Bailey Williams

Director of Operations

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Rutgers (New Brunswick)

Division 1

Bailey Williams is in her first season at Rutgers serving as the Director of Volleyball Operations. 

Williams comes "To The Banks" after spending the last two seasons at George Washington. She joined the Colonials staff as the team's director of operations before serving as an assistant coach this past fall. 

While at George Washington, Williams was a recipient of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Diversity Award. She participated in a series of educational, developmental and relationship-building experiences in conjunction with the annual AVCA convention and remains a member of the alumni group that continues education and mentoring. She was the only recipient of the award in the Atlantic 10 and one of 26 sponsored award recipients nationally.  

Prior to joining the coaching ranks, Williams played at George Mason leading the Patriots to their first Atlantic 10 postseason appearance in 2018. During her career, she tallied 961 kills, 970 digs, 129 total blocks and 85 service aces and earned A-10 Second Team All-Conference. She was nominated as NCAA Woman of the Year and named the team's Most Valuable Player. 

Williams graduated from George Mason in 2020 with a degree in communications with a concentration in media production and criticism and minor in sport communication in 2020. She is currently working towards her master's in sports management. 

Jason Kennedy

Head Coach

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Boston College

Division 1

Jason Kennedy is in his fifth year as head coach of the Boston College volleyball program, arriving at The Heights in January of 2018. Through his first four seasons, Kennedy became the fastest coach in program history to 50 wins with a 3-1 victory over Fordham on September 11, 2021.  In 2021, the Eagles captured their first postseason victory with a 3-0 win in the first round of the NIVC.  Kennedy led the Eagles to 20 wins in 2019 - its most in program history - highlighted by a 5-0 start to Atlantic Coast Conference play and breaking a program record with 11 ACC victories in a single season.  Amaka Chukwujekwu earned All-ACC honors in 2019 and 2020 becoming the first Eagle to earn conference honors since 2015. In his first four seasons, Kennedy has led the team to 3 seasons of .500 or better volleyball.  In 2018 in his first season, Kennedy achieved that mark for just the first time since 2003.  

Boston College made its second postseason appearance in three years in 2021; earning hosting position for the first two rounds of the NIVC. The Eagles hosted postseason play for the first time in program history. BC finished the year 17-17 overall; its third year at or above .500 in Kennedy's first four years.

The 2019 Eagles went 20-12 overall and 11-7 in the ACC; picking up a big to the NIVC. BC claimed five road wins in the league, beginning conference play with wins at Clemson and Georgia Tech.

In his first season at the helm of the Eagles' program, Kennedy led the team to a 15-15 overall record, headlined by a program-best 9-0 opening run.

Kennedy comes to Boston College after spending the previous three seasons as a member of the USC womens volleyball staff, the last two as the teams associate head coach. Over the past three seasons at USC, the womens volleyball program compiled a record of 75-25 and made three appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
 
In his final season on staff at USC, Kennedy and the Women of Troy advanced to the NCAA regional final. It marked the programs 27th consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and the 35th all-time. In 2015, Kennedy helped guide the Women of Troy to the 2015 NCAA regional final while playing a key role in the recruitment and development of AVCA National Player of the Year Samantha Bricio.
 
For four seasons, from 2011-15, Kennedy served as the technical director for both the mens and womens volleyball programs at USC. In that role, Kennedy was responsible for the preparation of all team scouting reports and game plans and in-game strategy. He also oversaw video analysis, exchange, and distribution for both programs.
 
In 2011 with Kennedy as technical director, the Women of Troy reached the 2011 NCAA national semifinals, and made appearances in back-to-back regional championship matches in 2012 and 2013. He was also part of the staff for the Trojans mens squad that advanced to the NCAA Championship match in 2011.
 
Kennedy was a scout coach with the 2012 U.S. Olympic Beach Volleyball mens and womens programs in London, where he created scouting reports for all opponents while responsible for all video analysis and breakdown. In 2013 and 2015, he served a similar role on the FIVB World Tour.
 
Away from the college ranks, Kennedy served as the highly successful head coach of the Club Troy 17s squad that captured the bronze medal at the 2014 Junior National Championships and led Los Altos High School to four consecutive California Interscholastic Federation playoff appearances from 2007-10. 
 
A native of Honolulu, Kennedy has a strong Jesuit educational background. He was the setter and team captain at Santa Clara from 2004-07, where he received bachelors degrees in biology and psychology. In 2009, Kennedy earned his master's degree in sport management from the University of San Francisco.   

Chanel Davis

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Cornell

Division 1

Coaching Experience

Assistant Coach, Cornell University (2024-Present)
Head Coach, Winston-Salem University University (2019-2024)
Head Coach, Wesleyan College (2017-2019)
 Assistant Coach and Interim Head Coach, West Virginia Wesleyan College (2016-17)

Playing Experience

University of West Alabama (2011-12)

Education

B.S., University of West Alabama (2012)

At Cornell

Chanel Davis joined the Big Red in June of 2024 after spending the previous five seasons at Winston-Salem State University.

Prior to Cornell

Davis joined Winston-Salem State's athletics staff in the fall of 2019. In her first season with the Rams, she led the team to a 17-10 overall record, a 13-4 record in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) play, and a fourth-place finish in the CIAA Southern Division. The team led the CIAA in total blocks (172) with freshman Niyonna McIntyre leading the conference with 77 total blocks (22 solo). In her four seasons of action, Davis developed seven all-conference players including first-team honors with Ytae Cobb in 2019 and Raven Gray in 2023. 

Davis served as the head coach at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia before joining Winston-Salem. She began her coaching career at West Virginia Wesleyan College where she spent time both as an assistant coach and as an interim head coach. She also served as the head coach of the Cape Fear Volleyball Club and the head coach of the Tsunami Volleyball Club in Atlanta, Ga.

Playing Career

She is a graduate of the University of West Alabama where she played for two seasons and had a great career. During her junior season, she broke the school record for attack percentage in a single match (.750). She earned All-Gulf South Conference honors twice and she finished her career with 558 kills and 175 total blocks. She began her collegiate playing career at NCAA Division I Kennesaw State where she played for two seasons.

Shannon Hunt

Assistant Coach

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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.  

Michael Hobson

Coach

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Texas Tech

Division 1

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.

Alesha Wilson

Assistant Coach

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Dartmouth

Division 1

Alesha Wilson was hired as an assistant volleyball coach in May of 2021.


Wilson completed her graduate assistant position at the University of Dallas in 2021. During her time there, the Crusaders went 40-46 overall with two fourth place finishes in the conference, making it to the post-season each year.

