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Volleyball Coaching Staff
Brenda Goble
* Head Volleyball Coach
* Student Athletic Advisory Committee Chair
* Senior Women's Administrator E-mail the Coach!
Brenda
Goble remains the only women's volleyball coach in Rose-Hulman history.
Goble has led the Rose-Hulman volleyball program through a steady pattern of
progress, culminated with a school-record 20 victories during the 2009
season.
Goble's career highlights also include a
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year honor in one of
the nation's top NCAA Division III conferences in 2001.
She also served as the women's tennis
coach at Rose-Hulman from 2000-07, helping lead the team to a record setting
performance and a second-place finish in the HCAC in 2007.
After leading the inaugural 1996 squad to
three victories, Goble led the Engineer volleyball squad to 11 wins in 1997
and 15 victories in 1999. The Engineers won 16 matches in 2000 before
finishing a program-best fourth in the Southern Collegiate Athletic
Conference and earning 17 victories in 2001.
In 2007, the Engineers improved
their win total to 12 on the season, highlighted by a 10-3 start.
Rose-Hulman added a school record 18 wins in 2008 and set a school record
for winning percentage in a season. In 2009, the Fightin' Engineers
once again took a step forward with a school record 20 wins and their first
trip to postseason tournament play since 1999.
A Closer Look
Years at Rose-Hulman:
15th
Years at NCAA Division III: 17th
Volleyball Record: 171-311
Volleyball Honors: 2001 SCAC
Coach of the Year
Athletic Experience: 1996-Present: Volleyball coach at Rose-Hulman 2000-Present: Women's Tennis coach at Rose-Hulman 1997-99: Women's Basketball coach at Rose-Hulman
1994-96: Assistant women's volleyball/basketball coach at
Washington & Lee University for two years
Education: B.S.,
Guilford College, 1994.
Goble served as an assistant women's volleyball and women's basketball coach at
Washington & Lee University for two seasons prior to coming to Rose-Hulman. She helped
the NCAA III school based in Lexington, Va., to a 29-6 record in 1995 and an Old Dominion
Athletic Conference title.
Goble was a two-sport standout at NCAA III Guilford College. She was the Old Dominion
Athletic Conference women's basketball Player of the Year in 1993 and '94, and the
league's volleyball Player of the Year in 1993. The middle hitter was a three-time,
first-team All-South Region volleyball player, and was a three-time, honorable mention
Kodak All-American as a center on the basketball team. She was awarded the North Carolina
Collegiate Award for Excellence in 1993.
Rose-Hulman's volleyball program will continue to play in the
Sports and Recreation Center this season -- a $19.5 million, 156,000-square-foot facility
that is considered one of the top small college athletic and recreation facilities in the
country. The facility has hosted several marquee events, highlighted
by the 2002 and 2003 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball National
Championships.
Goble earned a degree in physical education from Guilford College in 1994, with minors
in sports management and sports medicine. She is a native of Orlando, Florida, where she
graduated from Luther High School in 1990.
