Last year I did a number of schedule analyses for individual programs. Towards the end of those articles, a lot of what I had to write was duplicated because the West Region schools share a lot of the same constraints. Those constraints meant that a lot of the schedules ended up being very similar. This…… Continue reading Schedule Analysis Part 1 or “Why I Love the Northwest Conference”
Presidents Council Notes
The Presidents Council met this past week and approved some recommendations that will impact DIII volleyball. The first is that DIII student-athletes may soon be permitted to be included in the NCAA Transfer Portal. Currently this is available only to DI and II student-athletes. This would be optional and would begin this upcoming academic year.…… Continue reading Presidents Council Notes
LeTourneau Coach Stepping Down
LeTourneau Head Coach Ashley Tiernan has announced on Facebook that she is stepping down to become the Carson-Newman University Head Beach Volleyball Coach while also serving as an assistant to the indoor team. Carson-Newman is a NCAA Division II school and is a member of the South Atlantic Conference. The current Carson-Newman Beach Coach is…… Continue reading LeTourneau Coach Stepping Down
La Verne Coaching Change
The first line of La Verne’s Head Coach Jenna Panatier bio says, “[She] wears many hats for the Leopards.” Today, a source close to the school has informed me that one of those hats can be hung up as the school has asked Coach Penatier to take on more of an administrative roll with the…… Continue reading La Verne Coaching Change
May 1 – Decision Day Musing
The date most coaches look forward to is upon us. May 1st is National College Decision Day as most schools require deposits at this point. Coaches can now finalize their rosters and can be as secure about their team as possible until they actually start showing up in August. Those that follow the site know…… Continue reading May 1 – Decision Day Musing
A New Plan – How to fix the NCAA Tournament
I recently had an epiphany where I thought that I could take all of the data from the regional ranked data sheets, put them in Excel and it would magically spit out the strongest region. In the end, after a lot of effort, I had a lot of data with no real purpose. I’m going…… Continue reading A New Plan – How to fix the NCAA Tournament
Mark Pryor Named UMHB Coach
Boom goes the dynamite! I’ve posted a number of articles about the UMHB coaching search and that there was a big name out there that was interested and it has finally been announced. Mark Pryor resigned yesterday from his head coaching position at DI University of North Dakota and today Mary Hardin-Baylor has named Mark…… Continue reading Mark Pryor Named UMHB Coach
