Towson University Women's Volleyball

Metil has made the Tigers into a consistent threat at the top of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings. Entering year four, Metil will be looking to help the Tigers take the next step. In 2015, Metil and the Tigers posted their second straight season of 25 or more wins. Towson beat James Madison in the final match of the regular season to clinch a share of the CAA Regular Season Title. Metil helped the Tigers lead the conference in hitting percentage, assists per set, kills per set and digs per set. The Tigers ranked among the top 10 nationally for assists per set, kills per set, team assists and team kills. Under Metils guidance, freshman Jocelyn Kuilan was named the CAA Rookie of the Year while redshirt freshman Anna Holehouse became the programs first CAA Defensive Player of the Year. Metil took home CAA Coach of the Year accolades for the second straight season. Jessica Lewis was a first team All-CAA honoree while Haley Paakaula took home second team honors on Metils watch. Kuilan was also named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region Honorable Mention, just the fourth player in program history to do so.         In his second season at Towson, Metil got the Tigers back to the CAA Tournament. Towson posted a 27-5 overall record and a 13-3 conference mark. Metil helped the Tigers engineer one of the largest single-season turnarounds in program history (10 wins in 2013 and 27 in 2014). Metil saw six Tigers earn all-conference honors including seniors Saitaua Iosia and Victoria Williams who were first team selections. In addition Metil was named the CAA Coach of the Year. Under Metils guidance libero Paige Sekerak broke the school record for career digs as she finished her career with 1,869. In his first season at Towson, Metil guided Iosia to third team All-CAA honors. He also tutored Sekerak, a CAA All-Academic squad member. Sekerak recorded the 1,000th dig of her career and became just the third player in school history with over 500 digs in a single season. Metil was named the 11th head coach in program history in March 2013 after spending six years as the highly successful coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. At UMES he compiled a 145-44 (.767) record during his tenure. Metil led the Hawks to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship in 2011 and 2012 and appeared in the NCAA Tournament each of those years. He guided UMES to the best season in school history in 2012. In addition to posting a 28-6 record and an 11-1 MEAC mark, UMES won three in-season tournaments and the MEAC Tournament before falling to Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament. A three-time MEAC Coach of the Year, he led UMES to six straight MEAC Northern Divisional titles and four undefeated conference seasons. Metils squads won at least 20 matches in each of his six seasons at UMES and finished among the top five in the nation for service aces per set during each of those years. He had 18 players earn all-conference honors during his six years with the Hawks. That group included the MEAC Rookie of the Year four times and two MEAC Players of the Year. Prior to his tenure at UMES, Metil served as the head coach at Coppin State for two years. He helped the Eagles qualify for the MEAC Tournament twice and coached the 2005 MEAC Rookie of the Year. Metil was also the head coach at Lees-McRae and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Before starting his collegiate coaching career, Metil led a high school team and junior Olympic club team coach in the Baltimore Metro area while teaching at Dumbarton Middle School. Metil earned a dual bachelors degree in secondary education and sports medicine from California University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He played collegiate volleyball for the Vulcans, serving primarily as a setter. He earned a masters degree from Loyola University in secondary education in 2002.   