PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers head volleyball coach Caitlin Schweihofer has announced the promotion of Abby Detering to associate head coach.
“I am so excited to name Abby the associate head coach of the Rutgers volleyball program,” said Schweihofer. “She has been such a valuable asset to me, my staff and the team over the past few seasons. Abby offers high-level playing experience and brought that experience to guide our offense. Additionally, she has a strong recruiting vision for the future of the program and has made dedicated recruiting efforts to strengthen the Rutgers volleyball brand across the country and the world.”
Detering begins her third season as a member of the Rutgers staff serving as a key member in the team’s tremendous growth during the Schweihofer era.
In her first season at Rutgers in 2022, the team had its best start since 1998 and four Scarlet Knights were named to All-Tournament squads. By the season’s end, RU made 11 entries on the rally-era season leaders list.
The program made even more strides in 2023. Rutgers captured the most wins and best nonconference record since 2012 and improved its set win total by 45 percent from the previous season. Altogether, the Scarlet Knights placed 12 entries into the rally-era individual season top 10 records and 13 entries into the rally-era team top 10 records. Detering-led setters captured the most assists and assists per set since 2018 helping to set up for the most kills for the program since 2012. Additionally, RU registered the most assists, assists per set and total kills in Big Ten play since joining the league back in 2014.
Before arriving at Rutgers, Detering was an assistant at Kent State for three seasons where she helped develop a two-time All-MAC performer and the second setter in program history to attain 1,000 career digs. While on the sidelines, the Golden Flash led the Mid-American
Conference in hitting percentage and ranked second in kills per set.
Detering brought a Big Ten pedigree to the Scarlet Knights as a former AVCA All-American standout at Penn State. She amassed 12 NCAA Tournament victories and totaled 1,793 assists and 254 kills during her career under the guidance of legendary coaches Russ Rose and Mary Wise. As a senior, she helped the Nittany Lions post a 33-2 record and an…
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