She also coached for one season as an undergraduate assistant at her alma mater, North Carolina State in 2015, helping the Wolfpack go 16-16 that fall.

Wilson graduated from North Carolina State in 2014 and was a four-year member of the Wolfpack volleyball team. As a sophomore, she was second on the team in total blocks and fourth in total attacks, helping the team make its first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1987.

Wilson went on to earn her Bachelor of Science in chemical and biomolecular engineering with a Spanish minor in 2016 and her Master of Leadership in 2021.

Aaron Hastings

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Belmont

Division 1

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Peter Maniscalco

Assistant Volunteer Coach

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Loyola-Chicago (IL)

Division 1

Peter Maniscalco is in his first season as a volunteer assistant with the Loyola womens volleyball program. He joins Amanda Berkleys staff in Rogers Park after serving as an assistant coach for both the mens and womens teams at North Central College. 
 
Hired as the first assistant coach in North Central mens volleyball history, the Loyola Chicago graduate successfully helped the program make the transition from a collegiate club sport to NCAA Division III status. In 2018, North Central reached new heights, going undefeated in conference play (9-0) to win the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League regular-season title. As an assistant coach with the womens program at NCC, Maniscalco guided the Cardinals to a 12-7 overall record in 2017, his only season with the womens team.
 
After beginning his collegiate playing career at Loyola, Maniscalco transferred to Carthage College, where he helped the Red Men program to a NCAA Final Four appearance and a 23-8 overall record in 2014, tying for the team lead with 31 service aces that season.
 
He previously coached at Division I Volleyball Club in the Chicago area for three years and is the founder/director of volleyball operations at Rip City Sports Performance, Chicagos first volleyball-specific physical training company.
 
Maniscalco graduated from Loyola in 2015 with a degree in communications.  
 

Ana Pego

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Quinnipiac

Division 1

Pego joins Quinnipiac after serving as the head volleyball coach at the University of New Haven for the last two seasons. Under her leadership, the Chargers made back-to-back NCAA Division II tournament appearances in 2023 and 2024 and secured two consecutive NE-10 Conference Championships.
 
In 2023, Pego led the Chargers to their first NE-10 Conference Championship since the 2017 season, having previously secured a NE-10 Regular Season title. The Chargers concluded the 2023 season with an overall record of 23-10 and a conference mark of 10-1.    
 
Pego was named the head coach of the Le Moyne Dolphins before deciding to head back to New Haven to take the same role with the Chargers. Prior to her stop at Le Moyne, Pego spent the previous four years at UNC Charlotte as their assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. During her time in Charlotte, Pego helped the 49ers to three straight Conference USA Tournament appearances. In 2020, the 49ers reached their first Conference USA Tournament Semifinal for the first time in program history.
 
Before her stop in Charlotte, Pego was a graduate assistant coach, assistant coach, and recruiting coordinator at the University of New Haven before being named the head coach in 2018. While being a graduate assistant, Pego earned a Master of Science in Sport Management degree (2017) and a Master of Science in Environmental Science degree (2016). Following the 2015 season, Pego was recognized as one of the seven recipients of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Minority Coaches Scholarship.
 
Pego joined the Chargers staff in 2014 and worked with their setters, including All-Region and All-Conference team member Kristen Rios. Rios led the team in assists in all three of her seasons in New Haven and was among the leading hitters and defenders.  

Prior to joining the Chargers in 2014, Pego was a student assistant coach at her alma mater, Alabama State, for two seasons (2012-2013). During her playing career at Alabama State, Pego was the starting setter and was named the team captain for the 2011 season. Pego graduated from Alabama State in 2013 with a bachelor's degree in marine biology and graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Carol Price-Torok

Volleyball Head Coach

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Bradley

Division 1

Carol Price-Torok was named the ninth head coach in Bradley Volleyball history in February 2016 and is entering her fifth season on The Hilltop.

Price-Torok, who took over the head coaching duties at Bradley after spending the previous eight seasons at Arkansas, led the Braves to improved overall and MVC win totals in each of her first three seasons to mark the first time Bradley had higher overall and Valley win totals in three consecutive seasons since 1992-94. 

Taking over a program which won 30 MVC games in the 10 years combined prior to her arrival at Bradley, she has led the Braves to 29 league wins in her four years on The Hilltop, including 24 over the last two years. 

During the recently completed 2019 season, Price-Torok had a team primarily made of freshmen and sophomores and led them to a fourth-place conference finish as the Braves had back-to-back seasons with 11 or more Valley wins for just the second time in school history and first time since the 2001 & 2002 campaigns. 

Bradley has ranked in the top 11 in the nation in digs per set in each of the past three seasons, including ranking second nationally in both 2018 and 2019. 

Price-Torok was named one of VolleyballMag.coms 40 Under 40 Coaching Hotshots in January 2020.

The 2018 MVC Coach of the Year has mentored four First-Team All-MVC selections during her time at Bradley, which is equal to Bradley's total of first-team all-conference picks from 2003-16.  Hannah Thompson was named the 2018 MVC Freshman of the Year and the Braves have produced a pair of First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-District V honorees. 

After the first postseason appearance in program history in 2018, Bradley went 15-15 in 2019 for the first back-to-back seasons with .500 or better records in nearly two decades.  The 2019 campaign included the first regular-season sweep of I-74 rival Illinois State since 2001.  Thompson, who was the third sophomore in program history to earn First-Team All-MVC honors, teamed with Second-Team All-MVC pick Rachel Pranger to give Bradley its first combo in program history with 340 kills and at least 375 digs.

The youthful Braves played nine five-set matches in 2019 and received over 70 percent of its kills, digs and blocks from underclassmen last fall.  Thompson broke the Bradley season record with 24 double-doubles and was the only player in the nation with at least 380 kills and 550 or more digs. 

A historic 2018 campaign culminated in the first postseason appearance in program history (second round of the NIVC).  Bradley had the second-largest win improvement (+14) in the nation in 2018, posting a 24-9 record and the teams 10-win improvement in Valley play, which resulted in a third-place league finish and 13-5 mark, matched the best single-season improvement in conference history.

Bradley ranked among the top defensive teams in the nation in 2018, closing the season second nationally in digs per set and the Braves were 36th in the country in opponent hitting percentage.  Three Braves earned All-MVC honors during 2018 with Erica Haslag, who was one of 30 national Senior CLASS award candidates, becoming just the seventh two-time First-Team All-Valley honoree in program history as she capped her career third in career kills at BU and 10th in MVC history.  Yavianliz Rosado also earned First-Team All-MVC honors after ranking third in the nation in digs per set, with her school season record dig total of 758 third among MVC season marks and 11th in NCAA history under the current 25-point set format. 

