Hofstra: Hired Lauren Netherby to be head women’s
volleyball coach. Netherby has been the interim head coach since July 31, 2006,
following the retirement of longtime Head Coach Fran Kalafer. (posted
12/21/2006)
Texas-Pan American: Dave Thorn resigned his post as head women’s coach of the
University of Texas-Pan American, where he had spent 10 years at the helm of the
program, recording 112 victories. (posted 12/21/2006)
Georgia: Recently announced that women’s coach Steffi Legall will not return
next season. (posted 12/21/2006)
Lewis-Clark State: Recently announced the resignation of women's volleyball
coach Erin Mellinger. (posted 12/21/2006)
Southern Oregon: Head volleyball coach Paul Elliott, Southern Oregon
University’s winningest active coach, announced on Dec. 6, 2006, that he is
stepping down after guiding the Raider volleyball program for the past 16
seasons. Elliott, who compiled a program-record 381 wins and guided SOU to four
NAIA Tournament berths, four regional championships and three Cascade Conference
crowns, cited personal reasons for his impending departure.
(posted 12/6/2006)
Corban College: Tracy Smith announced her resignation as head women's
volleyball coach on Dec. 6, 2006, following seventeen seasons at the helm of the
Warriors. Smith, along with her family, will be entering the ministry full-time
with Athletes in Action (AIA), a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ, at the
headquarters located in Xenia, Ohio.
Oregon Tech: Oregon Tech volleyball coach Amanda Rico announced her retirement
from coaching on Dec. 5, 2006, after five years as the head of the Owls program.
Rico becomes the third Cascade Conference volleyball coach to resign in the past
ten days. Southern Oregon University coach Paul Elliott tendered his resignation
November 25 followed by Corbans Tracy Smith on December 4. (posted 12/6/2006)
Rocky Mountain College: The contract for head women's volleyball coach Wade
Wells will not be renewed according to athletic director Terry Corey. Wells had
been the coach of the Lady Bears for 16 seasons.
(posted 12/6/2006)
New Mexico: Head volleyball coach Kelley McKee has resigned her position on
December 5, 2006, effective immediately. McKee just completed her fifth season
with the Lobos. UNM athletics director Paul Krebs said assistant coach Chelsea
Robb will serve as interim head coach, although a national search for McKee's
successor is underway. (posted 12/5/2006)
Lower Columbia College: Announced on December 2, 2006 that the contracts of
Jocelyn Price, head women's volleyball coach, and Bill Tuggle, assistant coach,
would not be renewed, according to LCC Athletic Director Kirc Roland. (posted
12/5/2006)
Indiana University: Katie Weismiller will not seek renewal of her contract as
Indiana University Head Volleyball Coach, the department of athletics announced
November 27. The decision was reached mutually between Weismiller and the
administration. Her contract expires on Dec. 31, 2006. (posted 12/5/2006)
Ball State: The contract of Ball State head women's
volleyball coach Randy Litchfield will not be renewed according to Ball State
Athletics Director Tom Collins. The decision is effective immediately and also
includes the contracts of assistant coaches Chad Weyenberg and Heidi Zickgraf.
(posted 12/5/2006)
UNC-Charlotte:
UNC-Charlotte 49ers head women's volleyball coach Lisa Marston announced her
resignation on Friday, Dec. 1, citing personal reasons surrounding a growing
family.
Bemidji State: Kim Falkenhagen resigned as head volleyball coach of Bemidji
State on November 27 to pursue other interests. The university will begin a
national search immediately with the goal of having a new coach on board in the
spring of 2007. (posted 11/28/2006)
Oakland University (MI): Oakland University (MI)
announced the resignation of Head Volleyball Coach Dave Schmidlin effective
November 30. Schmidlin just recently completed his fourth season with the Golden
Grizzly program, the longest tenure of a volleyball coach at OU since the
reclassification to Division I in 1998. (posted 11/28/2006)
Hawai'i-Hilo: Announced the resignation of Head
Coach Julie Morgan. Named Carla Carpenter-Kabalis interim head coach.
(posted 10/25/2006)
Quinnipiac: Sue Medley has been named the head
volleyball coach. (posted 10/11/2006)
BYU: Tom Peterson, head men’s volleyball coach at
BYU, resigned. Ryan Millar and Shawn Patchell have been selected to serve as
co-interim head coaches.
(posted 9/13/2006)
Lewis: Lewis head women’s coach Karen Lockyer has resigned. Lewis men’s
volleyball coach Dan Friend will assume additional duties as interim head
women’s volleyball coach. (posted 9/13/2006)
Daniel Webster: Tabbed Tammy Lambrou as head women’s coach. (posted
8/30/2006)
Lynchburg: Beth Carter was appointed interim coach. (posted 8/30/2006)
Occidental: Michelle Cole was promoted to head women’s coach. (posted
8/30/2006)
Geneseo State: Named Bouaketh Chanthavisouk as head women’s coach. She succeeds
Maggie Loncz, who resigned after three seasons. (posted 8/30/2006)
Kenyon: Hired Adrienne Delph as new head women's volleyball coach. She was a
volunteer assistant with The Ohio State University the past two seasons.
(posted 8/21/2006)
Southern Arkansas: Announced the hiring of Brooke (Bowling) White as head
women's volleyball coach. White played her college ball for SAU, and re-joins
the Lady Muleriders from a stint as volleyball coach and athletic director the
past two seasons for North Point Prepatory in Phoenix. (posted 8/21/2006)
Adelphia: Named Chriss Mazzarella women's volleyball coach. Most recently,
Mazzarella was the head coach at the Island Volleyball Academy, leading his team
to three bronze medals and a silver medal in tournaments on the eastern
seaboard. (posted 8/16/2006)
UMKC: Chrissy Elder has been named interim head volleyball coach. Elder is
entering her second season with UMKC, as she served as the assistant coach last
season. (posted 8/16/2006)
George Mason: Fred Chao has been named interim assistant coach for women's
volleyball. Chao, who served as an assistant coach with the women's program for
six seasons from 1998 to 2003, rejoins Pat Kendrick's coaching staff, replacing
former assistant coach Paul Koncir, who recently accepted a head coaching
position with Towson University's women's volleyball program. (posted
8/16/2006)
Guilford: Selected Emily Hayes as head women's volleyball coach. Hayes was a
four-year player for Elon University. (posted 8/2/2006)
Worchester Polytechnic: Named Gary Patch head women's volleyball coach. Patch
coached at Framingham High School (Mass.) last season. (posted 8/2/2006)
Hofstra: Announced the retirement of women's head volleyball coach Fran Kalafer.
