Coach Resa Provanzano is entering her 4th season this fall as the 1st assistant for Tufts University Volleyball program. Shortly after Coach Resa officially joined the Tufts staff in March of 2019, she helped the Jumbos achieve great success as they went on their incredible 28-2 run in the fall of 2019. She was instrumental in helping the squad finish a perfect 10-0 again for the 3rd time in just 4 years during regular season NESCAC play. For the 6th time in 12 years, the Jumbos finished #1 in the NESCAC earning hosting rights which gave them the opportunity to earn the title of 2019 NESCAC Champions in front of their home crowd. As a result, the Jumbos stayed on top of the New England NCAA regional poll earning additional hosting honors as the #1 seed for the 2019 NCAA Regional tournament. Unfortunately, they came up just short of their goal to return to the NCAA "Elite 8" for the first time since 2016. However, as a direct result of her incredible effort during her inaugural season, Coach Resa and the Tufts volleyball staff were named the 2019 NESCAC Staff of the Year, the 2019 New England Staff of the Year (previously earned in 2008 & 2016) as well as AVCA Regional Staff of the Year for the 3rd time in 4 years (previously earned in 2016 & 2017.

Prior to arriving at Tufts, Coach Resa racked up14 years of incredible coaching and recruiting experience to our courts, most recently coming off 5 seasons as the Head Coach of the UMASS Lowell River Hawk women's volleyball program the fall of 2018. She was named head coach of the program on February 11, 2014. Provanzano was charged with helping the DIV II program transition to DIV I in the America East Conference and guided them to a program-best conference win total in the 2018 season. The team was one of five America East teams to win the AVCA Team All­-Academic Award as the River Hawks registered a 3.43 team GPA in 2016­ & 2017 academic year, which was the second-highest of any River Hawk female team over the two semesters.

The River Hawks posted a 4­-29 overall record (1­11 AE) in her first season as head coach (2014), including the team's first ever Div. I victory on September 3rd at Quinnipiac and UMass Lowell's first America East win on November 14th vs. Stony Brook (3­2) at Costello Athletic Center.

Previously, Provanzano spent six years (2008 - ­2013) as an assistant coach at Northeastern University under head coach Ken Nichols in the Colonial Athletic Association. While with the Huskies, she helped the team to an impressive 113­-58 overall record (.661 winning pct.), three CAA Championship Game appearances, two CAA regular­ season titles in 2008 and 2011 and two 20­-win seasons.

Provanzano served as recruiting coordinator for the Huskies and assisted in the day to day operations of the program, which included practice plans, scheduling, scouting, budget management and team travel.

She has amassed an overall record of 185­-89 with nine straight winning seasons as an assistant coach at the Division I level. Provanzano has trained 24 All­-Conference selections, including three Conference Players of the Year, five Rookie of the Year athletes and one two ­time Conference Defensive Player of the Year.

Prior to Northeastern, Provanzano was an assistant for two seasons (2006­-07) at Alabama­ Birmingham where she helped lead the Blazers to a 51­-20 record in a two­ year span. In 2006, the school captured its first Conference USA championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. The Blazers followed that up with a second­ place finish in the Conference USA Tournament in 2007. In her two seasons, Provanzano coached three All­ Conference USA selections as well as two Conference USA Newcomers of the Year. Provanzano used her playing experience as a defensive specialist and outside hitter to coach UAB’s single­ season record holder for digs.

Prior to her stint at UAB, Provanzano spent the 2005 season as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern, where she served as the recruiting coordinator. She helped lead the Eagles to a 21­-11 record and coached a first­ team All­ Southern Conference selection.

A 2005 graduate of Georgia, Provanzano was a four­ year letter winner and two­ year captain for the Bulldogs. She led Georgia in digs from 2000­-02 and finished her career fifth all­ time in school history in digs. The Bulldogs reached the SEC Tournament semifinals twice while she was playing. In addition to her athletic accomplishments, Provanzano was given the Georgia Athletics Sportsmanship Award in 2002 and was named to the SEC Good Works team in 2003.

With a vast resume of playing and coaching experience, Terry Condon officially joined the Tufts University volleyball staff in the Fall of 2017 and is going on her 7th season with the Jumbos. She has been instrumental in helping the Jumbos remain a top program in New England while breaking into the top 10 nationally! Condon entered her 5th Hall of Fame when the Southern California Indoor Volleyball Association inducted her in the Spring of 2021. In 2015, Condon was enshrined in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Hall of Fame for her outstanding contributions as both a coach and a player as well!

She most recently coached at UMass-Boston, successfully turning the Beacons into one of the most recognizable programs in Division III women’s volleyball. During her 11 seasons in Boston, Condon led the Beacons to unprecedented success, including seven straight Little East Conference regular-season and six tournament championships, as well as three NCAA Division III Regional crowns, which the Beacons brought home in 2010, 2012, and 2013.

Coach Condon's student-athletes earned multiple All-Conference, All-Region, and All-American honors. During the Condon era, a total of five players were named AVCA All-Americans. Another eight earned AVCA / New England Women's Volleyball Association (NEWVA) All-Region honors, including two Rookies of the Year. In the Little East Conference, 15 of her players were named to either the first or second team, and UMass had seven different players nab Rookie of the Year while four others were named Players of the Year. Condon was conference Coach of the Year twice, and was selected as the top coach in the region twice. UMass achieved their highest national ranking ever on the AVCA Top 25 Coaches Poll at 16th under Coach Condon.

