- November 1st, 2006, 2:29 am
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Coach Pinder is in his third year as head coach and previously served as an assistant under Chris Phillips (now Gardner-Webb's coach), including in 99 and 01 when we won the Big South tournament. Phillips was let go for reasons that I am not going to bring up b/c what I have is mostly info I cannot verify at this time.
Basically, since Pinder came in, a lot of Phillips recruits either left the program, or do not like the way Pinder does things. Some do love the way he runs things. But since he took over, the program has gone 13-19, 9-22 and this year are 9-15 so far. The assistants on the team are all brand new to coaching but not LU volleyball...both Becky Rudnick and Jennifer Vaden (formerly Belk) were freshmen when the team won its last Big South championship before Winthrop's dynasty began. Jonathan is a volunteer assistant who was on the men's club team, and several former members of the men's club team do help out from time to time, which I think if our men's club team practiced with them more then they would be exponentially better b/c they'd be dealing with people who hit harder and have more physical athletic ability, but thats just me.
Personally, I'm honestly not sure what I think of the coaching staff, especially in regards to Pinder...the records speak volumes, but according to some on this board he inherited a mess and deserves another year...right now, I just don't know. He has brought in some good talent, like sophomore Kendall Nichols and freshman Kallie Corbin, and this season one of the big key players (Jessica Nelson) is having to redshirt due breaking her leg last spring. Also redshirting are Kirsten Sanders and Carmen Streeper. Plus you look at the roster this year and last year, we are still a young team. At the same time though, being shutout by Davidson...errrr, uhhh, ummm...yeeah. Especially when we beat them 3-2 last year.
But yeah, thats a glimpse of the coaching staff for you...hope it helps.
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