Kalafer spent 25 seasons as the head coach of the Pride, compiling a record of
590-316. Kalafer was a 2003 AVCA Hall of Fame inductee. (posted 7/31/2006)
Towson: Named Paul Koncir head women's volleyball coach. Koncir joins Towson
after spending the past two seasons as top assistant coach for George Mason.
(posted 7/24/2006)
Iowa Wesleyan: hired Erika Leitzke as head women’s volleyball coach. She
replaces Brian Dickens, who resigned after leading the Tigers to the NAIA
National Tournament in 2005. (posted 7/21/2006)
Colgate: Announced the appointment of Ryan Baker as women’s head volleyball
coach. He replaces four-year coach Jenna Panatier and takes over the reigns
after serving as the assistant in 2005 . (posted 7/21/2006)
Juniata: Selected Jeremy Price as new head men's volleyball coach. Price comes
to Juniata from Goucher College, where he spent the past two seasons as head
coach. (posted 7/21/2006)
Edgewood: Named Paul Schlomer head women's volleyball coach. Schlomer had been
acting as interim coach for the Eagles since March. (posted 7/20/2006)
Goucher: Hired Michael Bossom as head coach of women's volleyball. Bossom has
been a highly successful high school coach, winning eight state championships in
12 years at Centennial High School in Maryland. (posted 7/20/2006)
Johnson & Wales: Sean Daly has been named new head women's volleyball coach. He
served as first assistant women's volleyball coach at West Virginia last season.
(posted 7/19/2006)
Smith: Selected Angela B. Mills as interim head women's volleyball coach for the
2006-07 academic year. (posted 7/19/2006)
Adelphi: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Joe
Chojnacki. He posted a 41-48 record in the last three years leading the Adelphi
program. (posted 7/19/2006)
Hawai'i Pacific: Tabbed Daryl Kapis as the head women's volleyball coach. He has
served the past three seasons as the head women's volleyball coach at San Jose
City College, compiling a 63-27 record. (posted 7/19/2006)
Bloomfield: Announced the resignation of Tara Spruill, women's volleyball coach.
(posted 7/19/2006)
Franklin Pierce: Named Sharon Bonaventure head women's volleyball coach. She
previously was head coach at West Chester for five seasons, compiling a 99-59
record. (posted 7/19/2006)
Iona: Selected Alan Edwards as head women's volleyball coach. He served as an
assistant women's volleyball coach at Southeastern Louisiana last season.
(posted 7/19/2006)
Texas Wesleyan University: Hired Christy Clawson as head coach of the women's
volleyball program. Clawson has had previous collegiate coaching experience at
Texas Woman's University, where she served as assistant volleyball coach and
home event manager from 2002-2004. (posted 7/19/2006)
Holy Family University: Named Suzanne Kilian head women’s volleyball coach. She
previously held the position of women’s volleyball head coach at then
Philadelphia Textile and Science (now Philadelphia University) from 1996 to
1998, where she established the program. (posted 7/19/2006)
Missouri Valley College: Hired Tait Rafat as the new head coach to guide the
men's volleyball program in its fifth season. He takes over the Vikings after
serving one season as assistant women's volleyball coach at NCAA Division I
Nevada-Reno. (posted 7/19/2006)
Notre Dame: Debbie Brown signed a multi-year contract extension. After leading
the Irish to one of their best seasons ever in 2005, Brown will begin her 16th
year at the helm this fall. (posted 7/19/2006)
University of Virginia’s College at Wise: Steven Dallman has accepted the
leadership of the women’s volleyball program. The veteran head coach has spent
the past nine seasons directing the women’s volleyball program at the University
of Missouri-Kansas City. (posted 7/19/2006)
Bethany Lutheran: Named Maria Ankrum interim women's volleyball coach.
(posted 7/19/2006)
San Diego: Announced it has named Brent Hilliard as interim head women's
volleyball coach for the 2006 season, as Jennifer Petrie takes a one-season
leave of absence to be with her family. Hilliard has been the top assistant at
San Diego the past five seasons. (posted 7/19/2006)
Franklin Pierce: Named Sharon Bonaventure head women's volleyball coach. She
previously was head coach at West Chester for five seasons, compiling a 99-59
record. (posted 7/19/2006)
The Citadel: Selected Carolyn (Cally) Geiger as head
women's volleyball coach. Last season she served as the official scorer for The
Citadel volleyball, and previously was an assistant coach at the College of
Charleston. (posted 7/5/2006)
Texas Lutheran: Tabbed Tiffany Weidner Davis as interim head women's volleyball
coach. She has served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at the
institution for the past three seasons. (posted 7/5/2006)
District of Columbia: Hired China Jude as head women's volleyball coach. She
served as an assistant women's volleyball coach last season at West Florida.
(posted 7/5/2006)
Virginia Commonwealth: Extended the contract of James Finley through the 2008
season. He led the Rams to their first NCAA tournament berth last year in his
first season at VCU. (posted 7/5/2006)
UMKC: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Steve Dallman
as he accepted the head women's volleyball coach position at Virginia-Wise. He
has led the UMKC squad since 1998 with a 90-155 record. (posted 6/26/2006)
Wheaton (Mass.): Hired Ben Read as head women's volleyball coach. He was a
graduate assistant women's volleyball coach at Connecticut the past two seasons.
