2016 Tiger Volleyball

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2016 TIGERS
Eric
HAMMOND
Assistant Coach • 4th season
Salisbury, ‘00
Kayani
Turner
Assistant Coach • 2nd season
Illinois, ‘08
Eric Hammond enters his fourth season
at Towson, 10th season working with
Don Metil, and his 12th season coaching
college volleyball as the 2016 campaign
begins.
A key contributor on Metil’s staff, Hammond serves as the program’s
recruiting coordinator. Last fall, Hammond helped guide the Tigers to a 26-6
overall record and a 12-4 mark in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play.
Hammond helped lead the Tigers to a share of the CAA Regular Season Title
with a sweep of JMU on the final day of conference play. Under Hammond’s
guidance, the Tigers ranked among the national leaders in kills and assists
per set and total team kills and assists. Hammond worked with the Tigers’ pin
hitters (opposites and outsides) along with guiding the serving game and
some passing. He played a key role in the development of Jocelyn Kuilan, the
CAA Rookie of the Year. Hammond worked with Haley Pa’akaula, who set the
school record for kills in a single-match with 30 against Utah Valley.
He helped guide the Tigers to a 27-5 overall record and a 13-3 mark in CAA
play in 2014. That season he specialized in training the outside and opposite
hitters in attacking. He also coached team blocking and serving. Hammond
helped the Tigers lead the league in hitting percentage and service aces. Three
of the Tigers’ All-CAA players were pin hitters, outside hitter Saitaua Iosia,
opposite Victoria Williams and outside/middle Haley Pa’akaula.
Hammond, who spent eight years at the University of Maryland Eastern
Shore (UMES), moved to Towson in the spring of 2013 to continue his work
with former UMES and current Towson head coach Don Metil.
Hammond served as a volunteer assistant coach at UMES during the 2002
and 2006 seasons before being promoted to assistant and then associate head
coach when Metil was hired in 2007. He was also named the Hawks’ recruiting
coordinator in 2009. Hammond played a major role in the 2011 and 2012 teams
winning the MEAC Championship and earning the program’s first two berths in
the NCAA Tournament.
While at UMES, Hammond was involved in all areas of on the floor coaching,
match preparation, player development, recruiting and scouting. During his
time in Princess Anne, Md. he helped Metil and the Hawks post seven straight
seasons of 20 or more wins, four undefeated conference regular seasons and
six MEAC Northern Division regular season championships. UMES posted a
61-3 record in conference play during that run.
Since 2012, Hammond has worked for USA Volleyball’s Beach High
Performance programs as an assistant coach for camps, and an evaluator and
court coach for tryouts with males and females in several age groups. He has
worked USAV Beach camps around the country, including the world-class
Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California. Most recently, he was a
training and tournament coach for the USA U17 Boys A2 team at the USAV
High Performance Championships in Hermosa Beach and Santa Monica, Calif.
in July of 2015, and the U19 Womens A2 team in July of 2016.
He coaches indoor volleyball camps for both females and males in the U.S.
and Canada with Towson Volleyball Academy. He also spent two years as a
head coach with the Delmarva Juniors/Timeout Volleyball Club. Hammond
is nationally certified by USA Volleyball in Beach CAP I, IMPACT, and Beach
IMPACT.
Hammond is an editor and writer for multiple national volleyball magazines.
He is a member of USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches
Association (AVCA). He is also the CAA conference representative on the AVCA’s
Assistant Coaches Committee, and the chair of the AVCA Assistant Coaches
Publications subcommittee.
Hammond earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from Salisbury
University in 2000. He competed for the club volleyball team for two years,
primarily as an opposite hitter.
In just her first season on the bench with
the Black and Gold, Turner helped guide
the Tigers to a share of the Colonial
Athletic Association (CAA) Regular
Season Title. She helped the Tigers post
26 wins as the team had the CAA Rookie of the Year and CAA Defensive Player
of the Year. Under Turner’s guidance the Tigers ranked among the Top 10 in the
nation for kills per set and team kills. Turner was responsible for working with
the Tigers’ middle blockers and blocking game.
During the off-season, Turner attended and graduated from the NCAA
Women’s Coaches Academy.
Turner came to the Tigers from Southeast Missouri where she spent four
years on the staff, working for Head Coach Julie Yankus. At Southeast Missouri,
Turner was the primary coach for the outside hitters and recruiting coordinator.
She also assisted in the scouting of opponents, film breakdown and practice
planning.
The Redhawks won 63 matches in the four years Turner was in Cape
Girardeau, Missouri. Southeast Missouri made their first appearance in the Ohio
Valley Conference Tournament since 2008 and won its first OVC Tournament
contest since 2006. The Redhawks showed significant improvement in their
hitting percentage and kills per set during Turner’s time on the sidelines.
Prior to joining the staff at Southeast Missouri, Turner was a graduate
assistant coach at Western Illinois University. There she was in charge of pre
and postgame administrative duties. She also helped scout Western Illinois’
serve receptions and the Leathernecks’ opponents’ serving tendencies.
Turner earned her bachelor’s degree in communications from the University
of Illinois in 2008. She was a stand-out player for the Illini. As a sophomore she
led the team in kills with 391. During her senior season, Turner helped Illinois
reach the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. She finished her career with 642
kills and 117 blocks.
She also earned a master’s degree in sport management from Western
Illinois.
Turner also brings experience from coaching club volleyball to the Tigers’
sidelines. She served as the head coach of the Prime Time Volleyball Club in
Illinois and as a camp coach for Illinois and Precision Volleyball Camps.
Turner is a local product who graduated from John Carroll High School
in Bel Air, Maryland. She was the Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of
Maryland in 2004 and is a member of the John Carroll Hall of Fame.
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