In addition, Thompson was the 2018 MVC Freshman of the Year and a Second-Team All-MVC pick.  Thompson posted 20 double-doubles, ranking second on the team in both kills and digs as she broke the Bradley freshman records in both categories.  Thompson joined Lindsay Stalzer as the only other Brave to earn MVC Freshman of the Year honors and was Bradleys first freshman to earn All-MVC honors dating back to 1993.  The only freshman in the country to tally 380 kills and at least 525 digs, Thompson was one of just two players in the nation to do so in 2018. 

The 2017 campaign was highlighted by Bradleys first First-Team All-MVC selection (Haslag) since 2005 after the junior outside hitter ranked 11th in the nation in total kills and 15th in total points.  Haslag became just the third player in program history to reach 1,000 career kills as a junior as she helped pace a Bradley offense which boasted its best kills-per-set average since 2006 and the best season hitting percentage since 2011.

In addition to Haslags efforts, broke the Bradley season digs record which dated back to 1985 during the 2017 campaign.  Rosado was 11th in the country in total digs, while breaking the Bradley season digs per set average at 5.28 per set.  Defensively, Bradley ranked 11th nationally in digs per set (18.21) with the teams highest average since rally scoring was introduced following the 2000 season.

Setter Hannah Angeli also helped highlight the 2017 season with the most assists by a Brave since 2003.  Angelis team-high 22 double-doubles in 2017 tied for the second most in program history at the time and were the most by a Bradley player since Sam Hardwick in 2001. 

The associate head coach and recruiting coordinator her last four seasons at Arkansas, Price-Torok helped the Razorbacks to back-to-back NCAA Tournament bids in 2012 and 2013. 
 
Prior to her arrival at Arkansas for the 2008 season, the Razorbacks were ranked 140 in the RPI, but climbed to 36 by her fifth season (2012) with the program and earned their first NCAA Tournament spot since 2006 to cap a 22-10 season.  After a 7-23 first season in Fayetteville, Ark., Price-Torok helped Arkansas improve its record in each of the next four seasons, culminating with a 13-7 SEC record and second-place West Division finish in 2012.

The Razorbacks were .500 or better in SEC play in four of her last five seasons and posted a combined 88-66 overall mark over her last five campaigns.
 
Individually, Arkansas produced four All-Americans, five all-region picks and eight All-SEC selections during her tenure.  Price-Torok helped lure the 16th-best recruiting class in the country to Fayetteville, Ark., in 2013 after the 2012 recruiting class was 26th nationally.

A 2005 graduate of Texas A&M, Price-Torok was an assistant coach for the 2006 and 2007 seasons at Texas-San Antonio before moving to Arkansas.  While with the Roadrunners, she helped guide UTSA to a 19-13 overall record during the 2006 season and mentored a pair of First-Team All-Southland Conference selections.
 
Price-Torok ventured into coaching upon wrapping up her collegiate career at Texas A&M, serving as an assistant coach at Southwestern University during the 2005 season.  In her one season in Georgetown, Texas, she helped the Pirates to the NCAA Division III Tournament and coached an all-region performer in addition to two individuals who garnered all-conference honors.
 
During her collegiate career, she was part of four consecutive NCAA Tournament teams at Texas A&M and started her final two years at outside hitter after playing middle blocker as a freshman and sophomore for the Aggies.  The teams 2003 offensive MVP, Price-Torok was selected as Big XII Player of the Week twice during her senior year and was a Second-Team Big XII Scholar-Athlete that same season.  She helped the Aggies to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2001 along with a Sweet 16 appearance in 2003.
 
Off the court, she served as a student-athlete advisory committee representative at Texas A&M and also lettered for the Aggies womens basketball team during the 2003-04 season.

Max Dunn

Assistant Coach

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Siena

Division 1

Former Indiana University Setter

Volunteer Assistant Coach

- Bloomington HS North and South

Owen Valley HS Varsity Head Coach

RIPTIDE Sand Volleyball Founder/Head Coach

- 2021 30Under30 Beach Coaches award recipient 

Tier Ten Sports Campus Club Coach

- Head of Athlete Development, Skills Clinic Coordinator 


Advocate for Student-Athlete Mental Health

Former IU Womens Club volunteer coach 

Current Siena College Assistant Volleyball Coach

Jazmine Craig

Assistant Coach

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Bryant

Division 1

Jazmine Craig begins her third season as an assistant coach in 2025-26.

Craig joined the Bulldogs as a full-time assistant after spending the 2022 season as an assistant coach at St. Francis Brooklyn. Craig played collegiately at Norfolk State.

"Jazmine will bring enthusiasm and energy to our already fast-paced practice environment," Garlacy said. "She has completed several professional development trainings this year and we are looking forward to utilizing some of the techniques she has learned. Her positive energy and relatability will help to mold our young team."

At St. Francis Brooklyn, Craig served as the assistant coach for the women's and men's volleyball programs. She managed the team budgets and also served as the recruiting coordinator for the Terriers. Craig helped the Terriers produce their best season in over a decade, finishing 14-17 overall and 7-7 in the Northeast Conference. It marked the first season that St. Francis Brooklyn had finished .500 or better in league play for the first time in program history. On the men's side, the Terriers won 10 matches and finished 5-9 in league play. 

Prior to her time in Brooklyn, Craig served as an assistant volleyball coach at Mercy College and was also the head coach at the Metro Volleyball Academy. Craig has also coached with the Outbreak Volleyball Club in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Craig has bolstered her coaching resume by attending the NCAA Women Coaches Academy, the Marine Corps Recruiting Command Coaches Workshop and the Women's Leadership Forum. She'll also be attending the Gold Medal Squared coaches clinic this summer. 

A 2021 graduate of Norfolk State, Craig earned a degree in Psychology while competing as a member of the volleyball program. She appeared in 54 matches and 123 sets during her career, finishing with 104 kills, 21 assists, 119 digs and nine service aces. Craig also earned her Masters in Psychology from St. Francis College.

Maggi Linker

Assistant Coach

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Trinity (TX)

Division 3

Maggi Linker '20 enters her fifth season as the Assistant Coach of the Tiger volleyball team for their 2025 season.

Coach Linker joined the Trinity Volleyball coaching staff in preparations for the 2021 campaign, and was promoted to full-time status ahead of the 2022 season. The Wimberley, Texas-native returned to the Tigers' program following her graduation in the spring of 2020 which capped a four-year Trinity career where she was a three-year team captain and member of the Tigers' 2019 NCAA III National Championship semifinalist team.