(posted 6/26/2006)
Hawai'i Pacific: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach
Reydan "Tita" Ahuna. She compiled a 207-58 record in 10 seasons with two
national championships. (posted 6/17/2006)
Wilkes: Hired Alicia Pulchinski as head women's volleyball coach. She played
collegiate volleyball at Coastal Carolina, leading the Chanticleers to Big South
titles in 1996 and 1998. (posted 6/12/2006)
Virginia Tech: Hired Chris Riley as head women's volleyball coach. He has served
as the head women's volleyball coach at Towson the past six years compiling a
144-54 record. (posted 6/10/2006)
Cal State Dominguez Hills: Promoted Randy Cline to head women's volleyball coach
after serving in an interim capacity since January.
(posted 6/10/2006)
East Stroudsburg: Hired Michelle Kreeger as head women's volleyball coach. She
was head coach at Franklin Pierce last year compiling a 14-14 overall record.
(posted 6/10/2006)
C.W. Post: Selected Russi Villalta as head women's volleyball coach. (posted
6/5/2006)
Texas A&M International: Named Wendy McManus head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 6/4/2006)
Montana State-Northern: Hired Greg Ryan as head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 6/1/2006)
Marist: Chose Tom Hanna as head women's volleyball coach. He most recently has
served as an assistant men's volleyball coach at Rutgers-Newark and was an
assistant in the past at Marist, his alma mater. (posted 6/1/2006)
Jacksonville (Fla.): Selected Shaun Kupferberg as head women's volleyball coach.
He led Northwest University (Wash.) as head coach for five seasons posting a
91-52 record. (posted 5/31/2006)
Indiana University of Pennsylvania: Hired Zach Shaver as head women's volleyball
coach. He has served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Texas State
since June 2002. (posted 5/29/2006)
Bellevue: Named Trish Siedlik as head women's volleyball coach. She recorded a
124-18 record as head women's volleyball coach at College of St. Mary (Neb.) the
past four seasons. (posted 5/29/2006)
Colgate: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Jenna
Panatier. (posted 5/29/2006)
Virginia Tech: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Greg
Smith after six seasons at the helm of the program. (posted 5/23/2006)
Abilene Christian: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach
and senior woman administrator Brek Horn. She posted a 173-69 record in seven
seasons leading the Wildcats, including back-to-back Lone Star Conference
championships the past two seasons. (posted 5/17/2006)
West Chester: Announced that the contract of head women's volleyball coach
Sharon Bonaventure will not be renewed. She compiled a 99-59 record in five
years in leading the program. (posted 5/16/2006)
Post: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Dawn Spellman
as she has been selected into the Waterbury (Conn.) Police Academy. She is the
winningest volleyball coach in school history with a 131-111 record. (posted
5/16/2006)
Southern California: Promoted Bill Ferguson to head men's volleyball coach. He
served as an assistant men's volleyball coach with the Trojans the past season
after four years (2002-05) as the co-owner, director and coach of the Southern
California Volleyball Club. (posted 5/15/2006)
Quincy: Announced the resignation of head men's volleyball coach Niels Pedersen
after two seasons leading the Hawks program to a 21-34 record. Promoted
assistant men's and women's volleyball coach Hadley Foster to head men's
volleyball coach. (posted 5/14/2006)
Tulsa: Selected Ed Allen head women's volleyball coach. He has spent the last
three seasons as head women's volleyball coach at Presbyterian compiling a 98-18
record. (posted 5/9/2006)
Missouri Western: Announced the retirement of head women's volleyball coach
Cindy Brauck. She posted a 141-91 record in leading the Griffons for nine
seasons. (posted 5/8/2006)
Tiffin: Chose Thomas Shouse as head women's volleyball coach. He has spent the
last eight seasons as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Slippery Rock.
(posted 5/8/2006)
Montana: Selected Jerry Wagner as head women's volleyball coach. He served as an
assistant women's volleyball coach at Gonzaga last season. (posted 5/8/2006)
Southeastern Louisiana: Named Julie Langford head women's volleyball coach. She
has served as the head women's volleyball coach at Belhaven since 2002.
(posted 5/8/2006)
North Dakota State: Selected Erich Hinterstocker as head women's volleyball
coach. He was an assistant women's volleyball coach at Alabama the past two
seasons. (posted 5/1/2006)
Lawrence: Hired Matt Schoultz as head women's volleyball coach. He served as
head girls volleyball coach at Appleton (Wis.) Xavier High School compiling a
294-141-64 record. (posted 4/26/2006)
Southern California: Announced the resignation of head men's volleyball coach
Turhan Douglas. He posted a 30-89 record in four seasons leading the program.
(posted 4/24/2006)
Radford: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Jerry Pruitt
due to a chronic illness. He recently accepted the head coach position in March
2006. (posted 4/19/2006)
The Citadel: Announced the resignation of Wendy Anderson as head women's
volleyball coach after seven season. (posted 4/15/2006)
Louisiana-Monroe: Hired John Schmidt III as head women's volleyball coach. He
has served the past three seasons as an assistant coach at North Texas.
(posted 4/13/2006)
Santa Clara: Extended the contract of head women's volleyball coach Jon Wallace
through 2010. He has a 156-58 record leading the program in seven seasons
leading the program. (posted 4/13/2006)
Illinois: Extended the contract of head women's volleyball coach Don Hardin
through the 2008 season. He has led the program to a 177-126 record in 10
seasons. (posted 4/12/2006)
Valparaiso: Extended the contract of Carin Avery four seasons through 2009. She
has posted a 103-31 record in four seasons leading the program, including three
NCAA Tournament berths.
