Arizona Western: Announced the resignation of
head women's volleyball Matt Patton. (posted 12/9/2005)
Rutgers: Promoted Orlando Gonzalez from interim head women's volleyball coach to
permanent head women's volleyball coach. Gonzalez led the Scarlet Knights to a
11-16 record in 2005. (posted 12/9/2005)
Richard Stockton: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach
Eric Illjes. (posted 12/8/2005)
Southeastern Louisiana: Announced Roni Armeda Hipp has resigned effective Jan. 2
as head women's volleyball after 13 seasons with the program. She is the
winningest coach in school history with 226 victories. (posted 12/6/2005)
UC Davis: Announced it will not renew the contract of head women's volleyball
coach Stephanie Hawbecker. She recorded a 63-112 record in six seasons. (posted
12/6/2005)
Pacific: Announced it has offered head women's volleyball coach Jayne McHugh a
reassignment within the athletic department and will begin a national search for
her replacement as head coach. McHugh recorded a 100-59 record in five seasons
as head coach at Pacific. (posted 11/30/2005)
Stanford: Announced the retirement of head men's volleyball coach Don Shaw,
effective at the conclusion of the 2006 men's season. He will complete his
seventh season leading the Cardinal men starting January. He also was Stanford's
women's head coach from 1984 to 1999. Longtime Stanford men's assistant John
Kosty will succeed Shaw. (posted 11/29/2005)
Lehman: Announced the addition of Divina Arroyo as head men's volleyball coach.
(posted 11/29/2005)
North Carolina State: Fired head women's volleyball coach Mary Byrne. (posted
11/27/2005)
Montana: Announced the contract of head women's volleyball coach Nikki Best will
not be renewed. (posted 11/22/2005)
DePaul: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Dawn
Dockstader. (posted 11/22/2005)
Augusta (Ga.): Named Amber Glass head women's volleyball coach. (posted
11/11/2005)
Troy: Chose Michael Izumi as interim head women's volleyball coach. (posted
8/31/2005)
Bloomfield: Named Tara Spruill head women's volleyball coach. (posted
8/25/2005)
Mount Saint Vincent: Selected Ernie Escoto as head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 8/24/2005)
Missouri: Announced the title changes of husband-wife volleyball coaching tandem
Susan and Wayne Kreklow. Wayne Kreklow moves to head women's volleyball coach,
while Susan Kreklow will assume husband Wayne's former associate head coach
role. Susan Kreklow posted a 109-46 record in five seasons as head coach at
Missouri. (posted 8/23/2005)
Wesleyan (Ga.): Hired Sara Wilson as head women's volleyball coach and sports
information director. She previously served as the marketing coordinator of the
Nasheville Sports Council. (posted 8/22/2005)
City College of New York: Announced the resignation of head men's volleyball
coach Robert Pichardo. (posted 8/21/2005)
Troy: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Patrick
Nicholas and named Melanie Davis interim head coach. Nicholas was about to start
his season leading the Trojans. Davis joined the Troy staff in 1993 and led the
volleyball program to a 70-44 overall record before relinquishing the volleyball
duties to concentrate on her head softball coach duties. (posted 8/20/2005)
Franklin Pierce (N.H.): Named Michelle Kreeger head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 8/18/2005)
Alcorn State: Selected Yolanda Brown as head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 8/17/2005)
Becker: Named Chelsea Clyburn as head women's volleyball coach. (posted
8/17/2005)
Western Connecticut: Hired Pablo Baez as head women's volleyball coach.
(8/15/2005)
Rockford: Chose Rodney Pritchett as head women's volleyball coach. He served as
an assistant coach with the program last season.
(posted 8/14/2005)
Ferrum: Selected Nancy Castillo as head women's volleyball coach, replacing
Kelly Caputo. Castillo was head girls volleyball coach at Franklin County High
School (W.V.) from 1991 to 2003. (posted 8/14/2005)
Northern Colorado: Promoted Lyndsey Benson to head women's volleyball coach,
replacing Ron Alexander who resigned after three years as head coach to become a
firefighter for Union Colony Fire Rescue Authority. Benson has been an assistant
with the program for two seasons. (posted 8/9/2005)
Rutgers: Tabbed Orlando Gonzalez as interim head women's volleyball coach. He
had served as an assistant at Rutgers since this spring after holding the
positions of regional training center head coach and assistant director of USA
Michigan Volleyball. (posted 8/9/2005)
UAB: Announced that Melinda Claiborne has stepped down as head women's
volleyball coach after five seasons. Allison Magner and Nikola Petrovic will
share interim head coach duties this season. (posted 8/5/2005)
Roger Williams: Named Bret Stothart head women's volleyball coach. (8/4/2005)
Wake Forest: Hired Heather Kahl as head women's volleyball coach. She has served
as an assistant with the program the past five seasons. (posted 8/1/2005)
John Carroll: Tabbed Cally Plummer head women's volleyball coach. She was a
graduate assistant at South Carolina during the 2003-04 season after being a
four-time SEC selection. She was head freshman volleyball coach at Mason High
School (Mich.) last season. (posted 7/21/2005)
Eastern Illinois: Selected Lori Bennett as head women's volleyball coach. She
has served as head volleyball coach and assistant athletic director at Lake Land
since 1998 and 1997 respectively. (posted 7/21/2005)
SUNY Cortland: Chose Pam Hoerup as head women's volleyball coach. (posted
7/20/2005)
Nicholls State: Selected Chris Laird as head women's volleyball coach. He spent
the past two seasons as assistant coach at South Alabama. (posted 7/19/2005)
Alcorn State: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach
Stephanie Smith. (posted 7/19/2005)
Carroll: Named Annie Glieber as head women's volleyball coach. She has served as
a graduate assistant at Central Missouri State the past two seasons. (posted
7/15/2005)
Glenville State: Hired Lee Anderson as head women's volleyball coach. He had
served as the head assistant coach at Ferris State the past two seasons.
(posted 7/15/2005)
Lander: Angie McGuire resigned as head women's volleyball coach after two years.
(posted 7/15/2005)
CCNY: Chose Lauren Caiaccia as head women's volleyball coach. She previously
held the head women's coaching position at Hunter the past six seasons,
including a stint leading the school's men's volleyball program. (posted
7/13/2005)
Hunter: Hired Greg DeMoustes as head women's volleyball coach. He previously was
head women's and men's volleyball coach at Polytechnic University in Brooklyn.
