We’ve got NCAA regionals announcer info, the NIVC quarterfinals continue, the NAIA has a champion that came back from a 13-6 fifth-set deficit, and the MasterCoaches.
But this edition of Volleyball Today begins with the coaching carousel.
Most notable was the resignation of NC State coach Luka Slabe, who is leaving after five seasons and the program’s first NCAA appearance since 2017.
Coaching carousel spins on
NC State had back-to-back news releases Tuesday, the first announcing that Luke Slabe had resigned after five seasons and then another 15 minutes later to reflect that Megan Wargo-Kearney, his associate head coach the past five years, would replace him.
“After the conclusion of the season, my family and I decided to take a different path, stepping away from collegiate athletics and looking for opportunities that would allow us to spend more time together as a family.” Slabe said in the first news release, that can be seen here.
Slabe, a Slovenian who played at BYU and played and coached professionally in Europe, was an assistant to Karch Kiraly when the USA women won gold in the Tokyo Olympics. Kiraly has since taken over the USA men’s national team and USA Volleyball has yet to hire his replacement.
Wargo-Kearney was an assistant at Arkansas for three years before joining Slabe. She played at Gettysburg and coached at Truman State before that.
Read the Wargo-Kearney news release here …
Rob Browning is out after 20 years at Saint Mary’s, which finished 10-17, 6-12 in the West Conference. Browning compiled an overall record of 283-263 in his time at the Moraga, California, school, 164-165 in the WCC. St. Mary’s had winning records three times in the last 12 years.
There are also Division I openings at Belmont, California Baptist, Charlotte, Central Michigan, Elon, Evansville, Holy Cross, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Memphis, Northeastern, Oral Roberts, Southeastern Louisiana, Siena, Tarleton State, Toledo, UCF, Louisiana-Monroe, UNC Wilmington and North Texas …
When Jeremy White left Southeastern Louisiana to become the coach at Liberty, it also created an opening in the beach program. Accordingly, SLU has promoted Amy Blanke. Blanke was the University of New Orleans head coach before joining White’s staff last season. She was a libero at Cleveland State.
NCAA volleyball Thursday, Friday
All matches on ESPN2
THURSDAY
At Pittsburgh (second matches start 30 minutes after the first ends)
1 p.m….
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