(posted 4/11/2006)
Jacksonville (Fla.): Announced that head women's volleyball coach Kevin Paul has
been relieved of his duties effective immediately. He held a 30-28 record in his
two seasons leading the program and served as an assistant coach three years
prior to taking over the helm. (posted 4/8/2006)
Farmingdale State: Selected Tom Gordon as head women's volleyball coach. He was
the varsity girls volleyball coach at Central Islip (N.Y.) High School from
2001-2005. (posted 4/7/2006)
Boise State: Chose Robin Davis as head women's volleyball coach. He previously
served as associate head coach at Notre Dame (Ind.) last season and on the
Fighting Irish staff the past five seasons. (posted 4/7/2006)
Mount Mercy: Hired Rick Blackwell as head women's volleyball coach. He served as
the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Xavier High School girls volleyball coach for two season
from 2003-2004. (posted 4/7/2006)
Francis Marion: Selected Paul MacDonald as head women's volleyball coach. He
served as the head women's volleyball coach at Mount Mercy College the past
three seasons. (posted 4/6/2006)
Upper Iowa: Elevated Dave Jackson to head women's volleyball coach after serving
as an assistant with the program for one season. (posted 4/6/2006)
Tulsa: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Matt
Sonnichsen. He led the program for eight years compiling a 121-110 record.
(posted 4/3/2006)
Utah State: Named Grayson DuBose head women's volleyball coach. He has spent the
past four seasons as the assistant men's volleyball coach at Brigham Young.
(posted 3/27/2006)
Fort Lewis (Colo.): Promoted interim head women's volleyball coach Shelly Aaland
to head women's volleyball coach. She has held the interim title since Nov. 2003
and led the Skyhawks to a 13-16 overall record last year after a 5-22 mark in
2004. (posted 3/27/2006)
Montana State-Northern: Announced head women's volleyball coach Lisa Handley has
resigned her position after leading the program the past seven seasons.
(posted 3/24/2006)
Westminster (Mo.): Chose Kristen Ely as head women's volleyball coach. She will
complete her second year as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Elmira this
summer and make the transition to Westminster in July. (posted 3/22/2006)
North Dakota: Tabbed Katy Peterson head women's volleyball coach. She has served
the past three seasons as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Minnesota
State Moorhead. (posted 3/21/2006)
Benedictine (Kan.): Hired Steven M. Hinds as head women's volleyball coach. He
has served in a similar capacity the past two seasons at Eastfield College
(Texas). (posted 3/21/2006)
Western Connecticut: Selected Gregory Poole as head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 3/15/2006)
Arizona Western: Named Jason Smith head women's volleyball coach. (posted
3/14/2006)
Radford: Selected Jerry Pruitt as head women's volleyball coach. He served in
the same capacity at the school during the 1999 and 2000 season while being the
head coach at Lewis-Clark State the past two seasons. (posted 3/7/2006)
Texas-El Paso: Hired Ken Murphy as head women's volleyball coach. He has served
as associate head women's volleyball coach at Idaho the past six seasons.
(posted 3/6/2006)
Golden West College: Hired Rick McLaughlin as head women's volleyball coach. He
served as an assistant women's volleyball coach last season at UC Santa Barbara
and prior to that four seasons as assistant men's volleyball coach at Pepperdine
for four seasons through 2005. (posted 3/3/2006)
East Texas Baptist: Named Lindsay Mashe head women's volleyball coach. She was
the head girls volleyball coach at Atlanta High School (Texas) last season.
(posted 3/1/2006)
West Alabama: Named Ron Arenz head women's volleyball coach. He served as an
assistant coach at Michigan State last season. (posted 2/28/2006)
Chadron State: Tabbed Amy Spruiell as head women's volleyball coach. She served
as head women's volleyball coach at Eastern Oregon last season. (posted
2/28/2006)
UC Davis: Chose Steve Walker as head women's volleyball coach. He has served as
an assistant coach at Arizona for the past three seasons. (posted 2/24/2006)
Cedarville: Hired Melissa Hartman as head women's volleyball coach. She has been
an assistant women's volleyball coach at the school for the past two seasons.
(posted 2/24/2006)
Georgia Southern: Selected Nicole McCray head women's volleyball coach. She
was an assistant women's volleyball coach at Georgia last season. (posted
2/23/2006)
Boise State: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Scott
Sandel, who has accepted the head girl's volleyball coach position at Amarillo
Tascosa (Texas) High School. He led the Broncos program for the past four
seasons, leading a program that was 1-25 the year before arrival to 25-30 the
past two seasons. (posted 2/22/2006)
Montana-Western: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach
Jenny Peterson. Named Katie Ryan Howells head women's volleyball coach.
(posted 2/22/2006)
North Carolina State: Named Charita Stubbs head women's volleyball coach. She
has served on the Arizona women's volleyball staff the past nine seasons most
recently as the associate head coach since the 2000 season. (posted
2/17/2006)
South Mountain Community College: Hired Pat Mooney as head women's volleyball
coach. He has been the head women's volleyball coach at Phoenix College for the
past 10 season. (posted 2/16/2006)
Belhaven: Selected Robert Frost as head women's volleyball coach. (posted
2/13/2006)
Marist: Announced that Sarah Hutton has stepped down as head women's volleyball
coach. She has led the program the past five seasons. (posted 2/8/2006)
Oklahoma City: Hired Jennifer Salmans as its head women's volleyball coach for a
program that will be revived in 2006 after being absent since 1984. Salmans has
served as an assistant coach at Angelo State the past two seasons. (posted
2/8/2006)
North Dakota: Announced the resignation of Maria Bruggeman. She posted a 124-128
record in eight seasons as head coach of the program. (posted 2/8/2006)
DePaul: Selected Amy Kleyweg as head women's volleyball coach. She has spent the
past nine seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Denver. (posted
2/7/2006)
Purdue: Extended the contract of head women's volleyball coach Dave Shondell
through the 2010-11 season. (posted 1/31/2006)
Radford: Announced head women's volleyball coach Michael Burch will not return
next season and the school is searching for a replacement. (posted 1/31/2006)
East Stroudsburg: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach
Peter Viteritti effective July 31. He held a 54-70 record leading the program
for four seasons. (posted 1/28/2006)
Thiel: Selected Steve Brewer head women's volleyball coach. (posted
1/28/2006)
North Dakota State: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball Zaundra
Bina. She led the Bison to 390 wins in 11 years. (posted 1/25/2006)
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: Named Kim Martinez head women's volleyball coach. She
has served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Texas-El Paso the past
two seasons. (posted 1/25/2006)
Louisiana-Monroe: Announced the resignation of Mark Pryor as head women's
volleyball coach. He compiled a 15-16 record in his only season leading the
program. (posted 1/24/2006)
Seton Hall: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball Maureen
Rafferty Del Rossi. (posted 1/20/2006)
Chadron State: Announced the resignation of head women's volleyball coach Dawn
Brammer. She served in the position for eight years. (posted 1/19/2006)
Gettysburg: Elevated Alexa Keckler to head women's volleyball coach. She served
as interim head coach during the 2005 season compiling a 21-13 record.