(posted 7/13/2005)
Spring Hill: Chose Kara Rogers as head women's volleyball coach. She has served
as a graduate assistant women's volleyball coach at West Florida the past two
seasons. (posted 7/13/2005)
Nova Southeastern: Named Melissa Batie as head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 7/13/2005)
Berry (Ga.): Selected Brianne Smedley head women's volleyball coach. She has
been the top assistant at NCAA Division I Centenary since May 2004. (posted
7/12/2005)
Benedictine (Ill.): Chose Jennifer Olson as head women's volleyball coach. She
was assistant women's volleyball and assistant women's basketball coach for the
school last season. (posted 7/11/2005)
Rutgers: Announced the resignation of Ann Leonard-House as head women's
volleyball coach. She amassed a 170-149 record in 11 years leading the program.
(posted 7/11/2005)
Wake Forest: Announced the resignation of Valorie Baker as head women's
volleyball coach. She posted an 89-65 record in five years leading the Demon
Deacons. (posted 7/11/2005)
Quinnipiac: Selected Ryan Woodcock as head women's volleyball coach. He has
served as an assistant coach with the program the past three seasons and was the
interim head coach. (posted 7/8/2005)
Lander: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Angela
McGuire. (posted 6/30/2005)
Sewanee: Named Joe Dombrowski head women's volleyball coach. (posted
6/30/2005)
Eastern Mennonite: Selected Steve Benson as men's and women's volleyball coach.
He served as head women's volleyball coach at Lake-Sumter Community College the
past two seasons. (posted 6/29/2005)
Seattle Pacific: Hired Chris Johnson as head women's volleyball coach. He served
as an assistant coach with the team last season.
(posted 6/27/2005)
UC San Diego: Chose Kevin Ring as head men's volleyball coach. He served the
past nine years as assistant men's volleyball coach at UC San Diego, his alma
mater. (posted 6/25/2005)
Southern Illinois: Tabbed Brenda Winkeler head women's volleyball coach. She
spent the past five years as head coach at Eastern Illinois compiling and 82-72
record. (posted 6/25/2005)
Southern Indiana: Selected Leah Mercer as head women's volleyball coach. She
previously served as the top assistant women's volleyball coach at
Loyola-Chicago.
(posted 6/21/2005)
Loyola-Chicago: Selected Marcie Bomhack as head women's volleyball coach. She
previously served as the head men's and women's volleyball coach at Cardinal
Stritch.
(posted 6/15/2005)
Wheaton (Mass.): Named Kelli Myers as head women's volleyball coach. She
previously was the head volleyball coach at Connecticut for seven years and
posted a 134-78 record.
(posted 6/14/2005)
Clarke (Iowa): Chose Chris Miron as head men's and women's volleyball coach. He
previously was a women's volleyball assistant coach at Wisconsin-La Crosse.
(posted 6/4/2005)
Arkansas-Monticello: Tabbed Nicole Smith as head women's volleyball coach and
senior woman administrator. She previously was the head volleyball coach at Hill
Junior College. Arkansas-Monticello will play its first varsity season in
2005-06. (posted 6/4/2005)
Gettysburg: Selected Alexa Keckler interim head women's volleyball coach.
Keckler led Littlestown (Pa.) High School to an 18-5 record in 2004. She
replaces nine-year veteran Gettysburg head coach Kim Kelly, who resigned to take
the head coach position at Carnegie Mellon. (posted 5/31/2005)
Wisconsin-Whitewater: Named Stacy Boudreau head women's volleyball coach. She
compiled a 70-38 record as the head coach of Iowa Wesleyan the past three
seasons. (posted 5/27/2005)
Roger Williams (R.I.): Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball
coach Ben Heroux. (posted 5/26/2005)
Cal State Stanislaus: Hired Christina Difani as head women's volleyball coach.
She previously held the position of assistant coach at Sonoma State since 1999.
(posted 5/20/2005)
Truman: Named Jason Skoch as head women's volleyball coach. He served as an
assistant women's volleyball coach at Mississippi State last fall. (posted
5/16/2005)
Buena Vista: Selected Lindsey Johnson as head women's volleyball coach. She has
served as an interim assistant and graduate assistant women's volleyball coach
at St. Cloud State the past three seasons. (posted 5/11/2005)
Mesa State: Hired Dave Fleming head women's volleyball coach. He held the
position of assistant women's volleyball coach at UCLA the past four seasons.
(posted 5/11/2005)
New Orleans: Announced the resignation of Julie Ibieta as head women's
volleyball. Promoted assistant women's volleyball coach Dana Launey to head
women's volleyball coach. Ibieta served as head coach of the Privateers the past
six seasons. Launey has been an assistant coach at UNO the past six seasons.
(posted 5/9/2005)
Central State (Ohio): Announced it will not renew the contract of head women's
and men's volleyball coach Chanteau White. (posted 4/28/2005)
Mount Holyoke: Hired Peer Nasseir as head women's volleyball coach. Nasseir has
served as an assistant coach with the men's and women's volleyball programs at
Springfield the past year. (posted 4/28/2005)
Southern Illinois: Announced head women's volleyball coach Sonya Locke has
stepped down to become an academic advisor within the athletic department. She
posted a 188-232 record in 14 years at SIU.
(posted 4/27/2005)
Georgia: Promoted associate head women's volleyball coach to head women's
volleyball coach. She has been with the Bulldog program the past three seasons
and was head coach at Marshall for five years prior to her arrival at Georgia.
(posted 4/26/2005)
Dickinson (Pa.): Selected Carli Dale as head women's volleyball coach. She will
graduate from Juniata in May 2005 after earning the AVCA Division III National
Player of the Year honor in 2004. (posted 4/26/2005)
Western Carolina: Hired Stephanie Dragan as head women's volleyball coach. She
previously led NCAA Division III Centre College to a 159-107 record over the
past seven seasons. (posted 4/26/2005)
Wright State: Tabbed Trina Smith head women's volleyball coach. She had served
the last eight seasons as assistant women's volleyball coach at South Carolina.