The former UCLA standout is considered one of the greatest players to ever step on the floor for the Bruins, having been named to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 1992. She was the first female athlete to receive this honor, and was also honored as one of the 25 greatest players in UCLA history. Her number 34 was retired by the Bruins as well. During her career the Bruins had an 89-12 record, which included a pair of national titles in 1974 and 1975 and a national runner-up placing in 1976.

She made her mark on the world stage as well, playing for the United States Volleyball National Team throughout the 1970s. She was a five-time member of the USA Women's National team, including the 1970 World Championship team and the Pan American Games teams of 1971 and 1975. Her accomplishments were recognized by her selection to the USA Volleyball 75th Anniversary Women's All-Era Team (1949-77) and her honor as an All-Time Great Female Player by the United States Volleyball Association in 1983.

Following two years as the Head Coach of California State University at Bakersfield, she took over the reigns at Texas A&M University and in six years led the Aggies to three NCAA Tournament appearances. She coached the squad to a 180-101 mark for a .641 winning percentage. She still holds the Aggies' coaching standard for highest winning percentage in a single-season with her 33-4 (.892) mark for the 1984 campaign.

She returned to her alma mater as an Associate Athletic Director for UCLA from 1986-1994 and received three Achievement Awards. She remained in Athletic Administration when she became a Senior Associate Athletic Director at Northeastern University in Boston in 1994 and remained with the Huskies until 1998.  Condon's selection as UMass Boston Head Women's Volleyball Coach was in addition to a position that she already held as Senior Associate Athletic Director for the school, which she started as in February 2006.

Highly respected for her contributions to women's athletics, Condon was inducted into the New Agenda: Northeast Women's Hall of Fame to recognize her coaching and teaching accomplishments within the community and the college arena.

Condon graduated from UCLA in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology and currently resides in Rowley.

We welcome Grace back to our JVBC staff in 2022! Grace most recently served as a volunteer assistant coach at Boston College. Previously, Grace Krumpack coached for two seasons as an assistant coach with the Judges of Brandeis University. She is a 2018 Brandeis graduate, having played both outside hitter and libero for the Judges in her career. 

Since her graduation, Krumpack has served as a strength and conditioning coach at Brandeis and at our very own JVBC clinics. Krumpack completed a three-month strength and conditioning internship at IFAST (Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training), one of the top gyms in the country for athletic performance, development, and movement science. In 2021, started her own personal training company, Revive X Grace LCC in 2021.

Leah Good will join our JVBC staff for the second time in this summer of 2024 right before she enters her 2nd season as Head Volleyball Coach in the Fall of 2024 at Alma College!

In 2023, Good led Alma to a 6 win improvement from the year before, with her team posting a 13-12 record overall. This marked the first time that the Scots registered a winning record since 2019. One of the highlights included senior libero Kolbey Boyd recording her 1,000th career dig against Saint Mary's College. The Scots also saw team statistical improvements in just about every metric, including a 130 kill improvement from 2022.

Good was named Head Volleyball Coach on December 16, 2022.

Good joins Alma from Hiram College, where she served as the lead Assistant Coach. She joined Hiram from the Ohio Valley Volleyball Academy, where she served as the volleyball coordinator and a coach for two years. During her time with the Terriers, the program amassed a 29-28 record, with a 8–7 record in NCAC paly. The team qualified for the NCAC Tournament in both seasons. Good helped to coach one first team All-NCAC player, and three second team All-NCAC players.

Good graduated from Bethany College in Bethany, West Virginia in 2021. While there Good was a four-year member of the women's volleyball team, helping the Bison to the 2018 Presidents Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship, and serving as a team captain her senior year.

A native of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, Good earned her bachelor's degree in finance from Bethany College in May of 2021. Welcome Back, Coach Good!

We are so incredibly thrilled to welcome Coach Stephanie Kazmierczak to our JVBC Courts! Coach K is the Head Coach at Assumption University and has been for the past 2 seasons. Prior to Assumptions, she spent 2 seasons as head women's volleyball coach at Merrimack College. While at Merrimack, Coach K guided the Warriors through the second and third years of their NCAA Division I reclassification period from 2020-21 as a member of the Northeast Conference. She helped develop a program that was honored with the 2021 USMC-AVCA Team Academic Award and 27 NEC Academic Honor Roll selections.

Prior to Merrimack, she served as the assistant coach at Niagara for two year years. Kazmierczak was involved in all aspects of the program that advanced to consecutive Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Tournaments in 2018 and 2019. Her roles included assisting with drill design, practice plans, video analysis, student-athlete development, setter training, serving as offensive coordinator during matches, and aiding in recruiting

Coach K competed at Pace University at the Division II level and Buffalo State College (DIII) as a student-athlete. She ranks 13th all-time in Setter’s history in career digs with 1,377 and was named to the NE10 All-Championship Team in 2009. At Buffalo State, she was a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) all-conference second-team selection after a team-best 935 assists and 40 aces.

Welcome Coach K to the JumboDome! 

We are so excited to have Bates College Volleyball head coach, Emily Hayes, joining us this summer! She brings so much energy and incredible knowledge to our courts. Coach Hayes was the head coach at Lewis & Clark College from 2018 to 2021 and a former assistant at St. Lawrence University and Hope College, was appointed head coach of women’s volleyball at Bates College in July 2021, announced by Director of Athletics Jason Fein.

Hayes is the 13th head coach in the history of varsity women's volleyball at Bates, a proud program that began in 1967 and once enjoyed a 36-0 campaign in 1989. 

