East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania Women's Volleyball

Tricia Melfy was named as the 13th head coach in ESU women's volleyball program history on April 6, 2020. Melfy bring 25 years of coaching experience and more than 400 career victories. Melfy most recently served as the head women's volleyball coach for two seasons at Fort Lewis College. She spent two seasons as the head women's coach at Phoenix College after guiding the women's program at the University of Minnesota-Morris in 2015. During the 2014 season, Melfy was the first assistant coach at Minot State University (N.D.). "I am honored to lead the Warrior volleyball program to continued success in the competitive PSAC," Melfy said. "I am very passionate about Division II athletics and how this level contributes to a great college experience for our student-athletes. I am excited to move back closer to my hometown, meet the team and hit the ground running." In 2018, she guided Fort Lewis to the program's first Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference playoff appearance in eight years. Melfy coached six all-conference honorees at Fort Lewis and tallied 19 wins over her two seasons.   During her time as head coach at Phoenix College, Melfy assisted the department in the areas of compliance and eligibility, writing and monitoring all Letters of Intent, and assisted with game management for men's and women's basketball games.   In her one season at the helm of Division III University of Minnesota-Morris, Melfy guided the Cougars to a 21-12 overall record and 7-1 mark in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference. The Cougars advanced to the UMAC title match, garnered four first-team All-UMAC selections, and went 11-1 at home.   Melfy joined the Division II ranks in 2014 as she was the first assistant coach for the women's volleyball program at Minot State. Her responsibilities at Minot State included assisting with recruiting and scholarship allocation, establish training guidelines, newsletter publication, event-media communication, scheduling, transportation, tournament entries, and uniform inventory.   She spent three years as the head women's volleyball coach at Mesa Community College while also serving as the assistant men's and women's track and field coach. She guided Mesa to two playoff appearances in her three years. Melfy entered the Gilbert Public School System in 1999, where she coached girls' volleyball and track and field at Campo Verde, Desert Ridge, and Mesquite High School.   During her five seasons at Campo Verde High School, she led the program to two sectional championships in their first four years of existence and finished second in the state tournament with a 40-7 record.  She was also named the 2012 and 2013 All-Arizona Volleyball Coach of the Year while coaching three students to the All-Arizona Volleyball Team.   At the club level, she has been the director and head coach of the Eclipse Volleyball Club in Gilbert, Arizona, the Spiral Volleyball Club in Gilbert, Arizona, and most recently with the Arizona Storm Volleyball Club in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition, she has taught and coordinated international volleyball tours to Australia, China, and Hawaii.   As a student-athlete, she was a two-time All-American at Arizona State University in the heptathlon (1992, 94), and twice qualified for the United States Olympic Trials (1992, 96). She was also an All-American in the heptathlon at Mesa Community College (1990). Melfy found her passion for volleyball competing on Mesa's Regional Runner-up Mesa volleyball team during the 1989-90 season.   Melfy received her bachelor of science degree in exercise science/physical education from Arizona State University in 1994. She earned her Physical Education Teacher Certification from Ottawa University in 1995, and her master of education in educational leadership from Northern Arizona University in 2002.