Ambrose, Jared Ambrose, Rob Anger, Tim Arbaugh, Matt Becker, Susan Bitee, Parfait Bivens, Erica Blizzard, Emily Bolton, Jennifer Brown, Oliver Brown, Roy Brush, John Burda, Jay Carter, Carolyn Cascarano, Alessandra Castle, Jeff Cesari, Dr. Marc Chliszczyk, Vicki Clark, Kevin Cocchi, Dan Coleman, Travis Cooman, Andrew Costello, Lisa Crowley, Dan Curley, Cheyenne Dahlquist, Jon Davidson, Dr. John Davis, Brian Dickerson, Erin Donatelli, John Downs, Chris Eckberg, Mike Email, Recruits Franc, Eric Franc, Eric Fredlund, Tyler French, Nick Gibson, Matt Gilardi, Anthony Ginn, Ben Goforth, Megan Gordon, Geoff Gottlieb, Mike Hachmann, Matt Hamm, Alec Hammond, Dr. Jason Hammond, Eric Hampton, Melissa Hansberger, Bethany Harris, Justin Hayes, Autumn Hemming, Brian Hernandez, Dan Hinton, Dr. Richard Hohman, Kim Huck, Lauryn Huff, Will Hunt, Ryan Hutchens, Jessie Jackson, Mike Johnson, Derrick Johnson, Lyndon Karsos, Jon Kasten, Lindsay Keane, Matt Keily, Jaime Knox, Rob Kosmakos, Konstantinos Kovacs, Dr. Louis LaMonica, Michael LaMonica, Sonia Lee, Gabe Leichman, Emilee Leonard, Tim Leonard-Garner, Mike Levine, Dr. Richard MacLea, DC Mandahl, Erin Martin, Courtney Matteo, Tripp May, Garry McCarthy, Jim Metil, Don Minkove, Jessica Molster, Mike Moyseenko, Mike Myyra, Erik Nadelen, Shawn Nelson, Brianna Newman, Elysa O'Brien, Megan O'Connell, Pat O'Connor, Michele Paynter, Greg Pedde, Andrew Penczek, Greg Peterson, Jamie Pick, Jeremy Pratt, Edy Questions, Ticket Raikes, Sidney Ramos, Jonathan Ranaivoarijaona, Vina Reid Geckeler, Niki Roane, Scott Rodick, Bill Rosenbaum, Ben Ross, Hayley Sacks, Brandon Schanuel, Kate Schlehr, Peter Schwartz, Jon Shapley, Mike Shilling, Andy Shrum, Jake Skerry, Pat Smith, Antwaine Snelling, Eric Soccer, Women's Stark, John Stoltzfus, EJ Studivant, Caleb Taflinger, Kilee Tricario, Joe Turley Brandenburg, Tricia Turner, Kayani Turpin, Christine Watson, Jessica Wilder, Nathan Wingler, Dixie Yaniger, Brian Yaniger, Lance Zamagias, Steve  Full Staff  expand In just three seasons at the helm of the Towson volleyball program, head coach Don Metil has made the Tigers into a consistent threat at the top of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) standings. Entering year four, Metil will be looking to help the Tigers take the next step. In 2015, Metil and the Tigers posted their second straight season of 25 or more wins. Towson beat James Madison in the final match of the regular season to clinch a share of the CAA Regular Season Title. Metil helped the Tigers lead the conference in hitting percentage, assists per set, kills per set and digs per set. The Tigers ranked among the top 10 nationally for assists per set, kills per set, team assists and team kills. Under Metils guidance, freshman Jocelyn Kuilan was named the CAA Rookie of the Year while redshirt freshman Anna Holehouse became the programs first CAA Defensive Player of the Year. Metil took home CAA Coach of the Year accolades for the second straight season. Jessica Lewis was a first team All-CAA honoree while Haley Paakaula took home second team honors on Metils watch. Kuilan was also named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Region Honorable Mention, just the fourth player in program history to do so.         In his second season at Towson, Metil got the Tigers back to the CAA Tournament. Towson posted a 27-5 overall record and a 13-3 conference mark. Metil helped the Tigers engineer one of the largest single-season turnarounds in program history (10 wins in 2013 and 27 in 2014). Metil saw six Tigers earn all-conference honors including seniors Saitaua Iosia and Victoria Williams who were first team selections. In addition Metil was named the CAA Coach of the Year. Under Metils guidance libero Paige Sekerak broke the school record for career digs as she finished her career with 1,869. In his first season at Towson, Metil guided Iosia to third team All-CAA honors. He also tutored Sekerak, a CAA All-Academic squad member. Sekerak recorded the 1,000th dig of her career and became just the third player in school history with over 500 digs in a single season. Metil was named the 11th head coach in program history in March 2013 after spending six years as the highly successful coach at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. At UMES he compiled a 145-44 (.767) record during his tenure. Metil led the Hawks to the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Championship in 2011 and 2012 and appeared in the NCAA Tournament each of those years. He guided UMES to the best season in school history in 2012. In addition to posting a 28-6 record and an 11-1 MEAC mark, UMES won three