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Coach
michael.hobson@ttu.edu
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.
Head Coach
tmv43@cornell.edu
Cornell
Division 1
Vande Berg became The Wendy Schaenen '79 Head Coach Of Volleyball at Cornell in March 2015. In her first year at the helm, Vande Berg brought in a recruiting class that was ranked among the top 90 in the nation, earning a high honorable mention distinction from PrepVolleyball.com. The Big Red opened the season with a 2-0 record for the first time since the 2007 campaign before finishing with a mark of 6-18 overall (2-12 Ivy). Despite the teams youth, Cornell was extremely competitive in each and every outing with and of the 41 sets the Big Red lost on the year, one-third (13) came by just two points. In her three seasons as an assistant, the Big Red improved its win total overall and in league play, and it defeated 19-win Pittsburgh in its own tournament in 2013 and perennial NCAA qualifier Albany in 2014. Natasha Rowland '15 was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year in 2014, one of six All-Ivy League selections during Vande Berg's three seasons on East Hill. The Big Red led the Ivy League in blocks in 2013, while the 2012 team went 9-16 overall and 5-9 in league play, its best finishes since the 2008 campaign. Cornell finished 2012 strong, winning three of its final four and snapping a losing streak of nearly six year to Princeton. Vande Berg was instrumental in recruiting setter Allysa Phelps and middle blocker Macy Wilson, who in their first two seasons have been among the best in the Ivy League at their respective positions. She was also instrumental in working with middle blocker Rachel D'Epagnier '14, who was selected second-team All-Ivy following her senior season. As the head coach of Team Iowa Ice of the Premier Volleyball League, Vande Berg led her team to consecutive championship matches, with Team Iowa Ice taking the title in 2013. Vande Berg worked at Iowa State University from 2009-12 as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Cyclones after spending the previous four years in the same capacity at Duke. Her efforts at ISU helped lay the foundation for the Cyclones trip to the NCAA Elite Eight, as well as ISUs procurement of the fifth-ranked recruiting class in the country during her final season. In her four years at Duke, Vande Berg helped the Blue Devils reach the NCAA tournament each year while capturing Atlantic Coast Conference titles in 2006 and 2008. Duke advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament all four seasons. With the Blue Devils, Vande Berg oversaw the training of 11 All-ACC players, including two ACC Player of the Year recipients, and was responsible for recruiting the 26th-ranked freshmen class in the country in 2008. Prior to her stint at Duke, Vande Berg served as a volunteer assistant at Wisconsin after spending two seasons as the first assistant at North Florida. While working with the Ospreys, she helped produce a Division II All-American and assisted in all aspects of the nationally-ranked program. Vande Berg has also spent time on the club circuit, working with Team Florida High Performance and Sky High-Milwaukee, as well as stints with the Milwaukee Chapter of Starlings, a volleyball club for underprivileged student-athletes. From 1994-97, Vande Berg played at UW-Milwaukee, where she led the team in attack percentage all four years while setting the school records for blocks in a match and blocks in a career. She was a first-team All-Horizon League selection as a senior after earning second-team honors as a sophomore and junior. Vande Berg still ranks in the top-10 for career blocks (3rd 403), kills (6th 1,148), and attack percentage (7th .263) for the Panthers. A native of Waupun, Wisc., Vande Berg earned her bachelor's degree in health care administration from Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1999.Trudy Vande Berg
Assistant Coach
kremerc@upenn.edu
Pennsylvania
Division 1
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.
Assistant Coach
kailee.may5@gmail.com
Texas-Arlington
Division 1
May came to UTA from Stephen F. Austin, where she helped lead the Ladyjacks back to the top of the Southland Conference. Upon arriving in Nacogdoches prior to the start of SFA's 2017 campaign, May helped turned the squad into one of the nation's most accurate attacking teams. SFA finished 2017 with a Southland Conference-leading hitting percentage of .253 which also stood as the 37th-best in the nation.
With May on their side, SFA posted a 27-8 record - good for the program's highest single-season win total in 10 years - and captured the Southland Conference regular season title for the ninth time in program history.
May began her assignment as one of the Ladyjacks' assistant coaches in July of 2017, signaling her return to the collegiate coaching ranks following an impressive six-year span as a head coach at the club level.
An individual who has familiarized herself with the club volleyball scene in the Dallas area, May's served as the recruiting coordinator and head coach for the Tejas Volleyball Club's under-16 team. Beginning in 2014, May took charge of a group of 10 players who competed in tournaments around the nation at the highest level of club volleyball. Her 2017 club finished third in the nation at the Girls National Volleyball Championships in the under-16 division.
In addition to her coaching duties for Tejas, May signed on as the varsity volleyball coach at All Saints' Episcopal School in 2015 until the summer of 2017. During her first season at the helm of the program, she led her squad to a 31-11 record and a runner-up finish in the SPC.
May began her time as a coach at the club level in the summer of 2012 by taking command of the LoneStarVolleyball Club. Through her two years in charge of the program, LoneStar advanced to national qualifier championships and USA Junior National Championships.
As a student-athlete, May attended Fordham University and was a four-year letter winner on the Rams' volleyball team. An active member of Fordham's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, May earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 Conference's All-Rookie Team.
During her time in the Bronx, May etched her name all over the Rams' record book. Currently, she still maintains a spot in many of the program's top-ten career statistical charts including kills, attack attempts, kills per set average, service aces, digs, sets played and matches played.
Upon graduating from Fordham in 2011, May relocated to Colby, Kan., for a short time and served as an assistant coach at Colby Community College. Before entering the club coaching circuit, May spent four months in Germany in early 2012 as an outside hitter and assistant coach for the Geraer Volleyball Club - a professional women's volleyball team.
Assistant Coach
steven.flowers@tamuc.edu
Texas A&M-Commerce
Division 2
Coach Flowers has been a collegiate volleyball coach since 2015.
Flowers completed his first season coaching the Lions. This past season the Lions finished with a record of 24-7 and reached the NCAA Tournament for a third straight season. The team had two All-Americans and the LSC Defensive Player of the Year. The team also earned the AVCA Team Academic Award.
During the 2018 season, Flowers helped the UTPB Falcons to the biggest turnaround in program history. The team qualified for the LSC Tournament for the first time and made its first playoff appearance since the 2011 season.
Prior to his time at UTPB, Flowers served as an assistant coach for two seasons at Western New Mexico. During WNMUs first season in the LSC in 2016, Flowers helped coach LSC Defensive Player of the Year and qualified for the LSC Tournament. In his first season at WNMU, Flowers helped the Mustangs finish second in the RMAC standings. During his time at WNMU he also served as the volleyball team's strength and conditioning coach and was an assistant softball coach for the 2016 season.
Flowers completed his bachelors degree with honors in Sports, Wellness, & Recreation Management from Oklahoma Christian University in 2015 and went on to earn his Masters in Educational Leadership from Western New Mexico in 2017. Steven is married to assistant coach, Lauren Flowers, and the two of them have two daughter named Joy and Micah. The couple has coached together at both UTPB and WNMU.
Assistant Coach
graysont@tsu.edu
Texas Southern
Division 1
Coach Grayson going into her 10th year as a assistant coach at Texas Southern University. Grayson's duties include assisting the head coach with coaching student-athletes during practices, skill training and matches. Assist with the recruitment of student-athletes for the women's volleyball program. Assist in monitoring the academic progress of each student-athlete participating in the volleyball program. Evaluate opponent match video for game plan preparation. Assist with team travel planning and summer camps. Grayson is a native of Simonton, Texas and currently resides in Houston, Texas. She is a 1989 graduate of Brazos High School, where she played volleyball, basketball and ran track where she made school history running the 4x100 and 800 meter relay as a state finalist in 1986. Grayson earned an Associates of Arts Degree from Wharton Jr. College in 2008. She attended Prairie View A&M University and received her Bachelors and Masters degree from Texas Southern University (2012) Grayson holds Teaching Certifications in Physical Education(P.E.),Health and Special Education(SPED) - (K-12). Grayson currently teaches High school . Her resume also includes her studying abroad in Dubai, Tanzania Africa, and Zanzibar Africa in 2012. Her coaching history includes stints where she worked with Royal ISD, Houston ISD, and Bellaire Episcopal. Grayson is married to Vincent Grayson of Tupelo, Mississippi. They have two daughters Chelce (GSU) and Valencia (TSU) and two granddaughters Jaycee and Gracie.
Assistant Coach
muriellthrower@yahoo.com
Grambling State
Division 1
All-around athlete but main position was setter and DS. From Houston, Texas by way of Shreveport,LA
Head Coach
johnsonde@gram.edu
Grambling State
Division 1
Demetria Keys-Johnson is a former Head Coach with a total of over 20 years of coaching. She is very familiar with training athletes mentally and physically. She currently trains and conduct mental presentations to student-athletes. Her knowledge of what it takes to play at the next level is extensive. She is a former athlete and understands what it takes to be effective as an athlete. She is the owner of Love Sports, a company that trains athletes.
Coach Johnson knows and has experienced what it feels like to play and win in the SWAC. As a former player at Grambling, Johnson was part of the back to back to back championship teams back in the 90s (95, 96, and 97). She also had the experience of coaching some the best athletes in SWAC. As an assistant with the Lady Tigers in the early 2000s, she helped lead Grambling to two (04 and 05) runners-up finishes in the SWAC Volleyball Tournament.
She started her career in coaching while in high school in 1991 and has being coaching ever since. Since then, Johnson has had much success with her players athletically and academically. All of her former player have graduated and her working mainly in the fields of nursing or education; with 75% of them coaching. She loves the challenge of making players better- teaching them with mental toughness and confidence they can take their skills to the next level.