As a coach and player, Linker has supported the Tigers to 6 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season titles and 5 tournament titles. Amassing a 51-2 record against conference opponents during her time as an assistant coach. In addition to the conference success, the Tigers have won 4 NCAA Regional Titles in the last 5 years (19, 21, 22, 23) and were NCAA National Runner-up in 2022.

As a student athlete, Linker was awarded the Trinity Presidential Award of Excellence. Maggi graduated from Trinity with a Bachelors in Psychology in 2020.

Shayla Chalker

Assistant Coach

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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.

Sarah Davis

Head Coach

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Wooster

Division 3

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.

Jenna Corrao

Assistant Coach

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Denison

Division 3

Denison University Head Volleyball Coach Cartner Cassell announced the return of Jenna Corrao 23 to Denison as the programs newest assistant coach on April 8, 2024.

During her first year as an Assistant Coach, Corrao helped Denison claim the 2024 Bridget Sheehan Coaching Staff of the Year honors, the sixth NCAC coaching award in program history. The Denison squad was guided to a near-perfect 6-1 mark in league play and the program's second NCAC championship title, which also earned the team hosting rights for the 2024 NCAC Tournament semifinals and final. 

Corrao was a defensive specialist at Denison from 2019-2022, earning North Coast Athletic Conference Libero of the Year honors as a senior. Corrao was a two-time All-NCAC honoree ('22: first-team; '21: second-team) who also earned a spot on the NCAC All-Tournament team in both 2021 and 2022 as well. As a senior, Corrao paced the NCAC in both total digs (491) and digs per set (4.81) while ranking second with 49 service aces. She recorded double-digit digs in all 26 matches on the season while reaching 20 or more digs 14 times. In 293 sets and 81 matches in her career, Corrao recorded 1,459 digs (4.98 D/S), 232 assists and 99 service aces. She was the sixth NCAC Libero of the Year in program history, and this past November, Corrao was named to the NCACs 40th Anniversary All-Decade Volleyball Team.

Corraos junior season in 2021 was an historic season for the Denison volleyball program as the Big Red captured the program's first-ever NCAC Championship with a perfect record of 8-0 in conference play and a mark of 19-7 overall.

In addition to her achievements on the court, Corrao was also a standout student-athlete in the classroom. An environmental studies and economics double major, Corrao was named to the NCAC Academic Honor Roll three times (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23), was a 2021-22 Denison Chi Alpha Sigma inductee, and was a member of the 2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team.

During her time at Denison, Corrao worked as a research assistant, where she researched agriculture techniques, constructed a greenhouse and storage building, and researched flowers and foliage for Ohio's weather conditions. In 2019, Corrao was a Co-Founder at Small Crowd, where she was recognized by Denison's Women in Business Group for her entrepreneurship skills. Since 2022, Corrao has been a Sales Development Representative at iVueit.

Corrao graduated from Solon High School in 2019 and obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Environmental Studies from Denison in 2023.

Erica Stahl

Assistant Coach

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Amherst

Division 3

Erica Stahl joined the Amherst College athletics department staff as an assistant coach of volleyball in April of 2023. 

Stahl played collegiately at Butler University and professionally for Club Murcia and VVC Aardof in Europe. At Butler, Stahl earned AVCA All-Eaasr Region, First and Second Team All-Big East and All-American Honorable Mention and earned a spot on the dean's list her first two years. 

While playing for Club Murcia, Stahl was named Offensive Player of the Week three weeks in a row in 2017 and Defensive Player of the Week several times during the 2017 season. 

Prior to arriving at Amherst, Stahl was a graduate assistant coach at Fort Valley State in Georgia. Before that, she was a head coach for the Indy Assault, where she coached both 17-and-under and 16-and-under teams, She also coached at Rev Volleyball Academy in Indianapolis, where she was the head coach of the 15 1s.

Matt Helm

Head Coach

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Whitman

Division 3

Helm took over the reins of the Whitman volleyball program heading into the 2012 season. His leadership has mentored eight players in four years to All-Northwest Conference honors including first-team selections Jillian Davis and Olivia Nielson in his inaugural season. The Molokai, Hawaii, native has also been published in the AVCA Journal, penning an article titled 'Coaching and Dealing with Grief.' Helm made an immediate impact in that first season. In 2012 the Missionaries tallied their highest conference win total (9-7) and finished over .500 in the league for the first time since the 2007 season, securing a fourth place finish within the final conference standings.
Under Helm's guidance, Whitman won six of its last seven matches finishing the 2012 campaign with an 11-12 overall mark -- the eleven wins was the most by a Whitman volleyball team since the 2007 squad that produced a 13-11 record, and marked a seven-win improvement over the previous season with essentially the same team.
Helm's coaching philosophy is "teaching life lessons through collegiate competitive volleyball. What does that mean" says Helm. "That life is above and beyond just volleyball, that we take our work ethic, our relationships, our adversities on the court and relate them to life and how they will prepare us for life after college."
Towards that end, Helm says he tries to create a family environment within the team. "I want to have good relationships with my players where we have trust, open communication, we have faith in each other and I work collaboratively with them. It's not a dictatorship, obviously. Rather, we're striving to achieve goals that we all come together to agree upon."
Prior to arriving at Whitman, Helm had a stellar eight-year stint as head coach of Molokai High School in Hawaii. The Farmers won four league titles and earned six consecutive trips to the state tournament, including the 2010 championship, during Helm's tenure. Helm's win-loss record at Molokai was 79-37.
Helm gained his initial coaching experience at the University of La Verne in California where he served one year as an assistant coach. Coaching positions at California's Baldwin Park and Sierra Vista high schools followed.
As a player, Helm starred at La Verne. Named a captain in his freshman season, Helm, an outside hitter, went on to gain all-conference and Player of the Year honors. La Verne was still a Division I program at the time.
On coaching at Whitman, Helm says, "Coaching a Whitman student-athlete is unique. Their passion for working at getting better is very important to them. We try to create a competitive environment every day in the gym so that when we get into that situation in a game, we know how to handle it. And I think our players respond well to that, especially in the second half of the season."
Matt and his wife, Erika Helm, have four children: daughter Noelani and sons Kahili, Kahiau and Makaio. Erika Helm, a native of Chino, California, competed in track and field at La Verne and also has coached the sport at the high school level while also working as an elementary school teacher. She currently teaches kindergarten at Edison Elementary in Walla Walla.
Career Record at Whitman College
 

