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IREVA HP COACHING STAFF
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IREVA’s HP Coaching Staff enters its fourth season working together to develop a successful HP program for the region. The coaching team has been together since the first HP camp in 2006 and has led the overall development of the IREVA HP program. In 2008 the IREVA region was represented at the USAVolleyball HP National Championships in Tucson, AZ in the Junior age division. Each year the IREVA HP program has reached another milestone and the staff looks forward to another great year in 2009.
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In 2009, Coach Steve Pike begins his eighth season as Head Coach of SUNY Potsdam’s women’s volleyball program. In 2008, Pike guided the Bears to a second place finish in the ECAC Championships. Over the course of the last four seasons, Pike has led his team to three 20-win seasons and three trips to the SUNYAC post-season tournament. In 2005 Coach Pike was named SUNYAC Coach of the Year. This past summer, Pike served as Head Coach for the Eastern Door Senior women’s volleyball team that competed at the North American Indigenous Games in Cowichan, Canada. This team earned a bronze medal in the games. Prior to assuming head coaching duties, Pike served one year as an assistant for the Bears program. Coach Pike, a USAV CAP Level II certified coach, earned his master’s degree from SUNY Potsdam. Coach Pike’s family, wife, Heather, and son, Nicholas, are active supporters of the HP athletes.
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Coach Johan Dulfer just completed his third season as the Head Women’s Volleyball Coach at Clarkson University. In just three seasons, Coach Dulfer, the 2007 Liberty League Coach of the Year, has led the emergence of the Clarkson program from a 7-25 program in 2006 to two consecutive 20+ win seasons in both 2007 and 2008. Prior to his arrival at Clarkson, Coach Dulfer served as the First Assistant Coach at James Madison University from 2003 to 2006. The Dukes reached the CAA playoffs twice in that three year span. Before that, he served as Graduate Assistant at the University of Minnesota which reached the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA tournament. A native of The Netherlands, Coach Dulfer holds a CAP II certification.
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Coach Sue Medley begins her fourth year at the helm of the IREVA HP coaching staff. Prior to beginning her work with IREVA, Medley spent twenty-three years in the collegiate volleyball coaching ranks while serving as Head Coach at the University of Maine, Cornell University, and Saint Mary’s College and as an assistant at Kansas State University. Medley also spent one season at Quinnipiac University working to revitalize that program. In 2004, Medley received USAVolleyball’s Meritorious Service Award for her contributions to the sport. Medley holds a BA from the University of Notre Dame where she played collegiate volleyball and an MBA from Kansas State. Medley, owner of Gladjean Consulting, Inc., now works as a private consultant specializing in the areas of leadership training and development, talent identification and retention, team building and group dynamics and improving performance for corporate, educational and athletic clients.
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