Coach Johnson continues to strive for excellence both academically and athletically with all her young ladies. She is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. During the summer months, Coach Johnson serves as a volleyball camp clinician. Coach Johnson is also a Mental Health professional and has served in this role for over 20 years.
Johnson was born in raised in Detroit, Michigan by her parents Mary and Charles Keys. She is the wife of Donald Johnson and they have two handsome sons together DeKetric and Donald and a grandson.
Assistant Coach
friedland@ulm.edu
Louisiana-Monroe
Division 1
Russ Friedland, who played an integral role in the turnaround of the East Carolina program the last two seasons, has been named ULM's 11th head volleyball coach, earlier this year.
Friedland established himself as one of the nation's up-and-coming assistant coaches during his two-year tenure at East Carolina under head coach Julie Torbett. In 2017, ECU finished 22-11 overall, including a single-season record 13 wins in American Athletic Conference play (13-7). The Pirates produced the most victories in a single season since 1982, its first 20-win season since 2005 and its first winning record since 2006. After being selected 11th in the AAC preseason poll, ECU posted its first winning league record since 2006 and its highest finish in any conference standings since 2000. In addition, ECU finished 2017 ranked No. 12 in the Midwest Region, according to the Rich Kern RPI (RKPI).
Last season, ECU produced Top 10 single-season marks in six statistical categories, including assists (fourth with 1,498), digs (fourth with 1,986), hitting percentage (fifth at .230), block assists (fifth with 434), kills (sixth with 1,608) and total blocks (ninth with 276.0).
In 2015, ECU took a large stride in the rebuilding process, posting a 15-15 record its first non-losing season since 2006. The Pirates started the season 10-0, putting together the longest winning streak in school history, and won every non-conference match for the first time in program history. ECU also won 12 matches away from Greenville, North Carolina, including seven true road victories as well as the first road weekend sweep of two AAC opponents (Tulane and Houston).
Friedland also spent the three years as an assistant coach at UNLV where his main focus was serving as the recruiting coordinator. During his time in the Las Vegas Valley, the Rebels amassed a 58-34 record and produced a winning season all three campaigns. UNLV finished two matches over .500 (16-14) in 2013 before it won 78.8 percent (26-7) of its contests a year later.
Friedland helped mentor a total of six student-athletes to Mountain West All-Conference honors from 2013-15. Sekola Falemaka was recognized as an All-Mountain West Team member in 2013, while Allison Davies (2014), Daryn Glenn (2014), Bree Hammel (2014 and 2015), Alexis Patterson (2014) and Katlin Winters (2014: Honorable Mention) earned all-conference accolades as well.
The 2014 campaign was a memorable one for Friedland and the Rebels as the team set single-season program records in overall (26) and conference (14) wins. UNLV reset a total of seven program marks and tied five more and was rewarded with five selections to the All-Mountain West team including Hammel - an AVCA All-Pacific South Region Honorable Mention selection. The Rebels knocked off then-No. 7 Colorado State at home and the victory represented the highest ranked opponent UNLV had defeated in program history.
Prior to moving to Las Vegas, Friedland served as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville following a four-year run as the head coach at the Metro American Volleyball Club 17-1 (MAVBC) in Washington, D.C.
During his last season at Tennessee, Friedland helped the Lady Vols to a 22-8 overall mark and a trip to the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The year concluded with a 3-2 loss to Michigan in the first round of the event. Before the loss, Tennessee had rattled off 13 wins in their final 14 regular-season matches following a 9-5 start to the year.
Friedland's responsibilities at Tennessee were assisting Rob Patrick, a two-time National Coach of the Year, with mentoring the setters and defensive specialists as well as off-the-court duties such as opponent scouting, film breakdown and exchange and helping coach and run camps.
Before his time at UT, Friendland helped qualify the MAVBC's 17-Travel squad to multiple girls junior national championships. His team also received a No. 1 ranking in the Chesapeake Region in 2012 after winning the South Atlantic title in both 2010 and `11. During his tenure with the club team, Friedland worked as an assistant coach at Howard University where he helped the Bison to a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament appearance.
In addition to his time at Tennessee and Howard, Friedland assisted the volleyball staffs at George Washington University, American University and the University of Connecticut. He also served as head coach of the men's and women's teams at Daniel Webster College from 2007-08.
A native of Mansfield, Conn., Friedland earned his undergraduate degree in sport management from Endicott College in Beverly, Mass., in 2005. A four-year letterwinner on the men's volleyball team, he received his M.B.A. from his alma mater a year later.
jreber@mcneese.edu
McNeese State
Division 1
McNeese State University is a Division I program that is part of the Southland Conference, located in Lake Charles, LA. This is currently my first year as an assistant coach for this program, and am looking forward to my first season with the team as well.
Assistant Coach
txbritolope@ualr.edu
Arkansas-Little Rock
Division 1
Lopes will enter his second season with the Trojans in 2018. Lopes comes to Little Rock from the University of San Francisco where he was the head coach for the mens club volleyball team. Lopes helped build the team from the ground up and saw one player earn All-Conference honors while two others received Honorable Mentions.
At the same time, Lopes was an associate coach for Sláinte Volleyball Club and helped coach 16-year old boys and 14-year old girls teams.
Lopes was a volunteer assistant coach for San Franciscos NCAA womens team for two seasons and helped with recruiting, scouting, logistics and team camps. He started out as the beach volleyball teams director of operations in January 2015.
Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lopes was a setter for Fluminense FC, winning multiple local championships. The sports enthusiast has tied his passion for volleyball into his studies. Prior to graduating with a degree in international relations, Lopes focused his thesis on the politics within the Olympic Games through the history. Lopes earned his undergraduate degree from Brazil's Centro Universitário Curitiba - Unicuritiba. In 2009, Lopes coached the Unicuritiba men's squad to a program-best second place finish at the state championships.
However, his biggest accomplishment took place when he was in charge of the Department for International Affairs of World Youth Day Rio 2013, one of the largest events ever held in Brazil. Being responsible for groups of young people from all over the world and dealing frequently with Roman Curia, Lopes had the opportunity to be in touch with multiple cultures and improve his skill set in areas such as negotiation and conflict resolution. The highest point of his work came when he met and shook hands with Pope Francis. In addition, Lopes led immersion trips to West Virginia (2015), Poland (2016) and Brazil (2017).
Lopes earned his masters degree in international studies in 2015 from the University of San Francisco with a thesis of migration and adjustment of international student athletes. He obtained his bachelors degree in international relations in 2012. At Little Rock, hell be pursuing a masters degree in sports management and higher education affairs. Along with his his native language Portuguese, Lopes speaks English, German and Spanish.
Assistant Coach
marcus.l.hereford@jsums.edu
Jackson State (MS)
Division 1
Marcus Hereford enters his seventh year as the assistant coach for the Jackson State women's volleyball team during the 2021 Fall season. Jackson State is just coming off of winning their fourth SWAC regular season and conference tournament title in the Spring 2021 season and earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Jackson State was also regular season champions in the Fall 2021 season.
Prior to coming to Jackson State, Hereford taught at Lamesa Middle School in Lamesa, Texas from 2014-2017. He also acted as volunteer assistant varsity volleyball coach 2014-2015 and head varsity coach at Lamesa High School from 2015-2017. During his tenure as head coach, Hereford led his team to the state playoffs for the first time in four years.
His coaching experience also includes 10 years of head coaching at the club level in Texas and Mississippi.
Hereford is a 2013 graduate of Jackson State University where he received his degree in Meteorology. As a student, he acted as a student assistant for the volleyball team and was a part of the 2011 and 2012 SWAC Championship teams.
Assistant Coach
tbooth2@tnstate.edu
Tennessee State
Division 1
Booth joined the Tennessee State Volleyball staff July 1st 2019 after being Head Coach at Cameron University for two seasons. In her first season, the CU Aggies finished fourth in the Lone Star Conference and ranked 17th nationally in blocks per set. In year two, Booth coached two players to LSC honorable mention and one to the All-Academic Team.
Before Cameron, Booth spent four seasons at Vernon College where she compiled a 76-40 record. Her 2016 team went 27-12, 7-5 in conference play qualifying the team for an appearance at the NJCAA Region V North Volleyball Tournament. During her three seasons at VC, she helped her teams finish as one of the top junior college teams in kills and blocks, while helping each of her sophomores move on to four year institutions.
Booth was a two-time All-Great American Conference member at East Central Oklahoma while also earning GAC All-Acadmic team accolades. Booth is listed in the top-10 in the GAC record books in career attack percentage and postseason attack percentage.
Booth earned her bachelors degree in 2012 in history from East Central Oklahoma and then earned a master's degree in sports administration while serving as the graduate assistant for ECU volleyball.
Assistant Coach
mcole6@citadel.edu
The Citadel
Division 1
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.
Assistant Coach
arc723@nyu.edu
New York University
Division 3
Assistant Coach
victoria.hurtt@msutexas.edu
Midwestern State
Division 2
Victoria Hurtt enters her season as assistant coach at Midwestern State in the Fall of 2019.
She makes the move to Wichita Falls after serving as an assistant at the University of New Hampshire helping guide the Wildcats to 13 wins in 2018 while competing in the America East Conference (NCAA Division I).
Hurtt served as a graduate assistant over the two previous years for a successful Indiana Wesleyan squad which advanced to the NAIA Championships in both seasons posting 35-4 record in 2016 before going 29-12 in 2017.