(posted 1/19/2006)
Lander: Named Carla Decker as head women's volleyball coach. She has spent the
past two seasons as head women's volleyball coach at West Virginia Wesleyan.
(posted 1/16/2006)
Pacific (Calif.): Chose Charlie Wade as head women's volleyball coach. He has
spent the last 11 years at Hawai'i, the past nine as associate head coach as the
Rainbow Wahine have posted a 160-1 conference record during the period.
(posted 1/13/2006)
Massachusetts Maritime: Selected Laura Staiger as head women's volleyball coach.
(1/6/2006)
Troy: Named Sonny Kirkpatrick head women's volleyball coach. He previously
served the past six years as head coach at Francis Marion. (posted 1/5/2006)
Indiana University (Pa.): Announced the retirement of head women's volleyball
coach Carmine Cortazzo. He led the team to a 185-86 record in eight seasons.
(posted 1/5/2006)
Georgetown: Named Arlisa Hagan as head women's volleyball coach. She has served
as assistant women's volleyball coach at Florida the past four seasons.
(12/31/2005)
UAB: Hired Kerry Messersmith as head women's volleyball coach. She has led
Georgia Southern to a 116-52 record in five years leading the program. (posted
12/31/2005)
Wichita State: Extended the contract of head women's volleyball coach Chris Lamb
to 2011. (posted 12/31/2005)
Cameron: Selected Dominic Yoder as head women's volleyball coach. He served the
past two seasons as the assistant women's volleyball coach at Michigan Tech.
(posted 12/31/2005)
Hunter: Named Val Lang as acting head women's volleyball coach, replacing
Gregory Demoustes. Lang has been an assistant men's and women's volleyball coach
at the school. (posted 1/5/2006)
Illinois State: Assistant volleyball coach Rob Beam
resigned December 5, 2006, after two years with the program, wishing to pursue a
collegiate head coaching position. His resignation is effective immediately.
(posted 12/5/2006)
Guilford: Jason Danielswas hired as an assistant for the women’s
volleyball program. (posted 10/11/2006)
West Chester University: Announced the resignation
of Steve Lendermann as assistant women's volleyball coach. (posted 9/13/2006)
NYU: Named Elvina Kung women's assistant volleyball coach. (posted 9/13/2006)
New England: Named Christina Paul women's assistant volleyball coach. (posted
8/30/2006)
Westminster: Named Jessica Boyer assistant volleyball coach. (posted
8/30/2006)
Appalachian State: Named Teri Fry and Chris Gaskill women's assistant volleyball
coaches. (posted 8/30/2006)
Daniel Webster: Named Erin Normand women's assistant volleyball coach.
(posted 8/30/2006)
Texas Tech: Beth Karasek has been named new assistant women's volleyball coach.
Karasek is a former Tech player who has spent the last nine months playing
professionally in France. (posted 8/17/2006)
Georgetown: Announced that Julie Allen has been added to the Hoya coaching
staff. Allen, a 2002 graduate of the University of Portland, comes to the
Hilltop after spending the 2004 and 2005 seasons as an assistant coach at Chico
State University (Calif.). (posted 8/16/2006)
Louisiana Monroe: Brandy Bradley was added to the Warhawk volleyball staff as
assistant volleyball coach. Bradley joins first-year head coach John Schmidt's
staff. (posted 8/16/2006)
Rock: Lyndsi Hughes was hired as women's volleyball assistant coach. The former
Mercyhurst College standout served as a volunteer assistant coach in 2005.
(posted 8/16/2006)
Villanova: Kate Woffindin has been named the new assistant coach. Woffindin
spent the last four years as a standout for the College of William & Mary.
(posted 8/16/2006)
Loyola University: Former Fighting Illini standout Erin Virtue has been named
assistant volleyball coach. (posted 8/16/2006)
SUNY Plattsburgh: Announced Greg Wisser has been named assistant women's
volleyball coach. Wisser spent the past two seasons as an assistant at the
United States Merchant Marine Academy. (posted 8/11/2006)
James Madison: Hired Chuck Amshoff as women's volleyball second assistant coach.
