Western Washington University Women's Volleyball

Diane Flick-Williams will be in her 26th season as the head coach of WWU volleyball program in 2025 ... is the most successful coach in program history, both in terms of wins (averaging better than 21 wins per season) and winning percentage (.781) ... Owns an all-time head coaching record of 530-149 for a .781 winning percentage ... Guided the Vikings to 17 seasons of 20 or more victories, 16 NCAA postseason appearances, and 11 Great Northwest Athletic Conference championships, receiving GNAC Coach of the Year honors 11times ... WWU won four consecutive GNAC titles (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021), combining to go 109-16 over that stretch (74-4 in conference play). NCAA Championships: WWU has appeared in 10 of the last 12 NCAA II championships, including advancing to the NCAA Final Four in 2016, 2018 and 2021 ... played for the national title in 2018, falling to Tampa in a five-set thriller in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ... Flick-Williams also led the Vikings to the national title match in 2007 ... in 16 trips to the NCAA II Championships the Vikings have combined for a 26-16 record in the postseason and won four West Regional titles. Lasting Success: Since 2016 the Vikings have gone 213-58 (.786) and from 2016-2022 had a 189-32 (.855) ... In her 25 seasons as Vikings head coach she as only 1 season with a win percentage under .500 ... WWU has recorded a 20-win season in 10 of the last 12 seasons ... the Vikings have finished either No. 1 (11 times) or No. 2 (7 times) in 16 of the 23 seasons in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference ... WWU had a 57-match league winning streak from 2000-04, at the time the fourth longest conference string in NCAA II history ... In 2003, WWU posted the best record in school history, finishing 24-2 (92.3), and reaching the West Regional semifinals ... Directed the Vikings to the first three league titles in school history from 2001 to 2003, going unbeaten in league play each of those years. WWU had a school-record 24-match winning streak in 2003. Tough in Carver Gym: The Vikings have won 46 of their last 56 matches on WECU Court in Carver Gym and are 77-11 since moving back into the renovated facility to start the 2017 season. During the 24 seasons with head coach Diane Flick-Williams at the helm of the program the Vikings have combined to go 206-26 (.888) in Carver. Since debuting the new Taraflex court in 2021 the Vikings are 37-10.  Prior to WWU: Played collegiately at the University of Washington, where she was a four-year letter winner and was team MVP her junior and senior years ... ranked third in UW history in career assists with 2,624 despite spending nearly half of her time as an outside hitter ... earned a bachelor's degree in speech communications in 1993, and in 1996 became an assistant coach for the Huskies, spending four seasons in that position and being a part of the UW's national tournament appearances in 1996 and 1997 ... completed a master's degree in coaching and sports administration from Concordia-Irvine in 2014. Prep Career: Was a three-sport letter winner at Mountain View High School in Vancouver and was the first inductee into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame ... All-State selection and Greater St. Helens League Player of the Year in volleyball as a senior ... inducted into the USA Volleyball Puget Sound Region Hall of Fame in 2011. The Family: Married to Laurrah Flick-Williams and they have a daughter, Chayse Mingah ... Chayse is a member of the WWU volleyball and softball program as a redshirt freshman. Year-by-Year Results Overall Conference Year W L Pct. W L Pct. Finish 2000 24 9 .727 16 2 .889 2nd 2001 24 5 .828 18 0 1.000 1st 2002 23 3 .885 18 0 1.000 1st 2003 24 2 .923 18 0 1.000 1st 2004 18 7 .720 14 4 .778 2nd 2005 18 9 .667 13 5 .722 4th 2006 18 7 .720 14 2 .875 2nd 2007 26 5 .839 17 1 .944 1st 2008 21 3 .875 13 3 .813 2nd 2009 17 10 .630 10 6 .625 3rd 2010 20 4 .833 16 2 .889 T1st 2011 16 6 .727 14 4 .778 2nd 2012 24 4 .857 16 2 .889 1st 2013 23 4 .852 16 2 .889 1st 2014 21 7 .750 14 4 .778 3rd 2015 27 6 .818 17 3 .850 2nd 2016 23 8 .742 17 3 .850 2nd 2017 27 4 .871 19 1 .950 1st 2018 30 4 .882 20 0 1.000 1st 2019 27 3 .900 18 2 .900 1st 2020 9 2 .818 0 0 --- --- 2021 25 5 .833 17 1 .944 1st 2022 21 6 .778 16 2 .889 2nd 2023 12 14 .462 12 6 .667 3rd 2024 12 12 .500 11 7 .611 4th Career 530 149 .781 374 62 .858 Milestone Victories 1  Aug. 30, 2000  vs. Sonoma State (3-1)  5  Sept. 2, 2000  vs. UC Santa Cruz (3-1)  10  Sept. 21, 2000  at Western Oregon (3-2)  25  Aug. 25, 2001  vs. Mesa State (3-1)  50  Aug. 30, 2002  vs. UC San Diego (3-2)  100  Sept. 10, 2004  vs. Northwest Nazarene (3-1)  150  Nov. 3, 2007  at Northwest Nazarene (3-1)  200  Sept. 12, 2010  at Central Washington (3-2)  250  Nov. 1, 2012  vs. Alaska Anchorage (3-0)  300  Sept. 9, 2014  vs. Hawaii-Pacific (3-1) 350 Sept. 24, 2016 vs. Alaska Fairbanks (3-0) 400 Sept. 6, 2018 vs. Seattle Pacific (3-1) 450 Nov. 23, 2019 at Northwest Nazarene (3-1) 500 Oct. 20, 2022 Alaska Fairbanks (3-0) Updated Aug. 6, 2025

Joins the WWU program as lead assistant coach prior to 2025 season ... Magraw comes to WWU after working for the University of Washington for 4 seasons most recently as an assistant coach in 2023-24. At UW Magraw worked closely with the back row, which were key parts of Huskies success over Magraw's tenure. As a member of UW's Coaching staff Magraw help the Huskies to 3 NCAA Touranment appearances ... A former standout student-athlete for the Huskies in both indoor and beach volleyball earning four varsity letters from 2012-15 as a defensive specialist. Magraw was a part of the winnigest indoor class in school history going 117-16 (.880) with four consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament. As a member of the UW Beach Volleyball program she was named the 2016 Pac-12 Scholar Athlete of the Year. Magraw Graduated Cum Laude From UW with a degree in communications. Magraw's collegiate coaching at the University of Portland as an assistant coach for indoor and beach from 2019-21 ... She also coached at the club level with Sudden Impact in Bellevue in 2015 and She was the head varsity and junior varsity coach at The Overlake School from 2017-18 where she was selected as the Emerald City League Coach of the Year. Magraw has strong ties to WWU with her mother and two grandparents graduating from Western. Her mother, Annette Duvall, was a standout for the women's soccer team in the 1980s, and was inducted into the WWU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994.