She graduated from Iowa State with a Bachelor of Arts degree in advertising in 2015 and holds a Master's of Business Administration degree from the University of Saint Mary (Kan.) in 2018.
Playing Career
Enjoyed a stellar collegiate career at Iowa State finishing ninth on the program's all-time kills while earning American Volleyball Coaches' Association (AVCA) All-America honorable mention (2012), twice garnered AVCA All-Midwest Region honorable mention (2012, 2014) and was a two-time All-Big 12 pick (2012, 2014) also gaining honorable mention in 2013.
Hurtt, who posted 1,033 career kills, played a key role in helping the Cyclones to an NCAA Division I Elite Eight showing as a freshman in 2011 posting a team-high 24 kills and 56 attempts in a five-set loss to Florida State after hitting .429 with 10 kills against Miami (Fla.) in the second round.
She earned unanimous All-Big 12 first-team honors as a sophomore averaging 3.03 kills per set as a sophomore leading ISU to the regional semifinals in 2012 and was honorable mention All-Big 12 as a junior.
Hurtt closed her collegiate career by earning All-Big 12 first-team accolades again as a senior finishing with 2.66 kills per set as the Cyclones advanced to the second round in NCAA tournament play.
She competed professionally for one season for PLDT Ultera Home in Manilla, Phillippines in 2015.
Head Volleyball Coach
valerie.armstrong@mwsu.edu
Midwestern State
Division 2
In her first season at the helm of the MSU Texas program, Valerie Armstrong led the Mustangs to a 5-23 record and a 3-17 mark in Lone Star Conference play. She guided the Maroon and Gold to their first win over a ranked opponent since the 2011 season when Midwestern downed No. 16 Central Oklahoma - 3-2 - on Aug. 24. Armstrong was chosen to serve as an assistant to Joe Trinsey (USA coach at World University Games '17 and assistant in the Rio Olympics) for the USA side in the Binh Dien Volleyball Cup this month in Tarny Ky, Vietnam. The tournament boasts professional and national teams from around the world. Armstrong constructed a successful program at Vernon College where she served as head coach for four seasons from 2009-12. The Chaps improved from 7 wins to 13 to 17 before producing one of the program's top campaigns in 2012 posting a 32-7 mark as NJCAA Region V runners-up ending the year ranked 15th nationally. Armstrong accepted an assistant's position at Alabama State in 2013. The Hornets produced a program record 25 wins sweeping eight matches in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) to earn their first NCAA Division I tournament bid. Armstrong spent the last four seasons as the top assistant for Glenn Kiriyama at Binghamton (N.Y.). The Bearcats advanced to America East postseason play in each of her four seasons on staff reaching the finals last fall. Armstrong began her coaching career as an assistant at NAIA University of the Southwest in Hobbs, N.M. in 2007 before taking her first head coaching job at Colby (Kan.) Community College in 2008. Playing Career Armstrong completed her collegiate playing career as a two-year standout at Oklahoma Panhandle State where she earned OPSU Female Athlete of the Year honors after leading the Aggies with 2.50 kills and 0.47 blocks per set as a senior in 2006. She also earned Heartland Conference All-Academic honors. Armstrong also played two seasons at Eastern Wyoming College where garnered national all-academic honors. Personal A native of Brule, Neb., she received her master's degree from Concordia-Irvine (Calif.) in coaching and athletics administration in 2012. She earned her bachelor's degree in agriculture business from Oklahoma Panhandle State in 2007 and an associate's degree from Eastern Wyoming in 2005. The Armstrong File Assistant Coach at University of the Southwest - 2007 Head Coach at Colby (Kan.) Community College - 2008 Head Coach at Vernon Junior College - 2009-12 Assistant Coach at Alabama State - 2013 Assistant Coach at Binghamton - 2014-17 Head Coach at Midwestern State - 2018-
Assistant Coach
tinavolleyball6@gmail.com
Midwestern State
Division 2
I very recently moved to Wichita Falls, Texas to work towards my master's degree in Sport Administration and work with the Women's Volleyball team as the Graduate Assistant. Before moving to Texas, I've played volleyball for over ten years including my time in college at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. I've also coached a 16 national youth volleyball team and several local teams in New Jersey.
Assistant Coach
pickettl@southwestern.edu
Southwestern (TX)
Division 3
Pickett joins Southwestern University volleyball staff after serving as the Temple College head Coach since June of 2017. The growth in Pickett's coaching era went from 2 wins in 2017, to 18 wins and placing 3rd in the NJTCAC Conference in one season. In the 2021 season, the Leopards made it to the Regional Championship and finished the year as the number 1 blocking team in the nation. She has a 100% success transfer rate for players that desire to play at a 4 year institution. Since joining the Leopard Athletics staff, she has coached 3 All-Region athletes, 1 New Comer of the Year, 6 First-Team All-Conference athletes, 10 Second-Team All-Conference athletes, and 6 Academic All-Americans. 40% of her transfer athletes have transferred to Division-I universities. Another 40% transfer to Division-II, then the other 20% to NAIA and Division-III institutions.
From 2015-2017 Pickett coached a range of national teams at Austin Performance, while positional training pins and middles. In 2015, Pickett coached under Tyler Albarado (Baylor University). In 2014, Pickett student-assisted at University of Arkansas Fort-Smith, under Johnny Neely, who is now the BYU Women's Volleyball 1st assistant.
Pickett most recently played in the Bring It USA Professional Volleyball Tour in Slovenia, Croatia, and Italy in 2016. She played her junior and senior year of college at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith. In 2012-2013 Pickett was awarded 1st Team All-Conference for the Heartland and 1st Team All-Tournament for the Heartland Conference Tournament. In 2012 Pickett was awarded NCAA D2 Honorable Mention All-American. Prior to University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, Pickett played at Temple College, after transferring in from California State University East Bay, where she spent her freshman year. While with the Leopards in 2011, Pickett was awarded 1st Team All-Region, 1st Team All-Conference, and was the Region V North Co-Offensive MVP.
Pickett graduated from the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith with a Bachelor of Science in English Literature with a Teacher Licensure.
Outside of coaching, Pickett enjoys teaching Pilates, health and wellness, and being involved in women's ministry.
Assistant Coach
stenman.jon@mcm.edu
McMurry
Division 3
I will be entering my second year as the Assistant Volleyball Coach here at McMurry University. Prior to McMurry, I was the Club Director of the Jungle Club Volleyball Academy in Vero Beach, FL. Over the course of my 17 year coaching career, I have had the privilege of coaching at the NCAA D1, D2, & D3 levels, as well as the NAIA level.
Head Coach
frizzella@obu.edu
Ouachita Baptist
Division 2
Originally I am from McKinney, Texas but found my way to the Natural State of Arkansas. I was the libero for 4 years at Ouachita Baptist University (OBU) from 2009-2012. I graduated from OBU double majoring with a B.A. in secondary education and mathematics with a coaching endorsement. During my time at OBU, I was a 4 time all conference member, including Freshman of the year, 2 second team all conference and 1 first team all conference. I was the 2011-2012 GAC Female Athlete of the Year and was nominated in 2013 for NCAA Woman of the Year.
In 2013-2014, I was the Graduate Assistant for OBU until I became the head volleyball coach and head women's soccer coach at Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, AR, where I also taught Algebra 2. I was in charge of 7th-12th grade with 2 assistants. During my 4-season stint at Lakeside, our high school varsity volleyball team went 101-29-1, increasing our number of wins each year. Our conference voted me Coach of the Year for all four seasons as we went undefeated 4 years in a row and competed in the State Tournament each year. I also coached club for Hot Springs Force for 4 seasons coaching 4th-7th graders and two years at Elite Volleyball Academy in Little Rock, AR.
In January of 2018, I became the head volleyball coach at Ouachita Baptist University. Since then, we have had the 2028 GAC Setter of the year, the 2022 GAC Freshman of the Year, two All GAC First team members, three All GAC second team members, five all GAC honorable mention members, 11 GAC Distinguished Scholar Athletes and two GAC Elite Scholar athletes. We had two girls represent USA in the summer of 2018 in Brazil and we had two representing the summer of 2019 in Spain. Summer of 2023 I was able to represent the American International Sports Tours in Italy as the head volleyball coach while a team member also represented the USA in Italy through Beyond Sports. We have also received the AVCA Academic Award the last 5 years. I am so blessed to be back at my alma mater as it is my home! Go Tigers!
Assistant Volleyball Coach / Recruiting Coordinator
cnook@atu.edu
Arkansas Tech
Division 2
Chris Nook joined Arkansas Tech in the fall of 2018 as the assistant women's volleyball coach.
Prior to Arkansas Tech, Nook spent three years at the University of Florida as the women's volleyball team's technical coordinator. In that role, he conducted statistical and video analysis, film breakdown and opponent scouting, and was the assistant camp director. During Nook's time at Florida, the Gators won back-to-back SEC conference championships and reached the NCAA Division I Finals in 2017.
Nook also spent one year as the director of volleyball operations at Marquette, after serving as a volunteer assistant coach for Florida Gulf Coast, Virginia Commonwealth and Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Nook earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Law from Wisconsin-Milwaukee, before getting a Master's of Business Administration degree in Athletic Administration from Southern New Hampshire.
Head Coach
brittany.salloum@lacollege.edu
Louisiana College
Division 3
Played four years at Messiah College (DIII) in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Assistant Coach (one year) at Williams College (DIII) in Williamstown, MA.
Graduate Assistant (two years) at Messiah College.
Head Women's Volleyball Coach (seven years) at Louisiana Christian University (NAIA) in Pineville, LA.
