Volleyball
I have coached volleyball for over 20 years, from high school to JO Club. I was the varsity girl's coach at Norwood High School from 1979 to 1986. I went to Ursuline Academy and coached there from 1987 to 1995. After helping at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy for two years, I coached 16-year-old club volleyball teams for Sports Express. I coached one more stint at Norwood from 2002 to 2003. In 2005, I was the varsity assistant at Lakota East High School. In 2006, I was the varsity assistant at Lakota West High School.
Because I had great athletes and they won a lot of games, in 2000, I was inducted into the Norwood High School Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2005, I was also inducted into the Southwest Ohio Volleyball Coaches Hall of Fame. But the big shock came in 2006, when I got a call saying I was going to be inducted into the Ohio High School Volleyball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. WOW. This gave a lot of hope to a lot of coaches. If they will select me to be in this group of famous volleyball coaches, they could select almost anybody. Considering my start close to 30 years ago at Norwood -- not knowing a thing about the sport and only taking the position because it paid $740 -- it is an incredible honor that I was inducted with these other people.
By the way, many people have asked if I taught at Ursuline. No, I did not. I taught all 30 years at Norwood and just coached at Ursuline during those years.
Career Record 369-84
Accomplishments during my 10 years at Norwood
5 league championships (1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2002)
181-46 record
first girl's league championship in any sport (1983)
Inducted into Norwood Hall of Fame, 2000
Accomplishments during my 9 years at Ursuline
state champion in 1993
state runner-up in 1995
regional finalist in 1991 and 1994
Cincinnati Enquirer Coach of the Year, 1991 and 1993
188-38 record
many all-state athletes
Accomplishments during my years coaching club at Sports Express
two teams qualified to Nationals
over 20 athletes played or playing college volleyball
Camps working this summer (2008)
White Oak High School All Purpose Camp
Sports Express Defensive Camp
Reading High School Defensive Camp
Lakota West All Skills Mini-Camp
Records Each Year |
| 1979 (Norwood) 14-4 |
| 1980 (Norwood) 16-6 |
| 1981 (Norwood) 14-6 |
| 1982 (Norwood) 17-4 |
| 1983 (Norwood) 21-3 |
| 1984 (Norwood) 22-2 |
| 1985 (Norwood) 21-4 |
| 1986 (Norwood) 17-6 |
| 1987 (Ursuline) 22-3 |
| 1988 (Ursuline) 16-8 |
| 1989 (Ursuline) 21-4 |
| 1990 (Ursuline) 20-5 |
| 1991 (Ursuline) 23-1 |
| 1992 (Ursuline) 17-5 |
| 1993 (Ursuline) 25-2 State Champion |
| 1994 (Ursuline) 21-4 |
| 1995 (Ursuline) 23-6 State Runner-up |
| 2002 (Norwood) 18-7 |
| 2003 (Norwood) 21-4 |