Centenary announced Ashley McDonough as their new head coach. Coach McDonough was previously the head coach at Knox College, which is an NCAA DIII school out of Illinois. Coach McDonough coached for 4-years at Knox accumulating a 34-77 record during that time, and her 2017 team posted the most wins for the program since 1995.…… Continue reading Centenary Names New Coach
Coaching Updates (ETBU & UMHB)
ETBU has announced their new coach and it’s former assistant Darby Graff. Coach Graff was the assistant the past 2-years under former coach Keely Peterson who resigned earlier this year. Coach Graff played at both Texas A&M and Arkansas State University prior to joining the ETBU staff in 2016. Congratulations to Coach Graff and I…… Continue reading Coaching Updates (ETBU & UMHB)
Tuesday Musing
Not much to muse about during the offseason but I did notice that Centenary have listed Bethany Johnstone as “Interim” Head Coach. Caroline Carlton resigned after 2 seasons and Johnstone was her assistant last year. The ETBU coaching position is still listed as “TBD”. UMHB still lists Rob Frost as the coach despite him stepping…… Continue reading Tuesday Musing
St. Thomas (Houston) Accepted into DIII
The NCAA has announced that the University of Saint Thomas (UST) Houston has been accepted as a provisional member. UST successfully completed their exploratory year last season and has already been accepted into the SCAC giving them 10 schools for the upcoming volleyball season. Provisional membership is a four-year process during which time the school…… Continue reading St. Thomas (Houston) Accepted into DIII
New York State of Mind
(This is NOT a volleyball article. Turn back now if you only see me as a one-trick pony…or if you bore easily. Although I do promise not to make this a regular habit.) I was recently in New York as my family and I are huge theater buffs. We are also huge Harry Potter fans…… Continue reading New York State of Mind
Championship Committee Report
The NCAA Division III Championship Committee met back on February 5th and 6th and a report was released about a week ago. You can find the agenda HERE. You can find the report HERE. The committee covers all sports in DIII so it’s sometimes hard looking at the agenda to know what impacts volleyball. This…… Continue reading Championship Committee Report
Reorganization (5-Years Later)
Back in 2014, the two Texas conferences (ASC and SCAC) were absorbed into the West Region after existing in the South Region previously. This, obviously, weakened the South but greatly strengthened the West and brought the number of member schools in the region to a somewhat acceptable level. We’ve now had 5 seasons since this…… Continue reading Reorganization (5-Years Later)