(posted 4/22/2005)
Seattle Pacific: Announced the resignation head women's volleyball coach Kellie
Ryan. She posted an 83-51 overall record while leading the Falcons in five
years. (posted 4/20/2005)
Western Oregon: Chose Joe Houck as head women's volleyball coach. He most
recently served as associate head coach for two seasons at Eastern Washington
from 2002 to 2003. (posted 4/18/2005)
Buena Vista: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach and
assistant women's basketball coach Amy Sander, who has accepted the head women's
basketball position at Nebraska Wesleyan. She directed the BVU women's
volleyball program the past five seasons. (posted 4/13/2005)
Community Colleges of Spokane: Selected Jenni Rosselli as head women's
volleyball coach. She previously served four seasons as an assistant coach at
University of Memphis. (posted 4/8/2005)
Carnegie Mellon: Named Kim Kelly head women's volleyball coach. (posted
4/6/2005)
Shepherd: Hired Sarah Smith as head women's volleyball coach. She most recently
served as a graduate assistant volleyball coach at Minnesota State, Mankato.
(posted 4/5/2005)
DeSales: Tabbed Michele Ide head women's volleyball coach. (posted 4/5/2005)
Adams State: Chose Lindy Mortensen as head women's volleyball coach. She was
head girls volleyball coach at Montezuma-Cortez High School in Colorado the past
nine seasons. (posted 4/5/2005)
Oregon State: Named Terry Liskevych head women's volleyball coach. He spent 12
years as the head women's coach of the USA National Team from 1985-1996 and was
the head women's volleyball coach at Pacific from 1976-1984. (posted
4/4/2005)
Wisconsin-Whitewater: Announced the retirement of head women's volleyball coach
Kris Russell. She compiled an 812-231 record at UWW since 1981. (posted
4/1/2005)
Minnesota State: Selected Dennis Amundson as head women's volleyball coach. He
served last season as an assistant coach at the University of St. Thomas (Minn.)
after eight seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at University of Minnesota.
(posted 4/1/2005)
Saint Peter's: Named Mike Massone head women's volleyball coach. (posted
3/31/2005)
Oberlin: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Kristen
Surovjak. Named Joey Chen, who has been an assistant with the program for three
seasons, as interim head coach. (posted 3/26/2005)
Texas-Tyler: Chose Kristee Turpin as head women's volleyball coach. She has
served as head coach at Wayland Baptist the past four years. (posted
3/26/2005)
Union (Ky.): Selected David Nicholson as head women's volleyball coach. He has
served as an assistant coach at Western Carolina the past two seasons.
(posted 3/23/2005)
Saint Mary's (Calif.): Hired Rob Browning as head women's volleyball coach. He
has served as assistant coach for the USA Men's National Team the past season
years. (posted 3/23/2005)
Western Carolina: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach
Angell Benson. She posted a 50-45 record in three seasons leading the program.
(posted 3/22/2005)
Georgia: Announced the retirement of head women's coach Mary Buczek. She has led
the Bulldog program the past five years to an 82-69 overall record. (posted
3/22/2005)
Valdosta State: Selected Sia Poyer as head women's volleyball coach. He has
served as the top assistant at Eastern New Mexico the past 14 seasons.
(posted 3/17/2005)
Keystone: Named Josh Roberts head women's volleyball coach. (posted
3/17/2005)
Wheaton (Mass.): Announced the resignation of fourth-year head women's
volleyball coach Elizabeth Rey. (posted 3/16/2005)
Morningside: Tabbed Aaron Nelson head women's volleyball coach. (posted
3/15/2005)
Buffalo: Hired Jim Lodes as head women's volleyball coach. He has served as an
assistant coach at North Carolina the past three seasons. (posted 3/9/2005)
Montclair State: Named Karin Harvey head women's volleyball coach. (posted
3/7/2005)
Cal State Stanislaus: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach
Cindy Nikkel effective June 1, 2005. She posted a 78-132 record in seven years
leading the program. (posted 3/5/2005)
St. Joseph's (N.Y.): Named Toby Pantophlet head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 3/4/2005)
Nicholls State: Announced the resignation of M.J. Engstrom as head women's
volleyball coach. She posted a 58-92 record in five years, including the
school's first-ever trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2003. (posted 3/3/2005)
Northern Michigan: Selected Qi Wang as head women's volleyball coach. He has
served as head coach at Truman State University the past four seasons compiling
a 133-17 overall record. (posted 3/3/2005)
Purdue: Extended the contract of head women's volleyball coach Dave Shondell
through the 2009-10 academic year, an addition to his original five-year
contract. (posted 3/2/2005)
East Carolina: Chose Chris Rushing as head women's volleyball coach. He had been
head coach at Tennessee-Martin since 1998. (posted 2/28/2005)
South Carolina: Named Nancy Somera head women's volleyball coach. She posted a
77-98 record in the last six years as head coach at Oregon State. (posted
2/25/2005)
Embry-Riddle (Fla.): Hired Joslynn Gallop as head women's volleyball coach. She
has served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Saint Mary's (Calif.) the
past two seasons. (posted 2/23/2005)
Gardner-Webb: Selected Chris Phillips as head women's volleyball coach. She
served as head women's volleyball coach at Liberty from 1992 to 2003 and senior
woman administrator at the school from 2001 to 2005. (posted 2/23/2005)
Dubuque: Hired Cole Tallman as head women's volleyball coach. He served the last
two seasons as head women's volleyball coach at Gardner-Webb. (posted
2/23/2005)
Oregon State: Head Women's Volleyball Coach Nancy Somera announced her
resignation to pursue other opportunities. She posted a 77-98 record in six
years leading the program. (posted 2/21/2005)
Cal Poly: Chose Jon Stevenson head women's volleyball coach. He has served as
head coach at Saint Mary's (Calif.) the past three seasons, including a trip to
the NCAA Tournament in 2004. (posted 2/17/2005)
Brigham Young: Named Jason Watson head women's volleyball coach. He has served
as an assistant women's coach at BYU for three seasons. (posted 2/17/2005)
Mercyhurst: Hired Ryan Patton as head women's volleyball coach. He will retain
his current head men's volleyball coaching duties at Mercyhurst. (posted
2/16/2005)
Chicago State: Chose Lenika Lamar as head women's volleyball coach. She has
served as an assistant coach at Southern Illinois the past three seasons.
(posted 2/16/2005)
UC San Diego: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Duncan
McFarland. He had led the Tritons to a 231-49 record in nine seasons. McFarland
helped the Tritons to a successful move up to NCAA Division II. (posted
2/15/2005)
UMBC: Announced the hiring of Ian Blanchard as head women's volleyball coach. He
has been an assistant coach at Towson the past two seasons. (posted
2/14/2005)
Minnesota State, Mankato: Announced the resignation of head women's coach Doug
Tully. He compiled a 117-94 record in seven seasons leading the Mavericks.
