University of Sioux Falls Men's Volleyball

Dan Mathews is in his fifth year as the Head Coach of Women’s Volleyball at the University of Sioux Falls. While at USF, Mathews has compiled an overall record of 63-48 with a conference record of 39-31. In his first two seasons, he guided the Cougars to the 2022 NSIC Tournament, back-to-back winning seasons, and five victories over nationally ranked opponents. Under his leadership, USF produced a 2021 NCAA DII All-American, the 2022 NSIC Freshman of the Year, and five NSIC All-Conference selections. During the 2024-25 academic year, the program also earned the AVCA Team Academic Award for its excellence in the classroom. In 2024, the Cougars finished 15-12 overall and placed eighth in the NSIC standings. Eight athletes earned NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence honors, while four were named to the NSIC All-Academic Team. In 2023, USF posted a 13-15 record and again finished eighth in the NSIC. That season, 10 athletes earned NSIC All-Academic Team of Excellence recognition, and four received CSC Academic All-District honors. Mathews arrived at USF after four seasons as the Head Coach of both Men’s and Women’s Volleyball at Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee, WI. He led the programs to a combined 140-113 overall record and an 82-35 conference mark. In 2018, he was named the NAIA Men’s Volleyball National Coach of the Year and earned Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) Men’s Volleyball Coach of the Year honors in both 2018 and 2020. Before Cardinal Stritch, Mathews guided Clarke University Men’s Volleyball to a 30-8 record in 2014-15. He then joined the University of Portland as an assistant coach for the NCAA DI indoor and beach volleyball programs from 2015-16. As a player, Mathews competed professionally from 2008-13 before transitioning into coaching. He played for Al-Ain Volleyball Club in Abu Dhabi (2008-09), Volley Guada in Madrid, Spain (2009-10), and then spent three seasons in Switzerland with Volley Amriswil (Zurich) and Chênois Volleyball Club (Geneva). While in Switzerland, he also competed in the CEV European Volleyball Cup for three years. Mathews also has international experience with the USA National Team. He represented the U.S. at the 2003 FIVB NORCECA Youth World Qualifier in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and the 2005 NORCECA Junior World Qualifier in Winnipeg, Canada. In 2006, he competed at the FIVB Junior World Championships in Visakhapatnam, India. From 2008-09, he trained with Team USA in Anaheim, CA under Olympic gold medal-winning coaches Hugh McCutcheon and Ron Larson. At The Ohio State University, Mathews was a two-time NCAA DI First-Team All-American (2007, 2008) and a two-time Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) Player of the Year. He earned MIVA First-Team All-Conference honors three times, was the 2005 MIVA Freshman of the Year, and helped lead OSU to two NCAA DI Final Four appearances, two MIVA Championships, and two MIVA Tournament titles. Mathews graduated from Ohio State in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in Medieval European History. He was a three-time Ohio State Scholar-Athlete and the 2008 Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient. He later earned a master’s degree in Sport Management from Cardinal Stritch in 2020 and is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Educational Leadership at USF. A 2004 graduate of Shorewood High School in Milwaukee, WI, Mathews was a two-time Wisconsin State Player of the Year in boys’ volleyball. He is the proud father of two sons, Lucas and Thomas, who enjoy soccer, video games, the beach, camping, and reading. USF Records and Accomplishments -         - 63 wins entering the 2025 season - 2022 NSIC Tournament appearance -  Six wins against Top-25 Teams - One Freshman Player of the Year (Sadie Voss- 2022) - Seven All-NSIC Honorees - Three Myles Brand Award Recipients - 16 NSIC All-Academic Honorees - 20 NISC All-Academic Team of Excellence Honorees - 12 D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award Recipients - One NSIC Honor Student Athlete (Krista Goerger 2021-22) - AVCA Team Academic Award (2024-25) Mathews Year-by-Year Year School Overall Conf. Finish 2014 (Men) Clarke 24-7 6-2 --- 2015 (Men) Clarke 6-1 2-0 --- 2016-17 (Women) Cardinal Stritch 19-21 12-7 3rd 2016-17 (Men) Cardinal Stritch 28-6 8-3 2nd 2017-18 (Women) Cardinal Stritch 15-18 12-6 4th 2017-18 (Men) Cardinal Stritch 24-8 11-1 1st 2018-19 (Women) Cardinal Stritch 19-21 13-5 4th 2018-19 (Men) Cardinal Stritch 12-18 8-4 3rd 2019-20 (Women) Cardinal Stritch 10-18 9-9 9th 2019-20 (Men) Cardinal Stritch 13-3 9-0 1st* 2020 (Women) Sioux Falls --- --- ---* 2021 (Women) Sioux Falls 17-11 12-8 9th 2022 (Women) Sioux Falls 18-10 14-6 6th 2023 (Women) Sioux Falls 13-15 9-9 8th 2024 (Women) Sioux Falls 15-12 10-8 8th TOTAL   233-169 135-68   *Covid shortened or canceled seasons Updated:7/2025

