Athletic directors are finally filling the abundance of NCAA Division I volleyball coaching openings.
Since our last coaching-carousel report earlier this week, when UCLA hired San Diego assistant Alfee Reft, two more Power 5 jobs went to assistants.
One is a new job and one that has tremendous and exciting possibilties. Vanderbilt, the only SEC school without volleyball, is re-starting the program in 2025 and the school tabbed Kentucky assistant Anders Nelson to build from scratch.
Oregon State hired Pittsburgh’s Lindsey Behonick, meaning that half the teams in the NCAA final four lost their top assistants.
Not all the jobs went to assistants.
Oklahoma hired Loyola Marymount coach Aaron Mansfield.
There was also a new opening since our last report. Michigan on Tuesday announced it fired Mark Rosen after 24 years. That is one of two changes in the Big Ten after three last season.
In the Pac-12, Washington remains open after Keegan Cook left for Minnesota and Arizona State has yet to hire.
In the Big 12, Kansas State remains open.
The SEC is all set. In the last coaching-carousel report we had that Texas A&M hired Jamie Morrison and Missouri tabbed Dawn Sullivan.
For the first time in a while, there are no head-coaching changes in the ACC.
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