USD Volleyball 2006

Jennifer Petrie Head Coach 8th-year

Jennifer Petrie has done an outstanding job directing the fortunes of San Diego volleyball since taking over as the Toreros head coach in 1999. Honored as the 2004 West Coast Conference Coach of the Year, Petrie continues to establish the University of San Diego as one of the top vol– leyball programs in the nation. In seven complete seasons as head coach, Petrie has led San Diego to six appearances in the NCAA Tournament (1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, & 2005). Petrie will be taking the semester off to spend time with her new born son Charles, her two-year old daughter Jane, as well as time with her husband Mark. Petrie will return to her head coaching duties for the 2007 season. Her top assistant for the past five years, Brent Hilliard, will serve as USD's interim head coach for the 2006 season. Petrie, a San Diego native, has proven to be one of the country's best young coaches- needing just five seasons to reach 100 career victories. Her 125-55 overall record heading into the 2006 season ranks her among the winningest coaches in WCC history. Averaging over 20 wins per year as San Diego's head coach, Petrie has USO consistently ranked in the AVCA Division I Top 25 Coaches Poll. Under Petrie the Toreros enjoyed a banner season in 2004, finishing as the undefeated (14-0) wee Champions, qualifying for the NCAA Sweet Sixteen , and earning a national ranking as high as No. 11 by the American Volleyball Coaches Association- all new USO school records . Recruiting and developing some of the game's best young players, Petrie has taken USO into the NCAA Tournament's Second Round a total of four times, including winning both first and second round matches in 2004 to advance into the NCAA Regional Semi-Finals in Louisville, Kentucky. Fol– lowing San Diego's appearance in the NCAA Regional Semi-Finals the Toreros had a school record three players earn AVCAAII-America honors at season 's end. The 2006 season will be Petrie's ninth at the University of San Diego after serving as USD's top assistant in 1997 and 1998. She became the third head coach in USO program history in 1999, succeeding three-time WCC Coach of the Year Sue Snyder. The Toreros enjoyed immediate success under Petrie, finishing 23-6 and advancing into the NCAA Tournament's Second Round during her inaugural season in the fall of 1999. Petrie was a standout volleyball player at the College of William and Mary. She was twice named Colonial Athletic Conference Player of the Year (1990-91) and a two-time All-Southern Region selection (1990-91 ). She gained national level playing experience in 1990 when she competed on the gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic Festival North Region Team. Her collegiate coaching career began when she joined the volleyball staff at Indiana State University where she served as top assistant from 1992 to 1993. Petrie then took the top assistant position at North Carolina, Chapel Hill from 1994 to 1997, before joining Sue Snyder's staff at the University of San Diego for the 1997 campaign. Petrie helped San Diego win back-to-back WCC Championships as the Toreros' top assistant in 1997 and 1998. Petrie played for the San Diego Juniors Volleyball Club and graduated from Mt. Carmel High School. In 1992, she graduated from the College of William and Mary with a degree in Art History and completed her Master's Degree in Sports Administration at North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1997.