Amy Hendrichovsky appointed new Jaguars head coach – Volleyball News
A native of Boca Raton, Florida, Amy Hendrichovsky has been hired as the new head coach of University of South Alabama women’s volleyball team (commonly referred as the Jaguars).
She has been selected as the 13th head coach of school’s volleyball program. She has replaced former mentor of Jaguars, Nicole Keshock. Hendrichovsky has a great wealth of experience as she remained part of different volleyball programs in the previous years.
She spent six seasons as an assistant coach at the Middle Tennessee and before that she helped Roadrunners for four seasons. Furthermore, she also spent one season at the University of North Alabama.
Hendrichovsky is a graduate from North Alabama in 2001. She also played in the North Alabama women’s volleyball team. She was part of the UNA, when they captured four GSC titles. During her collegiate career, she also helped North Alabama to appear in the
NCAA tournament.
The Director of Athletics at the University of South Alabama, Joel Erdmann said, “The search for our head coaching position was very competitive. We had an abundance of applications, both formal and informal, and we had a group of finalists who were all
very strong in their own unique ways. When we stepped back and looked at the specific needs of the program at this time, Amy’s traits and expertise filled those needs nicely. We are very excited to have her come in and lead this program.”
Hendrichovsky’s resume is full of accomplishments. She has been quite successful in the field of coaching, training, and hiring right set of players for her team. She is a known figure in the Sun Belt Conference. During her tenure at the Middle Tennessee,
she helped the Blue Raiders to make six consecutive NCAA tournament appearances. Under her command, the team also claimed four Sun Belt titles and won three regular-season tournaments.
As an assistant coach at the Metro State College in Denver, Colorado, she enabled the Roadrunners to qualify for four-straight NCAA Division II tournaments. She was also credited for leading the team to a pair of Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships.
Likewise, Hendrichovsky served as a student assistant for one season at the University of North Alabama, where she guided the Lions to capture a Gulf South Conference championship. She also enabled the team to reach the Sweet Sixteen of NCAA Tournament.
Hendrichovsky is full of hope to develop a good relationship with Jaguars. Furthermore, she has great plans to work for the betterment of school’s programme. She said that she has joined the Jaguars to change the culture. She wants to establish a winning
attitude and believes to achieve her goals with hard work and dedication. The Jaguars are likely to catch limelight in the next season with new leadership.
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