Amshoff joins the Dukes staff after 12 years with the Kentucky-Indiana
Volleyball Academy. (posted 8/10/2006)
James Madison: Announced the promotion of Kerri-Ann Grosso to women's volleyball
first assistant coach. Grosso is promoted from the second assistant position,
which she has held for three seasons. (posted 8/10/2006)
Adams State: Named Casey Bauer new assistant women's volleyball coach. Bauer
concluded her collegiate player career in 2005 after earning All-Mountain West
honors as a member of Colorado State. (posted 8/10/2006)
Mercer: Hired Kyle Peck as women's volleyball assistant coach. Peck comes to
Mercer with over 10 years volleyball experience, most recently as a volunteer
assistant coach at Central Florida. (posted 8/8/2006)
Utah State: Announced the hiring of Sahara Castillo as assistant women's
volleyball coach. Castillo comes to the Aggie program after spending 2005 as
strength and conditioning coach at BYU. (posted 8/8/2006)
UNLV: Named Samuel Shweisky assistant coach for women's volleyball. Shweisky
spent the last two seasons as the graduate assistant at Miami (Ohio). (posted
8/7/2006)
Tulane: Hired Katie Case as women's volleyball assistant coach. Case is a former
setter and team captain for Green Wave, and has spent seven years of club
coaching experience. (posted 8/5/2006)
Winthrop: Selected Gladys Wandera and Mary Hock as women's volleyball assistant
coaches. (posted 8/2/2006)
Bradley: Chose Monica Marlowe as assistant women's volleyball coach. Marlowe
spent the last three seasons as an assistant at Nebraska-Kearney. (posted
8/2/2006)
Tulsa: Announced that Greg Dewey and Liz Guard have joined the women's
volleyball staff as assistant coaches. (posted 8/2/2006)
Penn State: Craig Dyer has been named the assistant coach for the men’s
volleyball program. He takes over for Dennis Hohenshelt, who is now an assistant
with the Penn State women’s program. (posted 8/2/2006)
Saint Mary's: The volleyball program has announced that assistant coach Sydney
Chute has been hired as a full-time coach. Chute will continue to work with Gael
setters as well as be a main staple of the Gael coaching staff. (posted
8/2/2006)
Metro State: Lisa Axel, a former assistant coach at North Dakota State, has been
named assistant coach. (posted 8/2/2006)
Loyola College: Former Villa Julie College volleyball standout Jessica Bensley
has been named as an assistant volleyball coach. (posted 8/2/2006)
Centenary: Hired Susie Jangada as assistant women's volleyball coach. Jangada
played professionally for three seasons in Europe after completing her
collegiate career at Ball State. (posted 7/31/2006)
Southern Mississippi: Selected Abbey Sutherland as assistant women's volleyball
coach. Sutherland was a graduate assistant for Southern Miss for the past two
seasons. (posted 7/21/2006)
Texas State: Tabbed Sean Huiet as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
previously served four seasons as an assistant women's volleyball coach at
Bowling Green State. (posted 7/19/2006)
Abilene Christian: Hired Laura Jones as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
completed her collegiate playing career last season at Texas A&M as a two-time
AVCA All-American. (posted 7/19/2006)
Stanford: Selected Ken Shibuya as assistant men's volleyball coach. He guided
the Juniata College men's program the past five seasons, including three
straight Molten Division III Men's Invitational Volleyball Championship titles.
(posted 7/19/2006)
Oregon State: Hired Brandy Kosty as an assistant coach. (posted 7/19/2006)
Millikin: Named Elizabeth Brewer assistant volleyball coach. (posted
7/19/2006)
UCLA: Hired J.T. Wenger as assistant men’s volleyball coach to replace Kris
Kraushaar, who will try out for the U.S. National Team in Anaheim in October.
(posted 7/19/2006)
UCLA: Dan Conners, a 2001 Bruin graduate, has been hired as the second assistant
coach for the Bruins women's volleyball program. (posted 7/19/2006)
Middle Tennessee State: Amy Hendrichovsky has accepted an assistant women’s
volleyball position. She leaves Metro State. (posted 7/19/2006)
West Florida: Nathalia Araujo and Shelby Moneer will assist Head Women’s
Volleyball Coach Melissa Wolter for the 2006 season. Araujo has played and
coached volleyball in Brazil and on the NCAA Division I level, while Moneer
comes to West Florida after serving as a volunteer assistant volleyball coach at
Choctawhatchee High School in Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (posted 7/19/2006)
Jacksonville (Fla.): Selected Whitney Jones as assistant women's volleyball
coach. She served as an assistant coach at Emory in 2005. (posted 7/5/2006)
Virgnia Tech: Named Shelbylynn McBride as assistant women's volleyball coach.
She was an assistant women's volleyball coach at Towson last season under
current Virginia Tech head coach Chris Riley. (posted 7/5/2006)
Kennesaw State: Chose Camille Gutierrez as assistant women's volleyball coach.
She served as a graduate assistant at West Virginia the past two seasons.
(posted 7/5/2006)
Virginia Commonwealth: Hired Nils Dauburs as assistant women's volleyball coach
(posted 7/5/2006)
Western Carolina: Chose Allison Magner as assistant women's volleyball coach.
She served as interim head women's volleyball coach last season at UAB.
(posted 6/26/2006)
Harvard: Selected Diana Steplyk as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was a
four-year letterwinner at Michigan State, where she graduate in 2006. (posted
6/26/2006)
North Carolina State: Tabbed Eduardo Fiallos as assistant women's volleyball
coach. He will work primarly with the Wolfpack setters. (posted 6/26/2006)
Texas-San Antonio: Hired Carol Price as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served as an assistant coach at Southwestern University (Texas) last season.
(posted 6/26/2006)
Penn: Selected Ambrose Crenshaw and Chad O'Brien as assistant women's volleyball
coaches. Crenshaw served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Mercer the
past two seasons. O'Brien was the head girls' volleyball coach and assistant
boys volleyball coach at New Oxford High School (Pa.) last year. (posted
6/26/2006)
Florida State: Hired Mitch Sadowsky as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
was an assistant womens's volleyball coach at Georgetown and moved into the
interim head coach role in Nov. 2005 until the position was filled. (posted
6/17/2006)
Georgia State: Selected Lexee Marshall as the school's first-ever full-time
assistant women's volleyball coach. She as an assistant women's volleyball coach
at Middle Tennessee last year. (posted 6/17/2006)
Florida Atlantic: Chose Todd Raasch as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
served the last two seasons as head women's volleyball coach at Kenyon College.
(posted 6/17/2006)
George Washington: Promoted Amy Bambenek to associate head women's volleyball
coach. (posted 6/17/2006)
Long Beach State: Hired Melissa Ohta as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
was an assistant women's volleyball coach at Iowa in 2003 and 2004, and has been
active in the Long Beach club volleyball scene since 1997. (posted 6/17/2006)
UC Davis: Chose Addie Hauschild as assistant women's volleyball coach. She has
served as an assistant coach with Golden Bear Volleyball Club since Feb. 2005.
(posted 6/12/2006)
Carleton: Selected Beth Freeman as assistant women's volleyball coach. A former
AVCA All-American at the school, she replaces Kelly Glasrud Kelly. (posted
6/12/2006)
Southern California: Hired John Hawks as assistant men's volleyball coach. He
has been an assistant men's volleyball coach at UC Irvine the past four years.