Matt Helm
Head Volleyball Coach




Matt Helm took over the reins of the Whitman volleyball program heading into the 2012 season. His leadership has mentored eight players in four years to All-Northwest Conference honors including first-team selections Jillian Davis and Olivia Nielson in his inaugural season. The Molokai, Hawaii, native has also been published in the AVCA Journal, penning an article titled 'Coaching and Dealing with Grief.' Helm made an immediate impact in that first season. In 2012 the Missionaries tallied their highest conference win total (9-7) and finished over .500 in the league for the first time since the 2007 season, securing a fourth place finish within the final conference standings.
Under Helm's guidance, Whitman won six of its last seven matches finishing the 2012 campaign with an 11-12 overall mark -- the eleven wins was the most by a Whitman volleyball team since the 2007 squad that produced a 13-11 record, and marked a seven-win improvement over the previous season with essentially the same team.
Helm's coaching philosophy is "teaching life lessons through collegiate competitive volleyball. What does that mean" says Helm. "That life is above and beyond just volleyball, that we take our work ethic, our relationships, our adversities on the court and relate them to life and how they will prepare us for life after college."
Towards that end, Helm says he tries to create a family environment within the team. "I want to have good relationships with my players where we have trust, open communication, we have faith in each other and I work collaboratively with them. It's not a dictatorship, obviously. Rather, we're striving to achieve goals that we all come together to agree upon."
Prior to arriving at Whitman, Helm had a stellar eight-year stint as head coach of Molokai High School in Hawaii. The Farmers won four league titles and earned six consecutive trips to the state tournament, including the 2010 championship, during Helm's tenure. Helm's win-loss record at Molokai was 79-37.
Helm gained his initial coaching experience at the University of La Verne in California where he served one year as an assistant coach. Coaching positions at California's Baldwin Park and Sierra Vista high schools followed.
As a player, Helm starred at La Verne. Named a captain in his freshman season, Helm, an outside hitter, went on to gain all-conference and Player of the Year honors. La Verne was still a Division I program at the time.
On coaching at Whitman, Helm says, "Coaching a Whitman student-athlete is unique. Their passion for working at getting better is very important to them. We try to create a competitive environment every day in the gym so that when we get into that situation in a game, we know how to handle it. And I think our players respond well to that, especially in the second half of the season."
Matt and his wife, Erika Helm, have four children: daughter Noelani and sons Kahili, Kahiau and Makaio. Erika Helm, a native of Chino, California, competed in track and field at La Verne and also has coached the sport at the high school level while also working as an elementary school teacher. She currently teaches kindergarten at Edison Elementary in Walla Walla.
Career Record at Whitman College

Jason Butch

Assistant Coach

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Oklahoma Christian

Division 2

Coach Jason Butch was the recipient of the 2023 USAV Rebecca B Howard Diversity & Inclusion Award. Coach Butch is in his fourth season as the Assistant Coach at Oklahoma Christian University where, for the first time in program history, they finished the season with a winning record in Fall 2022. Prior to that, he was the Assistant Varsity Coach at Mount St. Marys Catholic High School where he helped lead the Rockets to multiple State Finals. He has coached club volleyball for over 10 years.

During the summer, Coach Butch manages and coaches OKC Sharks, a successful beach volleyball program in Oklahoma City.  In the past 6 years, OKC Sharks has garnered over 110 national bids with one of those teams competing in the gold bracket at Nationals.

Jason has coached for over 15 years and is a CAP 2 Indoor Certified coach.

Rudi Balich

Assistant Coach

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Lewis

Division 2

Balich is an assistant coach for the Lewis University womens volleyball program. The Flyers own a 219-60 overall record since she began with the Flyers in 2011. Each of the squads she has assisted with have qualified for the NCAA Tournament. Lewis has gone to the Final Four in 2016 & 2018 during her tenure. Additionally, Lewis has received it's first ever 1st place national ranking in 2017 with a 33-3 record.


Balich was a four-year starter at Division II Winona State. She finished her career second all-time in digs at Winona State with 2,145. She was named a co-captain from 2005-08. She was selected as the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Defensive Player of the Week three times. Academically, she was a member of the Deans List and an All-Academic selection each of her four seasons. Off the court, Balich was the womens volleyball representative on Winona States Student Athlete Advisory Committee. 


She owns a masters in Reading Literacy from Lewis.


Rudi Balich
Assistant Coach

Gene Krieger

Volunteer Coach

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Concordia (CA)

Division 2

https://cuieagles.com/news/2019/5/15/krieger-named-cui-beach-volleyball-head-coach-indoor-assistant.aspx

Stephanie Kazmierczak

Head Coach

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Assumption

Division 2

Kazmierczak has over 13 years of coaching experience at the collegiate level. She is currently, in her third year as Head Coach at DII Assumption University in Worcester, MA. She also coaches various age groups and offers private lessons at MGA Volleyball Club in Boston.

Prior to her time at Assumption she spent 3 years as the Head Coach at DI Merrimack College and 2 years as the Assistant Coach at DI Niagara University.

Roberto Rodriguez

Assistant Coach

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Embry-Riddle (FL)

Division 2

Roberto Rodriguez joined the Embry-Riddle volleyball program as an assistant coach in the spring of 2020. Rodriguez spent the 2019 season as the assistant coach at the University of California San Diego in La Jolla, California. He joined a program that had gone 11-12 the previous year and helped turn things around quickly, as the Tritons went 18-9 last year and earned their first NCAA II Tournament bid since 2015.
 
In 2018, Rodriguez served as a volunteer assistant coach at California State University, Los Angeles. In his lone season there, the Golden Eagles improved from 15-12 to 22-6. Working primarily with the middle blockers, Rodriguez helped lift the teams attack percentage from .182 to .224 and increase the teams total blocks by nearly 15 percent from the previous season.
 
From 2012 to 2016, Rodriguez was the Head Beach Volleyball Coach at the Universidad del Sagrada Corazon (University of the Sacred Heart) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he was voted as the schools Coach of the Year twice.
 
In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Rodriguez was the varsity head coach at Temecula Valley High School in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, he was named Inland Empire Coach of the Year after leading the Golden Bears to a CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) Division I state championship.
 
Besides coaching, Rodriguez is a decorated beach volleyball player, having represented Puerto Rico in 50 NORCECA (North, Central America and Caribbean Confederation) tournaments between 2008 and 2015, earning medals in 36 of those (7 gold, 13, silver, 16 bronze). He has also played on the AVP Tour for several years, earning four podium results, including a win at the 2018 San Francisco Open. Indoors, Rodriguez played for a number of professional clubs in Switzerland and Puerto Rico between 2009 and 2015.
 
Rodriguez earned a bachelors degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion with a minor in Marketing from Universidad del Sagrada Corazon in 2012.
 
He resides in Daytona Beach with his wife Anna, son Nico, and daughter Arianna.

