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……

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……

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……

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……

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……

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……

Toughest Position to Recruit

Another story idea that came from the 2019 Recruit page was what is the toughest position to recruit for DIII coaches? I’ve always believed it to be middles. As a former middle; we have to be smart, athletic, tall, good looking and also be modest enough to allow the setters to run the show even……