Catching up on the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball coaching carousel now that UCLA has named its coach.
With Alfred “Alfee” Reft leaving San Diego for Westwood, and Missouri and Texas A&M making hires, it leaves four openings in Power 5 conferences, Washington and Oregon State in the Pac-12 and Kansas State and Oklahoma in the Big 12.
UCLA HIRES REFT: Reft was the associate head coach at San Diego, which just competed in the program’s first NCAA national semifinals.
Reft is a former assistant at Minnesota and Illinois. He was at San Diego for three seasons where head coach Jen Petrie was always quick to credit his teaching and coaching.
“Alfee is a brilliant volleyball mind with a charismatic personality that is sure to bring UCLA volleyball to national prominence,” Petrie said. “UCLA volleyball players, fans, alumni and the entire University are in for spectacular success with Alfee Reft at the helm.”
Reft, a libero, played at UC Santa Barbara and Hawai’i and then played pro for seven years. He was a member of the USA national team including being an alternate for the 2008 Olympics.
He takes over a team that finished 16-13 this season,…