(posted 2/9/2005)
Alaska-Anchorage: Selected Michelle Earl as head women's volleyball coach. She
previously was the head coach at Georgia Southwestern State for 10 years and
recorded a a 212-191 record. (posted 2/9/2005)
Western Oregon: Announced the retirement of Judy Lovre as head women's
volleyball coach. She has led the program to a 489-212 record in 17 seasons.
(posted 2/9/2005)
Mobile: Hired Jon Campbell as its head women's volleyball coach for the school's
inaugural volleyball season in 2005. He served as head coach at Cumberland (Ky.)
the past four seasons with a 106-48 record. (posted 2/9/2005)
Connecticut: Tabbed Holly Strauss head women's volleyball coach. She stepped
into the role on an interim basis midway through the 2004 season after being
hired as an assistant coach at Connecticut in 2003. (posted 2/8/2005)
Edinboro: Selected Missy Soboleski as head women's volleyball coach. She
previously was head coach at Mercyhurst for six seasons. (posted 2/7/2005)
Youngstown State: Hired Joe Bonner as head women's volleyball coach. He was an
assistant coach at Dayton the past two seasons. (posted 2/5/2005)
Cal Poly: Announced resignation of head women's volleyball coach Steve Schlick.
He compiled a 135-121 record in nine seasons leading the program. (posted
2/5/2005)
Southeast Missouri: Named Renata Nowacki head women's volleyball coach,
replacing Cindy Gannon. Nowacki has served as an assistant coach at Southeast
Missouri the past four seasons. Gannon was elevated from assistant athletic
director and senior woman administrator to associate athletic director and
senior woman administrator. (posted 2/2/2005)
Mercyhurst: Announced Missy Soboleski resigned as head women's volleyball coach
after leading the program the past six seasons. (posted 2/2/2005)
Ohio State: Announced head coach Jim Stone has signed a five-year contract
extension through the 2010 season. (posted 2/1/2005)
Angelo State: Hired Ruth Lawanson as head women's volleyball coach. She
previously served as an assistant coach at Fresno State for six seasons.
Lawanson is a former USA National Team member that won bronze at the 1992
Olympics. (posted 1/31/2005)
Fresno State: Selected Ruben Nieves as head women's volleyball coach. He
previously was head coach of the Stanford men's program from 1991 to 2001 before
resigning to be a part of Positive Coaching Alliance. (posted 1/28/2005)
Adams State: Named Lisa Crowder interim head women's volleyball coach while the
school conducts a full search. She was an assistant coach at Adams State in 2003
after a four-year playing career with the school. (posted 1/28/2005)
Brigham Young: Relieved head women's volleyball coach Karen Lamb of her duties
after two and a half years leading the program. She held a 57-39 record as head
coach after serving as an assistant at the school for eight seasons. (posted
1/28/2005)
UNC Greensboro: Tabbed Shawn Garus as head women's volleyball coach. He as
served as an assistant coach at University of San Francisco the past two
seasons. (posted 1/27/2005)
Tulane: Promoted Liz Kritza as head women's volleyball coach. She has served the
last six seasons as an assistant coach with her alma mater. (posted
1/27/2005)
Florida International: Chose Danijela Tomic as head women's volleyball coach.
She previously served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at LSU and
Arkansas-Little Rock. (posted 1/26/2005)
Lamar: Named Justin Gibert head women's volleyball coach. He has served as an
assistant coach at Stephen F. Austin the past two seasons. (posted 1/25/2005)
Augustana (Ill.): Selected Stacey Ruff head women's volleyball coach. She
previously served as head coach at Dubuque, compiling a 56-47 record in three
years. (posted 1/25/2005)
Eastern Oregon: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Ryan
Platt. He compiled a 13-58 record in three years leading the program. (posted
1/25/2005)
Carroll (Mont.): Hired Maureen Boyle as head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 1/24/2005)
Central Arkansas: Named Steven McRoberts as head women's volleyball coach. He
won 251 match at Lubbock Christian University from 1996 to 2003 for a .750
winning percentage. (posted 1/23/2005)
Central State: Announced Chanteau White has accepted additional duties as head
men's volleyball coach. The program is schedule to begin competition this
spring. White also remains as head women's volleyball coach. (posted
1/23/2005)
Drake: Selected Amy Farber-Knowles as head women's volleyball coach. She served
as an assistant coach at Iowa State last year and previously compiled a record
of 143-59 as head coach at Oral Roberts from 1997 to 2003. (posted 1/19/2005)
Wright State: Announced the resignation of Joylynn Tracy as head women's
volleyball coach. She has the Raiders the past seven years compiling a 92-115
record. (posted 1/19/2005)
Emporia State: Head women's volleyball coach Maxine Mehus announced that she
retired after leading the program for 17 years. She posted a 484-232 record
during her tenure. (posted 1/18/2005)
Western Michigan: Named Colleen Munson head women's volleyball. She previously
served the last five seasons as head coach at East Carolina and is a former WMU
assistant coach. (1/14/2005)
Washington: Signed head women's volleyball Coach Jim McLaughlin to a five-year
contract extension through the 2009 season. (posted 1/14/2005)
South Carolina: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Kim
Hudson. After a 12-year tenure leading the program, she is the program's
winningest coach in school history. (posted 1/13/2005)
Oregon: Chose Jim Moore as head women's volleyball coach. He has had head
coaching stints at Northern Michigan, Texas, Kansas State and Cal State Chico.
(posted 1/10/2004)
Louisiana-Monroe: Named Mark Pryor head women's volleyball coach. He has served
as an assistant coach at Boise State for two seasons. (posted 1/10/2005)
New Orleans: Signed Julie Ibieta to a two-year contract. (posted 1/6/2005)
Buffalo: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Sally Kus.
She served the school for three seasons. (posted 1/5/2005)
Youngstown State: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Joe
Conroy, as he has accepted a position as coordinator of facilities and programs
at YSU's Andrews Student Recreation and Wellness Center. He had served as head
coach the last 13 years. (posted 1/3/2005)
Rutgers-Newark: Named Robin Pearce
assistant women's and men's volleyball coach. She just completed her playing
career at Rutgers-Newark as the school's all-time aces and digs leader.