Kellen Takatsuka

Assistant Coach

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Western Oregon

Division 2

Kellen Takatsuka was promoted WOU volleyball associate head coach in 2025, and enters his fourth year overall with the program.

Takatsuka was a volunteer assistant in 2022 and assistant coach from 2023-24 with the volleyball program while serving as a graduate assistant for the WOU women's basketball program for two seasons (2021-23).

On the volleyball side, he helped WOU to the most wins for the program since 2012 in 2024 - going 15-12 overall.

Prior to WOU, Takatsuka was a women's basketball volunteer assistant at Hawaii Pacific where the team was ranked as high as No. 3 in the country, won its third-straight PacWest title and went on a 38-game win streak.

Takatsuka also coached the boys club volleyball program at Ku'ikahi Volleyball Club - a team he also played for. 

Takatsuka was born and raised in Kailua, Hawaii, and attended Hawaii Baptist Academy, where he was part of a volleyball program that won four consecutive state championships. He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hawaii Pacific in 2021 with a bachelor of science in business administration (minor in communication studies) and graduated from WOU in 2023 with his master of arts degree in organizational leadership.

Lindsay Stalzer

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UC-Santa Cruz

Division 3

Lindsay Stalzer grew up in Kewanee, IL and played collegiately at Bradley University where she was the Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year her senior season. She holds the school and Conference records for both kills in a season (720) and career kills (1,948). She has been playing professionally since graduating and has now played in 12 countries including Puerto Rico, France, Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland, Germany, Finland, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, Cyprus, and the USA. Sharing her love of volleyball with young athletes is something she is very passionate about

Kate Worthy

Assistant Coach

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Knox

Division 3

Kate Worthy was hired as an assistant volleyball coach at Knox College in June 2025. She graduated from Olivet Nazarene University in August 2025 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing, completing her degree in just three years while competing as a member of the Tigers volleyball program.

Worthy began her playing career as a setter, a position she held for seven years, before transitioning to defensive specialist/libero during her sophomore year at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, one of the top high school volleyball programs in the nation. Her versatility and experience in multiple positions allow her to bring a well-rounded perspective to coaching.



At Knox, Worthy is dedicated to helping student-athletes grow both on and off the court, emphasizing strong fundamentals, discipline, and a passion for the game.

Hannah Voss

Assistant Coach

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Rockhurst

Division 2

Rockhurst University Volleyball - Division II - Great Lakes Valley Conference 

Brittany Newberry

Head Coach

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Hendrix

Division 3

Brittany Newberry recently took over the Hendrix College Volleyball program as Head Coach for the 2018 season. We are a private, NCAA Division III school located in Conway, Arkansas that competes in the Southern Athletic Association. The 2018 season will be her first at the helm, but she takes over a very successful program with three conference championships from 2014-2016 and a NCAA Final Four appearance in 2015.

Prior to being named Head Coach at Hendrix College, Newberry served as the assistant volleyball coach at Mississippi State for two years (2015 & 2016). In her first season she helped lead the Bulldogs to a 17-15 record, posting the first winning season at State since 2006. The 17 wins marked the most for MSU since 2006, while State's six SEC wins were the most since winning seven conference matches in 2011. In her second year, Newberry helped the Bulldogs set a new program record with the most home wins in a season with eleven in 2016.

Before her time at Mississippi State Newberry was an assistant coach for the University for Central Arkansas volleyball team from 2012 through 2015. She helped coach the Sugar Bears to a combined 46-6 conference record where they made two consecutive NCAA Tournaments appearances and won back-to-back Southland Conference regular season and tournament championships.

Stephanie Jones-Morin

Assistant Coach

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Westminster (UT)

NAIA

I have assisted and managed recruiting for Westminster College since 2017. Master's in Sport Psychology, work as a Mental Performance Coach for HeadStrong Consulting and work with teams and athletes to improve performance through mental skills training. I have coached high school and currently coach club as well. I love working with young athletes, engaging in the recruiting process, and building the Westminster program to empower our student athletes to compete at a high level while engaging in a rigorous education.

Heather Gearhart

Assistant Volleyball Coach

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Winthrop

Division 1

The Eagles Volleyball program is incredibly fortunate to have another extremely qualified and experienced coach a part of the program, said head coach Chuck Rey. One goal of Eagles Volleyball is to make a deep run in the NCAA Tournament. Heather has done so as a coach and a former student-athlete. For us to achieve lofty goals, we need to surround ourselves and be led by those that have experience. Having experience as both a coach and student-athlete will provide great insight for our current team members.

 

Before joining the Eagles, Gearhart served as the assistant volleyball coach at the University of Akron for the 2019 season. During her time with the Zips, the team finished with the most overall wins since 2003 and made its first MAC tournament appearance since 2012. Prior to that, Gearhart served as the volunteer assistant coach at the University of Tennessee for the 2018 season. The team saw its largest single-season turnaround in program history with an overall 14-win increase, earning a NCAA tournament berth and advancing to the Second Round. Gearharts expertise is in backcourt defense and serve-receive.

 

The Chula Vista, California native was student-athlete at the University of North Carolina, where she earned a Bachelors Degree in Exercise & Sports Science with a minor in Coaching Education and was a four-year member of the volleyball team. During her time as a Tar Heel, the team made four NCAA Tournament appearances, advancing to the second round in 2012 and 2015. During the 2014 season, the Tar Heels were ACC Champions, went to the NCAA Elite 8, had the highest RPI ranking in school history at #5, highest AVCA ranking at #7, and the longest winning streak in school history with 20 wins. Off of the court at Carolina, Gearhart was a member of the Dean's List, ACC Honor Roll, and ranked Top 15 out of all female student-athletes in the weight room. In 2015, Gearhart went to the USA Open Tryouts and was a member of the USA Collegiate National Team.

 

Following her collegiate career, Gearhart attended the University of Nottingham to earn her Masters Degree in Marketing. While in England, she played for Nottingham's university team and professional team. She served as team captain of both teams, finishing the season Top 8 in the UK.

 

Gearhart currently lives in Charlotte with her husband, Derek Sullivan, who played at and now serves as the Mens Head Volleyball Coach at Belmont Abbey College.