Head Coach
newberry@hendrix.edu
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.
Assistant Coach/Recreation Coordinator
joseph.morales2@tamuk.edu
Texas A&M-Kingsville
Division 2
Morales will be entering his fifth season as the assistant volleyball coach for Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Morales has helped the Javelinas reach the Lone Star Conference Tournament from 2012-2015. His primary coaching role includes coaching setters and recruiting coordinator. In her first collegiate season, Casey Klobedans was named 2014 Lone Star Conference Setter of the year and All-LSC Honorable Mention after collecting 1,171 assists, the third most in school history. Last season, Klabedans made All-LSC First Team after rackng up 1,283 assists to move up in the schools all-time list to second and sixth in school history with 10.02 assists per set. Prior to Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Joe served as a volunteer assistant coach at Texas State University (2011) helping the Bobcats go 15-1 in conference and capturing the Southland Conference Championship and Southland Conference Tournament Championship finishing with an NCAA Tournament appearance losing to University of Texas in the first round. Before heading to Texas State, Joe started his collegiate career at Iowa Central Community College as the assistant coach in 2009. Joe graduated from Texas State University with a BA in Communications. While at Texas State, he was a member of the Texas State Mens Volleyball Club as a setter/RS. After graduating, he went on to receive his MA in Sports and Athletic Administration from Gonzaga University. Throughout his coaching career, Joe has worked various summer volleyball camps with Texas State University and The University of Texas working and learning under their coaching staff.
Assistant Coach
kr.burnett7@gmail.com
Eastern New Mexico
Division 2
Assistant Coach at Eastern New Mexico University 2019-present
Graduate Assistant Coach at Cameron University 2017-2019
Played libero at Colorado State University-Pueblo 2013-2016
Head Coach
dbutler@hillcollege.edu
Hill
Junior College
Dylan has taken over as the Head Volleyball Coach at Hill College after serving as the assistant volleyball coach for two seasons.
In the 2020-2021 season Dylan assisted the team to a 14-6 overall finish winning the NJCAA Region V North regular season title and the Conference Tournament title. As the programs hitting coach, Dylan played a key role in the training of Second Team All-American, Conference Player of the Year and Second in the nation in Kills per set, outside hitter Camryn Specia who has moved on to continue her playing career at Texas Tech.
This will be his second season with Tejas Volleyball where he will coach in the girls 17's age division and will lead the building of our boys volleyball club.
Prior to Hill College, Butler was a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Dallas for the 2018-2019 season. During his time with the Lady Crusaders, Butler assisted the team to a 20-15 overall record which is the best season record since 2014 and accomplished a fourth- place finish at the SCAC conference championship tournament with a starting lineup consisting mainly of freshman. Butler played a key role in the training of 1st team All- American setter Elizabeth Smith, 2nd team All-American outside hitter Abigail Porras and SCAC Freshman of the Year, SCAC 1st team all-conference and 2nd team All- American Middle Blocker Dayjah Whyte. Butler also held responsibilities for the technical skill and strategy training of all team setters to run a fast-paced offense which assisted in the success of such a young team.
Prior to Butlers time at the university of Dallas, he served as an undergraduate assistant at the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) for two season under head coach Edgar Miraku, where he helped UCO finish with an over all record of 28-5 in 2015, and 31-5 in 2016.
Butler was also an undergraduate assistant at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith (UAFS) under head coach Jane Sargent, where he helped UAFS finish with an overall record of 27-8 in 2011.
Butler currently coaches club volleyball for Drive Nation Volleyball and head the 16-Black team last season. Before moving to Texas, Butler coached Kaizen Volleyball boys 17s in Oklahoma City, where he led the team to a bronze medal finish in the 17s club division at the 2018 Boys Junior National Championships in Phoenix Arizona. Prior to coaching for Kaizen, Butler coached club for Oklahoma Peak Performance where he coached 14s, and 16s age divisions, and for Fort Smith Juniors where he coach 14s, and was the assistant for the 16-1s.
Butler played collegiately at Park University in Kansas City, MO, where he helped the team win the NAIA National Invotational Championship title in 2014. Prior to Park University, Dylan played at Missouri Valley College in Marshall, MO, where he assisted the team to an 8th place finish at the NAIA post season polls.
Dylan is originally from the state of Hawaii where he grew up playing all forms of volleyball. Dylan played high school volleyball for Keaau high school, in Keaau, HI.
Dylan is married to Pamela Butler and is a first time parent to his daughter, Isabella
Head Coach
pollnowstephanie@yahoo.com
Central Baptist
NAIA
My name is Stephanie Irwin (Pollnow), and I am the head coach representing Central Baptist College in Conway, Arkansas. We are a small, private Christian NAIA college, and I am looking to take over and grow this program with talent and athleticism my first year here!
Assistant Coach
parker.thompson@sccc.edu
Seward County CC
Junior College
Parker Thompson enters his first year with the Lady Saints as the Assistant coach in 2018.
Prior to Seward, Thompson spent two and half years working with Penn State women's volleyball as a practice player and a traveling manager. He spent the 2015 season on the Penn State Varsity men's volleyball team as a libero and was a national semi-finalist.
Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Parker Allen Thompson grew up in Auburn, Alabama, and moved to Pennsylvania his freshmen year of high-school, where he began playing volleyball. Parker was named a Pennsylvania District 6 All-Star, as well as the State High Legacy Award winner and Team Captain.
chaconista25@gmail.com
EXACT
NCAA
bharder@wfisd.net
EXACT
NCAA
mmenchaca@udallas.edu
EXACT
NCAA
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EXACT
NCAA
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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Volunteer Assistant Coach
brendan.mcgourn@yale.edu
Yale
Division 1
McGourn, a three-time Division III national title winner, joined the Yale womens volleyball program as an assistant coach in 2014.
McGourn will join the Bulldogs as an assistant coach after winning three straight national championships at Springfield College. As an outside hitter, McGourn was on national title teams in 2012 and 2013, then won a third in a row as an assistant coach in 2014.
In the fall of 2013, McGourn began his collegiate volleyball coaching career as an assistant coach for the Springfield College women's team. McGourns primary responsibilities included video breakdown and scouting opponents.
The Southington, Conn., native also brings several years of club volleyball coaching experience. McGourn has worked with the Husky and Mizuno East Volleyball Clubs.
Assistant Coach
eyal.zimet@dartmouth.edu
Dartmouth
Division 1
Eyal Zimet is entering his third season as an assistant coach with the Dartmouth volleyball team in 2018.
He comes to Dartmouth after having spent the past four years at the University of San Francisco, where he was assistant indoor volleyball coach and co-head coach of the sand volleyball team, working alongside Gilad Doron for both.
He has over 22 years of competitive volleyball experience to his name. He spent nine years on the Israeli National Team, including two years as captain. He then departed his native Israel to play for the University of Hawaii, where he helped the Rainbow Warriors to the 2002 NCAA Championship. A four-year letterwinner as an outside hitter, Zimet served as team captain and was an Academic All-American as a senior.
He moved on to the AVP Tour in 2006 and was runner-up for rookie of the year honors. A semifinalist in the 2009 AVP Brooklyn, Zimet finished in the top 10 in the final 2010 team rankings. He represented the United States on the sand overseas, helping his team to the bronze medal in Chennai, India, in his third international tournament.
An experienced clinician in both indoor and beach environments, Zimet served as the head coach of the Panamanian National Beach Volleyball Team and guided the program to a silver medal in the FIVB Olympic Qualifier. During his AVP career, Zimet developed conditioning and training programs for several tour professionals and served as an advisor for international teams that included Brazil, Canada, Great Britain, Norway, Sweden and Turkey.
Zimet ran the Eyal Zimet Volleyball Camps in West Bengal, India, and served as camp director for the Ramah Darom Volleyball Camps in Atlanta. He also served as a clinician at the UH and USF volleyball camps.
Zimet graduated from Hawaii in 2004 with a bachelors degree in Information and Computer Science. A four-time Deans List selection, Eyal is a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and served in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF).
Associate Head Coach
cmm494@cornell.edu
Cornell
Division 1
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
Assistant Coach
evangella.sanders@colorado.edu
Colorado-Boulder
Division 1
Colorado native Evan Sanders Lobato is in her 8th season as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado, joining the program in February of 2016. She was honored as a 30-under-30 recipient by the American Volleyball Coaches Association in 2019.
Sanders Lobato came to Colorado after serving one season as a volunteer assistant at the University of Texas. The Longhorns were the NCAA runner-up and finished the season with a 30-3 overall record. UT also won the Big 12 Conference with a 15-1 mark.
Prior to her year at Texas, Sanders Lobato played professional volleyball around the world, including Albi, France, Markopoulos, Greece and in the Professional Volleyball League for the Florida Wave.
During her collegiate career, Sanders Lobato played at Colorado State before transferring and finishing her career at the University of Washington.
Sanders Lobato made the U.S. National Collegiate Team as one of four setters on the select 24-player roster. She competed on the USA Blue squad that won the gold medal at the 2010 Volleyball Open National Championships in Phoenix.
The Lafayette, Colo., native graduated from Centaurus High School in 2008 where she lettered in volleyball, basketball and track. She was a three-year captain and a four-year letterwinner on the volleyball team. During her senior year, she was named All-Colorado and to the Denver Post 4A First Team. Sanders was the Skyline Conference Player of the Year her senior, sophomore and freshman years and was an all-conference selection all four years. As a freshman, she was named a Volleyball Magazine Fab-50 Freshman.