In 2018, Hayes was promoted from assistant coach to head coach after a year at Lewis & Clark, and she quickly won the college’s Coach of the Year award for 2018-19 after turning the Pioneers’ record around from 2-21 in 2017 to 13-10 in 2018. She developed three all-conference players in two seasons while establishing a culture of pride, trust and commitment within the program. 

Hayes’ coaching style, she says, is “one that is obviously going to be playing high level volleyball and developing a championship program, but I take the responsibility really seriously to be a role model and inspire young women in more areas than the volleyball court. So developing women leaders and immersing ourselves in the community and excelling academically while also holding ourselves to incredibly high standards in terms of volleyball.”

Originally hailing from Austin, Texas, Hayes attended Hope College in Michigan, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in classical studies in 2014. She played setter for a year at Hope before becoming a student assistant coach for the next three seasons, in the meantime helping the Flying Dutch advance to the NCAA tournament in 2011, 2012, and 2013, including the Elite Eight in 2013. 

After graduation, she assistant-coached men’s and women’s volleyball for a year at Lourdes University, then joined the staff at St. Lawrence University as a graduate assistant coach in 2015. While at St. Lawrence, Hayes had six student-athletes earn All-Liberty League recognition and nine chosen for conference all-academic honors. She also established core and weightlifting programs for the team while earning a master’s degree in educational leadership.

She became assistant coach at Lewis & Clark in 2017, and head coach in 2018. Throughout her six years as a collegiate coach, Hayes was part of coaching staffs that mentored eight All-Americans. 

Welcome to JVBC this summer, Coach Hayes! 

We are so excited to welcome Coach Grace Kenningham to our JVBC staff for the first time!

Kenningham joins the Bates College garnet and white after serving as an assistant coach for two seasons at her alma mater, Roger Williams University (R.I.)., where she played a vital role in leading the Hawks to a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) tournament appearance in 2023. Kenningham most recently served as interim head coach of the program, commencing in February. 

Kenningham graduated from Roger Williams in 2020 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. She played four years of volleyball for the Hawks, serving as a team captain her senior year. Kenningham helped the Hawks reach the CCC championship game in each of her final three seasons, as Roger Williams compiled a conference record of 29-5 during her four years as a student-athlete.

Can't wait for you to join us, Coach Grace! 

We are beyond thrilled to welcome back Coach Erin Cady this summer for the 9th time! Since being named head coach of the Bowdoin volleyball program in 2015, Erin Cady has guided the Polar Bears to unprecedented heights and established her team as one of the finest in the region and as a player on the NCAA Division III scene.  

Cady made an immediate impact in her first season as head coach of the Polar Bears in the fall of 2015, leading the team to the greatest season in program history. Bowdoin captured the NESCAC Championship and advanced to its first-ever NCAA Quarterfinal after defeating host MIT in the New England Regional. Since then, Bowdoin has won two more NESCAC titles (2018, '21), qualified for three more NCAA Tournaments, and returned to the NCAA Quarterfinals in 2019. Cady has twice been named the NESCAC Coach of the Year and was named the AVCA Regional Coach of the Year in 2018. In her time at Bowdoin, she has led numerous All-NESCAC, All-Region and All-American players, coached three NESCAC Players of the Year, three NESCAC Defensive Players of the Year and won over 75% of her matches overall. 

Prior to Bowdoin, Cady was named the head coach at Holy Cross in 2011 following a year as an assistant coach with the program. In two of her four seasons at the helm, she tied the program record for Patriot League wins (six) while matching the team's best-ever finish in the league standings (fifth). The team earned the AVCA's Team Academic Award for the first time in program history in 2013-14 and Holy Cross placed two members on the Patriot League's seven-player All-Academic Team.

A 2006 graduate of the University of New Hampshire, Cady had an outstanding playing career for the Wildcats. She was a three-time All-America East Conference selection and was twice named a team captain. She was the fourth player in school history to eclipse 1,000 kills and helped lead the Wildcats to a pair of America East titles and two trips to the NCAA Tournament. Cady was also an Academic Scholar Athlete and a member of the Dean’s List in every season. Following graduation, Cady played professional volleyball for the SWE-Volley Team in Erfurt, Germany.

Cady earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and justice studies from UNH in 2006 and a master’s degree in Kinesiology and sports studies in 2010. Cady and her husband, Stuart, were married in 2012, and have a son Wynn. 

We are so excited to welcome back Coach Taylor Stevens to our JVBC staff for her 4th summer in the JumboDome! Taylor joined Bowdoin as assistant coach of the volleyball program in the summer of 2019 and has helped Coach Cady coach them to some of their best seasons in program history. In 2021, they won the NESCAC championship for the 2nd time in 3 years!

A graduate of Stonehill College, where she was the primary setter her junior and senior seasons, Stevens was most recently an assistant coach at Wheaton College, where the Lyons enjoyed the two finest seasons in program history. She also served as head boy’s volleyball coach at Norton High School and at the Lockdown Volleyball Club.

Prior to her collegiate playing career at Stonehill, Stevens was the Rhode Island High School Gatorade player of the year while attending Ponaganset High School. She was named to the Rhode Island All-State team during both her junior and senior seasons. Welcome back, Taylor!

Alesia Vaccari Bennett enters her 12th summer as part of the Jumbo Volleyball Clinics staff. In the spring of 2014, Bennett was named the new Head Coach of the Brandeis University volleyball program and will be entering her 9th season in the fall of 2023. In 2018, Coach Bennett and her Judges had a record-breaking season, posting their best UAA post-season performance in a decade. Due to her efforts, Coach Bennett and her staff earned UAA Coaching Staff of the Year honors and was the 1st ever Brandeis volleyball coach to do so!

