Westminster Announces Sue Dulaney as Head Volleyball Coach
SALT LAKE CITY - Westminster Director of Athletics
Shay Wyatt announced on Thursday the hiring of
Sue Dulaney as the next women's volleyball head coach. Dulaney, a former AVCA West Region Coach of the Year, had spent the past two decades as a head coach at the juco level where she compiled over 500 career wins including the past 14 seasons at Salt Lake City Community College where she became winningest head coach in program history with 301 career victories.
In her 35 years as a prep volleyball coach,
Dulaney has won five conference championships, coached 18 collegiate All-Americans, made eight NJCAA National Tournament appearances, and led programs that earned eight AVCA All-Academic Team awards. She was a four-time SWAC Coach of the Year at SLCC where she won six region championships.
"We appreciate the interest shown in Westminster College and this coaching opportunity as our search process included an impressive candidate pool," said Wyatt. "Coach Dulaney brings proven success and extensive head coaching experience with regards to all aspects of managing a college volleyball program," said Wyatt.
"I want to thank [VP for Student Affairs] Dr. (Glenn) Smith,
Shay Wyatt, and the athletic administration for giving me the opportunity to cultivate and advance Westminster's volleyball program," said Dulaney. "I am excited to surround myself with exceptional people who want to live extraordinary lives. The campus atmosphere and administration were welcoming, supportive and I am ready to be a Griffin."
"[Dulaney] shares the vision and goals we have for our department and our women's volleyball program," said Wyatt. "Coach Dulaney is excited to begin working with our volleyball student-athletes and our athletics staff looks forward to welcoming Sue and supporting her efforts."
Having led the SLCC to six Region 18 Championships, Dulaney reached the top-five in NJCAA career head coaching wins in 2021. A six-time Region 18 Coach of the Year, Dulaney leaves Salt Lake Community College as the longest-tenured head coach in program history. She has youth coaching experiencing coaching for multiple club programs in the Salt Lake City area and has also spent the past six years as a coach for both the Nokaoi Showcase Select in Honolulu, Hawaii, as well as the College Skills Camp Showcase.
Prior to her time at SLCC, Dulaney helped oversee the reinstatement of women's volleyball at Western Wyoming Community College. In her seven years at WWCC, Dulaney helped turn the program into a nationally ranked contender and won two conference championships with four conference championship appearances.
She began her career at the high school level and helped build a successful club program as a head coach at Battle Mountain High School in Vail, Colorado before making the move to WWCC.
Dulaney, a former high school all-American, played collegiately at the NCAA Division I level for the University of Wisconsin where she also spent time as an athletic training assistant before graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1984. She later earned a Master's of Sport Science and has had her research published in both The Sport Journal and the Performance Conditional Journal.
Westminster women's volleyball will look to improve on a below .500 season in 2021 as Coach Dulaney will begin building around a Griffins' roster that will return its top three leaders in k/set in Lydia Parkinson (2.27), Olivia Curtis (2.13), and Avery Alger (1.75) as well as its primary setter Bri Mortensen (7.14 a/s).
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