Dominican University (IL) Men's Volleyball

Ames, no stranger to Dominican University, served as an assistant coach with the Stars womens volleyball program for three seasons prior to building Dominican Universitys NCAA Division III mens volleyball program for the 2014 season, the inaugural season of Division III mens volleyball on the universitys campus.  In one recruiting cycle, Ames recruited over 16 mens volleyball players to the River Forest campus and then guided the Stars to a berth in the Continental Volleyball Conference (CVC) Tournament, earning CVC Co-Coach of the Year Honors. Under Ames, the Stars went 13-14 while scoring wins over NCAA Division III Top 25 Thiel College and Division II McKendree University.  Freshman setter Alex Coyne became the first player to earn all-conference honors for the Stars in the program's first year of existence.   During his tenure as a womens volleyball assistant from 2009 through 2011, the Stars made their first appearance in the NCAA Division III Womens Volleyball Championships and won their first Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Tournament Championship.   The owner of two volleyball clubs,  and , Ames has amassed an impressive resume at the club level, posting second and third place finishes at the  in 1999 and 2000 with the Sports Performance Volleyball Club as well as a second place finish at the  in 2004 with the 16-Mizuno and 18-Runbird boys teams.   In fact, while with Sports Performance Volleyball Club, the club became the first ever to two top five seeds in the same Boys Junior Olympics 18-Open Boys Tournament.  

Doug Burchett enters his third season as head coach and 12th season overall with the Stars after joining the volleyball staff in 2015 as an assistant coach. In his first season at the helm of the program, the Stars finished with an overall record of 19-8.  Burchett helped guide the Stars to both the NACC Regular Season and Conference tournament and into the NCAA Round of 16. The coaching staff was named NACC Coaching Staff of the Year for the third year in a row. The Stars experienced one of its most successful seasons ever in 2022 under Burchett, who was named 2022 AVCA West Region Coach of the Year.  The Stars finished with an overall record of 25-2, a NACC Conference Regular Season and NACC Conference Tournament Title, and an NCAA Elite Eight finish. The staff was named NACC Coaching Staff of the Year. Burchett has helped guide the Stars to conference championships in 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, and 2024.  In his 11 years with the program, the Stars have achieved their first NCAA Tournament berth and Elite Eight finish in the 2017 season, Final Four appearances in 2018 and 2021, an Elite Eight finish in 2022, and most recently a Sweet 16 finish in 2024. He was also named the 2018 AVCA Division III Men's National Assistant Coach of the Year. Under his leadership, the Stars have collected a number of individual honors, highlighted by eleven AVCA All American Awards, four Conference Player of the Year, and 51 All Conference Players awards. The two-time Illinois High School Association state champion from Wheaton Warrenville South, Burchett starred for the WWS Tigers from 2002 through 2005, earning all-conference honors from the DuPage Valley Conference four years in a row and back-to-back IHSA All-State selections as he became the IHSA all-time leader in career assists. In 2016, Wheaton-Warrenville South inducted Burchett into the Tigers’ Hall of Fame. Following his decorated high school career, Burchett went on to play for the University of Illinois men’s club volleyball team where he helped the Illini to a second place finish at the 2008 National Collegiate Volleyball Federation (NCVF) National Tournament and earned All-Big Ten honors in 2009 and 2010. In addition to his standout playing career, Burchett possesses an abundance of coaching experience including spending the 2009 season with the University of Illinois women’s volleyball team as an assistant coach. That year the Illini finished second in the Big Ten and went all the way to the NCAA Division I Sweet 16.

Krick returns for his second season as an assistant with the Dominican University mens volleyball team after spending the 2010 season with the University of Florida Gators womens volleyball team. With the Gators, Krick was part of a program that spent eight weeks as the top ranked program in the country, going 29-2 on the year and 20-0 in SEC play to claim the 2010 SEC championship.  Krick primarily worked with the liberos and defensive specialists, focusing on defensive planning.  That season, the Gators led the SEC in team defense and ranked tenth nationally in blocks. Prior to joining the staff at the University of Florida, Krick spent the eight years as a physical education teacher and the head coach of the boys volleyball and wrestling teams at Stratford Middle School. Since 2002, he also has worked at Glenbard North High School, where he spent two seasons as the varsity boys volleyball coach and was the girls varsity coach from 2002-04 and again for the 2009-10 season. Krick has been involved with Floridas volleyball camps since the summer of 2006, and works with the Naperville Volleyball Club in Naperville. Krick worked as the head coach of the Boys 16-1 team that qualified for nationals in the open division in 2006 and competed in the club division in 2008, 2009 and 2010.  He also served on the Board of Directors for Naperville Volleyball Club. Krick, a certified personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise, worked with SportsMed Center for Fitness from 1999-2002. The Wheaton, Ill. native was also was the founder and player/coach of the Valparaiso University Mens Club Volleyball Team from 1996-1999. Krick holds a Bachelor of Arts in exercise science from Valparaiso in 1999 and earned a Master of Arts in Teaching Administration from Concordia University of Chicago in 2004. Jay Krick, Valparaiso University (1999) Assistant Men's Volleyball Coach Jay Krick returns for his second season as an assistant with the Dominican University mens volleyball team after spending the 2010 season with the University of Florida Gators womens volleyball team. With the Gators, Krick was part of a program that spent eight weeks as the top ranked program in the country, going 29-2 on the year and 20-0 in SEC play to claim the 2010 SEC championship.  Krick primarily worked with the liberos and defensive specialists, focusing on defensive planning.  That season, the Gators led the SEC in team defense and ranked tenth nationally in blocks. Prior to joining the staff at the University of Florida, Krick spent the eight years as a physical education teacher and the head coach of the boys volleyball and wrestling teams at Stratford Middle School. Since 2002, he also has worked at Glenbard North High School, where he spent two seasons as the varsity boys volleyball coach and was the girls varsity coach from 2002-04 and again for the 2009-10 season. Krick has been involved with Floridas volleyball camps since the summer of 2006, and works with the Naperville Volleyball Club in Naperville. Krick worked as the head coach of the Boys 16-1 team that qualified for nationals in the open division in 2006 and competed in the club division in 2008, 2009 and 2010.  He also served on the Board of Directors for Naperville Volleyball Club. Krick, a certified personal trainer through the American Council on Exercise, worked with SportsMed Center for Fitness from 1999-2002. The Wheaton, Ill. native was also was the founder and player/coach of the Valparaiso University Mens Club Volleyball Team from 1996-1999. Krick holds a Bachelor of Arts in exercise science from Valparaiso in 1999 and earned a Master of Arts in Teaching Administration from Concordia University of Chicago in 2004.