Patriot

Barry Goldberg, the coach who has built a Patriot League dynasty by winning the league championship 12 of the last 14 years, didn't begin his volleyball career with a bang. He was cut from his team as a freshman both in high school and as a player at the University of Pittsburgh and before his senior season the program was dropped entirely by the Athletics Department. Luckily for American, Goldberg has always thrived on challenges.

The 2015 Patriot League Coach of the Year, Bob Bertucci will enter his fifth season as Lehigh's head volleyball coach in 2015. Bertucci owns a 73-43 record in four seasons at Lehigh, including a 43-17 mark in Patriot League matches. Under Bertucci's guidance, Lehigh has reached the Patriot League Tournament in each of the last four seasons, including a trip to the championship in 2014, after qualifying just once between 2004 and 2010. In his coaching career that spans nearly 40 years, Bertucci owns a 740-426 overall record.

In eight years as the head coach of one of the most successful Army West Point programs, Alma Kovaci has proven to be one of the best young volleyball coaching minds in the country. During her tenure at West Point, Kovaci has authored a 165-75 (.688) record and led the Black Knights to the 2009 Patriot League title.

Larry Bock, who has accrued more victories than any other volleyball coach in NCAA history, enters his fifth season as the head coach of the Mids in the fall of 2015.

The Colgate volleyball team continues its return to national prominence under head coach Ryan Baker, who is in his 10th season with the program.

Melissa Batie-Smoose is currently in her first season as the head coach of the Holy Cross volleyball program in 2015. She was named the program's 10th head coach on April 24, 2015. She has over 20 years of collegiate coaching experience including in the Ivy League, ACC, SEC, Conference USA and Missouri Valley conferences.

Anna Allison is set to begin her 11th season with the Bucknell volleyball team and her third as the head coach. Prior to taking over the program in 2013, she spent the previous eight years as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator for the Bison.

Terri Dadio Campbell '92 enters her 14th season at the helm of the women's volleyball program. Campbell - the first full-time head coach in program history - has led the Leopards to their most successful seasons and has mentored some of the Patriot League's finest student-athletes.

Alija Pittenger, a veteran NCAA Division I head coach with two NCAA Tournament appearances on her resume, was named Loyola University Maryland's head volleyball coach on Jan. 26, 2015.