in-season tournaments and the MEAC Tournament before falling to Nebraska in the NCAA Tournament. A three-time MEAC Coach of the Year, he led UMES to six straight MEAC Northern Divisional titles and four undefeated conference seasons. Metils squads won at least 20 matches in each of his six seasons at UMES and finished among the top five in the nation for service aces per set during each of those years. He had 18 players earn all-conference honors during his six years with the Hawks. That group included the MEAC Rookie of the Year four times and two MEAC Players of the Year. Prior to his tenure at UMES, Metil served as the head coach at Coppin State for two years. He helped the Eagles qualify for the MEAC Tournament twice and coached the 2005 MEAC Rookie of the Year. Metil was also the head coach at Lees-McRae and the College of Notre Dame of Maryland. Before starting his collegiate coaching career, Metil led a high school team and junior Olympic club team coach in the Baltimore Metro area while teaching at Dumbarton Middle School. Metil earned a dual bachelors degree in secondary education and sports medicine from California University of Pennsylvania in 1996. He played collegiate volleyball for the Vulcans, serving primarily as a setter. He earned a masters degree from Loyola University in secondary education in 2002.  

Charged with developing the middle blockers while handling recruiting coordination, Hutchinson joined the Towson staff as an assistant coach in June 2017. Hutchinson has coached the Tigers to one of the best blocking teams in the country as Tigers are ranked in the top 20 nationally in blocks per set (2.68) and fourth in the country in opponent hitting percentage (0.139). Within his recruiting duties, Hutchinson helped bring 2019 CAA Rookie of the Year Lydia Wiers, a middle blocker, to Towson. Over the last two seasons, Towsons blocking has rewritten the program record books as the Tigers have logged 276 total attacks in 2019 and posted 284.5 last season, the top two marks in the programs 25-point rally scoring era. Last season, Hutchinson helped revamp the Tigers efforts at the net as the 2018 edition of the program finished with the third-most blocks in a single season in Towson history, stuffing away 284.5 opponent attacks. Hutchinson mentored three student-athletes, Olamide Sonuga (121), Silvia Grassini (116) and Olivia Finckel (108) over the 100-block mark. Additionally, Hutchinson guided two Tigers to a top-five finish in the CAA in attack percentage as Sonuga ranked second at .368 and Grassini at .319, ranking fifth. At Georgia Southern, Hutchinson was responsible for recruiting while training the middle blockers and teaching the blocking schemes for the team. He was also in charge of the teams defense as well. The Eagles averaged 1.83 blocks per set last fall while Lauren Reichard ranked fifth in the Sun Belt Conference while putting up 1.09 blocks per set. Alex Beecher led the Sun Belt in total digs (632) under Hutchinson, was second in digs per set (5.10) while breaking her own school record for digs in a single season while earning Second Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors. Hutchinson is no stranger to volleyball in the area as he served as an assistant coach for two years at Elizabethtown College and spent a year at Franklin & Marshall College. Hutchinson began his coaching career in 2003 with the Norlanco Girls Volleyball Club and spent time coaching the Yorktowne and Spooky Nook Volleyball Clubs in central Pennsylvania. He also served as the varsity head coach at Manheim Township High School for four years. Hutchinson started his collegiate career at Juniata College before transferring to East Stroudsburg University. He helped the Warriors make a pair of appearances in the EIVA Division I national semifinals. Hutchinson was nationally ranked for blocking in 1995 and 1996 and earned All-EIVA Division I honors in 1996. He received his degree in corporate communications from Elizabethtown College while on the Deans List. In the summer of 1995, Hutchinson was selected to take part in the U.S. Olympic Festival, which was part of the U.S. National Team training program. During the Festival, he helped the East team win the gold medal. Hutchinson also has extensive experience as a certified strength and speed/agility coach.