Maura Chadwick is in her fourth season as the assistant coach of Cougar Volleyball. In the 2024 season the Cougars finsihed the season 15-12 and 8th in the conference standings. They had 8 athletes that were awarded All-Academic Team of Excellence and 4 who were named to th eNSIC All-Academic Team. Prior to joining USF, Chadwick served as a graduate assistant and volunteer assistant at Northern State University in Aberdeen, South Dakota. During her time with the Wolves, she specialized in defense and serve receive. During her time at Northern State, the Wolves finished eighth in the AVCA Division II poll and earned the 2019 NSIC Conference Title. Chadwick then became the assistant coach at Presentation College in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Chadwick played three years at Simpson College where she was a three-year letter winner while also earning the Freshman of the Year award in 2015 and being named Academic All-Conference two out of her three seasons. Before her time at Simpson College, Chadwick was a two-time volleyball all-state academic team member, a two-year letter winner in basketball, a three-year letter winner in track and field and a member of the National Honor Society at Bemidji High School. Chadwick graduated Simpson College in 2019 with her degree in athletic training and exercise science with a minor in coaching followed by a masters in sport performance and leadership at Northern State University in 2021. Updated: 5/2025

McCartney, the Cougars have posted a 78-85 overall record and 31-49 mark in four years as members of the NSIC. The Cougars have made two postseason appearances in four years, earning berths into the NSIC Tournament in 2013 and 2014.  In January of 2016, McCartney was inducted into the Winthrop University Athletics Hall of Fame, where he was head coach from 2001-2006, earning five Big South Conference Championships and five NCAA Tournament berths.  In 2015, a young Cougars team started out the season 8-0 before finishing the season with a 13-16 record, including a 5-15 performance in NSIC play. The Cougars saw the development of four freshmen who were thrust into the lineup during their maiden collegiate campaigns.  Behind middle blockers Jordan Calef and Lexi Scott's stout blocking -- both finished top 10 in the NSIC and top 50 in NCAA D2 in blocks per set -- the Cougars were third in the NSIC and 20th in Division II with 2.41 stuffs per set.  The Cougars finished the 2014 season with a 17-14 record and made their second conseuctive NSIC Tournament, earning the No. 8 seed after an 11-9 league mark. The Cougars' five-set win over cross-town rival Augustana earned them the tiebreaker and final spot in the NSIC Tournament.  Outside hitter Emily Johnson led the Cougars with 398 kills to eclipse the 1,000 kills threshold with 1,094 in USF's NCAA Division II era. McCartney led USF to have the sixth-best attack percentage (.224)  and seventh-best block per set average (1.86) in the NSIC.  McCartney guided the Cougars to a 19-12 (10-10 NSIC) record in 2013, a five-win improvement from the previous season. USF also doubled its conference win total (5-15 in 2012) to finish 7th in the NSIC standings and earn the programs first-ever bid to the NSIC postseason tournament. USF got off to a 7-1 start and improved its hitting percentage for the third straight season, ranking sixth in the NSIC with a percentage of .226, an improvement of 11 points from the previous year. The Cougars notched a pair of signature wins in 2013, first battling back from two sets down to defeat rival Augustana College for the first time in more than 30 years. The Rally Cats appeared again in late October to pull off the biggest win in program history, rallying from a 2-0 deficit to stun the sixth-ranked Southwest Minnesota State Mustangs for USFs first-ever win against a NCAA Division II-ranked opponent.

McCartney previously spent five seasons as an assistant coach for the Winthrop Eagles from 2001-06. Prior to her tenure at Winthrop, McCartney served as a volunteer coach at the University of Oklahoma in 2000. McCartney served as an assistant coach at Bellevue University for the four years (1996-99) that her husband, head coach Joel McCartney, led the program. The two have joined efforts in coaching since 1996. She also served as an assistant to the Nebraska Tornados, a NVA league professional team, in 1998. One of McCartney's great passions is the development of youth volleyball and seeing youth athletes succeed. Throughout her coaching career, McCartney has held several youth volleyball clinics and also served as a junior development head coach for the Midlands Volleyball Club from 1997-99. McCartney was a four-year letter-winner (1992-96) at Bellevue University, where she earned MCAC First Team and NAIA All-Region honors at the outside hitter position. She also played one season for the Nebraska Tornados in the NVA Professional League as a defensive specialist in 1997. She is married to Cougars' head volleyball coach Joel McCartney. The couple has two children, a daughter Kate (10), and son James (8).