Female coach - former player

[Chairman Moe]

As everyone knows, the glass ceiling was broken this year with Katie Schumacher - Cawley completing the "perfecta" of being both a NC winning player (@ PSU, 1999) and a NC winning coach (female). 1st ever, and congrats to her. As a relatively newbie to the volleyball "world", this seems like a pretty big deal. And her opponent, Dani Bussbum-Kelley was a NC winning player for Nebraska in 2006

Here is my thought and question:

Thought: Both KSC and DBK had great coaches to play for and to mentor them. Despite not winning a NC (yet) no one can argue that Dan Fisher isn't among the best coaches in volleyball

Question: Realizing that Pitt hasn't won an NC (yet), are there any current/former players for Pitt that Fish mentored that you see as a potential/future top-level coach? Rachel Fairbanks, maybe?

 

[pittdan77]

As everyone knows, the glass ceiling was broken this year with Katie Schumacher - Cawley completing the "perfecta" of being both a NC winning player (@ PSU, 1999) and a NC winning coach (female). 1st ever, and congrats to her. As a relatively newbie to the volleyball "world", this seems like a pretty big deal. And her opponent, Dani Bussbum-Kelley was a NC winning player for Nebraska in 2006

Here is my thought and question:

Thought: Both KSC and DBK had great coaches to play for and to mentor them. Despite not winning a NC (yet) no one can argue that Dan Fisher isn't among the best coaches in volleyball

Question: Realizing that Pitt hasn't won an NC (yet), are there any current/former players for Pitt that Fish mentored that you see as a potential/future top-level coach? Rachel Fairbanks, maybe?

Not claiming she's any sort of great coach but Courtney Buzzerio is now an assistant for Holy Cross when she's not playing for the Atlanta Vibe.

 

[JamesSantelli]

Not claiming she's any sort of great coach but Courtney Buzzerio is now an assistant for Holy Cross when she's not playing for the Atlanta Vibe.

Similarly, Kayla Lund is now an assistant coach at Brown -- and the job allows her to play for the San Diego Mojo in the PVF this coming season.

And let's not forget about current Pitt assistant Kamalani Akeo. Playing setter AND coaching under Fisher for the past decade will certainly set her up for future success as a head coach.

 

[KennyTheKangaroo]

Fairbanks will be playing qb for the football team.

 

[121rum]

Fairbanks will be playing qb for the football team.

I always tell my friends that I'm confident she could dice up a zone coverage scheme