Ellen Herman-Kimball

Head Coach

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Connecticut

Division 1

Herman is entering the second year of her second stint the Huskies, re-joining the Huskies in 2014 after also serving as an assistant in 2011. Herman joins the UConn staff after playing professionally in Europe and after a standout career at Ohio University.
The Toledo, Ohio native most recently played professionally with Sagres NUC, one of the top teams in the LNA, the top professional league in Switzerland. During the 2011-2012 season, she was match MVP three times, and helped the out of Neuchatel, Switzerland club finish second in the league. Sagres also reached the Swiss Cup final and the quarterfinals of the CEV Challenge Cup, a European-wide Championship. Returning to Neuchatel the following season, she was awarded match MVP five times and the team finished third place in the LNA. In addition to her coaching duties at UConn, Herman also serves as the Director of the Connecticut Volleyball Institute. 
In 2010, she competed for VT Aurubis Hamburg, a member of Germany's 14-team premier league, the Bundesliga. During her brief stint in Germany, she received MVP honors during two matches.
Prior to her professional career, Herman trained with the U.S. National Team during the summer of 2009 and competed with the U.S. National Team on their Tour of China during February of 2010. She also competed with the U.S. A2 Team, earning Most Valuable Player honors at the Adult Open Championship in 2008.
Herman, a two-time All-American, led the Bobcats to four successful seasons during her collegiate career, including three Mid American Conference regular season championships, three MAC tournament championships and four NCAA tournament berths. She was named the MAC Player of the Year as a junior and senior and also earned MAC Freshman of the Year accolades during her rookie campaign. The four-time first team All-MAC selection left Ohio University as the OU and MAC all-time leader in kills, as well as OU's all-time leader in points and attacks.
Herman, who earned Academic All-MAC honors three times during her collegiate career, graduated with a Bachelor of Health Administration from Ohio University in June 2010.

Dottie Hampton

Head Coach

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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.

Alison Hrusovsky

Assistant Coach

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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

Jonathan Penn

Head Coach

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Vassar

Division 3

Penn has led the Brewer women to the NCAA Tournament in five seasons, the last coming in 2006. Before that, the Brewers appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2001-03, again finding a spot in the national tournament in 2005. In 2001 and 2002, Penn guided the womens team squad to the regional semifinals, while posting eight 20-win seasons since 2001. 2016 saw Penn lead the Brewers to the most Liberty League victories in program history, winning nine times within the league while earning the right to host the Liberty League Tournament. Penn led the Brewers to a record six straight Liberty League Championships from 2001 through 2006. The 2005 title was accomplished in near-perfect fashion, three straight sweeps of St. Lawrence, Union and Skidmore and a four-game win over Clarkson. In all, Vassar has reached the postseason 16 times in Penn's 20 seasons at the helm, also participating in the New York State Womens Collegiate Athletic Association Championship and  the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. Penn had one of his career highlights in the 2014 season, as he eclipsed 300 wins with a victory over Mount Holyoke in the Seven Sisters Championships. He finished the 2016 campaign with 343 career wins, after posting his 200 victory back in 2008 with a win over Montclair State.  Penn also amassed 158 wins as head coach of the Vassar mens volleyball team from 1996-2011. That tenure includes one conference championship, two trips to the final four, a national runner-up finish (2008) and an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Coach of the Year award. Volleyball teams under Penn at Vassar have received 14 AVCA Team Academic awards, given to teams maintaining a 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale). Active with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and NYWSCAA, Penn arrived at Vassar from Santa Monica (Calif.) College where he began coaching in 1989. At Santa Monica, he served two years as the women's assistant, three as the women's associate coach. In addition, he was the men's assistant coach for three years and the head coach for three seasons. While completing a bachelor's degree in English from UCLA in 1990 and a master's degree in Education at California State University at Hayward in 1993, Penn worked with various youth and adult programs in the greater Los Angeles area. He also served as a counselor at numerous volleyball camps. As scholarship player at Penn State, Penn won championships on Junior Olympic squads and later competed in the Olympic Festival. In 2003-05, he coached the mens Hudson Valley Open Division team in New York's Empire State Games, also playing in the masters Division for five years,  earning three bronze medals. Penn and his wife Patricia have a son and a daughter, and reside in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
Win # vs. Opponent NOTABLE WINS FOR PENN 1 WCSU Posted his first collegiate victory (9/13/1996) 50 Swarthmore 3-1 win in Seven Sisters Tournament (9/9/1999) 88 Skidmore Helped Vassar to its first UCAA title (2001) 89 Skidmore Vassar's first ever NCAA Tournament win (2001) 100 Scranton Three-set win, 100th win (9/28/2002) 200 Montclair St. Three-set win, 200th victory (9/13/2008) 300 Mt. Holyoke Seven Sisters Tournament (9/14/2014) (500) Ramapo Combined 500th win between MVB and WVB at Vassar (10/29/16) Jonathan Penn, the winningest volleyball coach in school history, joined Vassar in 1996 as head mens and women's volleyball coach. During his tenure Penn has led the Brewer women to the NCAA Tournament in five seasons, the last coming in 2006. Before that, the Brewers appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 2001-03, again finding a spot in the national tournament in 2005. In 2001 and 2002, Penn guided the womens team squad to the regional semifinals, while posting eight 20-win seasons since 2001. 2016 saw Penn lead the Brewers to the most Liberty League victories in program history, winning nine times within the league while earning the right to host the Liberty League Tournament. Penn led the Brewers to a record six straight Liberty League Championships from 2001 through 2006. The 2005 title was accomplished in near-perfect fashion, three straight sweeps of St. Lawrence, Union and Skidmore and a four-game win over Clarkson. In all, Vassar has reached the postseason 16 times in Penn's 20 seasons at the helm, also participating in the New York State Womens Collegiate Athletic Association Championship and  the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament. Penn had one of his career highlights in the 2014 season, as he eclipsed 300 wins with a victory over Mount Holyoke in the Seven Sisters Championships. He finished the 2016 campaign with 343 career wins, after posting his 200 victory back in 2008 with a win over Montclair State.  Penn also amassed 158 wins as head coach of the Vassar mens volleyball team from 1996-2011. That tenure includes one conference championship, two trips to the final four, a national runner-up finish (2008) and an American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Coach of the Year award. Volleyball teams under Penn at Vassar have received 14 AVCA Team Academic awards, given to teams maintaining a 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale). Active with the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and NYWSCAA, Penn arrived at Vassar from Santa Monica (Calif.) College where he began coaching in 1989. At Santa Monica, he served two years as the women's assistant, three as the women's associate coach. In addition, he was the men's assistant coach for three years and the head coach for three seasons. While completing a bachelor's degree in English from UCLA in 1990 and a master's degree in Education at California State University at Hayward in 1993, Penn worked with various youth and adult programs in the greater Los Angeles area. He also served as a counselor at numerous volleyball camps. As scholarship player at Penn State, Penn won championships on Junior Olympic squads and later competed in the Olympic Festival. In 2003-05, he coached the mens Hudson Valley Open Division team in New York's Empire State Games, also playing in the masters Division for five years,  earning three bronze medals. Penn and his wife Patricia have a son and a daughter, and reside in the Town of Poughkeepsie.
Win # vs. Opponent NOTABLE WINS FOR PENN 1 WCSU Posted his first collegiate victory (9/13/1996) 50 Swarthmore 3-1 win in Seven Sisters Tournament (9/9/1999) 88 Skidmore Helped Vassar to its first UCAA title (2001) 89 Skidmore Vassar's first ever NCAA Tournament win (2001) 100 Scranton Three-set win, 100th win (9/28/2002) 200 Montclair St. Three-set win, 200th victory (9/13/2008) 300 Mt. Holyoke Seven Sisters Tournament (9/14/2014) (500) Ramapo Combined 500th win between MVB and WVB at Vassar (10/29/16)

