HSU Hires Head Coach

Hardin-Simmons has announce Breann Shelton to be their new head coach replacing Sabrina Bingham. Coach Shelton comes out of the Abilene area as she was a high school and club coach. Previously, Coach Shelton was an assistant coach at three DI programs in Abilene Christian, Wyoming and Boise State. She played at Boise State and……

NCAA News (2/20/20)

The NCAA released some news the other day that should be of interest to everyone. To backtrack a bit, the NCAA recently adopted legislation to eliminate the fourth year of the DIII membership process. This opened up a question as to whether schools reclassifying in years 2 and 3 will count as a full member……

Championship Metric

One interesting item (at least to me) that I’ve touched on in the past is that the largest region in DIII volleyball (New England) has never won an NCAA championship. I usually bring this up when wondering about the fairness of the at-large process where the larger regions gain an advantage simply because of their……

Willamette Posts for New Coach (Updated)

It appears that Willamette has posted for a new head coach. Tom Shoji has held the position for 12 seasons, but I don’t see anything on the Willamette website to indicate a change has occurred. Tom (and his family) has volleyball in his blood so this is really surprising but he has been a head……

2020/2021 Proposed Volleyball Rules Changes

The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Rules Committee recently sent out a number of proposed rules changes to the volleyball conference commissioners and head coaches. These proposed rules changes were approved by the committee in its annual meeting earlier this year. The rules still have to be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel but they……

DIII Legislation Results

The 2020 NCAA Convention was this past week where they voted on 11 proposals specific to DIII. You can find the proposals here. With respect to volleyball, there wasn’t a lot that impacted our sport. There was a proposal that passed that will allow student-athletes serving as leaders on their teams to participate in leadership……

West Region’s Lack of Depth

I think it’s time to take a serious look at the state of the West Region. We have now had two straight years without a West Regional and frankly that is a damning accusation by the NCAA that the region lacks quality depth. I wanted to look into this and see if they are correct.……