From a couple of coaches being hired, to teams traveling the globe, to one player soaring to new heights, this is an update on NCAA women’s volleyball happenings.
COACHING CAROUSEL: Two schools have hired recently.
Jacksonvlille State, the Alabama school moving from the ASUN to Conference USA, hired Derek Schroeder. Schroeder has been the indoor and beach coach at Mercer the past six seasons and replaces Todd Garvey, who is now the head coach at IUPUI.
Schroeder previously was head coach at Samford from 2008-20015. Last season Mercer finished 10-19, 6-10 in the SoCon.
He takes over a program that finished 24-6 last season, 12-4 in the ASUN. Jax State has been to the NCAA Tournament three times, in 2005, ’06 and ’09.
Charleston Southern hired Carry Brown, who has coached at Brescia University, Kentucky Wesleyan College and most recently Florida College. Last season her team finished 28-10, 12-1 in the CAC, and made it to the NAIA national tournament. She takes over a team that finished 15-16 last season, 8-8 in the Big South.
Dartmouth needs a coach. Gilad Doron resigned last week after seven seasons in which he went 70-76, 32-50 in the Ivy League. According to a Dartmouth news release, the former head coach at San Francisco left “to pursue…
