Wake Forest Athletics
Deacs Add Allman to Coaching Staff
2/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
By Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeVolleyball)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- Wake Forest volleyball head coach Ken Murczek announced the addition of Lindsay Allman to the coaching staff as an assistant coach for the 2016 season on Monday afternoon.
"I am excited about Lindsay joining our staff," Murczek said. "She played Division I volleyball, has seven years of Division I coaching experience and is confident to have a voice in the gym. I look forward to Lindsay making an impact in our program immediately."
Most recently, Allman served as an assistant coach at Bradley for four years, beginning her stint with the Braves in June of 2012 after a three-year run as an assistant coach at Southern Miss.
The 2013 season highlighted her time with Bradley as the team finished the season with 13 overall wins and seven conference wins, its most since 2005. The Braves also made their first Missouri Valley Conference Tournament appearance since in eight years and had its first all-conference selection since 2006 in Amy Angelos.
In Allman's first season, Bradley posted three road wins, matching the team's road win total from the previous four seasons combined.
Prior to her time in Peoria, Ill., Allman had been a member of the Southern Miss staff for three seasons. In that time, she helped the Golden Eagles to a 63-32 overall record and the 2009 Conference USA regular-season championship.
In two seasons as a graduate assistant and one year as a full-time assistant in Hattiesburg, Miss., Allman's on-court responsibilities included team serve, serve receive, passing, ball control and outside hitters. She also was in charge of video, scouting, travel, recruiting and fundraising in her final season with the Golden Eagles season after assisting those areas as a graduate assistant in the two previous seasons.
A native of St. Louis, Mo. Allman graduated from Rockwood Summit High School. An all-district honoree as a high school player, she continued her career at Maine, where she racked up more than 1,000-career kills and 1,000-career digs as a four-year starter. She was the Black Bears' team captain in 2008, when she went on to earn First Team All-America East Conference honors. Allman was also named to the America East Honor Roll in 2007 and 2008 in recognition of her success in the classroom.
Allman graduated from Maine in 2009 with her bachelor's degree in mass communication and minors in public relations and child development. She went on to earn her master's degree in social work from Southern Miss in 2011.
"Lindsay is a great role model for our student-athletes," Murczek added. "She is very organized, competitive, and outgoing. She will do a great job building relationships with the team."
