upon the foursome: Ausmus (First Team), Holz (Second Team), Spaethling and Hirano (Honorable Mention).
As a team, the Violets finished 5th in NCAA Division III in winning percentage (.933) and hitting percentage (.272), 11th in blocks per set (2.22), 12th in assists per set (12.53), 14th in total blocks (231), and 20th in kills per set (13.3) and opponent hitting percentage (.102).
The Violets were also successful off the court in 21-22, as 13 team members earned UAA All-Academic honors and both Lauren Robinson and Jessie Tsang received the prestigious Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award. NYU also made the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award Honor Roll, achieved by the top 20% of team GPAs in Division III.
Browns first two seasons at NYU resulted in back-to-back ECAC Division III Tournament Championships.
NYU did not compete during the 2020-21 season due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, 10 team members earned UAA All-Academic honors and the Violets received the AVCA All-Academic Team Award (Honor Roll).
In 2019, Brown guided the Violets to a 28-8 record, the teams most victories since 2013. The teams success included titles at the Kean Invitational and the New York Region Challenge as NYU led all of NCAA Division III with 2.57 blocks per set.
Individually, several NYU players were recognized for their on-court accomplishments in 2019. Holz was selected AVCA All-New York Region Freshman of the Year and All-AVCA Honorable Mention. Ausmus was named AVCA All-New York Region and AVCA All-American Honorable Mention, while both received All-UAA Honorable Mention and ECAC All-Tournament honors. Nicole Dao was selected ECAC Championship Most Valuable Player, while both Jacqueline Kupeli and Gretchen Kincade received All-UAA Honorable Mention.
The Violets were also celebrated for their classroom work that season, receiving the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award while 10 student-athletes earned UAA All-Academic accolades.
In his first season, Brown led the Violets to a 22-16 overall record. NYU earned a postseason berth and won all four matches en route to capturing the ECAC Championship.
Many of Browns players earned accolades in 2018. Ausmus was selected ECAC Rookie of the Month (October), ECAC Championship Most Valuable Player and Second Team All-UAA. Ausmus, along with Kupeli and Maddie DeJong, were also named to the ECAC Championship All-Tournament Team while Nazzarine Waldon was selected Honorable Mention All-UAA. Kincade was selected the Knights Invitational Most Valuable Player, while Waldon was named to the NY Region Challenge All-Tournament Team.
Browns student-athletes also fared well off the court as nine earned UAA All-Academic honors. The squad also received the AVCA Team Academic Award.
Prior to arriving at NYU, Brown served as the womens head coach at Union College, where his teams produced a 66-38 record and posted second- and third-place finishes in the Liberty League. During that span, two of his players earned AVCA Honorable Mention All-America accolades.
Brown also served as the womens head coach at NCAA Division I Saint Peters University from 2012-15, guiding the Peacocks to a top-10 team grade-point average in all of Division I women's volleyball.
A 2011 graduate of Ramapo College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication arts, Brown was an outside hitter for the Roadrunners volleyball team for two seasons. As a senior, he finished with 196 kills as Ramapo earned its sixth-straight berth in the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) Conference Tournament and made an appearance in the ECAC Metro Championship.
Brown also served as an assistant coach for the men's volleyball team at his alma mater for three seasons (2012-15). He helped guide the squads to three straight Skyline Conference tournaments and back-to-back finals appearances in 2014 and 2015.
He went on to earn a Master's in Sports Business from NYU in 2022.
Browns other coaching stints include Head USA Womens Volleyball Coach at the Maccabiah Games in Israel (Summer 2017) and Varsity Boys and Girls Head Coach at Montclair High School (2010-15).
A native of Montclair, NJ, and a Brooklyn resident, Brown has also held various positions at numerous volleyball camps.
Brown's Year-By-Year Records (at NYU)
2018 22-16 2-5 (UAA)
2019 28-8 3-4 (UAA)
2020 ---- ---- (NYU did not compete due to Covid-19)
2021 28-2 6-1 (UAA)
2022 29-7 6-1 (UAA)
TOTALS 107-33 17-11
Brown's Year-By-Year Records (at Union College)
2015 29-6 9-3 (Liberty League)
2016 25-11 9-4 (Liberty League)
2017 12-21 1-6 (Liberty League)
TOTALS 66-38 18-13
Overall Record: 173-71 (.709)
Davis, Woosters career wins leader enters her 14th season at the helm of the Fights Scots program. In 2019 she earned her 200th Wooster victory and mentored 1st year Hayley Nash to 1st team All-Conference honors. Davis has five top-three finishes in the NCAC to her credit, highlighted by vaulting into second-place in the conference standings in 2008, which marked the Fighting Scots highest finish since 1985 and resulted in NCAC Coach-of-the-Year honors. Additionally, Wooster has three 20-win seasons during her tenure, with a high mark of 22-10 coming in 2011. Davis has coached an AVCA third-team All-American (Ali Drushal in 2008), a first-team Academic All-American® (Kelley Johnson in 2012), an NCAA Div. III statistical champion (Zoe Zwegat in blocks in 2013), and 16 other different all-conference players. Off the court, Davis fosters an atmosphere focused on academics and service. The Scots have earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award 11 of her 13 years, the most of any NCAC school during that stretch, and the team annually participates together in a significant service project.