Assistant Coach
jcprice@fsu.edu
Florida State
Division 1
Florida State head indoor volleyball coach Chris Poole announced the hiring of former FSU All-American Jordana Price as an assistant volleyball coach Thursday. She will primarily work with blocking, middle and right side hitting in addition to serving as the recruiting coordinator.
Price returns to her alma mater after a two-year stint at South Alabama where she was an assistant coach who served as the offensive coordinator and primary recruiting coordinator. She also worked with blocking.
Price will replace former Noles assistant Ganna Anna Khrystenko, who recently accepted the associate head coach position at Rutgers.
First, I would like to thank Cindy Hartmann, Vanessa Fuchs and Stan Wilcox for this incredible opportunity to return to my alma mater, Price said. My interactions with all of the administration have been amazing and it is wonderful to be back on campus with such inspiring people. I would also like to give a huge thank you to Chris Poole and Jeff Hulsmeyer for providing this dream opportunity for me to return to the very program that shaped me as a student-athlete, person and young professional to go off into the world and create success. I couldnt be more excited for my return to the Seminoles and am eager to help this great coaching staff to continue building upon the great legacy that is Florida State Volleyball.
A three-year member of the Florida State indoor volleyball team, Price helped the Seminoles to their first-ever trip to the Elite Eight in 2009 after winning the ACC Championship. She led the league in blocks (1.31 per set) and ranked fourth in hitting percentage (.335) which was also second on the team. The All-ACC middle blocker won AVCA All-America honorable mention accolades.
It is always a transition when we lose an assistant, Poole said. Anna was given a great opportunity and were very happy for her. We were looking for someone that could cover our middle blocker training and take over as a recruiting coordinator and Jordana is a perfect match.
The Mountain Home, Idaho, native also ranks eighth in school history with 306 total blocks in addition to holding the sixth-highest hitting percentage (.312).
Jordana was well respected by her teammates as someone very passionate about playing everyday, Poole said. She was a great student-athlete and she held herself to high standards. She coaches with the same communication and aggressiveness that made her an All-American during our 2009 run to the NCAA Elite Eight.
Price played professionally overseas and in the United State following her graduation in 2009. She helped lead Hotel Cristal Volleyball Franches-Montagnes to take second place at the Swiss Volley Cup Final while helping the franchise to its first European Cup win.
In 2012, Price helped the Indiana Hoosier Exterminators win the Womens USA Volleyball Open Championship after taking second in 2010. She also had a stint with the Florida Wave where she led the team to a second place finish 2013 in addition to winning the Florida Region of USA Volleyball Award for the Most Outstanding Adult Female Player.
While playing in the United States, Price served as a graduate assistant for Valdosta State before stepping into the role of a volunteer assistant in 2014 where she helped the Blaze to a 25-8 record and 16-4 mark in conference play, while advancing to the second round of the NCAA Division II south regional in addition to the first-ever Gulf South Conference title.
Price was the interim head coach at Valdosta State from January-March of 2014.
At South Alabama, Price made huge improvements over two seasons, while working with Mechell Daniel, who captured Second Team All-Sun Belt honors before signing a professional contract with Oriveden Ponnistus of the European Volleyball Confederation in Finland.
In addition, Price helped the Jaguars to their best season since 1994 with 17 wins in 2016, tying for second in the Sun Belt Conference East Division, which was the best finish in program history. The Jaguars had a winning record for the first time since 1989.
Price graduated from FSU in the fall of 2009 where she majored in Psychology. She made the Deans List in the Fall of 2008 and is one of the 52 Florida State student-athletes to have received the ACC Postgraduate Scholarship.
The 2009 FSU Volleyball Most Influential Player earned a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Valdosta State in 2014.
Assistant Coach
kailee.may5@gmail.com
Stephen F. Austin State
Division 1
Following a debut season in which she helped lead the Ladyjacks back to the top of the Southland Conference, SFA assistant coach Kailee May begins her second year on head coach Debbie Humphreys staff in the 2018-19 academic year.
Upon arriving in Nacogdoches prior to the start of SFA's 2017 campaign, May started working with the Ladyjacks and helped turned the squad into one of the nation's most accurate attacking teams. SFA finished 2017 with a Southland Conference-leading hitting percentage of .253 which also stood as the 37th-best in the nation.
With May on their side, SFA posted a 27-8 record - good for the program's highest single-season win total in 10 years - and captured the Southland Conference regular season title for the ninth time in program history. Four Ladyjacks collected All-Southland Conference accolades at the conclusion of the year, too.
May began her assignment as one of the Ladyjacks' assistant coaches in July of 2017, signaling her return to the collegiate coaching ranks following an impressive six-year span as a head coach at the club level.
An individual who has familiarized herself with the club volleyball scene in the Dallas area, May's most recent stop was as the recruiting coordinator and head coach for the Tejas Volleyball Club's under-16 team. Beginning in 2014, May took charge of a group of 10 players who competed in tournaments around the nation at the highest level of club volleyball. Her 2017 club finished third in the nation at the Girls National Volleyball Championships in the under-16 division.
In addition to her coaching duties for Tejas, May signed on as the varsity volleyball coach at All Saints' Episcopal School in 2015 until the summer of 2017. During her first season at the helm of the program, she led her squad to a 31-11 record and a runner-up finish in the SPC.
May began her time as a coach at the club level in the summer of 2012 by taking command of the LoneStar Volleyball Club. Through her two years in charge of the program, LoneStar advanced to national qualifier championships and USA Junior National Championships.
As a student-athlete, May attended Fordham University in the Bronx, N.Y., and was a four-year letter winner on the Rams' volleyball team. An active member of Fordham's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, May earned a spot on the Atlantic 10 Conference's All-Rookie Team as a freshman and was named to no fewer than four different All-Tournament Teams throughout her collegiate career.
By the time her collegiate career was a matter of record, May had etched her name all over the Rams' record book. Currently, she still maintains a spot in many of the program's top-ten career statistical charts including kills, attack attempts, kills per set average, service aces, digs, sets played and matches played.
Upon graduating from Fordham in 2011, May relocated to Colby, Kan., for a short time and served as an assistant coach at Colby Community College. Before entering the club coaching circuit, May spent four months in Germany in early 2012 as an outside hitter and assistant coach for the Geraer Volleyball Club - a professional women's volleyball team.
Head Coach
johnsonde@gram.edu
Grambling State
Division 1
Demetria Keys-Johnson is a former Head Coach with a total of over 20 years of coaching. She is very familiar with training athletes mentally and physically. She currently trains and conduct mental presentations to student-athletes. Her knowledge of what it takes to play at the next level is extensive. She is a former athlete and understands what it takes to be effective as an athlete. She is the owner of Love Sports, a company that trains athletes.
Coach Johnson knows and has experienced what it feels like to play and win in the SWAC. As a former player at Grambling, Johnson was part of the back to back to back championship teams back in the 90s (95, 96, and 97). She also had the experience of coaching some the best athletes in SWAC. As an assistant with the Lady Tigers in the early 2000s, she helped lead Grambling to two (04 and 05) runners-up finishes in the SWAC Volleyball Tournament.
She started her career in coaching while in high school in 1991 and has being coaching ever since. Since then, Johnson has had much success with her players athletically and academically. All of her former player have graduated and her working mainly in the fields of nursing or education; with 75% of them coaching. She loves the challenge of making players better- teaching them with mental toughness and confidence they can take their skills to the next level.
Coach Johnson continues to strive for excellence both academically and athletically with all her young ladies. She is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association. During the summer months, Coach Johnson serves as a volleyball camp clinician. Coach Johnson is also a Mental Health professional and has served in this role for over 20 years.
Johnson was born in raised in Detroit, Michigan by her parents Mary and Charles Keys. She is the wife of Donald Johnson and they have two handsome sons together DeKetric and Donald and a grandson.
Assistant Coach
michelle.kuester@lamar.edu
Lamar
Division 1
Originally joining the team as an assistant coach on May 17, 2016, Michelle Kuester was named the interim head coach of the Lamar University volleyball team on November 28, 2017, and had the interim tag removed on November 14, 2018. She brings a vast amount of experience at the club level to the team and a familiarity with the Southland Conference landscape.
Kuester, a standout at New Mexico State, spent three seasons as an assistant and head coach in the club circuit, most recently as a head coach and assistant coach for the Oklahoma Edge in Moore, Okla. With the Edge, her primary focus was on the middles and outside hitters. She was also the lead recruiter for the organization, and helped network to provide communication for players to college coaches.
She also had experience in making travel arrangements, scheduling and camps.
Prior to moving to Oklahoma, where she earned her masters degree at the University of Oklahoma, she was an assistant coach at McNeese State for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. It was there that she helped the Cowgirls to a 10-win turnaround.
At McNeese, she was the recruiting coordinator and led training for middle blockers and outside hitters. With the 10-match turnaround, the Cowgirls made the league tournament for the first time in three seasons. She was also tasked with aiding in academic monitoring and team travel.
In her first season, she worked with middle Courtni Bauer, who was voted as the leagues Newcomer of the Year and honorable mention. That year Bauer averaged 2.00 kills per set and recorded a .304 attack percentage, second highest on the team. She also ranked second in blocks at 0.72 a set, 76 blocks overall.
In 2013, she worked with Malina Sanchez, who was as a second-team All-Southland Conference honoree. She was second in the league in kills at 3.68 per set and led the Cowgirls in digs at 304 and 18 service aces.
The Norfolk, Neb. native played two seasons at New Mexico State and one year at Texas Tech. She started her college career at Iowa Western Community College.