Prior to being hired at Brandeis, Bennett was the Head Coach at Simmons College for three seasons. During her time with the Sharks, Bennett was named Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Volleyball Coach of the Year in 2011, her first season as a head coach. In 2011, she led the Sharks to the GNAC Semifinals for the first time in program history, finishing with a 20-10 overall record and 9-4 in conference play. In 2012, she took the program back to the semi-finals with an equally impressive record. Under her direction, the Sharks more than doubled their win percentage from the 2010 season without any additions to the roster.

Prior to joining the Sharks, Bennett coached at Clarkson University serving as their assistant coach for two years. In 2009, Bennett helped lead the Golden Knights to their first Liberty League Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance as Clarkson went 28-7, the top winning percentage in program history.

Coach Bennett, a 2006 graduate of Springfield College with a degree in Athletic Training, was just honored as a Springfield College Athletic Hall of Fame Inductee for her incredible college career. She was a two-time All-American for the Springfield Pride in 2003 and 2004, two seasons in which her team reached the NCAA Tournament. The 2004 NEWMAC Player of the Year as well, Vaccari Bennett is Springfield's all-time leader in assists (5,196) and aces (321) while ranking eighth in digs (1,196). When she was a Junior Olympic volleyball player, she was named the 2001 Connecticut High School Player of the Year.

We are so excited to have Coach Mason Willix join us for the first time this summer! She specializes in technical training and will bring so much to our courts. Coach Mason was recently hired as the assistant coach for Curry College! This fall 2024 will be her first season with the program. Coach Willix is also the founder and visionary behind Growth Chasers, and is a dedicated volleyball coach with an unwavering passion for the sport. Finding her love in volleyball from a young age, she is now determined to cultivate a community where aspiring athletes can elevate their growth to the next level. 

Her Mission: Nurturing Volleyball Excellence, One Player at a Time

Mason's mission with Growth Chasers is clear: to equip elite volleyball players with the guidance, resources, and mentorship necessary to achieve their highest potential. Her commitment, strategic coaching, and holistic skill development inspire athletes and foster a community where volleyball aspirations come to life.

Under Mason's leadership, Growth Chasers has become essential for striving athletes to reach the pinnacle of their volleyball careers. Her vision is to encourage pursuing individual growth to promote team growth creating a legacy of excellence that resonates through each athlete's journey. Mason's passion for volleyball and her commitment to the success of each player positions her as the driving force propelling Growth Chasers toward its mission–– the pursuit of excellence. If you would like to take private lessons, Coach Mason is your coach! Here is her website for more info:  https://www.growthchasersvolleyball.com/

We are so lucky to have her join our JVBC staff. Welcome, Coach Willix!

Coach Pam is one of our favorites and enters her 10th summer of coaching as part of the Jumbo Volleyball Clinics staff this summer of 2024. She currently is the head coach at Essex Tech High School. Her overall coaching experience includes serving as the assistant coach of both boys and girls varsity teams at Deerfield High School, Deerfield, Illinois (1994-2000); Head Varsity Girls Coach and Assistant Boys Coach at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2000-2002); Assistant Women's Coach at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts (2006-2012). During her time at Endicott, Coach Leete was primarily responsible for training the team defense which included coaching two Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Libero of the Year winners in Brittany Nolan (2008) and Ashley Norley (2012). Coach Leete was a graduate of The College of the Holy Cross in 1993.

We are so very excited to welcome Coach Jacob Girard to JVBC for the first time! Coach Girard was just named the new head coach at Keene State College this past May! Girard brings extensive experience at both the collegiate and club levels. Most recently, he was an assistant coach at Emerson College, working with the Lions for three seasons (the 2021 season was wiped out by the COVID-19 pandemic), where the team compiled a record of 55-21 (.724), and reached the conference final in 2019.

During his time at Emerson he helped coach Caroline Bond, who was the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year in 2019 and Caroline Davis, the NEWMAC Defensive Player of the Year in 2021.

Girard was an assistant coach at Massachusetts Maritime Academy from 2017-19, while completing his undergraduate work at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, and was a student-assistant for the Corsairs in 2014-15.

Girard has been the head coach of 18's Attack for SMASH Volleyball club since 2022 and prior to that he has coached club for 10 years with stops at Max Performance, Coastal, and Blast. He has also been the lead coach for North East Beach Volleyball for six seasons.

Girard graduated from UMass Dartmouth with a degree in economics, and is working on a master's degree in Physical Education, with a concentration in Coaching, from Bridgewater State University.

We are thrilled to welcome Coach Keelin Severtson back to New England for her 4th summer with JVBC! Coach Severtson joins us from Macalester College in Minnesota! Keelin Severtson joined the Macalester volleyball coaching staff in March of 2024. Prior to coming to St. Paul, Severtson spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at Albion (Mich.) College.

While at Albion, Severtson was involved in recruiting, player development, practice and in-game coaching, and video analysis. During her four seasons she helped the Britons compile a 70-27 overall record, including a 25-7 mark in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA). Severtson coached 15 All-MIAA performers, including three All-Region players, two All-Americans and an Academic All-American. She also participated on the Albion Athletics’ diversity, equity and inclusion committee and the Blueprint for Belonging committee.