Davis came to the area following a three-year stint as the assistant at the University of Wis.-La Crosse. There, she helped guide the Eagles to a 75-24 mark (.758), highlighted by advancing to the quarterfinals of the 2004 NCAA Div. III Championships and a final ranking of No. 9 in the AVCA poll that year. Prior to that, Davis spent two seasons in the NCAC as a member of the staff at Earlham College, first as an assistant coach during 2002 and then as interim head coach of the Quakers for the 2003 campaign. Additionally, Davis was the head coach of an Athletes in Action volleyball team that toured Latin America in June 2003. A native of Gilbert, Iowa, the former Sarah Edwards was a multi-sport athlete at Luther College, earning eight varsity letters in volleyball, softball, and indoor track & field. She was a right-side hitter and defensive specialist on the volleyball team. Academically, she holds a bachelors degree in communications from Luther (2000) and a masters degree in exercise sports science from Wis.-LaCrosse (2006). She resides in Wooster with her husband, three daughters and one son.
Katie is entering her second year as the assistant coach at Oberlin College. She works mostly with defense and serve receive as well as with the pin hitters. Before Oberlin, she was the JV head coach and assistant varsity coach at Padua Franciscan High School. She also coaches club volleyball at Cleveland Volleyball Company (CVC) and has worked with the 14s and 18s age groups.
Katie was a 4 year started at division 1 Colgate University as an outside and libero.
Jenn McMonagle is finishing her second year as the head women's volleyball coach at Dickinson College. McMonagle came to Carlisle after serving as the head coach of both mens and womens volleyball at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pa. Prior to her arrival at Wilson, McMonagle was on the staff at Gettysburg College where she helped guide the volleyball team to its first 20-win campaign in 11 years.
Originally from Hanover, McMonagle returned to south-central Pennsylvania following a one-year stint as the assistant coach at Union College in Barbourville, Ky. McMonagle helped the Bulldogs post a 34-11 overall record and win the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) regular-season and tournament championships. Union advanced to the NAIA National Championship and became the first AAC school to win a match after going 2-2 at the event.
Prior to arriving at Union, McMonagle served as head c-team coach and assistant varsity coach at Kings High School in Seattle, Wash., while completing her masters degree at the University of Washington. She led the c-team to a conference title and helped the varsity team finish fifth in the state tournament.
McMonagle played and coached at Penn State Mont Alto. As a player, she was a two-time All-Penn State University Athletic Conference (PSUAC) First-team selection and was named the conferences Setter of the Year in 2009. McMonagle was named United States Collegiate Athletic Association All-America Honorable Mention and Academic All-America in 2009. She was also recognized with the John S. Egli Scholar-Athlete Award as a player.
After receiving her bachelors degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn States main campus in 2012, McMonagle returned to Mont Alto to coach the mens and womens volleyball teams for three years. After going 8-14 in her debut season with the women, she led the Lions to a 37-14 mark in her final two campaigns. She coached four USCAA Academic All-Americans, five All-PSUAC First-team players, and one PSUAC Newcomer of the Year.
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.
Coach Massey is currently the Head Coach at the University of Puget Sound, and has produced over 20 All-American athletes, and 13 "Top-20" ranked teams. He was recognized in 1992 as the Asics/Volleyball Monthly NCAA-II "National Coach of the Year." His 1992 Cal State LA team advanced to the NCAA-II Final Four; three of his Puget Sound teams have advanced to the NCAA "Elite 8" Championship.
Massey holds a B.S. degree from Furman University (Greenville, SC) in Biology/Physical Education, a Master's degree from Ithaca College (Ithaca, NY), and is at the ABD stage of a Doctorate in Education at Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY), specializing in Sport Psychology. Massey is also a noted speaker at coach education workshops on topics ranging from high-speed offense, to video feedback techniques, to Motor Learning applications in the gym. He was a featured speaker on "Swing Attack" at the 1999 NCAA Volleyball National Convention in Hawaii. He conducted a "How to Teach the Swing Attack" drill session at the 2001 AVCA National Convention in San Diego. More recently, he has presented at the Convention on "Skills Without Drills," as well as "Video Feedback Toaster - Pop in a Player, Pop Out a Performer."
His outstanding collegiate coaching career includes Cal State Los Angeles ('89-'95), Northeastern University (Boston, '84-'89), Winthrop University (Rock Hill, South Carolina, '83), and Syracuse University (New York, '80-'82). He is ranked #5 among the "NCAA Top 20 Winningest Coaches All-Time) in NCAA D-III.
