sports imports volleyball coach spotlight

Stephanie Poole

Tell us about how you got into coaching. Growing up, I had always wanted to be a coach. The people who had the greatest and most positive influence on my life were my coaches. I wanted to have that kind …
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Ciara Jones Volleyball Coach

Ciara Jones

DIVERSITY AWARDS WINNER ALUMNI SERIES CIara Jones – CLASS OF 2017     How and where did your coaching career start? I started my coaching career at high school alma mater Edgewater High School in 2014 and for college, I …
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Volleyball Coach Eddie Pennington

Eddie Pennington

Eddie pennington – class of 2016     How and where did your coaching career start? How I got into coaching was through the mentorship of the Head Coach at the University of Illinois Springfield, Trey Salinas. I started my …
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AVCA Diversity Award Winner

Bijonae Jones

Bijonae Jones – class of 2018     How and where did your coaching career start? In college, I originally planned to be a middle school teacher and of course, I would coach volleyball on the side.  Being a “volleyball …
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Jordan Armstrong volleyball coach

Jordan Armstrong

Jordan Armstrong – class of 2015   How and where did your coaching career start? I started “coaching” by being a gym-rat, growing up around my mother’s high-school teams back home in Burnt Hills, NY. Being around volleyball from a …
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Lorelee Smith and Dan Friend

Q&A with Husband + wife team Lorelee SMith, Head WOmen’s coach and Dan Friend, head men’s coach at Lewis University What is your favorite aspect of coaching? L: There are two specific moments with coaching that specifically tug at my …
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Volleyball Coaches Spotlight Charlie Sullivan

Charlie Sullivan

What is one of your favorite aspects of coaching? Building a team. Giving them the support to believe in their skills and seeing the team perform at their potential is a skill of coaching that I have always enjoyed. The …
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Russel Brock Beach Volleyball

Russell Brock

What is one of your favorite aspects of coaching? One of my favorite aspects of coaching is the ability to invest personally into the growth of student-athletes over the course of their time with our program, and even during the …
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NCAA Volleyball Hugh McCutcheon

Hugh McCutcheon

What is one of your favorite aspects of coaching? I think that having an influence on the development of a group of people, on and off the court, is a real privilege and a great responsibility. What is your favorite …
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University of Kentucky Volleyball

Craig Skinner

What is one of your favorite aspects of coaching?          My favorite aspect by far is seeing players develop and seeing them do things they’ve never done before.  That’s why I started coaching and why I continue to do it. …
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