(posted 12/9/2005)
Stanford: Announced men's assistant coach John Kosty will succeed Don Shaw as
head men's coach at the conclusion of the 2006 men's season. (posted
11/29/2005)
Lehman: Hired Anderson Camacho as assistant men's volleyball coach. (posted
11/29/2005)
DePaul: Announced the resignation of assistant women's volleyball coach Julie
Wiejak. (posted 11/22/2005)
Montana: Announced the contract for assistant women's volleyball coach Dave Best
will not be renewed. (posted 11/22/2005)
Florida State: Announced associate head coach Rita Buck-Crockett has resigned
effective at the end of the season. She will pursue youth coaching in the North
Florida area. (posted 10/27/2005)
San Jose State: Added Kimberly Noble as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
played four years at San Jose State and competed last season in women's
basketball while completing her undergraduate degree. (posted 9/2/2005)
Baruch: Named Susan Wu assistant women's volleyball coach. (posted 8/31/2005)
Manhattan: Selected Aleksandar Ondelj as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
was an assistant men's volleyball coach at Rutgers-Newark last season.
(posted 8/31/2005)
Presbyterian: Named Jerry Hancock as assistant women's volleyball coach. He held
a similar role at Catawba for the 2003 season, then served 11 months in Iraq
until his Dec. 2004 discharge. (posted 8/22/2005)
Wisconsin-Whitewater: Elevated Vanessa Walby from graduate assistant to
assistant women's volleyball coach. She played for UW-W in 1999 and 2002 and
graduated from the school in 2002. (posted 8/22/2005)
Missouri-St. Louis: Added Travis Toy as assistant women's volleyball coach.
(posted 8/17/2005)
Trinity (Texas): Chose April Fricke as assistant women's volleyball coach.
(posted 8/17/2005)
High Point: Tabbed Steve Wilcosky as assistant women's volleyball coach.
(posted 8/16/2005)
Columbia (N.Y.): Named Brie Katz as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was
a volunteer assistant coach this past spring after working as the setting coach
in 2004 for Long Island Juniors Volleyball Club. (posted 8/16/2005)
Gonzaga: Named Jerry Wagner assistant women's volleyball coach. He previously
was associate head women's volleyball coach at Montana State for six years.
(posted 8/15/2005)
Rutgers: Hired Yi Wang and Stephanie Travioli as assistant women's volleyball
coaches. Wang was an assistant coach at Penn State from 2003-2004, while
Travioli returns to her alma mater as she graduated this past spring. (posted
8/15/2005)
Ferrum: Added Mike Naff and Andy Flora as assistant women's volleyball coaches.
Naff has two years experience coaching on the high school level, while Flora was
an assistant coach at Franklin County High School (W.V.). (posted 8/14/2005)
Northern Colorado: Promoted Lindsay Wischmeier to assistant women's volleyball
coach from graduate assistant. She was a four-year letterwinner at Nebraska and
has been with the UNC program since March 2005. (posted 8/9/2005)
Chattanooga: Elevated James "J.O." Onikeku to associate head women's volleyball
coach. He is beginning his 10th season with the program, interreupted by a
three-year head coaching stint at Northwestern State (La.). (posted 8/9/2005)
Buffalo: Named Ladi Iya as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was an
assistant coach at Nicholls State for one season. (posted 8/9/2005)
Central (Iowa): Announced the resignation of associate head women's volleyball
coach Megan Clayberg. She has been an assistant at the school since 2002 after
holding the title of head coach from 1993 to 2002 with a 370-107 record.
(posted 8/9/2005)
Central (Iowa): Hired Catie Brand and Sunny Eighmy as assistant women's
volleyball coaches. Brand served as a junior high volleyball coach at LeMars
(Iowa) after a four-year playing career at Central. Eighmy is a 1999 graduate of
Central. (posted 8/9/2005)
Northern State (S.D.): Tabbed Amy Veenhof as assistant women's volleyball coach.
She was head coach at Huron in 2004-2005. (posted 8/9/2005)
Washington: Tabbed Jose "Keno" Gandara as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
was an assistant women's volleyball coach at UNLV last season. (posted
8/8/2005)
Miami, Ohio: Named Adriano de Souza assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
been a volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach at Kent State the past two
seasons. (posted 8/8/2005)
Louisiana-Monroe: Selected BreAnne Detrick as assistant women's volleyball
coach. She served as a student assistant coach at Wayne State University (Mich.)
last season. (posted 8/8/2005)
Rhode Island: Chose Steve Santonastaso as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
returns to his alma mater after serving as head coach at Presentation High
School (Calif.) since 1997. (posted 8/4/2005)
Stephen F. Austin: Chose Brian Yale as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
has served the past nine years as the head coach at Genoa High School and as
head coach in 2004 of the Toledo Volleyball Club team. (posted 8/3/2005)
Central Washington: Hired Abigail Cullen assistant women's volleyball coach. She
completed her four-year college playing career at Gonzaga in 2003. (posted
8/3/2005)
Southwest Missouri State: Named Greg Brown assistant women's volleyball coach.
He has spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Northwestern State
University in Louisiana. (posted 8/2/2005)
Wyoming: Tabbed Teron Uy as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has spent the
past four seasons at Washington as a volunteer assistant coach and technical
director. (posted 8/1/2005)
Chicago Sate: Chose Krista Newman as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
previously served as a recruiting specialist for the National Collegiate
Scouting Association. (posted 8/1/2005)
Centenary (La.): Named Teri Fry as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was a
four-year letterwinner at Texas-San Antonio, where she served as a student-coach
after her 2000 senior season. (posted 8/1/2005)
Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Hired Rocky Koenig as assistant women's volleyball coach.
He coached the Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club's 18s this past season.
(posted 8/1/2005)
Southern California: Selected Bill Ferguson as assistant men's volleyball coach.
He has spent the past four years as co-owner, director and coach of Southern
California Volleyball Club and has 14 years of coaching experience at the club
level, including 10 gold medals at national championships. (posted 7/27/2005)
Tulsa: Selected Patricia Marques as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was
a three-year letterwinner for Tulsa as a player. (posted 7/26/2005)
Michigan: Chose Ed Tolentino as interim assistant women's volleyball coach. He
was an assistant coach at Michigan State last season. (posted 7/25/2005)
Oregon State: Named Mark Barnard as assistant women's volleyball coach. He had
been head women's volleyball coach of the Australian women's national team since
2001. (posted 7/25/2005)
Marquette: Selected Erica Heisser as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was
a three-time letterwinner for Marquette helping the Golden Eagles their best
Division I school record in 2004. (posted 7/21/2005)
Bucknell: Hired Anna Moreno Allison as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served as a graduate assistant from 2003-04 at her alma mater, Oral Roberts.