Kelli Trautmann completed her 8th season as the head coach of the University of Dallas volleyball team. She joined the Crusaders in 2017.
Hired in May, 2016, NCAA Division III Allegheny College located in Meadville, Pennsylvania. Trautmann was brought on as an assistant but served as the acting head coach once 30-year head coach Bridget Sheehan took a leave of absence for the 2016 season due to medical reasons.
Prior to that, Trautmann was the assistant volleyball coach at NAIA Williams Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. The team went 22-15 and 9-3 in the American Midwest Conference (AMC) when she was an assistant in 2015.
During the 2014-15 school year, she worked at NCAA DIII Millsaps College. While with the Majors, Trautmann served as an assistant coach for volleyball and was the assistant for the Track and Field team. The volleyball team in 2014 rolled to a 22-6 record and 11-3 in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA). The Majors led all of NCAA DIII in digs per set at 22.32.
Before assisting at Millsaps, Trautmann was the head volleyball, assistant junior varsity basketball, and head throws coach for track & field at Waterford Union High School in Wisconsin.
Prior to coaching, Trautmann starred for both the volleyball and track & field teams at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Her career-high 36 digs in a match ranked fifth highest in program history, and she claimed Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Sportsmanship honors in 2010 and WIAC All-Defensive Team accolades in 2011. The Warhawks won a regular-season WIAC title, a pair of WIAC Tournament crowns, and advanced to four NCAA Tournaments during her career.
Trautmann earned her Masters of Education in Athletic/Activities Administration at William Woods University in June 2017.
In May 2013, Trautmann graduated from UW-Whitewater with a Bachelor of Science in Education, Physical Education, Emphasis on Health, Human Performance and Recreation with an Athletic Coaching Minor.
Shanna Trone was named as the head coach for Agnes Scott volleyball on July 15, 2019.
Trone came to Agnes Scott following a four-season stint as the head coach at Talladega College in Alabama.
"I am absolutely thrilled and thankful for the opportunity to work in the athletic department and to steer the volleyball program at Agnes Scott College," said Trone in her introductory email. "I look forward to connecting and developing with the student-athletes, as well as learning the Scottie way!"
"Shanna brings and adds great value to the ASC Athletics program. Her years of coaching experience and leadership skills, combined with her evident passion for the total development of our student-athletes is in alignment with our DIII philosophy and the Agnes Scott's mission of educating our students to 'think deeply, live honorably, and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their times," stated Karen Goff, vice president for student affairs and dean of students.
"She understands that the student-athlete experience is more than what happens on the court and is fully invested in cultivating an inclusive environment where our Scotties can lead and thrive both on and off the court," added Goff.
Trone sported a 56-71 mark in four seasons for the Tornadoes, which included a program-best 21-13 record during the 2016 fall season. Talladega racked up a perfect 10-0 record on its home court that season and made a run to the GCAC championship before falling two points short of a trip to the NAIA national tournament in a five-set loss to Xavier University of Louisiana.
Several Tornadoes saw career bests under Trone's direction, with players earning conference MVP, Attacker of the Year and multiple all-conference honors during her four seasons.
Prior to her time at Talladega, Trone served as the head coach at the Altamont School in Birmingham, Alabama, where her teams made the super regionals in all three seasons.
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Jerome Fraisse was announced as the Wolverines' assistant coach on May 24. Fraisse comes to Ann Arbor, Michigan by way of Grenoble, France, where he spent three years playing for the Grenoble Volleyball Club ProB as both an outside hitter and middle blocker.
He specializes in setting and he works with the setters to better the offense.
Following his playing years, Fraisse began coaching with the L'ES Meylan Volleyball Club in Meylan, France, where he served as both an assistant women's coach and a head women's coach. He then spent seven years with the L'Arago Sète Volleyball club and served in various roles including Director of Beach Volleyball, Women's Head Coach, Men's Head Coach, Development Center Manager, and Men's Assistant Coach for ProA, the top professional French league.
Jerome Fraisse also worked with the Volleyball Romans Club (Romans, France) and the L'Asul Lyon Volleyball Club where he was French ProB Champions and trained 5 Olympians (Lyon, France) before serving as the GVUC Head Men's Coach in Grenoble, France.
In addition to his professional coaching experience, Fraisse has aso worked with the French Boys U20 National Team as well as a girl's U17 club team in Ottawa, Canada. His most recent coaching position was at Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest in Ottawa.
Fraisse has a master-level degree in Sport Sciences with a focus in education and motor skills from Université Joseph Fourier (Grenoble, France).