Severtson began her coaching career at UMass Boston in 2018, focusing on recruiting, practice planning and in-game coaching during her two years as an assistant coach. She played a role in helping the Beacons win the 2019 Little East Conference championship and advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament.
 
Severtson was a standout volleyball player at the University of New Hampshire, where she helped the Wildcats win four consecutive America East regular-season and tournament titles and make four appearances in the NCAA Division I Tournament. She earned All-America East first team and America East Setter of the Year honors in 2015 and 2016, and was named the Most Outstanding Player at the 2016 America East Conference Tournament.

A native of Delray Beach, Fla., Severtson holds a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology exercise science from New Hampshire and a Master of Science in exercise and health sciences from UMass Boston.
Welcome back, Coach Keelin!

We are so excited to welcome former JVBC camper and former standout Middle Hitter for St. Anselm athletics, Coach Kristen O'Keefe! Coach Kristen has worked our summer clinics as a college player and as a post grad. Coach Kristen was an incredible athlete, but more importantly she was an incredible student. She loved her experience at Saint Anselm. However, THIS summer she returns to our courts as the Merrimack College Men's and Women's Volleyball Graduate Assistant  and Director of Volleyball Operations. We are so proud of her and fully support her decision to get into college coaching while pursuing her graduate degree! 

Prior to St. Anselm, Coach O'Keefe played three sports at Arlington Catholic including volleyball, basketball and softball…Was a threat in her league as she was named Central Catholic League All-Star in her junior and senior year…Named Central Catholic League Most Valuable Player to cap her senior season…Earned the role of captain of both her volleyball and basketball teams…Helped her team win a Central Catholic League Volleyball Championships all four years of high school in the sport of volleyball…Was a Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic...Graduated as a four-year honor roll student.

Welcome back to the JumboDome, Coach Kristen! 

Coach Dill will enter his 28th season at the helm of the MIT program in the fall of 2023. Going into 2023, MIT is coming off back-to-back Elite 8 appearances! In 2022, MIT won the NEWMAC Championship, NCAA Regional Final, and Dill and his staff were awarded NEWMAC Coaching Staff of the Year for their efforts. Dill is currently ranked 10th out of over 400 active Division III coaches in the nation in overall winning percentage (.760), averaging 27 wins and single-digit losses per season during his career. He has never collected fewer than 20 wins in a season and has five 30-win seasons under his belt, lifting his career record to 672-204. A three-time AVCA Division III New England Region Coach of the Year, Dill has also been named the NEWVA Coach of the Year three times. He also collected NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors in 2002, 2016, and again for his team's performance in 2017. He has also guided the Engineers to 10 NCAA post-season bids, two ECAC Championships and three NEWMAC titles (2012, 2016, and 2022).

Dill began duplicating this success with the MIT men’s team after being summoned to take over the reins of the program in 2004. In his 14 seasons at the helm, he led the men’s program to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014 and an overall record of 328-132. Before coaching the MIT men’s squad, Dill directed the Emmanuel College men’s squad to a 12-8 record in its first season of varsity competition.

He also co-coached the England Women’s Junior National Team for four years and was an assistant coach for a Division I National League women’s club team in the English Volleyball Association.

Other experience includes coaching the University of Connecticut men’s volleyball club team while earning his MBA, serving as the manager of the Bates College women’s team as an undergraduate, and coaching the men’s open division of the Bay State Games.

We are so excited to welcome Coach John Carroll for the first time to our JVBC courts! Coach Carroll joined the Sarah Lawrence staff for the 2023-24 academic year as the head coach for both the men's and women's volleyball teams. He brought four years of experience to the Gryphons after stints at Regis College, Bethany College, the Highlands Sports Complex and the Ohio Valley Volleyball Academy.

Carroll most recently was the lead assistant coach for both the men's and women's volleyball teams at Regis College, leading the women's team to back-to-back 20+ win seasons and qualifying for the GNAC tournament in both seasons with the men's team. Carroll also held the position of head men's volleyball recruiter during his time at Regis. He secured 27 first-year recruits over his two years with the Pride, reaching student-athletes both across the United States and internationally.

Prior to his coaching career, Carroll played collegiate volleyball at Emmanuel College where he was awarded academic all-conference honors in 2019 and all-sportsmanship team recognition in three of his four years. He graduated from Emmanuel in 2020 with a bachelors of science in international relations and earned a master of education in student success while at Regis in 2023.

Women's Volleyball

Fall 2023
Carroll took over a previously successful women's volleyball program and wasted no time leading the team to the Skyline tournament. The first-year coach set program bests with 14 overall wins and seven victories in conference play, securing the fifth seed in the tournament. A heartbreaking five-set match with the Rams of Farmingdale State ended the season for the Gryphons in the conference quarterfinals, but it marked the end of a very successful season for both the team and the individual student-athletes. Carroll helped push sophomore Athena Kazos to earn second-team all-conference recognition while also guiding seniors Mia Rector and Kaille Ferguson to eclipse the 1,000 assist and 1,000 dig marks, both becoming the program leaders in each category.

Welcome to JVBC, Coach Carroll! 

We are so excited to welcome Coach Patrick Helmas back to the JVBC courts this summer for the 6th summer. Coach Helmas enters his third year as head volleyball coach at Simmons University after being named on June 24, 2022. 

A well-respected coach within the volleyball community, Helmas brings a lot of knowledge and experience to Simmons following an eight-year stint as an assistant coach at Babson College. In nearly a decade at Babson, he helped turn the Beavers into a powerhouse and nationally ranked program. Helping to lead Babson to a 177-60 overall record over eight years, Helmas was present for four NEWMAC Championships (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019), including three regular season titles (2014, 2019, 2021). Additionally, he developed five AVCA All-Americans, nine All-New England selections and 18 All-NEWMAC recipients. 