(posted 7/20/2005)
Northwest Missouri State: Tabbed Andrea King as assistant women's volleyball
coach. She has spent the past three seasons as a volleyball coach at Speedway
High School (Ind.) after playing college volleyball at Butler. (posted
7/18/2005)
Saint Louis: Selected Betsy Spicer as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
played collegiate volleyball at Illinois, where she earned AVCA All-Region
honors before playing professionally in the USPV and overseas. (posted
7/15/2005)
UCLA: Added Mike Sealy as assistant women's volleyball coach. He previously was
an assistant men's volleyball coach at UCLA the past three seasons. (posted
7/14/2005)
Northern Illinois: Chose Brian Cremascoli as assistant women's volleyball coach.
He has spent the past three seasons as head coach at Eastlake High School
(Calif.). (posted 7/13/2005)
Toledo: Tabbed Amanda Rogers as assistant women's volleyball coach. She has
coached for Cap City Volleyball Club's Girls 17 Regional Team the past two
seasons. (posted 7/12/2005)
Southeastern Louisiana: Selected Alan Edwards as assistant women's volleyball
coach. He served in a similar role at Wyoming last season. (posted 7/12/2005)
Ferris State: Announced the resignation of assistant women's volleyball coach
Lee Anderson to pursue a head coaching position. He has served as the head
assistant coach for the program the past two seasons. (posted 7/8/2005)
TCU: Selected Linda Hampton as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was an
assistant women's volleyball coach at North Texas last fall. (posted
7/8/2005)
Southern Illinois: Hired Katie Noble as an assistant women's volleyball coach.
She was hired at Eastern Illinois in a similar position in March 2005 after
serving as an assistant coach at Marist last season. (posted 7/8/2005)
North Carolina: Selected Lizzie Fitzgerald Stemke as assistant women's
volleyball coach. She spent three years playing on the USA Women's National team
after earning four letters at Wisconsin with two AVCA All-America honors.
(posted 6/29/2005)
Florida Gulf Coast: Chose Carrie Lundy assistant women's volleyball coach. She
spent the past two seasons in a similar role at Truman State University.
(posted 6/25/2005)
Loyola (Md.): Hired Ayana Cadres assistant women's volleyball coach. She
recently completed her collegiate playing career at Providence. (posted
6/25/2005)
Hofstra: Named Lauren Netherby as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was an
assistant at Columbia for the past two years where she handled recruiting and
travel arrangements.
(posted 6/24/2005)
New Mexico: Selected Lisa Beauchene as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
was a four-year letterwinner playing setter for Sacramento State from 2000-2003,
followed by a year as a graduate assistant at her alma mater.
(posted 6/10/2005)
Santa Clara: Named Will Yuen as volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach. He
previously was head girls junior varsity coach at Archbishop Mitty High School
(Calif.) and assistant girls varsity volleyball coach since 2000. (posted
6/8/2005)
Buffalo: Tabbed Tucker Short as assistant women's volleyball coach. He coached
at Springfield College last season, serving as head junior varsity women's
volleyball coach and men's graduate assistant coach. (posted 6/8/2005)
Southwest Missouri State: Announced the resignation of assistant women's
volleyball coach Steve Carr. (posted 6/7/2005)
Memphis: Hired Travis Filar as assistant women's volleyball coach. He served as
a volunteer assistant coach at Kentucky the past two seasons. (posted
6/7/2005)
Tulsa: Selected Tammy Leuer as assistant women's volleyball coach. She returns
to her alma mater after serving as an assistant coach at Minnesota State,
Mankato last year. (posted 6/7/2005)
Wright State: Chose Josh Steinbach as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Cincinnati for two seasons.
(posted 6/6/2005)
Southern California: Named Cookie Stevens as assistant women's volleyball coach.
She spent six years as the head women's volleyball coach at Florida
International from 1999-2004. (posted 6/2/2005)
Cal State Fullerton: Selected Traci Dahl as assistant women's volleyball coach.
She served in a similar capacity last season at Hofstra as the Pride finished
second in the CAA. (posted 6/2/2005)
Virginia Tech: Chose Jayme Gergen as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was
named 2004 AVCA All-America honorable mention after leading the Yellow Jackets
to four straight NCAA Tournament berths. (posted 6/1/2005)
College of Charleston: Hired Sarah Gustin as assistant women's volleyball coach
and recruiting coordinator. She spent last season as an assistant coach at Cal
Poly after one season as an assistant at College of Charleston in 2003.
(posted 5/31/2005)
Western Carolina: Tabbed Chris Taylor assistant women's volleyball coach.
(posted 5/31/2005)
Saint Mary's (Calif.): Selected Sydney Chute as assistant women's volleyball
coach. She coached the University of Oregon women's club team last season.
(posted 5/27/2005)
Washington University (Mo.): Named Charles Rodman as assistant women's
volleyball coach. He served as head coach at Belleville West High School (Ill.)
from 1977 to 2004 with an 815-164-2 overall record, 24 conference titles, 15
Class AA state tournament berths, two state titles and a third-place state
finish. (posted 5/27/2005)
Albany: Hired M.J. Engstrom as assistant women's volleyball coach. She has spent
the previous five seasons as head women's volleyball coach at Nicholls State.
(posted 5/26/2005)
Ohio: Tabbed Nadia Edwards assistant women's volleyball coach. She played the
last two seasons within the professional A1 European League after a season with
the St. Louis Quest of the defunct United States Professional Volleyball League.
(posted 5/25/2005)
Washington University (Mo.): Chose Colleen Hunter as assistant women's
volleyball coach. She has served the past two years as graduate assistant
strength and conditioning coach at Saint Louis University after a
standout-career for the Billikens as she compiled 2,000 kills, 1,000 digs and
500 blocks. (posted 5/24/2005)
Southeast Missouri: Named Jaime Burns assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served as head women's volleyball coach at Millsaps last year. (posted
5/23/2005)
Northern Illinois: Selected Kirstine Jensen as assistant women's volleyball
coach. She has been an assistant coach at Florida State the past three seasons.
(posted 5/20/2005)
Central Michigan: Chose Sara Silcox as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
played the last four seasons at Valparaiso, where she holds both the single
season and career records for digs. (posted 5/18/2005)
Oregon State: Tabbed Salima Rockwell assistant women's volleyball coach. She was
an assistant coach at Pittsburgh from 2001-2003 after being selected
All-American at Penn State for three years and serving as team captain of the
USA National Team in 1997 and 1998. (posted 5/16/2005)
Samford: Hired Erin Heffner as assistant women's volleyball coach. She completed
her four-year playing career at Alabama, where she earned AVCA All-America
honorable mention status as a junior and senior. (posted 5/12/2005)
Brigham Young (Utah): Selected Brent Aldridge assistant women's volleyball
coach. He has served the last three seasons as an assistant coach at New Mexico.
