Colorado College Women's Volleyball

Sharon Dingman enters her fifth season as the head coach of the Colorado College volleyball program in the fall of 2025. Dingman has led the Tigers to a 86-36 record in her four seasons in Colorado Springs and guided the team to the second round of the NCAA Division III Tournament in her first year. In addition, the Tigers advanced to the championship match of the SCAC Tournament in 2022 and '23. Two Tigers, Annie Steger and Isabella Lipacis (twice) have earned Honorable Mention All-America honors under Dingman, while Steger and Jenny Jenks (twice) were each named the SCAC Setter of the Year during Dingman's tenure. Dingman, who has a career record of 632-428 as a head coach, won her 600th career match in 2023 with a five-set victory over 17th-ranked Tufts University. Dingman, who sits on the Board of Directors for the Side-Out Foundation, brought 30 years of experience to CC at both the Division I and Division III levels, including six seasons at UChicago. Under Dingman’s direction, the Maroons enjoyed unparalleled success during her six-season tenure. Her teams posted a combined 144-55 (.724) overall record, a 41-19 (.693) mark in the UAA, and earned five NCAA Tournament appearances. The University of Chicago competes in the University Athletic Association, one of the most competitive conferences in the nation. During the program’s history-making 2019 season, UChicago won 23 consecutive matches and was ranked No. 1 in the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Coaches Top-25 poll for the first time in program history. The Maroons also advanced to the regional final of the NCAA Tournament for the first time, and finished the year with a 28-4 ledger and a program-record .875 winning percentage. In recognition of those accomplishments, Dingman was named AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year and was part of the UAA Coaching Staff of the Year for the third time. The 2019 season was the culmination of a five-year process that included several other achievements and milestones for Dingman and her program. The previous year, she led the Maroons to a 29-5 record, which included her 100th victory at UChicago as well as her 500th career win. In her Windy City debut in 2015, Dingman led the Maroons to a 26-13 and an at-large NCAA tournament berth. Not only can the Tigers expect team success under Dingman, they also will benefit from her proven ability to develop players. Under Dingman’s tutelage, UChicago student-athletes combined for the program’s first three AVCA All-America honors as well as 21 all-UAA selections, including 13 first-team selections. Dingman’s Division I experience includes head-coaching stints at the University of Iowa (2008-13), Illinois State University (2000-07), Butler University (1992-99) and Auburn University (1991-92). She also served as an assistant coach at the University of Kentucky (1988-90), Texas Tech University (1985-87) and Northern Michigan University (1984-85). While at Iowa, her 2008 squad won 14 matches overall and six in the Big Ten, the most by the Hawkeyes since 2000. She led Illinois State to seven winning seasons in eight years, and the 2007 Redbirds earned an at-large NCAA tournament berth for the first time in 10 years. Dingman played two seasons at Purdue University where she was a member of Big Ten championship teams in 1979 and 1980, and her final two years at Northern Michigan, where she served as team captain in 1982 and 1983, and was the team’s MVP in 1983. Dingman earned her bachelor's degree in health education from Northern Michigan and completed her master's coursework at the University of Kentucky.

Nikki Binetti, head coach at Salisbury since 2022, was named an assistant coach for the volleyball program at Colorado College on April 23, 2025.   Binetti led the Sea Gulls to three consecutive appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament and a 66-24 record in her three seasons at Salisbury.   In addition to leading her team to three 20-win seasons, a pair of NCAA Tournament victories and a Coast-to-Coast Conference title, Binetti coached four AVCA All-Americans and two C2C Players of the Year.   Prior to taking over the Salisbury program, Binetti was the head coach at Arcadia University from January through June of 2022. That May she was named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 list, recognizing up-and-coming coaches at all levels of the sport.   Before Arcadia, Binetti spent three years as an assistant coach at Gettysburg College, serving as recruiting and academic coordinator and assisting with sports performance. The Bullets went 29-21, culminating with a 15-win season in 2021 and GC's first berth in the Centennial Conference Tournament since 2014. Binetti helped coach Zanza Kuba-McCoy to AVCA All-Region and All-America recognition.   Binetti also served as an assistant coach at Illinois College from 2017-18 and a graduate assistant-turned-interim head coach at LaGrange College (Ga.) from 2015-17. As interim head coach at LaGrange in 2016, she helped recruit the largest class in program history and oversaw the program's winningest season since 2005.   The Brick, N.J., native played collegiately at Rowan University from 2010-12, earning All-New Jersey Athletic Conference honors in 2012, before transferring to Salisbury in 2013. She was a two-year starter for the Sea Gulls and helped lead SU to the NCAA Tournament in 2013.   Binetti has spent ample time developing as a professional off the court. She graduated from the 43rd class of the NCAA Women's Cocahes Academy (WCA), hosted by the Alliance of Women Coaches, in 2017 and serves as a mentor in the AVCA Match Point Program. She earned her bachelor's degree in physical education from Salisbury in 2015 and her master's in education from LaGrange College in 2017.