Juliana TRAUT - Duke University Athletics
Juliana TRAUT - Duke University Athletics
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Head Coach<br />
JOLENE NAGEL<br />
Now entering her 11th season at the helm of the <strong>Duke</strong> volleyball<br />
program, head coach Jolene Nagel has put the Blue Devils back on the<br />
collegiate volleyball map. Under her watch, <strong>Duke</strong> has made seven NCAA<br />
Tournament appearances in the last nine years – including each of the<br />
last four – and has earned the reputation as one of the elite programs<br />
on the east coast.<br />
Under Nagel’s guidance, the Blue Devils have recorded at least 20<br />
wins in eight of her 10 seasons and have consistently fi nished in the<br />
top of the conference standings, including top three fi nishes in each the<br />
last fi ve seasons. A two-time ACC and East Region Coach Of The Year,<br />
Nagel has led <strong>Duke</strong> to three ACC regular season Championships, an<br />
overall record of 417-239 and an ACC record of 127-55.<br />
Nagel recently collected her 400th career victory and her 200th win at<br />
<strong>Duke</strong>, both marks that only one other coach in <strong>Duke</strong> history have reached.<br />
Nagel’s 214-99 (.684) record in her 10 seasons as a Blue Devil has made<br />
<strong>Duke</strong> the winningest program in the ACC over that span in terms of overall<br />
winning percentage. Additionally, <strong>Duke</strong> has annually fi nished at the top of<br />
the ACC under Nagel and boasts a 127-55 (.698) in-conference record,<br />
which ties the program for the most ACC wins and the highest conference<br />
winning percentage since she took hold of the team in 1999.<br />
Consistent success has been <strong>Duke</strong>’s calling card under Nagel. In eight<br />
of her 10 seasons, Nagel has led <strong>Duke</strong> to at least 20 victories, including<br />
four consecutive 25-win campaigns since 2006. Since 1999, <strong>Duke</strong> has<br />
had more 20-win seasons than any other ACC program.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong>’s success has also nabbed the Blue Devils seven NCAA<br />
Tournament bids during Nagel’s tenure, including four consecutive NCAA<br />
Tournament trips that <strong>Duke</strong> has made since 2006. <strong>Duke</strong> has made plenty<br />
of noise in the national tournament, advancing into the second round in<br />
each of the last four seasons.<br />
Since taking hold of the <strong>Duke</strong> program in 1999, Nagel has coached<br />
12 All-ACC award winners, two ACC Players of the Year, 12 All-East<br />
Region selections and all seven of <strong>Duke</strong>’s All-America honorees. In all,<br />
the Blue Devils have received 21 All-ACC citations, 24 All-East Region<br />
awards and 11 All-America honors under Nagel.<br />
In 2008, Nagel led the Blue Devils to an ACC Co-Championship,<br />
a 25-9 overall record and their fourth consecutive bid to the NCAA<br />
Tournament. A 15-5 ACC record tied <strong>Duke</strong> with rival North Carolina for<br />
a share of the ACC crown, which gave the Blue Devils their second<br />
ACC Championship in the last three seasons. After rolling through the<br />
conference slate, <strong>Duke</strong> advanced to the NCAA Tournament where they<br />
upset No. 25 San Francisco 3-2 in the fi rst round before falling 3-0 to<br />
host and 11th-ranked UCLA in Los Angeles, Calif.<br />
On the surface, <strong>Duke</strong>’s 2008 NCAA Tournament run seemed on par<br />
with the program’s success of the previous nine seasons. However, <strong>Duke</strong><br />
was able to maintain that success despite fi elding a starting lineup that<br />
included two freshmen, two sophomores and just one senior. Despite<br />
losing two ACC Players of the Year in setter Ali Hausfeld and middle<br />
blocker Carrie DeMange and <strong>Duke</strong>’s all-time digs record holder Jenny<br />
Shull, Nagel and her staff were able to bring along a young squad that<br />
included Freshmen All-ACC setter Kellie Catanach and outside hitter<br />
Jolene Nagel<br />
Head Coach<br />
11th Season<br />
B.S. - Edinboro<br />
M.A. - Kent State<br />
The Nagel File<br />
• Eight NCAA Tournament Appearances<br />
• Three ACC Championships<br />
• 2001, ’06 ACC Coach of the Year<br />