She led IWCC to a 52-4 record in 2008, where they finished fourth in the national at the National Junior College Association National Tournament. That season she totaled 217 blocks, which ranked her in the Top 10 in blocks in a single season. She recorded a .404 hitting percentage and earned the Presidential Scholar Award.
In one season at Texas Tech, Kuester racked up 20 kills in 50 attempts. She started the first 11 matches of the year, but fell to a season-ending shoulder injury. She moved on to play two seasons at New Mexico State and become and all-conference player and the 2011 team captain.
In 2010, she led the team with 127 total blocks and was third on the team with a .275 hitting percentage. Kuester was credited with 158 kills, 374 attempts, four assists, six service aces and 26 digs.
Kuester also has experience in camps. At McNeese, she coordinated summer camps that broke attendance records, and she was a camp coach at Norfolk Catholic High School- her alma mater- and Neligh HS.
Head Coach
jnewberry@uca.edu
Central Arkansas
Division 1
Coach John Newberry is in his 6th year coaching at UCA. He has previously coached for 2 years in the SEC. Coach John brings a lot of energy and passion to the court. In his last 5 years at UCA, He has been to 3 out of 5 NCAA Tournament appearances.
Assistant Coach
sahlmannd@uapb.edu
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Division 1
Sahlmann brings a wealth of knowledge to UAPB with his 20-plus years of experience in the field.
Sahlmann began his coaching career at the University of Arkansas as a student-assistant coach for two seasons (1994, 1995). In the 1994, the Razorbacks inaugural season of volleyball, he helped lead UA to a 19-17 overall record and a 10-5 mark in Southeastern Conference play. The following season, the Razorbacks finished 25-15 overall and 11-4 in SEC play.
In his two seasons at UA, Sahlmann helped produce Krystal Osborne, the schools all-time kills leader, and Tina Rico, the schools all-time assists leader.
After his stint at the UA, Salhmann moved to the high school ranks and was named the head volleyball coach at Pulaski Academy High School in Little Rock, Ark., a position he served in from August 2007 to March 2009. At Pulaski Academy High, he oversaw the entirety of the volleyball program as he worked with student-athletes from the seventh to the 12 th grade. He also served as head coach and board member of the Little Rock Junior Volleyball Club (2007-2013).
In July 2011, Salhmann became the head volleyball coach at Philander Smith College (2011 -2013) in Little Rock, Ark. His 2012 team finished fifth in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference volleyball tournament. Also that season, two members of his team earned all-conference honors.
Sahlmann then ventured to the Pelican State and became the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, La. in August 2013. His duties included working with the setters and liberoes. In 2013, he produced the Southland Conferences newcomer-of-the-year.
In January 2014, Sahlmann was named interim head coach at UNO, a position he held until he was named assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, La. That season saw Rebecca Redgen earn a second team all-conference berth.
Assistant Coach
emlabasan@gmail.com
Davidson
Division 1
Erin Labasan served as an assistant volleyball coach at her alma mater, Grinnell College, in Grinnell, Iowa from 2014-2016. In 2016, Labasan moved to Massachusetts to pursue an M. S. in Exercise and Sport Studies at Smith College, where she assisted the volleyball team for one year and served as Interim Co-Head Coach for the 2017 season. Upon completion of her degree in May 2018, Labasan moved to North Carolina to join the Davidson College Volleyball coaching staff.
Head Coach
amb24@nyu.edu
New York University
Division 3
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)
Head Coach
pdill@mit.edu
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
Division 3
Dills involvement in volleyball has spanned both sexes, nearly all age groups, and two continents. With the women's team at MIT, he has built what has become one of the premier Division III volleyball programs in New England.
Dill has worked with the MIT volleyball program since 1992. He served as an assistant coach for three years for both the MIT mens and women's varsity programs. Named head women's coach in 1996, Dill has guided the Engineers to 12 NCAA post-season bids, two ECAC Championships, four NEWMAC titles, and the NCAA Elite 8.
Entering his 26th season, Dill is currently ranked top 15 out of over 400 active Division III coaches in the nation in overall winning percentage (.760), averaging 27 wins and single-digit losses per season during his career. He has never collected fewer than 20 wins in a season and has five 30-win seasons under his belt, lifting his combined men's and women's career record to over 1000 wins. A four-time AVCA Division III New England Region Coach of the Year, Dill has also been named the NEWVA Coach of the Year three times. He also collected NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors in 2002, 2016 and 2017.
Dill began duplicating this success with the MIT mens team which he coached from 2004-2017. He led the mens program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014 and an overall record of 328-132. Before coaching the MIT mens squad, Dill directed the Emmanuel College mens squad to a 12-8 record in its first season of varsity competition. He also co-coached the England Women's Junior National Team for four years and was an assistant coach for a Division I National League womens club team in the English Volleyball Association. Other experience includes coaching the University of Connecticut mens volleyball club team while earning his MBA, serving as the manager of the Bates College women's team as an undergraduate, and coaching the mens open division of the Bay State Games.
dylanbtlr@gmail.com
University of Dallas
Assistant Coach
tbooth@cameron.edu
Cameron
Division 2
Tatiana Booth was named the twelfth head coach in Cameron's volleyball programs history on December 19, 2016.
In her first season on campus, the Aggies looked like a much better team then they were a season before. The 2017 squad ranked first in the Lone Star Conference and 17th nationally in blocks per set and was fourth in the conference and 35th in DII in total blocks.
Booth spent three seasons as the head coach at Vernon College, where she compiled a 76-40 record. Her 2016 team went 27-12 and 7-5 in conference play while making an appearance in the NJCAA Region V North Volleyball Tournament. During her three seasons at VC, she helped her teams finish as one of the top junior college teams in kills and blocks, while helping each of her sophomores move on to four year institutions. She also spent a year as the VC assistant volleyball coach.
Booth was a standout volleyball player at East Central Oklahoma, where she was a two-time All-Great American Conference performer and won multiple GAC Player of the Week awards. She was also named to the GAC All-Acadmic team and is listed in the top-10 in the GAC record books in career attack percentage and postseason attack percentage. Following her senior season, Booth spent a semester at ECU's Volleyball grad assistant.
While at East Central, Booth received her bachelors degree in History and then earned her masters in Sports Administration where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Head Coach
mcdanip@hsu.edu
Henderson State
Division 2
Phil McDaniel was hired as the Reddies' head coach in February of 2017 and begins his seventh season at the helm of the Henderson State volleyball program in the Fall of 2023.
In the final match of the 2022 season, McDaniel reached career win number 100 at Henderson with a 3-0 victory at Arkansas-Monticello, becoming the second HSU head coach to ever reach the century mark. In that same win over the Blossoms, McDaniel reached 50 GAC victories.
After the 2021 season, McDaniel had led HSU to three 20-win seasons in the last four seasons - the only GAC team to reach that feat during that time span. Additionally, his teams have earned the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award three consecutive years after having never won the award prior to 2019.
In his first year, McDaniel led the Reddies to 14 wins, their most in a single season since 2010, which included Henderson's first victory over Harding since 2009. In year two, Henderson took a huge step forward, and produced one of the finest seasons in school history. The Reddies won 28 matches, a school-record 13 Great American Conference contests, and reached the GAC Tournament Championship Final at the Bank OZK Arena in Hot Springs. Henderson's 28 victories were the most for the program since 2001.
His third season saw another 20-win campaign, as the Reddies finished 21-12 overall and 11-5 in the GAC. COVID-19 shortened the 2020 campaign, which was played in the spring, but HSU finished third in the GAC Eastern Division and won its first round game in the GAC Tournament. In four years under McDaniel, Henderson has a winning percentage of .644.
Before coming to Arkadelphia, McDaniel built a long and impressive resume which included head coaching stops at Drake University and South Dakota State, as well as assistant coaching position at several top Division I and II institutions. His career also includes successful head coaching positions on the high school and club levels.
McDaniel spent the 2016 season as an assistant coach at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota, where he was responsible for recruiting as well as working with the Wolves defensive play. NSU finished the season ranked No. 21 in the final AVCA Division II Top 25 Poll.
Prior to his stint at Northern State, McDaniel served as head coach at South Dakota State from 2011 to 2015. During his time in Brookings, South Dakota, he had two Jackrabbits earn First-Team All-Summit League honors, two named to the Summit League All-Freshman Team, and eight garnered Summit League Player of the Week accolades.
His teams at South Dakota State earned Academic All-American Volleyball Coaches Association honors all four years, by compiling a grade point average of 3.3 or better each year.
McDaniel's first DI head coaching job came at Drake University, where he rebuilt the Bulldog volleyball program which had tallied only seven wins in 2007.
With McDaniel at the helm, Drake reached numerous program milestones including qualifying for the Missouri Valley Tournament in 2009 and 2010, with a total of four players receiving all-conference honors, including the programs first First-Team MVC honoree in over a decade. In 2009, the Bulldogs registered a 22-12 record and followed with a 23-11 mark in 2010.
McDaniel served as an assistant coach at South Dakota State from 2005 to 2008. During his tenure at SDSU, he helped the Jackrabbits to the 2007 Summit League title and the schools first-ever Division I NCAA Tournament appearance.
While overseeing SDSUs recruiting efforts, McDaniel also monitored the academic progress for the Jackrabbits with the team earning the AVCA Academic Awards in 2005 and 2006.
Prior to his time at SDSU, McDaniel was an assistant coach at New Mexico State, where he helped lead the team to an 86-15 record and three straight Sun Belt Conference Championships. The Aggies also made two appearances in the NCAA Tournament in 2003 and 2004.