(posted 5/11/2005)
Mississippi: Chose Molly Alvey assistant women's volleyball coach. She
previously was head women's volleyball coach at Southern Indiana last season.
(posted 5/11/2005)
Georgia: Tabbed Nicole McCray assistant women's volleyball coach and promoted
Jen McGurn to recruiting coordinator. McCray served as head women's volleyball
coach at Berry College (Ga.) last season after a standout four-year playing
career at Florida. McGurn will continue with her on-court coaching duties,
including the mentoring of the Bulldog setters. (posted 5/11/2005)
New Mexico: Promoted Chelsea Robb to first assistant women's volleyball coach.
Robb has served the past two seasons as the Lobos' second assistant. (posted
5/11/2005)
Colgate: Selected Ryan Baker as assistant women's volleyball coach. He is the
former Clarkson head women's volleyball coach, leading the team to a 22-11
record last year. (posted 5/2/2005)
West Virginia: Hired Sean Daly as assistant women's volleyball coach. He served
in a similar capacity last season at Rhode Island. (posted 4/27/2005)
UC Riverside: Selected Jason Dillard as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
has spent the past four years as boys and girls head coach at Esperanza High
School in California. (posted 4/27/2005)
Florida State: Chose John Spinney as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
served as head coach at Thomas More the past three seasons. (posted
4/15/2005)
Saint Mary's (Calif.): Named Sam Crosson as assistant women's volleyball coach.
He has served the past two seasons as a volunteer assistant women's coach at
Santa Clara. (posted 4/15/2005)
North Carolina-Greensboro: Selected Skydra Orzen as assistant women's volleyball
coach. (posted 4/15/2005)
Morehead State (Ky.): Tabbed Kris Grunwald assistant women's volleyball coach.
He has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Mississippi.
(posted 4/7/2005)
Washington University (Mo.): Announced Cindy McPeak has joined the women's
volleyball coaching staff as an assistant coach. She is a 2004 graduate of
Washington University where she led the Bears to a 145-16 record in her four
years and was captain of the 2003 NCAA Division III national championship team.
(posted 3/30/2005)
UC Santa Barbara: Named Rick McLaughlin assistant women's volleyball coach. He
has served as an assistant men's volleyball coach at Pepperdine the past four
years and will continue in that post through the end of this season. (posted
3/29/2005)
Northwood (Mich.): Tabbed Gokhan Yilmaz as assistant women's volleyball coach.
He briefly served as a volunteer assistant at Arkansas after being an assistant
coach at Cameron during the 2003-04 seasons. (posted 3/29/2005)
Southern California: Selected Todd Dagenais as assistant women's volleyball
coach. He has served as coordinator of USA Volleyball High Performance,
overseeing the high performance and domestic programs as well as girls youth and
junior national teams, since Jan. 2004. (posted 3/28/2005)
Washington State: Selected Ken Ko as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
served as an assistant coach at Cal State Fullerton the past three seasons.
(posted 3/23/2005)
Illinois State: Named Rob Beam as assistant women's volleyball coach. He had
served as the associate head coach at Wright State the past two seasons. (posted
3/23/2005)
Rice: Hired Trent Herman as assistant women's volleyball coach. He had served in
a similar capacity at Iowa State the past four seasons. (posted 3/23/2005)
Tusculum: Hired Michael Robinson as assistant women's volleyball coach.
(posted 3/18/2005)
Connecticut: Chose Tim O'Brien as assistant women's volleyball coach. He was
head men's volleyball coach at Loyola-Chicago in 2004. (posted 3/16/2005)
Kent State: Named Scott Carter and Cass Dixon as assistant women's volleyball
coaches. Carter spent the past two seasons as the first assistant at Kentucky.
Dixon has served the past five seasons as head coach at Walsh University.
(posted 3/15/2005)
Fresno State: Selected Matthew Terra and Fernanda Habiger as assistant women's
volleyball coaches. Terra recently was the assistant women's volleyball coach at
Fresno Pacific, while Habiger was a graduate assistant 2004 NCAA Division II
champion Barry. (posted 3/15/2005)
Indiana: Tabbed Dottie Porch as assistant women's volleyball coach. She has
served the last three years as co-coach at Indianapolis Juniors. (posted
3/10/2005)
Auburn: Hired R.T. Luczak as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has guided
Kokoro Volleyball Club in Milwaukee, Wis., after serving as a volunteer
assistant at Marquette. (posted 3/5/2005)
Nebraska-Kearney: Elevated Monica Marlowe to top assistant women's volleyball
coach, replacing Kerry Biedleman. Marlowe served as a graduate assistant for the
Lopers last two seasons. (posted 3/2/2005)
Lamar: Chose Natalie Shipp as assistant women's volleyball coach. She completed
her playing career at Louisiana Tech in the fall of 2004. (posted 3/1/2005)
Elon: Tabbed Chad Willis as assistant women's volleyball coach. (posted
2/28/2005)
Marshall: Named Maren Witzel assistant women's volleyball coach. She previously
was an assistant coach at Michigan State. (posted 2/28/2005)
South Carolina: Chose Ben Somera as associate head women's volleyball coach. He
previously was an assistant coach at Oregon State. (posted 2/25/2005)
San Francisco: Selected Steve Hendricks as assistant women's volleyball coach.
He most recently served as coach for Celtic Force Volleyball Club 17s, including
a 2004 National Championship. Hendricks served eight seasons as an assistant at
Notre Dame. (posted 2/24/2005)
Idaho State: Named Mika Robinson assistant women's volleyball coach. She has
spent the last four seasons as head girls volleyball coach at Buchholz High
School in Florida. (posted 2/23/2005)
Oregon State: Announced the resignation of assistant women's volleyball coach
Ben Somera. (posted 2/21/2005)
Utah: Selected Mike Wall as assistant women's volleyball coach. He was an
assistant coach at Saint Mary's (Calif.) last season. (posted 2/19/2005)
Western Michigan: Named Ken Murczek assistant women's volleyball coach.