Mahoney trains the Big Reds defensive specialists in addition to working on team passing and team defensive schemes. Prior to the 2015 season, Mahoney was promoted to the top assistant position and in her first year she helped develop sophomore Chelsea Sincox in her first season as the teams libero. Sincox finished the campaign ranked sixth in the Ivy League with 4.0 digs per set and her 364 digs on the year ranked 12th in Cornell history for digs in a single season. Mahoney also helped develop freshman Natalie Danenhuer as the teams primary defensive specialist. The rookie finished the year ranked second on the team with 2.93 digs per set, a mark that jumped to 3.48 in Ivy League action. Mahoney was instrumental in helping libero Natasha Rowland 15 to become Cornells first-ever Ivy League Defensive Player Of The Year, earning the programs first major Ivy award in volleyball since Liz Bishop '06 was named Player of the Year in 2006. Rowlands finished the 2014 season ranked first in the Ivy League and sixth in the nation with 5.67 digs per set, a mark that was also good for second place in Cornell history for digs per set in a single season. She was also a second-team All-Ivy honoree after recording double-digit digs in every single match in 2014 and finishing the campaign with the fourth most digs in Cornell history. In her first season with the Big Red, Mahoney helped Rowland to the first All-Ivy accolade of her career, as the junior libero finished the season ranked second in the conference and 33rd in the nation with 5.06 digs per set. With her 506 digs on the season, Rowland finished 2013 ranked third overall in Cornell history for digs in a single season, a mark that was also good enough for 18th overall in Ivy League history. A two-time Academic All-Big 12 selection, Mahoney played for the Cyclones from 2008-11, helping the team to three NCAA tournament appearances, including a berth to the Sweet Sixteen and a pair of trips to the Elite Eight. She left Iowa State as the 12th-most active player in program history, seeing action in 413 sets and 120 matches, serving as the teams defensive specialist/Libero. Mahoney graduated from ISU in 2012 with a degree in marketing before embarking on a professional volleyball career both in the United States and overseas. She played in Innsbruck, Austria for the club VC Tirol, serving as team captain. Mahoney also played two seasons with Team Iowa Ice, which was coached by Cornell head coach Trudy Vande Berg. Team Iowa Ice won the Premier Volleyball League title in 2013, after a runner-up finish the previous season. A native of Omaha, Neb., Mahoney attended Marian High School, where she earned all-metro and all-state first-team honors. She graduated as the Nebraska state record holder for service aces in a match, in a season, and in a career.Caitlin Mahoney
Olivia Lathrop was named an assistant volleyball coach in March of 2018. Lathrop spent the last two years as a graduate assistant at DeSales University.
While in Center Valley, Lathrop assisted with practice planning, team management, travel arrangements and recruiting. Lathrop helped lead the 2017 team to an undefeated conference record for the first time in a decade and was part of the staff that coached both the 2016 and 2017 teams to the MAC Freedom Conference Championship.
Lathrop started her collegiate volleyball career at Southern Connecticut State (2012-14) before transferring to Western New England University (2014-16). While at WNE, she was captain, all-conference, academic all-conference and a Student Athletic Advisory Committee member.
She graduated summa cum laude in 2016 with a degree in sport management and a minor in athletic coaching. Lathrop was pursuing a masters in business administration while at DeSales.
Richard Gomes Jr. joined the Providence College women's volleyball program as an assistant coach and will embark on his first full season with the program in the Fall of 2019. He spent the 2018 season as head coach of the women's volleyball program at Bridgewater State.
Gomes also served as an assistant coach for five seasons at Brown University and eight seasons as the head boys volleyball coach at his high school alma mater, Greater New Bedford Regional Voc. Tech. He was also a volunteer assistant coach for the mens club programs at the University of Rhode Island (2013-2018) and the Community College of Rhode Island (2012-2013).
Gomes, who received a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Recording Arts from New England Institute of Technology in 2014, coached the top 18U team at Blast Volleyball Club from 2012 to 2015 and has served as the head coach for the Coastal Boys team at the Bay State Games since 2011.
A native of New Bedford, Massachusetts, Gomes is a 2002 graduate of Greater New Bedford where he earned Boston Globe Player of the Year honors in 2002, after helping lead the Bears to a South Sectional title.
UIC volleyball head coach Justin Ingram announced the addition of Lauren Van Orden as an assistant coach on March 21, 2019. Van Orden brings a wealth of knowledge from an accomplished collegiate career, as well as valuable coaching experience at both the collegiate and club levels.
Van Orden spent four years (2014-17) as an assistant in nearby Rogers Park, helping Loyola to a 20-win season in 2015, their first since 2004. In 2016, the Ramblers secured nine wins in Missouri Valley Conference play, their most since joining the league.
Seven players were awarded All-MVC honors under Van Orden's tutelage, including Morgan Reardon, the first player in Loyola program history to earn First Team All-MVC recognition. The Ramblers also experienced success in the classroom with Van Orden on staff, earning a NCAA Public Recognition Award in 2016 for having an Academic Progress Rate (APR) score in the top-10 percent of its sport.
In 2013, Van Orden got her start in coaching with a one-year stint as a volunteer assistant at Colorado State, where she guided the Rams to a 28-2 record.