In 2018, Helmas helped guide the Beavers to program history. With a 26-9 overall record, Babson reached the NCAA Elite Eight for the first time, knocking of nationally-ranked Bowdoin College in three sets to claim the Babson Park Regional Title. A week later, the Beavers earned their first national ranking in program history, finishing 20^th in the final AVCA Division III Poll.

The Beavers success continued the following the year, claiming their second regular season title and fourth NEWMAC Championships with a program-best 33-2 record. This past fall season, 2021, Babson won its third regular season crown with a 23-8 mark and claimed as high as 20^th in the national rankings.

Prior to joining the Babson coaching staff, Helmas spent two years as an assistant coach at Lesley University, helping the Lynx to back-to-back fifth place finishes in the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC). In addition, he has extensive familiarity at the high school level. Helmas coached the junior varsity programs at Concord-Carlisle High School and Needham High School. During his time at Needham High School, he played a pivotal role in helping the Rockets improve their techniques and become one of the strongest high school programs in the state.

Aside from his intercollegiate and interscholastic coaching, Helmas has a vast amount of experience at the club level. He founded and co-owns PHD Volleyball, while also serving as the Associate Boys Club Director with SMASH Volleyball.

A native of Norwood, Massachusetts, Helmas graduated from Bryant University with a Bachelor of Science in management. While at Bryant, he was a four-year member of the Bulldogs club volleyball program

We are so excited to have Coach Craig Martin bac in the JumboDome this summer! Coach Craig coaches at Stonehill College where he was officially named the 13th head coach in program history on June 14, 2019 and is currently in his fifth season. 

In 2021, Martin led Stonehill to a 22-10 record and 10-3 conference record. It is just the eighth time in program history the Skyhawks won 20 or more matches and its first since winning 21 matches in 2014, which also marks its last ten-win NE10 season. Stonehill also earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament following another NE10 Semifinal appearance and earned Stonehill's first-ever NCAA Tournament win with a 3-0 victory against Jefferson College. 

Martin led the 2019 team to a 17-10 overall record and 9-4 in Conference play making it to the NE10 Semifinal round for the second time in three years. Sophia Poveda '21 was named to the NE10 All-Conference first team after a great year of leading the Skyhawks with her 2.88 kills per set and ranking seventh in the NE10. Rachel Dunlavy '20 led the way with her 4.52 digs per set and sat seventh in the NE10, as she reached a career total 1,181 digs to sit seventh in program history. She was also named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-District I first team for the second time in her career and was named Stonehill's first NE10 Elite 24 Award winner for the highest GPA in the volleyball tournament final four. 

Martin, a 2007 graduate of Southern New Hampshire University, where he was a member of the men’s volleyball club, will bring a range of knowledge as he has worked with NCAA Division I and III programs around New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He takes over as the 13th head coach in the Stonehill volleyball program’s 40-year history, after Kathleen Colpoys recently took over as head coach at her alma mater, College of the Holy Cross, in Worcester, Massachusetts after four years in Easton.

Martin comes to Stonehill after spending the 2018 season as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Martin assisted head coach Resa Provanzano with training middle hitters and all blockers, as well as scouting and match preparation, practice planning and implementation, community and alumni engagement and student-athlete welfare.

Prior to working with the River Hawks, Martin spent seven years as the head coach of the men’s and women’s volleyball programs at Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts, also serving as the intramural director. He led the women’s program to 78 wins and three Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) tournament appearances in his time.

During his time as an undergraduate at Southern New Hampshire University, Martin assisted the men’s and women’s volleyball programs at Rivier University from 2005 to 2011. At Rivier, Martin assisted the team to six GNAC championships - four with the men and two with the women. 

Welcome back Coach Craig! 

We are so excited to welcome Coach Macon Frey for the first time as a head coach to the JVBC Summer Clinics! Coach Frey was announced as the seventh head women's volleyball coach in program history in March of 2023. Frey arrives on Castle Point after a two-season stint as a graduate assistant coach at Springfield College. 

During her time at Springfield, Frey helped guide the Pride to 41 victories and an NCAA appearance in 2021, where the team defeated Rowan in five sets. Frey coached one American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Americans with an additional four receiving an honorable mention. Additionally, a total of five student-athletes garnered AVCA All-Region accolades, including Camryn Bancroft and Natalie Billet, who were tabbed Region 2 Player and Rookie of the Year, respectively.
  
Prior to her position at Springfield, Frey spent three years patrolling the sidelines for her alma mater, Bridgewater College. With Frey in the fold, the Eagles amassed 47 victories over two competitive seasons, making an appearance in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) playoffs in both seasons. Under Frey’s tutelage, three players earned AVCA All-South Region honors before going on to receive honorable mention All-America recognition, including program alumna Rachel Gaston, who was the first player in program history to earn multiple all-region accolades. Gaston was also a two-time ODAC Player of the Year. During Frey’s tenure with Bridgewater, seven players earned all-conference accolades.
 
Off the court, the Chesapeake, Virginia native was also responsible for film analysis and scouting reports, while also developing marketing materials to assist with the Eagles’ recruiting efforts. Frey also assisted with the athletic department’s strength and conditioning efforts, while also handling event management for the booster club.
 
