6/19/2015 11:29:00 AM | Volleyball
St. Cloud, Minn. – St. Cloud State University Director of Athletics Heather Weems has announced three finalists for the Huskies head volleyball coach position. The finalists will be on campus Monday and Tuesday, June 22-23 for interviews.
Chad Braegelmann is currently the head women's volleyball coach at the University of Minnesota-Morris. He also serves as the Sport Studies and Athletics Discipline Coordinator and Assistant Athletic Director. Braegelmann has been a collegiate head coach for 14 seasons, seven at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire and seven at Minnesota-Morris. He compiled 156 wins at Colby-Sawyer and 129 at Minnesota-Morris. In nine of his 14 seasons as head coach he has compiled a 20-plus win season and has amassed a 133-42 conference record (.760 winning percentage). He is a four-time conference coach of the year, earning accolades from the Commonwealth Coast Conference and Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. Two of his teams at Colby College won CCC Championships and advanced to the NCAA tournament. Three times his team advanced to the ECAC tournament. Most recently his Minnesota-Morris squad won a share of the UMAC Championship in 2013. Braegelmann has coached four American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region players, five conference Freshmen of the Year, three conference Players of the Year, five Libero/Defensive Players of the Year and 51 All-Conference athletes. Academically, his players have won 31 academic all-conference honors at Minnesota-Morris and two have been named Senior Scholar-Athletes. Braegelmann has a master's degree in education from Northern State University and a bachelor's in management, sports management from the University of Minnesota-Morris.
Currently the assistant volleyball coach at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Todd Nelson has 19 years of experience in collegiate athletics with an expertise in women's volleyball. He just completed his third season as the assistant coach at Southern Illinois with the Saluki's posting a 57-37 overall record during that time and a 34-21 Missouri Valley Conference record. The Saluki's posted their first 20-win season since 2002 in 2012 and gained back to back 20-win seasons in 2012 and 2013 for the first time since 1984 and 1985. Southern Illinois qualified for three consecutive MVC tournaments. Seven Saluki volleyball players have been named all-conference including the 2013 Freshman of the Year. Four players have earned MVC First –Team Scholar-Athlete honors, two have earned academic All-District honors and one earned Academic All-American honors. Before joining the Southern Illinois staff, Nelson was the interim head volleyball coach at the University of Denver from November 2011 to January 2012 and was an assistant coach with the Pioneers from 2006 to 2011. He was an assistant volleyball coach at Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wis.) from 2002 to 2006, an assistant at Indiana State University from 1999 to 2002 and began his coaching career as the assistant volleyball coach at the University of Minnesota Duluth from 1995 to 1999. While at UMD, the Bulldogs won four Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships posting a 45-2 league record and an 88-26 overall record. Nelson has bachelor's degrees in elementary education and communications from Minnesota Duluth.
Abby Sutherland is the current head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and has 11 years of volleyball coaching experience, including five as a head coach. In her second year at UW-Stevens Point, Sutherland's teams have recorded a 68-10 record and advanced to the 2013 and 2014 NCAA Division III Championship semifinals. In 2014, Stevens Point posted a 33-5 record that included a 21-match win streak and won both the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship and tournament title. Sutherland was named the WIAC Coach of the Year in both 2013 and 2014. In 2014, she coached the WIAC Player of the Year, two WIAC All-Conference players and one honorable mention honoree. In addition one player earned first team AVCA All-American honors and another second team honors. Prior to her appointment at Stevens Point, Sutherland was the head coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 2010 to 2013. At Southern Mississippi she coached one Conference USA Setter of the Year, one First-Team All-Conference player, two Second Team All-Conference players, one AVCA All-Midwest Region player and one AVCA Honorable Mention All-American. Her players also earned the Conference USA Scholar Athlete of the Year, Capital One Academic All-District and Capital One Academic All-America® Second team honors. Prior to becoming the head coach at Southern Mississippi, Sutherland served as an assistant coach for four seasons and during that time created the first ever volleyball booster club. Sutherland was a student-athlete at St. Norbert College in DePere, Wis., where she earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish and secondary education. She has a master's in teaching languages from Southern Mississippi.
