The NCAA Division I women’s volleyball coaching carousel continues to turn, most recently with Penn State’s hiring of Katie Schumacher, part of their 1999 NCAA Championship team, as its new assistant coach. That opened up a head coaching position at the University of Pennsylvania for the 2nd-straight off-season.
That leaves at present 10 head coaching positions open across the country (though, as some of these positions are filled, surely others will be opened).
Below, see a table of which positions remain open as of posting, and where those former head coaches have wound up.
| School | Last Head Coach | Reason for Vacancy |
| Cal | Matt McShane | McShane is still listed as the program’s head coach online, but has been on a leave of abssence since November. |
| The Citadel | Craig Mosqueda | Fired after 3 seasons |
| Green Bay | Sean Burdette | 1 seaon after signing a 5-yeaar contract, Burdette leaves to become head coach at Memphis |
| Hartford | Mitch Kallick | Resigned after 3 seasaons |
| Lamar | Alan Edwards | Resigned after 4 seasons, 29-83 overall record |
| UMBC | Ian Blanchard | No information released, leaves program after 13 seasons |
| Nicholls State | Tommy Harold | Dismissed after 5 seasons, including 4-25 record in 2017 |
| Penn | Katie Schumacher | Hired as assistant coach at Penn State |
| Siena | Garvey Pierre | School announced a ‘change in leadership’ after 15 seasons, 227-226 record, 5 NCAA tournament Appearnaces |
| Columbia | Brie Katz | Resigned after 4 seasons to “pursue other opportunities.” |
What about Columbia?
Good catch – Columbia is still vacant as well as far as we know.