Before entering the coaching ranks, Frey amassed 470 assists and 1,670 digs with 34 kills and 77 aces over 378 career sets (110 matches) as an undergraduate. She began her career at West Chester University, where she totaled 229 assists and 190 digs, while splitting time as a setter and defensive specialist. After returning to her home state, Frey totaled 1,480 digs at Bridgewater over 286 sets to rank second in program history in career digs. She was a two-time Second Team All-ODAC selection and set a Bridgewater record with 46 digs against William Peace University on Oct. 29, 2016. An AVCA All-South Region selection in 2017, Frey was also a Second Team VaSID All-State honoree in 2016.
 
Away from competition, Frey interned with Michelle Lee Scecina, Springfield’s Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance and Student-Athlete Well-Being and Senior Woman Administrator and participated in the AVCA Mentor/Mentee program. She also served as an event director for Special Olympics Massachusetts.
  
Frey earned her Bachelor of Science degree in health and exercise science with a minor in nutrition and wellness from Bridgewater in 2018 and earned her Maser of Education degree in sport management from Springfield in May. Welcome Coach Macon! 

We are so very excited to have Coach Stacy Cheney back int he JumboDome! She is, without a doubt, one of our most energetic and knowledgable coaches! Tyhis fall she will return to UMASS Boston for her second season as the head volleyball coach at UMass Boston.

Cheney arrived at the harbor campus in 2023 after serving as the associate head coach at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) for 14 years. A former UNH Wildcat from 1997-2000, she was the starting setter on the school's first American-East Title winning team in 1998, before later winning again as an Associate Head Coach for the Wildcats in 2002. Coach Cheney earned American East All-Conference for three consecutive years from 1998-2000, as one of the school's most prolific playmakers in program history with 3,000 assists, and 1,000 digs.

Before UNH, Cheney served as graduate assistant coach for the University of Deleware for two seasons under Coach Bonnie Kenny. She has also coached with the Seacoast Junior Olympic Volleyball program for seven years (1999-2006).

 Now, Cheney provides leadership, energy, motivation, and guidance in her role as head coach for student-athletes at UMass Boston. 

She concluded her first season as head coach at UMass Boston with a 17-10 overall record, and a 5-3 Little East Conference (LEC) as she led the Beacons to the LEC Postseason tournament in her first season as head coach. Cheney led her squad over the Keene State Owls in straight sets in the first round, then bowed out in the semifinals to the #1-seeded UMass Dartmouth Corsairs.
 
Following her inaugural season as head coach at UMB, Cheney led two student athletes to the 2023 LEC All-Conference Second Team (Livia Trindade '24, Taryn Broughal '24), including a nomination to the 2023 LEC Sportsmanship Team (Ruby Ackerman '26), proving her immediate impact following year one.

While at UNH, Cheney helped lead the Wildcats to four consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013, 2014, 2015, to 2016. During that time, the Wildcats also won four America East Regular Season Championships and four America East Conference Tournament Championships.
 
In addition to her coaching duties at UNH, Cheney also formerly served as the recruiting coordinator for the program. Under her watch, the Wildcats recruited and developed four America East Player of Year award recipients, four America East Setter of the Year award recipients, and two America East Defensive Player of the Year Award recipients.  
 
Cheney was recognized along with the rest of the UNH coaching staff by their peers in the America East as Coaching Staff of the Year in 2013 and 2014.  
 
Cheney, earned her B.A. from UNH and a master's degree from the University of Delaware. 

Welcome back Coach Stacy! 

Coach Wyatt Emenaker is back in the JumboDome after a few years away and we couldn't be more thrilled! Coach Wyatt has been coaching with JVBC since he was an undergrad and assistant coach at Brandeis University. His journey has been an awesome one since! This time he returns as the new assistant coach for the University of Pennsylvania in the IVY league. He moves to University City from VCU, where he spent the last two years as a graduate assistant for the Rams. Among his duties in that position, he worked with the pin attackers. During Emenaker's tenure, VCU improved its Atlantic 10 record from 9-9 in 2022 to 13-5 in 2023 and advanced to the A-10 Tournament semifinal round this past season. Coach Wyatt is an awesome fit for this position based on his experience, both at the D3 level and at D1 VCU as he has a great understanding of the whole student-athlete experience. 

A native of Newton, Mass., Emenaker preceded his VCU tenure with a three-year stint as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. In addition to executing practice plans and game-day strategy, Emenaker spearheaded recruiting efforts and coordinated travel among his other responsibilities.
 
Emenaker started his coaching career at his alma mater, Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. He spent two years as a student assistant coach and was part of a staff that was honored as the University Athletic Association (UAA) Coaching Staff of the Year in 2018. Emenaker also boasts extensive coaching experience at the club level with the Maine Juniors and the SMASH Volleyball Club in Massachusetts.
 
Emenaker played four years of club volleyball at Brandeis, where he served as club president and was selected New England College Volleyball League (NECVL) All-Tournament in 2018 and 2019. Emenaker earned his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Brandeis in 2019 and completed his Master's in Sports Leadership from VCU's Center for Sport Leadership in December 2023.

Welcome back to the JumboDome, Coach Wyatt! We can't wait to see you again!

We were REALLY excited to have Coach Caitlyn Vann join us briefly this summer in the JumboDome! Coach Vann recently started Lionheart Volleyball Club here in the greater Boston Area. If you are interested in learning more, her email is above! Below is her Bio from the Lionheart website! It was wonderful meeting Coach Vann this summer! 