McDaniel began his coaching career at J.H. Rose High School in Greenville, N.C., where he led the program to a 42-7 record and earned Big East Conference 4A Coach of the Year for two consecutive seasons (2000, 2001).
McDaniel earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Culver-Stockton College in 1996 and a master's degree in counselor education from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in 1998. He competed on both the soccer and tennis teams while at Culver-Stockton.
Head Coach
brittany.salloum@lacollege.edu
Louisiana College
Division 3
Played four years at Messiah College (DIII) in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Assistant Coach (one year) at Williams College (DIII) in Williamstown, MA.
Graduate Assistant (two years) at Messiah College.
Head Women's Volleyball Coach (seven years) at Louisiana Christian University (NAIA) in Pineville, LA.
Head Coach
newberry@hendrix.edu
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.
Head Volleyball Coach
dthompson@jarvis.edu
Jarvis Christian
NAIA
Thompson hopes to continue to raise Jarvis volleyball program performance beyond success in the Red River Athletic Conference and national level. She is excited about this opportunity to fortify the mission of the Athletic Department with one key goal in mind, Our student-athletes will be viewed as academic students first, before they are viewed as athletes. I want students to be able to come to Jarvis Christian College, not only to play sports but to earn their education and prepare themselves to be active and productive members of society. While attending high school at Parkview Arts/Science Magnet High School in Little Rock, Thompson had a tremendous high school volleyball career as a student-athlete. She was recognized as an All-Conference player in 1996 and 1997. After graduating in 1997, Thompson received an academic scholarship from Philander Smith College, and majored in Physical Education with a minor in Nursing. Her collegiate career as a Middle Blocker/Middle Hitter led her to earn Academic Honors, Most Dedicated and Hardworking Player and MVP Awards. She also helped her team to earn a third place at the National Small College Athletic Association Volleyball Tournament in 1997. While attending college in 2000, Thompson played for the Little Rock Womens Volleyball League were she received the MVP honor as well as helped her team earn second place in the leagues championship tournament. She also maintained staying on the Deans List and graduated Cum Laude. After graduating, she landed her first coaching job at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where she coached from 2002 to 2005 as an assistant volleyball and bowling coach and adjunct physical education teacher while pursuing her Masters Degree in Secondary Education (Physical Education). In 2005, she returned to Little Rock to work for the city and local school district. Missing the excitement on the court, she returned to her alma mater and became the second head coach/former player for volleyball in Philander Smiths Panthers history in 2008. In 2008 while serving as the Head Volleyball Coach, she also assumed the role of Sports Information Director. Under the leadership of Coach Thompson, she reorganized the program and coached Honorable Mention Players, Athletic Scholars and NAIA Daktronics Scholars within the conference. In 2011, she decided to follow her dreams and took a position in Tyler, Texas, as the Athletic Director and Sports Information Director at Texas College. While at Texas College, the Baseball team finished 2 in conference, and the athletes were named All-American, Academic Scholars and RRAC Scholars, First and Second Team All- Conference, Honorable Mentioned and the school received the Five Star Champion of Character Award. Coach Thompson earned her Masters degree in Coaching and Administration from Concordia University-Irvine, CA and she is the proud mother of one son, Javion.
Head Coach
craig.case@tamuc.edu
Texas A&M-Commerce
Division 2
Craig Case is the seventh coach in program history. 2019 is his 10th season at the helm of the Lion volleyball program. He is now the longest tenured coach in program history. He enters the season with 160 wins, the second most in program history.
The 2018 season built on the team's 2017 success and raised it to new heights. The Lions improved their win total yet again, for the fourth consecutive season. The team finished with a 30-6 record, the first time the team had a 30-win season since 1987. The Lions finished in second place in the LSC standings with a 17-3 record, earning Case the LSC Coach of the Year award. The team would go on to win its second ever LSC Tournament championship, defeating regular season champion Tarleton in four sets. The Lions qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the second consecutive year and made it all the way to the Regional Championship match, falling in four sets to Tarleton. Shelley Chapron earned All-America status once again and also gained national status as the AVCA National Player of the Week. Chapron also went on to earn LSC Tournament MVP honors. Jaslyn Wacker also was named an Academic All-American. Under Case, Celeste Vela was named the LSC Freshman of the Year. Seven Lions would go on to earn All-Conference honors. Chapron earned First Team honors while Jaslyn Wacker, Jaryn Wacker and Bina Njikam earned Second Team status. Vela was joined by Savannah Rutledge and Rylie Fuentes on the Honorable Mention team.
The 2017 season was one of the best seasons in Lion volleyball history. The Lions improved their win total for a third consecutive season and finished with a perfect 11-0 record in the Field House. The team finished 21-12 overall, securing second place in the Lone Star Conference. The Lions would advance to the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament, the first time the team advanced to the NCAA Tournament since 1988. During the season, Case moved into second place in program history in wins. Shelley Chapron was named both Honorable Mention All-American and Honorable Mention All-Region by the AVCA and Jaslyn Wacker was named Second Team All-Region by the D2CCA. Chapron was named LSC Newcomer of the Year and Wacker was named the program's first Academic All-American as well as the first LSC Academic Player of the Year. Five players were named to the All-Conference team while two were named Academic All-Conference. The Lions advanced to the second round of the LSC Tournament and advanced to the NCAA Tournament, falling in the first round to Metro State in five sets.
During the 2016 season, the Lions improved their win total for the second consecutive year. They went 19-13 and were regionally ranked for the first time under Case. With a win over Midwestern State on October 1, Case earned his 100th win as A&M-Commerce's head coach. Ashley Mireles was named Libero of the Year, leading the conference with 618 digs. Mireles was also named First Team All-LSC. Taryn Driver was named Second Team All-LSC for the second time and Jaslyn Wacker was named an All-LSC Honorable Mention and was named to the LSC All-Academic Team. The Lions lost in the first round of the LSC Tournament.
In the 2015 campaign, the Lions went 15-14 with numerous postseason accolades. Taryn Driver, Veronika Baric, and Jaslyn Wacker were named all-Lone Star Conference second team with Courtney Tate and Summer Alford earning LSC Honorable Mention. Driver was also named to the LSC All-Academic Team.
In 2014, three Lions earned all-conference accolades. Amy Davault was a First-Team All LSC performer and a AVCA All-South Central Region Honorable mention performer. Davault eclipsed both the 1,000 kill and 1,000 dig milestone. Freshman setter Courtney Tate was All-Lone Star Conference Honorable Mention and Taryn Driver was an All-Academic Lone Star Conference performer.
The 2013 season was one of the best seasons A&M-Commerce volleyball has seen. The Lions won eight of their first 10 games and finished with a record of 23-9, 9-7 in the Lone Star Conference, good enough for fourth place.
In 2013 a number of Lions earned all-conference accolades. Amy Davault was both a first-team All-Conference performer and Newcomer of The Year in the Lone Star Conference. Davault was also a AVCA All-American Honorable Mention performer and AVCA First -Team All-South Central performer. Senior setter Jordan Neal set a school record for career assists with 4,667 and had the second most assists in a single season with 1,459 in 2013. Neal was named Setter of The Year in the LSC and a first team All-LSC performer.
The 2012 season proved to be one of the highlights of Cases career as he helped guide A&M-Commerce to a 20-11 mark, an improvement of nine wins from the previous season. The Lions finished fifth in the Lone Star Conference with an 11-9 mark, qualifying for the LSC tournament for the first time since 2009.
On a personal note, Case notched an impressive career milestone in the 3-0 victory over Midwestern State at the Field House on October 27th, earning his 100th career victory as a head coach.
Under Cases tutelage, senior middle blocker Rachel Robertson capped her impressive career by being named the LSC Offensive Player of the Year, leading the conference in hitting percentage, kills per set and points per set. She finished her career ranked third all-time in program history in career kills as Robertson was also a two-time LSC All-Academic Team selection.
In addition, junior setter Jordan Neal was named a second team All-LSC setter for the third-straight season while sophomore middle blocker Breanne Snyder was an honorable mention selection. Junior right side hitter Kayla Bond also joined Robertson on the All-Academic Team for the second time.
In 2011, a pair of Lions earned All-Lone Star Conference accolades with Robertson being named to the first team and Neal picking up second team honors. Robertson and Bond were also selected as Capital One first team Academic All-District IV selections for their success in the classroom as well as to the LSC All-Academic Team.
Case made a strong impact in his first season in Commerce, leading the Lions to a 14-15 record, including a 7-6 mark at the Fieldhouse as A&M-Commerce finished the year strong, winning six of its final nine matches. He saw a pair of his players go on to receive Lone Star Conference postseason honors as Neal and Robertson both were recognized with All-LSC second team honors.
Case came to A&M-Commerce with an extensive volleyball coaching career, including the last four seasons at Valley City State University in Valley City, North Dakota. In addition to serving as the head volleyball coach, he also served as an instructor and as the schools sports information director. He guided the Vikings to its first winning season in nearly a decade and currently ranks second all-time in career wins in the program.
At VCSU, Case coached the athletic departments first-ever, first-team female All-American, two Academic All-Americans, an AVCA/NAIA Regional Player of the Year as well as multiple players, who earned conference recognition from the Dakota Athletic Conference. Among the recognition were two DAC Liberos of the Year and a DAC Player of the Year. Twice, his team was recognized by the NAIA as Champions of Character and was recognized by the AVCA for its academic success. Concurrently, he was also involved as the Director of the Valley City Juniors Volleyball Club.