• 2000, ’06 East Region Coach of the Year<br />
• Two ACC Players of the Year<br />
• 11 All-America Selections<br />
• 24 All-East Region Selections<br />
• 21 All-ACC Selections<br />
• 10 ACC All-Freshman Selections<br />
• Two East Region Freshmen of the Year<br />
• One ACC Freshman of the Year<br />
• Seven conference championships<br />
• Four conference players of the year<br />
• 1998 Big East Coach of the Year<br />
• 1991 Ithaca Journal Coach of the Year<br />
• Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame<br />
• Edinboro <strong>University</strong> Hall of Fame<br />
Sophia Dunworth, new sophomore libero Claire Smalzer and new starting<br />
middle blocker Becci Burling. That group also included All-America<br />
Honorable Mention selections Rachael Moss and Jourdan Norman.<br />
In 2007, Nagel guided the Blue Devils to a 25-7 overall record and<br />
a 19-3 fi nish in the ACC on the way to <strong>Duke</strong>’s third straight appearance<br />
in the NCAA Tournament where they advanced to the second round<br />
after defeating American 3-2 before falling 3-1 to No. 7 California at<br />
Cameron Indoor Stadium. In addition to taking <strong>Duke</strong> to the NCAA<br />
postseason in 2007, Nagel’s Blue Devils climbed to as high as No. 11<br />
in the AVCA National Coaches Poll which marked the highest ranking<br />
in program history.<br />
For the second straight season, a Blue Devil took home ACC Player<br />
Of The Year Honors in 2007 as DeMange collected the award after<br />
becoming <strong>Duke</strong> and the ACC’s all-time kills leader. DeMange was one<br />
of three Blue Devils to receive All-ACC recognition and one of three more<br />
to appear on the All-America Honorable Mention team.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong>’s success in 2007 followed an impressive 2006 campaign<br />
in which the Blue Devils captured their fi rst ACC Championship since<br />
1994 after fi nishing with a 29-4 overall record and a 21-1 mark in the<br />
ACC. <strong>Duke</strong> advanced past Tennessee, 3-1, in the opening round before<br />
falling to 16th-seeded San Diego in a fi ve-game classic in round two,<br />
dropping the fi nal set 17-15.<br />
<strong>Duke</strong>’s 29 overall wins in 2006 were a new high under Nagel and the<br />
fourth-best single-season output in school history. The Blue Devils’ 21<br />
ACC victories set a new conference record for most wins in a season<br />
as <strong>Duke</strong> took home its eighth ACC Championship title in school history.<br />
Nagel was named the ACC Coach of the Year, while Hausfeld earned<br />
Player of the Year honors and Moss was named the league’s Freshman<br />
of the Year as <strong>Duke</strong> became the fi rst school in league history to sweep<br />
all three superlatives in the same season. DeMange joined Hausfeld<br />
as a fi rst team All-ACC selection, while Moss and Tealle Hunkus were<br />
named to the second team.<br />
Nagel was named the East Region Coach of the Year for the third<br />
time in her career in 2006, while Hausfeld, DeMange and Hunkus earned<br />
AVCA Honorable Mention All-America and All-East Region honors and<br />
Moss was named East Region Freshman of the Year. <strong>Duke</strong> fi nished the<br />
2006 season ranked No. 22 in the fi nal CSTV/AVCA Division I Top 25<br />
Coaches Poll after making its fi rst appearance in the poll since 1994.<br />
The Blue Devils went undefeated at home in 2006 for the second<br />
straight season. <strong>Duke</strong> has posted 14-0 marks at Cameron Indoor<br />
Stadium each of the past two years and has won 31 straight home<br />
matches dating back to 2004.<br />
In 2005, Nagel led the Blue Devils to a 24-8 overall record and a<br />
second round appearance in the NCAA Tournament. After sweeping<br />
American <strong>University</strong> in the opening round, the Blue Devils fell to No.<br />
1-ranked and eventual national runner-up Nebraska in the second round.<br />
The Blue Devils won 12 of their last 13 matches, including an eight-match<br />
winning streak at the end of the season, to go 10-1 over the second<br />
half of the season and advance to the 2005 NCAA Tournament. Three<br />
Blue Devils, DeMange, Hausfeld and Shull, earned AVCA Honorable<br />
2009 <strong>Duke</strong> Volleyball 4<br />
Coaches & Staff