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Caitlyn has been directing for over 8 years, coaching for over 15 years, and has been playing since she was 10 years old. She played at the collegiate level at the University of Missouri where she broke numerous Tiger & BIG 12 defensive records, was a 9-time BIG 12 Defensive Player of the Week, College Volleyball Updates “CVU.com’s” National Player of the Week Honorable Mention, and helped lead the Tigers to 2 NCAA appearances, including a trip to the Sweet 16. At the high school level she was an All American, 4-time State Champion, National Champion, and a member of the USAV Youth and Junior National Teams.

She coached at the Division I level at Cal Berkeley and DePaul University, and eventually shifted to coaching at the club and high school levels in an effort to pursue her goal of opening her own club volleyball program. She has held numerous Director roles while also dedicating her time to community service and total athlete development. Her commitment to community service and growing the sport of volleyball speaks for itself. As Director of DIG it! Volleyball (a nonprofit that provided free after-school volleyball and character development training for low income girls), she tripled the number of participants and community partnerships and made a lasting impact on the St. Louis community. As Director of Gateway Volleyball Club, she led the team to a 5th place finish at the AAU National Championships and helped 100% of the players she coached received scholarships to play at the collegiate level. 

Caitlyn brings an exceptional background of high-level club volleyball experience to Lionheart. As a Club Director in New England from 2021-2024, she helped grow the sport of volleyball and created new programming opportunities for young athletes. She also played for and continues to partner with the legendary Munciana volleyball club, a program that has produced 66 Division I coaches, has won 38 National Championships and where over 600 athletes have received scholarships to play in college. Her coaching philosophy mirrors her experience with this incredible program and she is excited to make a similar impact on the lives of young coaches and players through Lionheart Volleyball Club. With her extensive experience and wide network of volleyball contacts at the collegiate and club level, she is poised to make this vision a reality for Lionheart!

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Welcome Coach Caitlyn to New England Volleyball! 

Elise Fengler joined the Tufts University Sports Medicine staff in 2022 and is the Athletic Trainer for the Tufts Volleyball team.

She graduated from The University of Pittsburgh in 2016 with her B.S in Athletic Training and earned her Masters in Exercise Science at Syracuse University in 2018.  Her Master’s thesis, “The Influence of Exercise and Exercise Duration of Salivary miRNA in Professional Male Soccer Players”, explored salivary miRNA as a non-invasive method of collecting objective data on exercise responses and concussion diagnosis which was used to co-author 2 articles, “Refinement of Saliva microRNA Biomarkers for Sports-Related Concussion” and “Saliva microRNA Biomarkers of Cumulative Concussion.

While at Syracuse she worked as an Athletic Trainer for Syracuse Orthopedic Specialists with various local high schools and colleges (SUNY ESF, LeMoyne, Cazenovia, and Bryant and Stratton).

Most recently she worked at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia primarily working with Men’s Soccer, Women’s Basketball, and Baseball

Sports coverage: Women’s Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, Baseball and Sailing.

We are excited to welcome, Alyssa Jones to our JVBC Staff this summer! She joins us from the Brandeis Athletic Training staff where she was hired in the summer of 2023.

Jones graduated from the University of West Alabama in Livingston, Alabama, earning her BS in exercise science in 2020 and her Master of Athletic Training in 2022. While attending the Division II school, she worked with the Tigers’ baseball, football and women’s soccer programs. Jones also spent the spring of 2022 working with Division I University of Alabama-Birmingham with their softball program. A member of the Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association, she also worked at the Manning Passing Academy in July, 2021.

Since May 2022, Jones has served as a certified athletic trainer at Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopaedic Center.

Jones will be working with her husband, Logan, who is Brandeis’s equipment coordinator. Welcome to the JumboDome, AT Alyssa! 

We are so excited to introduce our Tufts Volleyball Strength Coach, Paul Stone, to all of you this summer! Coach Stone is beginning his second year at Tufts, working as an assistant strength and conditioning coach on Dan Kopcso's staff. Our team loves how hard he pushes them in the weight room and how he supports them off court. 
 
Coach Paul arrived at Tufts after completing a strength and conditioning graduate fellowship at Merrimack College (North Andover, MA) where he worked primarily with the men's/women's golf and women's volleyball programs. Prior to Merrimack, Stone had been a full-time coaching assistant at Duke University, as well as completing a number of other internships with Mullen High School (Denver, Colorado), USA Rugby Women's XV's program, and the Metropolitan State University of Denver. 
 
Stone earned his master's degree in May of 2023 from Merrimack College and his bachelor's degree in Exercise Science in July of 2021 from MSU Denver. Stone is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and holds certifications from USA Weightlifting (USAW-L1) and Functional Range Systems (FRCms).

Welcome to the JVBC clinics, Coach Paul Stone! 

Alex O’Keefe has been a member of the Tufts Strength and Conditioning staff since 2012.  A 2008 graduate of Springfield College, his coaching experience includes time at Auburn University, the University of South Carolina as well as Athletic Evolution.  Throughout his career, he has been fortunate to work with a wide variety of athletes, including those at the youth, collegiate, professional and Olympic levels.

Alex works directly with and writes programs for the Baseball team, Women’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Lacrosse, Field Hockey, Men’s Track and Field, the Golf team.  He also assists with the Football team, Softball, Men’s Lacrosse, and Ice Hockey, His unique approach allows him to develop a great connection with the athletes, which leads to their success not only in the weight room, but also on and off the field.

O’Keefe has a degree in Applied Exercise Science from Springfield College as well as his NSCA CSCS.