At the club level, Van Orden most recently coached at the Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy and Wildcat Juniors, and has also spent time on staff at 1st Alliance/City Lions, SportsShack, Formula One Volleyball Club, Bridge Volleyball Club and Club Pacific Volleyball.
Van Orden boasts an incredibly successful collegiate career that started with two years at San Diego State and was capped off with a 2011 national championship in her senior season at UCLA. During her two years as a Bruin, Van Orden led the team to a 52-15 record, making 61 starts as the team's setter and captain.
Van Orden departed UCLA with 2,593 career assists, a mark that ranks eighth all-time in Bruin history. The setter was an All-American Honorable Mention, and was also a member of the 2011 All-NCAA Tournament Team.
After her collegiate success, Van Orden took her talents overseas, spending seven months with VC Kanti in Switzerland before finishing her tour abroad with two months of competition in Puerto Rico.
The Aurora, Colo. native was the Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year and a prep volleyball All-American at Grandview High School before starting her collegiate career.
Coaches at Chicago State University and is in her second season.
Coached 14 White at Baltimore Elite Volleyball Club 2017-2018
Played at Coppin State University as a Middle Blocker/ Right Side Attacker 2016-2017.
During her senior season she had a game high of 9 kills and 12 blocks against Norfolk State.
Played 91 sets and started 25 of 28 matches played.
Totaled 127.0 points, 94 kills, 15 solo blocks, 33 assisted blocks, 4 assists, and 4 service aces for the season... Ave Second team leader in blocks with 44.0
All-Academic Team MEAC conference 2016 and 2017
Athlete of the year at Coppin State University 2017
Unsung Hero 2016
Valiyah transferred from the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff after her sophomore seasonNamed the All-Academic SWAC Team in 2015 and 2016
The 2014 graduate lettered three years on varsity squads participating in the sports of volleyball, track & field and cheerleadingIn volleyball, she was named Freshman Player of the Year in 2010, named to First Team all-Conference in 2013 & 2014, and led team to Conference Championship as captain in 2014.
Haley Bilbruck joins the Panthers after completing her college career at Southeast Missouri State University. She will serve as the Graduate Assistant Coach with the Panthers this Fall taking part in coaching, scout breakdown and camp.
Bilbruck was an impact player at Southeast Missouri State University from 2017-19, playing in 220 sets in 61 matches in her two years with the Redhawks. She was ranked top five in almost every statistical category with the Redhawks. Bilbruck became the first player in Southeast to attend the USA Women's National Team Volleyball try-out in Colorado Springs, CO. To finish her career she added her name to the Second-Team All-Ohio Valley Conference Team.
Before Southeast Bilbruck attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2014-2016) where she played in six matches and seven sets. She recorded a high of three kills, one dig and five blocks following her red-shirt season with the Rebels in 2014.
Bilbruck was most recently coaching club volleyball for Pursuit Volleyball Academy, leading her team to success both years she was apart of the program. Prior to that, she spent two years with Summerlin Volleyball Academy where she also found great success.
In high school, Bilbruck was a three-year varsity letter winner at Hot Springs High School in Hot Springs, SD. While there, she broke the high school single-match blocking record with 15 solo blocks and was back-to-back district champions. Throughout her high school career Bilbruck earned honors of First Team All-Conference as well as being named the Most Valuable Offensive Player her senior season.
Previous Western Illinois University Assistant Coach, will be the Graduate Assistant come Fall of 2019. Throughout the Spring of 2019 I volunteered and helped out with the team and preparation for the upcoming season.
At University of Wisconsin- Whitewater, Wagner was a two-time AVCA All-American, two-time first team AVCA All-Midwest Region selection and made two appearances on the WIAC Conference first team. As a junior in 2016, she led the WIAC in blocks and ranked seventh in NCAA division lll with 145. As a senior, she ranked 15th in NCAA Division lll in total blocks with 118 and 26th in blocks per set, knocking down 1.07 per set.
She finished her career ranked third in the WIAC in hitting percentage (.287), fifth in points with 400 and sixth in kills (328 total kills/2.98 per set). Wagner wrapped up her time at Whitewater ranked sixth in program history with 415 total blocks, 14th in hitting percentage, 17th in kills with 972 and 21st in matches with double-figure kills (38).
Dan O'Keefe joined the Wright State volleyball staff during the summer of 2018. He was on the staff at the University of Dayton for the 2017 campaign after graduating from Saint Xavier University.
In his first season with the Raiders, O'Keefe coached three Horizon League All-Conference players during the program's most successful season in recent history. The Raiders qualified for the Horizon League tournament for the first time in a decade, posted the best record in 15 years (15-14), and earned their first win over a Power 5 opponent since 2006.