Patrick Robidoux

Head Coach

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Centre

Division 3

Pat Robidoux joined the Centre Athletics staff as head volleyball coach in the spring of 2019. Following one year with the Colonels, he was recognized with an [AVCA Thirty Under 30 Award](https://centrecolonels.com/news/2020/4/30/womens-volleyball-centres-robidoux-receives-avca-thirty-under-30-award.aspx).

Centre went 7-18 during his inaugural season, doubling the number of conference victories from the previous year. Robidoux earned his first win as a Colonel in a 3-0 sweep against Huntingdon (Aug. 31), and he went on to guide two All-SAA selections in Peyton Vacala and Meredith Phillips. His 2019-20 squad also received the AVCA Team Academic Award (3.30 GPA) for the first time since 2012-13.

Robidoux joined the Colonels after a successful two-year stint at Southern Vermont College, where he led both the men's and women's programs. His SVC women's team went from 5-20 in the season prior to his arrival to a 21-7 record and conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance this past year, just his second at the helm.
 
He earned New England Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year honors for his efforts, and also mentored the league's Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year.
 
Robidoux's other coaching experience includes a stop at Brandeis University and work with various club teams in Massachusetts. 
 
As an undergraduate, Robidoux captained the Newbury College men's volleyball team and served as Student Athlete Advisory Committee President while earning a B.S. in Sport Management.

Shawna Laurendine

Head Coach

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Mississippi College

Division 2

[SHAWNA LAURENDINE SEASON-BY-SEASON RECORDS](https://stats.ncaa.org/people/7798sport_code=WVB)
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COACHING MILESTONES
-2003 Gulf South Conference Coach of the Year
-2012 Southern Athletic Association Coach of the Year
-Win #1 | Sept. 6, 1996 vs. King College (3-0)
-Win #100 | Sept. 13, 2002 vs. Incarnate Word (3-1)
-Win #200 | Oct. 29, 2016 vs. Wesleyan (Ga.) (3-0)
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POSTSEASON
 
GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE (GSC)
-GSC Tournament Appearances (1996, 2003, 2019)
 
SOUTHERN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (SAA)
-SAA Tournament Appearances (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
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PLAYER ACCOLADES
 
GULF SOUTH CONFERENCE (GSC)
-Player of the Year (1): Brittany Wright (2003)
-First Team (9): Brittany Wright (2003), Melinda Pitcock (2003), Brandi Patterson (2003), Brooke Barnett (2001, 02), Regan Adams (1997), Amy Douglas (1996), Dee Dee Long (1996), Angie Lobb (1996)
-Second Team (4): Lexi Laurendine (2019), Brandi Beeson (2004, 05), Brittany Wright (2002)
-All Tournament (1): Dee Dee Long (1996)
-Academic Honor Roll (26): Kate Bass (2019), Sloane FitzHenry (2019), Madelyn Keene (2019), Levi Lennard (2019), Noa Parks (2019), Gwenyth Prenter (2019), Lexi Richards (2019), Ingrid Savola (2019), Jill Brown (2018), Brandi Bundy (2018, 19), Erin Davis (2018, 19), Lexie Laurendine (2018, 19), Erin Markham (2018), Rylee Markham (2018), Julia Martin (2018, 19), Shelby Grace Mays (2018), Makenzie McLendon (2018), Kendall Platt (2018, 19), Hannah Rue (2018, 19), Kaitlyn Wilson (2018)
 
SOUTHERN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (SAA)
-Defensive Player of the Year (1): Sara Jayne Sutton (2014)
-Newcomer of the Year (1): Destiny Stewart (2017)
-First Team (2): Destiny Stewart (2017), Sara Jayne Sutton (2014)
-Second Team (7): Caroline Montgomery (2015), Diamond Stewart (2015, 16), Jamie Sue Wilson (2012, 13, 14), Kayla Sewell (2012)
-Honorable Mention (8): Peyton Parent (2017), Constance Connolly (2017), Mason Gardella (2016), Sara Jayne Sutton (2016), Kayla Sewell (2013), Diamond Stewart (2013, 14), Jamie Kosman (2012)
-Academic Honor Roll (41): Claire Crow (2017), Constance Connolly (2016, 17), Sara Jayne Sutton (2016), Mason Gardella (2016, 17), Caroline Montgomery (2015), Diamond Stewart (2015, 16), Amerlia Burruss (2014), Walker Buxton (2014), Elizabeth Gill (2014, 15, 16, 17), Kristen Gray (2014, 15, 16), Casey Hassett (2014, 15), Caroline Owens (2014, 15, 17), Maggie Stanford (2014, 15), Breanna Ayala (2013), Lucy Riddle (2013, 14), Sarah Fleming (2012), Jordan Grant (2012), Rebecca Hannigan (2012, 13), Blair Johnson (2012), Desiree Kamerman (2012, 13, 14, 15), Nicole Klug (2012), Rachel Schuman (2012, 13, 14)  
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COLLEGIATE COACHING EXPERIENCE
-Was an assistant coach at her alma mater, the University of Montevallo (1994-96).
-Was the head coach at the University of West Alabama (1996-99).
-Served as the head coach at Southern Arkansas University (2001-05).
-Coached six seasons at Sewanee University (2012-2017).
-Named head coach at Mississippi College on January 11, 2018.
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PLAYING CAREER
-During her career she earned NAIA First Team All-America, AVCA First Team All-America, Asics Tiger First Team All-America and NAIA District 27 Freshman of the Year.
-Helped UM to the second longest win streak in NAIA history during her senior season (42 consectuive).
-1994 Sington Trophy, given annually to Alabamas outstanding athletes of the year.
-Named to the UM Hall of Fame in 1999.
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EDUCATION
-Received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Education in 1994
-Earned her Masters Degree in Physical Education in 1996.