(posted 6/5/2006)
San Francisco: Chose Jackie Bernardin as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
was a three-time West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year at
University of San Diego completing her eligibility in 2005.
(posted 6/4/2006)
Duquesne: Selected Gini Ullery as assistant women's volleyball coach. She is a
coach with Pittsburgh's Renaissance Volleyball Club serving as head coach of 14
Red and assistant coach of 18 Black teams. (posted 6/2/2006)
Miami (Fla.): Chose Yasmin Ortiz as assistant women's volleyball coach. She has
been an assistant at Dallas Baptist and head coach of the TAV 17-2 Molten club
program. (posted 6/2/2006)
Georgia: Named April Yantis assistant women's volleyball coach. She served as an
assistant women's volleyball coach at Virginia Tech the past season. (posted
6/1/2006)
Auburn: Selected Greg Goral as assistant women's volleyball coach. He served as
an assistant women's volleyball coach at Eastern Washington last season.
(posted 5/31/2006)
Penn State: Hired Dennis Hohenshelt as first assistant women's volleyball coach.
He has served as the men's assistant volleyball coach at Penn State the past 10
seasons as the Nittany Lions compiled a 237-82 record during that span.
(posted 5/31/2006)
Lipscomb: Tabbed Jenna Panatier as assistant women's volleyball coach. She has
served as head women's volleyball coach at Colgate since June 2002. (posted
5/29/2006)
Southern Illinois: Chose Julie Yankus as second assistant women's volleyball
coach. She has served as the top assistant at Georgia State the past two
seasons. (posted 5/29/2006)
Georgetown: Selected Michelle Chatman as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served as a student assistant women's volleyball coach at Florida last season.
(posted 5/29/2006)
Notre Dame (Ind.): Hired Greg Smith as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
served as head women's volleyball coach at Virginia Tech the past six seasons
compiling an 81-94 record. (posted 5/23/2006)
Idaho: Hired Mike Bryant as assistant women's volleyball coach. He served as
program coordinator at Washington last fall. (posted 5/23/2006)
Harvard: Chose Christi Kelsey as assistant women's volleyball coach. She served
as a volunteer assistant coach at Wellesley the past four seasons. (posted
5/23/2006)
Dartmouth: Chose Nana Allison-Brewer as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served the past two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at Arizona while
working towards her master's degree. (posted 5/17/2006)
Alabama: Hired Jill Pape-Kramer as assistant women's volleyball coach. She has
served in a similar capacity the past three seasons at Texas-San Antonio.
(posted 5/16/2006)
Denver: Selected Todd Nelson as assistant women's volleyball coach. He served as
an assistant women's volleyball coach at Marquette from 2002 to 2006. (posted
5/16/2006)
Florida State: Announced the resignation of assistant women's volleyball coach
John Spinney. He assist with the Seminole program for one season. (posted
5/9/2006)
North Dakota: Announced the resignation of assistant women's volleyball coach
Jason Holt. He had held the position for the past four seasons. (posted
5/8/2006)
Boise State: Announced the hiring of assistant women's volleyball coaches Kelle
Bond and Doug English. Bond has served as the head girls varsity coach at
Baytown Christian Academy (Texas) since 1997. English was an assistant women's
volleyball coach at Fordham last season. (posted 5/8/2006)
Samford: Chose Eric Melton as assistant women's volleyball coach. He spent one
season as manager of the Illinois State women's volleyball team, as well as two
years as a head coach at the high school level.
(posted 4/26/2006)
Penn State: Announced assistant women's volleyball coach Mike Schall is stepping
down to pursue career opportunities within the family business. Schall has
served as an assistant coach at Penn State for 15 years. (posted 4/26/2006)
Syracuse: Selected Carol Munger as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served as the head women's volleyball coach at Clarkson last season. (posted
4/20/2006)
Valparaiso: Hired Keith Schunzel as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
served as a volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach at Purdue last season.
(posted 4/20/2006)
Clemson: Chose Korrinn Krog as assistant women's volleyball coach. She has spent
th past two seasons as a volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach at Kansas.
(posted 4/19/2006)
Bowling Green: Hired Bre Detrick as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served as assistant women's volleyball coach at Louisiana-Monroe last fall and
interim head coach at the school since January.
(posted 4/17/2006)
Arizona: Selected Dana Burkholder and Chris Gonzalez as assistant women's
volleyball coaches. Gonzalez has coaching experience with Cal Juniors Volleyball
Club, Long Beach State women's volleyball team and most recently assistant coach
of the Vole’ro Zurich Volleyball Club in Switzerland. Burkholder was an AVCA
All-American at Arizona during a four-career. She served as the women’s and
men’s varsity volleyball coach at Mountain View High School from Aug. 2003 to
Mary 2004. (posted 4/11/2006)
Central Florida: Hired former player Jenny Frank as assistant women's volleyball
coach. She served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Tulane last season
after completing her playing career at UCF. (posted 4/7/2006)
Utah State: Chose Shawn Olmstead as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Cal Poly the past season.
(posted 4/6/2006)
Georgia: Hired Sam Ojie as an assistant women's volleyball coach. He previously
was an assistant coach at the University of Central Florida. (posted
4/6/2006)
UC Santa Barbara: Selected Matt Sonnichsen and Greg Gibbons as assistant women's
volleyball coaches. Sonnichsen has served the last eight seasons as head coach
at Tulsa. Gibbons served as head coach for the past three seasons at California
Lutheran. (posted 4/4/2006)
Michigan State: Hired Mike Gawlik as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
served as a volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach for the program last
season. (posted 3/31/2006)
Rutgers: Tabbed Julia Fielder as assistant women's volleyball coach. She has
served as the head women's volleyball coach at Upper Iowa University the past
three seasons. (posted 3/28/2006)
Utah: Selected Heather Olmstead as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served the past three seasons as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Utah
State. (posted 3/23/2006)
UC Irvine: Chose John Hawks as assistant women's volleyball coach. He is
currently in his fourth season as an assistant men's volleyball coach at UC
Irvine. (posted 3/22/2006)
Florida State: Hired Melissa Batie as associate head women's volleyball coach.