O'Keefe coached six Atlantic 10 All-Conference players during his time at Dayton, including the Setter of the Year (Jane Emmenecker) and Player of the Year (Amber Erhahon). Senior middle blocker Amber Erhahon was also named a member of the AVCA Honorable Mention All-America Team after finishing the 2017 season ranked fourth nationally with a .422 hitting percentage and 54th nationally with 1.22 blocks per set. Her .413 career hitting percentage is a Dayton program record. The Flyers finished the 2017 season with an overall record of 23-8, with a conference record of 13-1.
O'Keefe was an active coach in the club, high school, and local volleyball community in Chicago from 2014-2017 and continues to coach club at Elevation Volleyball Club in Ohio. In 2018, the Elevation 16 O'Keefe team earned a bronze medal at the USAV Junior Olympics in the national division. During his time at Michio Chicago Volleyball Academy, he helped lead the Michio 17 National Team to a fifth-place finish at the USAV Girls Junior National Championship (17 Open) in 2015, followed by a ninth place finish at AAUs (16 Open) with the Michio 16 National Team in 2016.
O'Keefe served as the Junior Varsity Girl's Volleyball Head Coach at St. Ignatius College Preparatory High School in 2016, after a successful season as the head coach of the freshman team in 2015. During his time with the Wolfpack, O'Keefe tallied a 41-17 (.707) record.
Additionally, O'Keefe has been a camp and clinic coach for Elite Volleyball Program on the south side of Chicago since 2014. He has worked dozens of camps and clinics with Elite, from fundamental camps for grade school athletes to high level high school clinics with some of the best coaches in the area.
O'Keefe, a native of Chicago, was a 2016 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Second Team and All-Academic Team selection at Saint Xavier. He was also a two-time SXU Student-Athlete Gold Medal winner.
Assistant Volleyball Coach at Bowling Green State University. Originally from Davidson, North Carolina and played at Wingate University from 2010-2014. All-American setter and four-time NCAA Region Champion. Bachelors degree in Psyhology and a Masters degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration.
Luke Young begins his eighth season with the SIUE volleyball program and was named the associate head coach in June 2017.
Young serves as Offensive Coordinator for the Cougars and primarily trains the setters and middles. In 2018, the Cougars lead the OVC in Kills per set and Assists per set. Senior setter Sami Knight was named to the 14 person Preseason All-OVC team, sophomore outside Rachel McDonald was named First Team All-OVC, and red-shirt sophomore middle blocker Hope Everett garnered OVC Freshman of the Year honors.
During the 2017 season, SIUE accomplished a second straight runner-up finish in the OVC, while also earning an RPI of 92 and an automatic bid into the National Invitational Volleyball Championship behind a 23 win season, the most in the Division I era. Senior middle Taylor Joens was named First Team All-OVC while senior outside Ashley Witt earned Second Team All-OVC honors.
In 2016, SIUE leaped to the forefront of the OVC, earning an RPI of 100 while advancing to the OVC Tournament Championship match for the second time. In 2016, he was part of the coaching staff that earned Ohio Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors while recording 22 wins, the most in the Division I era at that time. Junior middle Taylor Joens was named First Team All-OVC while junior outside Jackie Scott and senior setter Mallory Mangun were named Second Team All-OVC. During the post-season, junior libero Katie Shashack and Mangun were named to the 7 person OVC All-Tournament team.
Young's primary focus has been on the Cougar offense with SIUE posting Division I bests in kills per set, assists per set and attack percentage.
SIUE's defense was stellar, ranking sixth nationally in opponent hitting percentage (.148) and 18th in digs per set (17.40). SIUE also was among the top 100 nationally in team digs, blocks per set, total blocks, and team attacks per set.
The SIUE volleyball program has been at the front of the line for academics, posting better than a 3.5 grade point average over each of the last four semesters, including an SIUE Athletics department-leading 3.638 during the fall of 2015 and a 3.643 during the spring of 2016.
Three honorees - Taylor Joens, Jackie Scott and Mallory Mangun - were named to the 2016 All-OVC team. SIUE boasted two 2016 All-OVC Tournament members in Mangun and Katie Shashack.
Young helped develop SIUE's first player to ever playing professional indoors. Kristen Torre, of Highland, signed a professional contract with Prowin Volleys in Germany becoming the first Cougar to play professionally indoors. Torre, a two-time All-OVC middle hitter in 2014 and 2015, was discovered by the German team on an international tour in Croatia playing for Team BIP.
The 2014 season was a busy one for the Cougars that included a road victory over Southeastern Conference power Mississippi State. Cori Harris was named an OVC Scholar-Athlete, the most prestigious award handed out by the league. Senior Chelsea Colclasure also broke the school record for career digs and finished among the top five among active players in digs. Colclasure also was the first player in school history to record 500 or more digs in four straight seasons.
A former volunteer assistant coach for SIUE, Young has had coaching stops at Washington University, Lindenwood University and Graceland University.
Serving as the interim head coach at Washington University in 2013, Young guided the Bears to a 27-8 record, including an appearance in the second round of the NCAA Division III Volleyball Championships. That team featured Caroline DuPont, the AVCA Division III National Freshman of the Year and first team All-American.