(posted 2/19/2005)
New Hampshire: Hired Stacy Barnett as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
has served as a graduate assistant the past two seasons at Delaware. (posted
2/17/2005)
North Carolina: Chose Erin Lindsey, formerly Erin Berg, as assistant women's
volleyball coach replacing Jill Lytle-Wilson. Lindsey was the 1998 ACC Player of
the Year and has club coaching experience with Club Raleigh. (posted
2/17/2005)
Cincinnati: Selected Steve Aird as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Auburn. (posted
2/17/2005)
Butler: Promoted Karen Weatherington to associate head women's volleyball coach
after two seasons as assistant coach. (posted 2/16/2005)
LSU: Hired John Blackwell as assistant women's volleyball coach. He was an
assistant coach at Rice last season. (posted 2/15/2005)
Iowa State: Selected Dawn Sullivan as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
has served as associate head coach at Illinois State since 2002. (posted
2/15/2005)
Stephen F. Austin: Chose Steve Sykes as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
has had coaching stops at Southern Miss, Birmingham-Southern and Mercer.
(posted 2/14/2005)
UAB: Named Nikola Petrovic assistant women's volleyball coach. She was an
assistant coach at Barton County Community College last season. (posted
2/11/2005)
Cinncinnati: Hired Chrissy Smith as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served in a similar capacity the past three seasons at Northern Illinois.
(posted 2/9/2005)
Duke: Tabbed Trudy Vande Berg as assistant women's volleyball coach. She served
the last two seasons as a volunteer assistant at Wisconsin after two seasons as
the top assistant at North Florida. (posted 2/4/2005)
California: Chose Matt McShane as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
served in a similar capacity at Utah the past four seasons. (posted 2/3/2005)
Cleveland State: Selected Phil Abiad assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
served the program as volunteer coach from 2000-2003 and as an interim assistant
coach in 2004. (posted 2/2/2005)
Dayton: Named Jason Oliver assistant women's volleyball coach. He has spent the
past five seasons in a similar capacity at West Virginia. (posted 2/1/2005)
Winthrop: Chose Aaron Shepardson as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
previously was a volunteer assistant coach at Florida. (posted 1/31/2005)
Iowa State: Hired Joe Lynch as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
compiled 35 years experience as a high school and club coach, including leading
the Milwaukee Sting juniors program. (1/27/2005)
Wisconsin: Named Colleen (Neels) Bayer assistant women's volleyball coach. She
was a four-year letter at Wisconsin from 1995-98, earning All-Big Ten as a
setter twice. She played professionally in the USPV and internationally.
(posted 1/24/2005)
Kentucky: Selected Jenae Dowling assistant women's volleyball coach. She was a
four-year letterwinner at Nebraska and helped the Huskers to three Big 12 titles
and the 2000 NCAA Division I title. (posted 1/20/2005)
TCU: Chose Linda Hampton as assistant women's volleyball coach. She served in
a similar capacity last season at North Texas.
(posted 1/20/2005)
Mississippi: Hired Anastasia Zaitseva as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
was a four-year starter at Louisville and helped the Cardinals to league
championships in 2002 and 2003. (posted 1/20/2005)
Nebraska: Named Lee Maes assistant women's volleyball coach. He has served as an
assistant coach at California since 1998 and holding the title of associate head
coach in 2004. (posted 1/18/2005)
Idaho State: Selected Heather Kidd as assistant women's volleyball coach,
returning to a team that she served as captain in 2003. She previously worked
for the program on a part-time basis. (posted 1/16/2005)
Kentucky: Hired Robert Pulliza as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
previously has served as assistant coach at Texas and Wisconsin. (posted
1/72/005)
Auburn: Chose Liz Underwood as assistant women's volleyball coach. Underwood,
who served as head coach at Auburn from 1992-97, was most recently coached with
the Texas Advantage Volleyball club. (posted 1/5/2005)
Michigan State: Hired Ron Arenz as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
previously served three years at Western Michigan. (posted 1/4/2005)
Michigan State: Selected Russ Carney as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
previously was an assistant coach at Western Michigan for 11 years. (posted
1/3/2005)
Delaware: Promoted Cindy Gregory from assistant coach to associate head coach.
She has been with the Blue Hen program the last three seasons. (posted
1/3/2005)
Memphis: Hired April Harriman as assistant women's volleyball coach. The Memphis
alumn had served in a similar capacity at Lamar the past two seasons. (posted
1/3/2005)
Northern Colorado: Selected Lindsay Wischmeier as graduate assistant women's
volleyball coach. She played at Nebraska from 1999 to 2002 and spent last season
on the coaching staff at Virginia Tech. (posted 3/8/2005)
Dayton: Selected Christy Utnage as undergraduate
assistant coach. She was the Atlantic 10 Most Valuable Player in 2004 while
finishing up her four-year playing career with Dayton. (posted 8/17/2005)
Gonzaga: Chose Ryan Platt as volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach. He
previously was head women's volleyball coach at Eastern Oregon University for
three years. (posted 8/15/2005)
Wisconsin-Milwaukee: Hired Lindsey Spoden as director of volleyball operations.
She was a four-time All-Horizon League honoree while playing at
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (posted 8/1/2005)
Texas A&M: Tabbed Jennifer Carey as director of volleyball operations. She
played collegiately at Hawai'i and played professional last fall in Germany.
(posted 7/13/2005)
Saint Mary's (Calif.): Hired Chris Webb as volunteer assistant women's
volleyball coach. He currently is the head coach of Odyssey Volleyball Club in
Walnut Creek, Calif. (posted 5/27/2005)
USA Volleyball: Selected Ron Larsen as top assistant coach for the USA Men's
National Team. Larsen has served as head men's volleyball coach at UC San Diego
since 2000. (posted 4/14/2005)
Pacific: Added Chris Matteucci as volunteer assistant coach. She is a 2004
graduate of San Francisco State and has served coached juniors club volleyball
the past five season. (posted 4/14/2005)
USA Volleyball: Tabbed Rich Zeciski as coordinator of the high performance
program overseeing the girls' program, particularly the youth ages group. He has
directed Team Z Volleyball Club in Cincinnati the past two seasons. He also is
the current USA Girls Youth National Team coach. (posted 3/31/2005)
USA Volleyball: Named Lang Ping head women's national team coach. She is a
member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame after a decorated playing and coaching
career with the Chinese national team. (posted 2/7/2005)
USA Volleyball: Chose Hugh McCutcheon as head men's national team coach. He
previously was an assistant coach with the team. (posted 2/3/2005)
MidAmerica Sports Center (Louisville, Ky.): Hired Jeff Hulsmeyer as director of
volleyball operations. He formerly served as head coach at Purdue and Western
Kentucky. (posted 1/3/2005)
