Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's volleyball

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's volleyball
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
Founded1980;44 years ago (1980)
University University of Notre Dame
Athletic director Pete Bevacqua
Head coach Salima Rockwell (2nd season)
Conference ACC
Location Notre Dame, Indiana
Home arena Purcell Pavilion (capacity: 9,149)
Nickname Fighting Irish
ColorsBlue and gold [1]
   
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance
1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020
Conference tournament champion
1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005
Conference regular season champion
1986, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's volleyball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Notre Dame in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Notre Dame plays its home games at the Purcell Pavilion. [2]

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History

Beginnings

The Fighting Irish fielded their first volleyball team in 1980 under head coach Sandy Vanslager. The team's first season would finish with a 3–19 record. After a record of 14–22 in their second season, the program's third season in 1982 would show signs of improvement finishing with a record of 25–9. After the 1983 season Vanslager would be replaced as head coach by Art Lambert. [3]

Under coach Lambert In 1986, in just the programs 7th season, they would win the North Star Conference tournament, beating Northern Illinois in the championship game. The program would continue this success by repeating as North Star Conference champions in 1987 and in 1988 making the NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament where they would beat Penn State in the first round but lose to Illinois in the second round. [3]

Glory years

Notre Dame hired Debbie Brown, former Arizona State coach, as their next volleyball head coach in 1991. [4] [5] She would immediately show signs of success, finishing as runner ups in the National Invitational Volleyball Championship in her first season. [3]

In just her second season as head coach in 1992, the Fighting Irish won the Horizon League volleyball tournament and made the 1992 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament where they would lose to Penn State in the first round. [6] [3]

In Brown's third season in 1993 Notre Dame made the quarterfinals of the 1993 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament, getting a first round bye then beating Nebraska and Minnesota before again losing to Penn State. [3]

From 1992 to 2006 Notre Dame made 15 straight NCAA tournament appearances under Debbie Brown and two more in 2009 and 2012. [7] [8]

Debbie Brown was replaced by Jim McLaughlin as head coach in 2015. [9] [10] [11]

Modern era

Jim McLaughlin resigned in 2018 due to health reasons and was replaced by Mike Johnson. [12] [13]

Since 2015, Notre Dame has shown flashes of success, making the NCAA tournament in 2017, 2019, and 2020. [14] [15]

Notre Dame hired Salima Rockwell as their next head coach in 2022. [16] [17]

Conference membership

Source: [3] [18] [19]

Purcell Pavilion

Notre Dame volleyball has played at the Purcell Pavilion since their first season in 1980. From 1991 to 2004 they had 74 straight regular-season home wins against conference opponents. The team also recorded 36 consecutive home victories from 2000 to 2002.

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Purcell Pavilion

All-time attendance

No.DateOpponentSiteAttendance
1November 7, 2003Virginia TechPurcell Pavilion8,643
2November 9, 2007CincinnatiPurcell Pavilion7,523
3October 6, 2006MarquettePurcell Pavilion5,743
4October 21, 2005South FloridaPurcell Pavilion5,541
5November 12, 2004PittsburghPurcell Pavilion4,773

Source: [3] [18]

Coaches

Coaching history

Notre Dame volleyball has had 7 head coaches.

No.CoachTenureOverallAchievements
1Sandy Vanslager1980-8353-80 (.398)
2Art Lambert1984-90127-87 (.593) 1988 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament appearance
3Maria Perez19904-19 (.174)
4Debbie Brown1991-2014519-247 (.678) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2012 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament appearances
5Jim McLaughlin2015-201851-45 (.531) 2017 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament appearance
6Mike Johnson2018-202163-41 (.606) 2019, 2020 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament appearances
7Salima Rockwell2022–present10-18 (.357)

Source: [3]

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