While at Washington University, his teams includes two All-Americans, two All-Region performers, five All-Conference players, and one Academic All-Region honoree.
Before his time at Washington University, Young spent the previous six seasons at Lindenwood, where he assisted both the men's and women's volleyball programs. The Lady Lions compiled 141 wins, two appearances in the NAIA National Invitational Tournament and three conference championships.
Young also helped lead the Lindenwood men's program to 146 victories, including an NAIA national championship in 2009, a Final Four appearance in 2011, four National Invitational Tournament appearances and three conference titles. Young helped both programs make the transition to NCAA Division II competition in 2012.
He helped foster both academic and athletic success while at Lindenwood, producing six NAIA All-Americans, 21 All-Conference selections, six NAIA Scholar-Athletes and two Lindenwood Scholar-Athlete of the Year honorees.
Before joining Lindenwood's staff, Young spent time at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa, as a student assistant coach. Prior to joining the collegiate ranks as a coach, Young coached high school volleyball at Cornerstone Christian Academy in Sycamore, Illinois, and Holt High School in Wentzville, Missouri. Young led the Cornerstone Royals to the 2006 ACS Illinois State Championships.
Young received his bachelor of arts in visual communications and studio art from Graceland in 2004. During his undergraduate days at Graceland, Young was a member of the volleyball and track and field programs. Young continued his education at Northern Illinois University, where he earned his master's of fine arts degree in studio art.
Jake Bluhm is the first assistant coach at Delaware State University. He has more than 17 years of collegiate and club volleyball coaching experience, along with 24 years of competition at various levels.
Prior to joining the Hornets, he served as assistant womens volleyball coach at NCAA Div. I Fordham University in New York during the 2018 season.
From 2014 to 2017, Bluhm was head womens volleyball coach at Div. III Plattsburgh State (N.Y.).
His coaching career also includes a three-year stint as head mens and womens volleyball coach at Div. III SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica, N.Y.
Bluhms tenure as SUNY Techs womens coach was highlighted by a 29-5 overall record and North Eastern Athletic Conference regular season championship in 2013. He was named NEAC Coach-of-the-Year and nominated for New York Region Coach-of-the-Year that season, which also featured a 24-match win streak.
Bluhm posted an overall record of 62-39 as SUNY Techs head womens volleyball coach
His tenure as the schools mens volleyball coach was highlighted by the NEAC championship, conference Coach-of-the-Year award and a school-record 19 wins in 2014.
From 2008 to 2010, Bluhm was assistant womens volleyball coach at SUNY Cortland. The team posted an 89-31 overall record and secured a NCAA Tournament berth, while four players earned All-America Honorable Mention during the tenure.
Bluhm received a bachelors in Physical Education from SUNY Cortland in 2004 and a masters in Health Education from the school in 2011.
I am Tamara Merseli, and I am going to be Graduate Assistant for University of Louisiana at Monroe volleyball program.
Head Citadel volleyball coach Dave Zelenock has announced the hiring of Michelle Cole as the Bulldogs new assistant coach. Cole, who comes to Charleston after spending the last two seasons at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, will focus on working with the Bulldogs outside hitters and defense.
Michelle is a great addition to the program and we are very lucky to have her, Zelenock said. She compliments my style of coaching very well and it has been a great atmosphere in the gym and office to have that balance on staff. Her impact has already been felt on our defense and passing as both have shown great improvement this spring. Her energy and enthusiasm for The Citadel is obvious to everyone who comes in contact with her and we are excited to continue to work towards the 2018 season.
I am excited to be a part of the future of Citadel volleyball. This is a very special place to coach and our cadet-athletes have an incredible work ethic, Cole said. Even in the short time I have had with the team, they have managed to inspire me with their resiliency. I am grateful that Dave has given me the opportunity to help facilitate his vision for this program.
Cole spent the 2016 and 2017 seasons with the Islanders indoor and beach teams. She helped guide the indoor team to the Southland Conference regular-season and tournament titles in 2016, earning a berth in the NCAA Tournament. While in Corpus Christi, Cole coached up Brittany Gilpin as she switched positions from middle blocker to outside hitter, earning first-team All-Region and All-Southland Conference honors. Gilpin was also named the Southland Conference Player of the Year and the TAMUCC Female Student-Athlete of the Year. Cole also coached libero Kate Klepetka, the 2016 Southland Conference Libero of the Year and All-Southland Conference first-team selection.
Prior to her time in Corpus Christi, Cole served as the assistant coach at the University of South Dakota for two seasons. While in Vermillion, Cole focused on the scouting and recruiting of student-athletes for both the indoor and beach volleyball programs. On the court, Cole spent the majority of her time coaching the Coyotes defense.
