Aaron Smith, the head coach of women’s volleyball at University of Virginia, sits down with us in this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast and gives us insight into his journey as a volleyball coach. During our interview, Aaron tells us about his experience playing professional volleyball in Spain, the high and lows of UVA’s 2019 season, and what’s in store for next year!

Tom Hilbert, the head coach of women’s volleyball at Colorado State University sits down with us in this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast and gives us insight into his journey as a volleyball coach. During our interview, Tom shares with us how he’s built a winning culture on and off the court, how he got in the game of volleyball, and some of his favorite places he traveled to!

Brandon Higa, the head coach of women’s volleyball at California Baptist University sits down with us in this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast and gives us insight into his journey as a volleyball coach. During our interview, Branden tells us about how the 2019 season went, his nontraditional route of becoming a volleyball coach, his favorite travel experiences with the USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team, and taking his team at Cal Baptist on a foreign tour to Japan.

Ashley Preston, the head coach of women’s volleyball at California State University Fullerton sits down with us in this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast and gives us insight into her journey as a volleyball coach. During our interview, Ashley talks about the importance of creating an empowering culture with her team, how she became a volleyball coach, and some of her favorite travel experiences, including a trip to Morocco!

Jason Kennedy, the head coach of women’s volleyball at Boston College sits down with us in this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast and gives us insight into his journey as a volleyball coach. During our interview, Jason tells us about how he grew up playing volleyball in Hawaii, the unconventional career path he took which ultimately led to coaching, and his experience working with USA volleyball.

Eve Rackham, the head coach of women’s volleyball at the University of Tennessee sits down with us in this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast and gives us insight into her journey as a volleyball coach. During our interview, Eve tells us about how she started coaching at the age of 22, some of her favorite travel experiences including a foreign tour to Italy, and what’s next for her team!

Gilad Doron, the head coach of women’s volleyball at Dartmouth University sits down with us in this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast and gives us insight into his journey as a volleyball coach. During our interview, Gilad shares his journey from a professional volleyball player to a coach, how the 2019 Dartmouth Women’s Volleyball season went, and some of his favorite travel experiences he’s encountered through volleyball!

Ben Wallis, the head coach of women’s volleyball at University of Texas El Paso, sits down in this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast to share insight with us about his experiences. Ben talks about the highlights of his first year as the Head Coach of the UTEP volleyball team, shares his most memorable travel adventures including growing up in Europe, and gives a look into what’s in store for the UTEP volleyball team in 2020!

In this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast, we talk to Chuck Rey, the head coach of women’s volleyball at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. In our talk with Chuck, he shares with us the highs and the lows of the 2019 season with the team and gives us a good look into what is coming next for him, as a coach, and the Winthrop volleyball team!

This episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast, we got the opportunity to talk with the head coach of women’s volleyball at University of the Incarnate Word, Samantha Dabbs Thomas. In our time talking with her, Sam shares stories and experiences about growing up immersed in the world of volleyball, coaching during a rough season, as well as how volleyball was able to take her, and her team, to many incredible places around the world!

In this interview we got to talk to Mike Gawlik, the head coach of women’s volleyball at Central Michigan University located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and learn about his experiences. Episode 16 of the 35,000 Feet podcast includes time where Mike tells about how he became a volleyball coach, the travel experiences he has had with the team and also in his personal life, and shares some top advice for athletes who are looking to play in college!

Ryan Baker, the head coach of women’s volleyball at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, is the subject of the 15th episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast. Ryan gives us insight into the highs and lows of the Colgate 2019 season, the role that travel plays in his and the team members lives, and even gives us a peak into a hidden talent that he has! Make sure to listen in order to learn something about this head coach that not many people know.

In this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast, we sat down with the head coach of women’s volleyball at Wofford University, Lynze Roos. During our interview, Lynze gives a recap of lessons and experiences from the 2019 season, gives an idea of what we can expect from Wofford volleyball in 2020, and shares some of her international travel experiences with the team! Make sure to listen and learn from her advice and her experiences as a coach.

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Xavier University’s own Christy Pfeffenberger, the head coach of women’s volleyball, in this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast. Christy shares how she got her start in coaching, the different opportunities and experiences that student-athletes get, gives some advice that is useful and important for student-athletes to know, and gives an idea of what we can expect from the Xavier women’s volleyball team next season!

In this episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast, we talk to Josh Steinbach, the head coach of women’s volleyball at Villanova University located in Villanova, Pennsylvania. In our time together we talk about the highs and lows that he experienced during his 2019 season, how big of a thing travel is to collegiate teams, some great advice for college recruits, and even an interesting fact that not many people know about him!

In the 11th episode of the 35,000 Feet podcast, we got the chance to sit down and talk to Abbey Sutherland, the head coach of women’s volleyball at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay, located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. We talk about how she made her transition from player to coach, her most memorable experiences from the 2019 season including putting the team in difficult situations, and even sharing something about herself that no one else knows! Listen in to learn about this incredible coach and her experiences.