Truett-McConnell College Women's Volleyball

Morgan Fussell has been named an assistant coach for women's volleyball and beach volleyball, part of head coach Joe Herrera's staff.   "I'm excited to have Morgan join our staff with her knowledge and expertise on the game," Herrera said. "Not only will she help the team grow as athletes, but also as women."   Fussell most recently received her Bachelor's degree in Human Development and Family Studies at Penn State at Altoona, where she played volleyball for four seasons. She was a part of the 2023 and 2024 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Championship teams, qualifying for the NCAA Division III Tournament twice.   She also enters Truett McConnell's graduate school, aiming for a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with Sports Psychology. She is no stranger to the North Georgia area, with Blairsville being her hometown.   "I'm excited to grow my love of volleyball and share it with these girls," Fussell said. "I want to help them become better on and off the court."  

Herrera is entering his first year at the Director of Volleyball. Herrera joins TMU with 20 plus years of experience coaching indoor volleyball, beach volleyball and mentoring athletes in their spiritual walks with Christ. In 2016, Herrera was named as the GISA Coach of the Year, after leading the TCS Lady Lions to victory in the GISA State Championship. Herrera has spent the last few years coaching the high school volleyball program at Trinity Christian School in Sharpsburg, Georgia, where he took a two-year hiatus in 2019 to coach the former Appalachian Athletic Conference member, Point University, women's volleyball program. Herrera led the Skyhawks 2019 team to the National Tournament for the first and only time in Point history.   Herrera, a Cuba native, came to the United States with his family in 1983, where he lived the remainder of his adolescent years in Miami, Florida. He is a 1993 graduate from Atlantic High School in Delray beach and holds a bachelor's degree from Indiana Wesleyan University and a Master's in Christian Leadership from Liberty University (2012), while also being ordained as a Minister.   Herrera and his wife Kristina have been married for 29 years this upcoming May, and have three children, Joey (21), Emily (18) and Jacob (9).