She was the head women's volleyball coach at Nova Southeastern last season.
(posted 3/22/2006)
Boston College: Tabbed Kristen Shockley as assistant women's volleyball coach.
She has been on the Dartmouth women's volleyball coaching staff since 2002, the
last season as the associate head coach. (posted 3/17/2006)
Northwestern (Ill.): Chosed Karen Milborn as assistant women's volleyball coach.
She served as director of volleyball operations at Wisconsin the past two
seasons. (posted 3/14/2006)
Campbell: Hired Josh Hill as assistant women's volleyball coach. He served as a
volunteer assistant coach at Florida last season. (posted 3/13/2006)
Clemson: Selected Jason Hou as assistant women's volleyball coach. He served the
last four seasons as the assistant women's volleyball coach at South Carolina.
(posted 3/13/2006)
Northern Colorado: Selected Jim Christianson as assistant women's volleyball
coach. He was head coach at Niwot High School (Colo.) and Flatirons Volleyball
Club last season. (posted 3/10/2006)
West Virginia: Hired Jennifer Corkum as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Marist last season.
(posted 3/7/2006)
Hawai'i: Named Mike Sealy as associate head women's volleyball coach. He has
spent the past four seasons as assistant men's volleyball coach at UCLA,
doubling as the women's assistant coach at UCLA in 2005. (posted 3/4/2006)
Arizona State: Selected Mike Wall as assistant women's volleyball coach. He
served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Utah last season. (posted
3/2/2006)
Wake Forest: Added Jill Lytle-Wilson as assistant women's volleyball coach.
Lytle-Wilson was an assistant coach at North Carolina from 2002 to 2004.
(posted 3/2/2006)
Idaho State: Hired Lisa Bushman as assistant women's volleyball coach. She was a
three-year volleyball letterwinner for the program, finishing her career in
2005. (posted 2/24/2006)
Northwestern (Ill.): Named Christie Landry assistant women's volleyball coach.
She served last season as a volunteer assistant coach at Nebraska. (posted
2/23/2006)
San Diego: Selected Stephanie Moreno as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
served last season in a similar role at Cal State Northridge and now returns to
her alma mater. (posted 2/17/2006)
North Carolina State: Chose Keisha Demps as assistant women's volleyball coach.
She has spent the past three seasons as an assistant women's volleyball coach at
Boise State. (posted 2/17/2006)
Utah: Hired Burt Fuller as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has served as
the head coach at Utah State for the past five seasons compiling an 82-70 record
with two NCAA Division I Tournament berths. (posted 2/16/2006)
South Carolina: Named Damian Elder as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
served as a volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach at Stanford the past
two seasons. (posted 2/13/2006)
Central Michigan: Selected Bill Dewar as assistant women's volleyball
coach. He served as a volunteer assistant women's volleyball coach at UCLA last
season.
(posted 2/7/2006)
Minnesota: Hired Scott Swanson as assistant women's volleyball coach. Swanson,
who replaces Jill Pearson, has served as head women's volleyball coach at
Texas-El Paso the past four seasons with a 21-10 record in 2005. (posted
2/7/2006)
Creighton: Promoted Paul Giesselmann to associate head women's volleyball coach.
He has served as an assistant the past three seasons for the Bluejays.
(posted 1/20/2006)
Florida: Named Ryan Theis as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has six
years coaching at the Division I level, most recently serving as an assistant
women's volleyball coach at Northwestern University (Ill.). (posted 1/19/2006)
Air Force: Hired Kyle Robinson as assistant women's volleyball coach to replace
Lt. Col. Scott Nelson, who was reassigned within the Academy. Robinson has
completed two terms with the USA Volleyball National Team competing for a spot
on the 2004 Olympic Team. (posted 1/18/2006)
Illinois State: Promoted Jenny Fuentes to associate head coach. She is beginning
her fourth season on the coaching staff after completing her Redbird playing
career in 2003. (posted 1/17/2006)
Marquette: Selected Erin Freer as assistant women's volleyball coach. She
returns to her alma mater as she played for the Golden Eagles from 2001-2004.
(posted 1/16/2006)
Michigan: Hired Gregg Whitis as assistant women's volleyball coach. He has
served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Clemson the past
three seasons.
(posted 1/13/2006)
Delaware: Named Sarah Graves, a 2006 graduate of Macalester (Minn.) College, as
graduate assistant coach. (posted 8/17/2006)
Northern State (S.D.): Chose Erica Pauli as graduate assistant women's
volleyball coach. She played one season at South Dakota State after three
seasons at Sioux Falls. (posted 8/9/2006)
Southern Mississippi: Announced Jazzmien Stephens has been named graduate
assistant coach. Stephens was a four-year letterwinner for the Golden
Eagles. (posted 7/21/2006)
Whitman College: Dean C. Snider, an associate
professor of physical education and the winningest coach in the history of the
Whitman College volleyball program, has been named Whitman athletics director.
Snider, 41, replaces Travis Feezell, who resigned in June 2005 to take the same
position at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. (posted 9/27/2006)
Western Athletic Conference: Named Darlene Bailey, Ph.D., associate
commissioner. (posted 9/13/2006)
NYU: Robert Racek women's volleyball strength and
conditioning coach. (posted 9/13/2006)
Penn State: Former Nittany Lion Olympian and three-time All-American Salima
(Davidson) Rockwell has been named the Penn State women's volleyball director of
operations. She comes back to Penn State after spending last year as an
assistant coach at Oregon State under head coach Terry Liskevych. (posted
8/2/2006)
South Florida: Selected Justeen Patton as director of volleyball operations. She
graduated from the University of Iowa in May 2006. (posted 7/5/2006)
Florida: Announced that Jenny Manz will serve as a volunteer assistant coach.
She played at Florida from 1996-99. (posted 1/19/2006)