Prior to joining the staff at USD, Cole spent the 2013 season at Division II Azusa Pacific University. During her season at Azusa Pacific, she helped the Cougars to a 2013 National Christian Colleges Athletic Association championship match appearance. Before the stint at Azusa Pacific, Cole spent two years at Occidental College in Eagle Rock, Calif., where she served as the assistant coach in 2005 and head coach in 2006. Cole went on to become the club director and coach of The Elite Volleyball Club in Chatsworth, Calif., from 2009-13.
A 2001 graduate of Texas A&M, Cole was a four-year starter with the Aggies. In her senior season, Cole earned first-team All-Big 12 honors as well as All-Region honors. Cole helped the Aggies to a pair of Elite Eight appearances during her four seasons.
Kim Falkenhagen was hired as the Head Volleyball Coach at Lawrence University on February 25, 2019. She brings with her over 18 years collegiate coaching and recruiting experience and 12 years collegiate administration experience. She made the move to Lawrence from Northland College (Ashland, WI), where she was the Athletic Director and Head Volleyball Coach for 6 years.
Falkenhagen has also had coaching stints at Eastern New Mexico University (HC), Bemidji State University (HC), Northern Michigan University (AC), and West Texas A&M (AC). During her tenure she has had the privilege to coach 4 NCAA All-Americans, and over 30 All Conference Players. She has also been the NCAA tournament 6 times (4 times as a coach and 2 times as a player).
Falkenhagen played volleyball for Northern Michigan University, which won the national title in 1994 and were runner-up in 1995. For the 1995 tournament she was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team after posting a hitting percentage of .867, which still stands as a NCAA Division II tournament record. Falkenhagen was also named to the NCAA All- tournament team, the GLIAC all-region teams, the AVCA all-region team, and the GLIAC all-conference teams during her career. She began her collegiate playing career at Weber State University (1992-93). Along with her 1995 teammates, Falkenhagen was inducted into the Northern Michigan University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.
Rosanna Sguerra recently wrapped up her second season as Denison's assistant volleyball coach in 2018.
Over the last two seasons, Sguerra has helped the Big Red go 25-29 overall while advancing to the NCAC Tournament semifinals in 2017. She has also helped produce three All-NCAC selections, including the 2018 NCAC Newcomer of the Year, Payton McElfresh.
Sguerra comes to Denison from Otterbein University, where she spent the 2016 season as a graduate assistant volleyball coach for the Cardinals. In her lone year at Otterbein, the Cardinals went 16-14 on the season and earned a berth in the Ohio Athletic Conference tournament.
Before her time at Otterbein, Sguerra spent two years as an assistant varsity coach for the Columbus School for the Girls volleyball program. Sguerra has also spent the last seven years with Advancement Academy Volleyball Club out of Westerville, where she has coached and mentored different volleyball programs during practices, clinics, and game preparations.
As a native of Columbus, Sguerra earned her bachelor's degree in Spanish with a minor in nutrition from The Ohio State University in 2013. While at Ohio State, Sguerra was a four-year member of the women's volleyball club team. She served as club president and team captain during her senior campaign, in which her squad finished in second at the NCVF National Championships.
She is a graduate of the NCAA Women's Coaches Academy class #43 and the 2019 NCAA Emerging Leaders Seminar.
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.
Caitlin Staib joined the Benedictine University women's volleyball program as an assistant coach in 2013.
Staib brings a wealth of knowledge to the program. She was a Naperville Central High School standout, leading the 2005 team to the Class AA State Championship with a record of 39-4. She was a two-time All-Conference player and was named the Chicago Sun Times Third Team All-Area.
Staib earned a volleyball scholarship to Bradley University where she graduated in 2012 with a degree in Special Education. As a junior she was one of three players to play and start in all 32 matches and was ranked second team on the team for kills in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). As a senior she reached double figures five separate times, tallying 13 kills all five times. She finished her career ranked 37th on Bradley's career kill list with 489.
While at Bradley she was a member of the Braves Council, the student-athlete advisory committee, and was on the Bradley Athletic Director's Honor Roll five times.
Staib currently lives in Westmont and is an 8th grade special education teacher in Riverside District 96.
Pat Barry joined the Prairie Fire staff as the head volleyball coach in December of 2018. He comes to Knox after a stint as an assistant coach at The University of Louisiana. He has experience at the club volleyball level and played collegiately at Carthage College.
Barry was an All-American at Carthage and competed in the NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship in 2012. He is top-10 in Carthage history in kills (844), points (988), digs per set (3.32), and points per set (3.89). He also holds the school season record for kills per set (4.27).
Barry has previous experience coaching at the Division III level at Dominican University. He also had stops as a volunteer coach with Division I schools Loyola University and Northwestern University. Barry has five years of experience at the club level, including two years as a Program Director for Division1 Volleyball Club in the Chicago area.
Barry is a 2015 graduate of Carthage College, where he earned his bachelor of arts in Broad Field Social Science. He double minored in Secondary Education and Womens and Gender Studies.
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.
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