Case served as the head volleyball coach at St. Gregorys University in Shawnee, Okla., as they restarted their volleyball program in 2005. Despite having only a month to compile a team, Case had a player earn all-Sooner Athletic Conference honors.
Prior to that, he served for three seasons as an assistant coach and assistant in the athletic development office at Northern State University, where he directed two all-region performers and five all-Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference selections, a Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Libero of the Year and the team earned academic honors from the AVCA all three years.
He has been active with volleyball camps ranging from remedial developmental to elite performance camps. He has served as a speaker at the North Dakota, South Dakota and the Oklahoma Volleyball Coaches Association clinics.
Case has also played an integral role in the North Texas Region High Performance Volleyball Program. He served as the head coach of the select team in 2012 before overseeing the program and coaching the Youth team at the National Tournament in Fort Lauderdale this past July.
Case received his bachelors degree from St. Cloud State University in 1999 and holds a masters degree in education from St. Lawrence University and received his masters degree in education with an emphasis in physical education, health and coaching at Northern State University.
Head Coach
brandoncrisp@dcccd.edu
Eastfield
Junior College
Brandon Crisp was named head volleyball coach at Eastfield in April of 2014. He enters his eighth season at Eastfield as head coach in 2021. Crisp has a career record of 132-68 and a conference record of 57-11 and one national championship.
After only eight seasons, Eastfield has experienced tremendous growth under Crisps leadership. He has won five conference titles in the past 6 years, three Region V Championships, advanced to three straight national semifinals and two consecutive national championship matches.
Crisp has produced five All-Americans, one National Championship MVP, seven National Championship All-Tournament selections, two conference MVPs, two conference Defensive Player of the Years, 17 First Team All-Region/All-Conference players, 13 Second Team All-Conference players, 22 honorable mentions selections, 41 Conference Players of the Week honors, and 17 NJCAA National Players of the Week honors.
On the academic side, Crisps players have collected 72 conference academic awards, 23 NJCAA Academic All-Americans, and one NJCAA Academic Team of the Year honor in the past seven seasons.
Senior Head Coach
ialmendarez@dcccd.edu
Cedar Valley
Junior College
Under her leadership with the Suns, Coach Almendarez had changed the culture to a winning championship mindset. Coach Almendarez has shown development of players on the court, helping any student-athlete wanting to advance into the NCAA and NAIA, as well as having numerous Dallas Athletic Conference All Team, Region V All Team, and NJCAA All-American Team members. Coach Almendarez demonstrates not only high standards on the court but in the classroom as well. Under her academic expectations, her programs have had numerous athletes meet the academic requirements for the DAC Academic and NJCAA All-Academic Team members.
Prior to her arrival to Cedar Valley, Coach Almendarez served as a Director and a head coach where she led their regional teams to several first and second place finishes in the USA Volleyball Tournaments across the North Texas and Lone Star Region for three years.
Coach Almendarez is a native of Fort Worth, Texas where she started her volleyball career as a freshman and grow passion for the game as a dual-athlete. Coach Almendarez received many accolades and also had success at the club level playing for the Texas Advantage Volleyball as a libero. Coach Almendarez graduated Cum Laude, a Texas Scholar, and as the Female Athlete of the Year from R. L. Paschal High School in 2004.
Coach Almendarez later began playing her collegiate career at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, TX. During her time with the Lady Bears she helped lead the volleyball program to back-to-back NJCAA DIII National Championship Titles as the libero in 2008. She recieved National Junior College Athletic Association All-Region V and All-Metro Athletic Conference selections. Coach Almendarez would then finish her collegiate career at Texas Wesleyan University.
Coach Almendarez received her Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies from Texas Wesleyan University and is currently working on her Masters of Secondary Education in Kinesiology. She and her husband, Cesar, are parents of two boys, Nathaniel (14) and Tobias (2).
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.
See what people are saying about EXACT!
Player
This is a great opportunity to showcase your talents in front of top tier college coaches at the next level, it not only allows you to showcase your strengths but also helps you improve upon your weaknesses due to the direct feedback from college coaches. I feel like a better volleyball player after this one day camp!
Parent
As a parent of a student athlete, this program surpassed all expectations. The staff went beyond our goal of giving not just physical but mental training. They encouraged and critiqued those skills need to make our athlete even better than when she arrived. We all loved attending, and our daughter looks forward to next year or attending another one soon. Thank you for a great experience!
Player
Everyone was amazing and helpful, I enjoyed the exposure to college coaches! I learned so much more during this one day camp than I did during a 3 day camp I attended last year. I would definitely recommend EXACT, it helped me to become a better player overall!
Player
I went into this camp not knowing what to expect. I came out, and I loved it. I loved the environment, direct exposure to the coaching staff, and learning new techniques from a variety of different coaches. Everyone here was very positive, and made sure to include everyone.I would definitely recommend the EXACT camp and hope attend one in the near future!
Parent
Your showcase opened my daughter's eyes that she needs to start preparing now to fulfill her dream of being on a collegiate volleyball team. Her attitude is now focused on what she needs to do to achieve her goal. The college coaches were outstanding, and were very informative about what they expect, and do with their teams. It was our first EXACT showcase, but definitely not our last one we will attend in the upcoming future. Our overall experience exceeded our expectations. Thank you for everything, and connecting us to valuable college coaches.
Player
The EXACT Camp is my second exposure camp and it was way bigger and better than my first! It was amazing to be around girls with the same aspirations as me, hopefully I’ll compete against them in the future at the collegiate level. My experience with EXACT has been invaluable and extremely informative. It's definitely the easiest and best way to be exposed to college coaches. Thanks so much EXACT!!
Player
I really enjoyed how I was able to meet one on one with every coach, and I was able to show my skills in front of them. I also loved how informational the coaches were about recruiting process, and how I was able to see and experience the different coaching styles. I also enjoyed how there was a coach from every division including NAIA.
Parent
Player
I thought the EXACT Camp really gave me the extra push I needed to become a recruited college athlete. Being able to talk face to face with college coaches made me feel in control of the process. I loved the competition and I think I improved as a player over the course of the days. It was definitely the best camp I attended all summer.
Player
The EXACT camp allowed me to gain valuable college exposure, talk to college coaches, and receive advice about becoming a student athlete. From this camp, I feel more confident in myself because of the positive feedback I received from the coaches, and encouragement from the girls I was with. The 1-on-1 evaluation from a college coach was extremely beneficial and will help me improve to become a more dynamic player!
Player
I was actually so nervous going into the camp, but once I got the to camp all of my nervousness went away. The coaches were all very nice and the camp was a comfortable place with everyone being very supportive. Not only was it enjoyable, I was able to talk to the coaches one-on-one, and get honest and thoughtful feedback to improve my athletic abilities and talents.
Before attending the EXACT Camp, I was very uneducated about college sports and didn't have a set school I was interested in, but this camp helped me have a better understanding of what to look for in the future.
Learn why EXACT Sports is the most trusted and top-rated training camp
Largest college coaching staff of any organization -- camp, tournament or club (bringing in 1000 amazing college coaches every year)!
Hugely successful supporters of high school athletes -- 70.2% of participants have gone on to play NCAA or NAIA college athletics.
Only training camp organization that has received funding from the NCAA.
Official behavioral training partner of US Women's National Team.
The only camp staff that has expertise in developing athletes from high school to college to pro (we also work with over 60 pro teams).
The only exposure organization that blends the 4 pillars of development through our mental training expertise (EXACT is funded by the National Institutes of Health).
This is a sample schedule. Registered athletes will receive a final schedule prior to camp.
Overview
Residential (Optional)
Athletes Traveling Alone
If You Drive
If You Fly
EXACT's goal is to provide every participant a great camp experience. We know that starts with your travel arrangements. We accommodate a variety of travel options so you can pick what works best for your family, whether that is driving or flying, athlete traveling alone or with a parent, or opting into our residential option or booking your own lodging. Select from the options below for more information.
Traveling far to get to EXACT? Campers have the option to participate in the residential, overnight program. Typically, 20-40% of campers participate in this optional program. Those interested in lodging can add on during registration. Campers stay in EXACT-supervised accommodations with 1-3 fellow participating players. Friendship requests can be made to director@exactsports.com. Included in the EXACT residency option are two nights lodging, dinners, breakfasts and shuttle between the camp game fields and the overnight accommodations (plus all the fun you can handle!)
Traveling far to get to EXACT? Campers have the option to participate in the residential, overnight program. Typically, 20-40% of campers participate in this optional program. Those interested in lodging can add on during registration. Campers stay in EXACT-supervised accommodations with 1-3 fellow participating players. Friendship requests can be made after enrollment. Included in the EXACT residency option are two nights lodging, dinners, breakfasts and shuttle between the camp facility and the overnight accommodations (plus all the fun you can handle!).
In addition to a GPS location, we provide specific directions to all participants in pre-camp materials so you know exactly where to go and when to be there!
The following airport options are most convenient for the event location:
KDFW - Dallas Fort Worth International Airport: About 4 miles from facility.
KDAL - Dallas Love Field: About 14 miles from facility.
If family member(s) would like to stay at our recommended hotel, we often organize a discounted rate (Click Here). Family members are welcome to observe & participate at camp. We have a few sessions designed for family participation including the parent workshop and the recruiting panel However, it is totally optional -- only person that should be there is the athlete!
Players are welcome to travel to the EXACT camp without an accompanying family member. Players have the option to take our airport transit from the recommended airports listed above. This transit will take the athlete from airport to camp (and back to airport after camp ends). Try to book your flight to arrive at airport by 11am and departing flight after 8pm. If you need take earlier/later flights, just let us know -- we always accommodate!