Chad Braegelmann is currently the head women's volleyball coach at the University of Minnesota-Morris. He also serves as the Sport Studies and Athletics Discipline Coordinator and Assistant Athletic Director. Braegelmann has been a collegiate head coach for 14 seasons, seven at Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire and seven at Minnesota-Morris. He compiled 156 wins at Colby-Sawyer and 129 at Minnesota-Morris. In nine of his 14 seasons as head coach he has compiled a 20-plus win season and has amassed a 133-42 conference record (.760 winning percentage). He is a four-time conference coach of the year, earning accolades from the Commonwealth Coast Conference and Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. Two of his teams at Colby College won CCC Championships and advanced to the NCAA tournament. Three times his team advanced to the ECAC tournament. Most recently his Minnesota-Morris squad won a share of the UMAC Championship in 2013. Braegelmann has coached four American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region players, five conference Freshmen of the Year, three conference Players of the Year, five Libero/Defensive Players of the Year and 51 All-Conference athletes. Academically, his players have won 31 academic all-conference honors at Minnesota-Morris and two have been named Senior Scholar-Athletes. Braegelmann has a master's degree in education from Northern State University and a bachelor's in management, sports management from the University of Minnesota-Morris.
Currently the assistant volleyball coach at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Todd Nelson has 19 years of experience in collegiate athletics with an expertise in women's volleyball. He just completed his third season as the assistant coach at Southern Illinois with the Saluki's posting a 57-37 overall record during that time and a 34-21 Missouri Valley Conference record. The Saluki's posted their first 20-win season since 2002 in 2012 and gained back to back 20-win seasons in 2012 and 2013 for the first time since 1984 and 1985. Southern Illinois qualified for three consecutive MVC tournaments. Seven Saluki volleyball players have been named all-conference including the 2013 Freshman of the Year. Four players have earned MVC First –Team Scholar-Athlete honors, two have earned academic All-District honors and one earned Academic All-American honors. Before joining the Southern Illinois staff, Nelson was the interim head volleyball coach at the University of Denver from November 2011 to January 2012 and was an assistant coach with the Pioneers from 2006 to 2011. He was an assistant volleyball coach at Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wis.) from 2002 to 2006, an assistant at Indiana State University from 1999 to 2002 and began his coaching career as the assistant volleyball coach at the University of Minnesota Duluth from 1995 to 1999. While at UMD, the Bulldogs won four Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Championships posting a 45-2 league record and an 88-26 overall record. Nelson has bachelor's degrees in elementary education and communications from Minnesota Duluth.
Abby Sutherland is the current head coach at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and has 11 years of volleyball coaching experience, including five as a head coach. In her second year at UW-Stevens Point, Sutherland's teams have recorded a 68-10 record and advanced to the 2013 and 2014 NCAA Division III Championship semifinals. In 2014, Stevens Point posted a 33-5 record that included a 21-match win streak and won both the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference regular season championship and tournament title. Sutherland was named the WIAC Coach of the Year in both 2013 and 2014. In 2014, she coached the WIAC Player of the Year, two WIAC All-Conference players and one honorable mention honoree. In addition one player earned first team AVCA All-American honors and another second team honors. Prior to her appointment at Stevens Point, Sutherland was the head coach at the University of Southern Mississippi from 2010 to 2013. At Southern Mississippi she coached one Conference USA Setter of the Year, one First-Team All-Conference player, two Second Team All-Conference players, one AVCA All-Midwest Region player and one AVCA Honorable Mention All-American. Her players also earned the Conference USA Scholar Athlete of the Year, Capital One Academic All-District and Capital One Academic All-America® Second team honors. Prior to becoming the head coach at Southern Mississippi, Sutherland served as an assistant coach for four seasons and during that time created the first ever volleyball booster club. Sutherland was a student-athlete at St. Norbert College in DePere, Wis., where she earned a bachelor's degree in Spanish and secondary education. She has a master's in teaching languages from Southern Mississippi.
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