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05/09/2012 Alabama Volleyball Adds Precilla Duke-Ezeji to 2012 Incoming ClassDuke-Ezeji to transfer from UCLA to be part of Crimson Tide volleyball 05/02/2012 Volleyball Announces Schedule for 2012 CampaignCrimson Tide set to play 31 matches and compete in three tournaments 04/17/2012 Volleyball Adds Two During April Signing PeriodLaura Steiner and Yukie Fatumi to join Crimson Tide for 2012 campaign 11/17/2011 Volleyball Announces Four Signees For 2012Crimson Tide adds a setter, two outside hitters and a middle blocker for next season 10/28/2011 Volleyball Rolls Georgia in Straight SetsCrimson Tide sweeps season series against Bulldogs Director of Athletics Mal Moore announced the hiring of Ed Allen as the head women's volleyball coach at the University of Alabama on Jan. 10, 2011. Allen comes to Alabama after being named the 2010 Conference USA Coach of the Year and the 2010 AVCA Midwest Regional Coach of the Year at the University of Tulsa. Allen, who becomes the fourth head coach in the 30-year history of the Alabama volleyball program, led Tulsa to a school record 31 wins, including a perfect 20-0 record in C-USA, this past season. The 20 conference wins also set a new school mark. He also guided the Golden Hurricane to the school's first ever NCAA Tournament victory, a 3-0 upset win over No. 13 seeded LSU in December. Tulsa captured the 2010 CUSA regular season title for the second time in school history, the first coming in 2006, Allen's first year with the program. He led Tulsa to 31-3 campaign and a second round finish in the NCAA Tournament in 2010. In five seasons at Tulsa, Allen led his team to at least 20 wins each year, and compiled an overall record of 133-37 (.782) with a 65-19 (.774) conference mark. He was the fastest Golden Hurricane coach to reach 100 wins since the program began in 1976, accumulating more wins in the first five seasons than any other coach in the history of the program. A total of 24 Tulsa volleyball players were all-conference selections during Allen's tenure, including nine first team selections, two player of the year honorees, one setter of the year honoree, and one freshman of the year awardee. In 2010, Tyler Henderson was named the C-USA Player of the Year, and garnered her second straight AVCA All-American selection. Henderson was the second all-American for Tulsa to be coached by Allen. In his last eight seasons as a head coach, Allen guided his teams to eight regular season or tournament championships. His first squad (2006) at Tulsa won the C-USA regular season title, while his second (2007) won the C-USA postseason tournament crown, earning the school's first NCAA Tournament berth. By defeating regular season champion Marshall and defending tournament champion UAB, Allen led the Golden Hurricane to their first-ever NCAA Regional with Conference USA's automatic bid in 2007. The Hurricane set 13 school records during the 2007 season. In 2006, Allen not only led the Golden Hurricane to their first-ever conference regular season title, but he also led TU to a then school record 13 league victories. The 27 wins were also, at the time, the most victories for a TU squad since the NCAA officially recognized the sport with a championship in 1982. In 19 years as a collegiate head coach, Allen has compiled a 494-183 (.730) career coaching mark, while coaching 61 all-conference performers and eight conference player of the year selections. Allen has earned conference coach of the year honors six times in his career, including the 2006 and 2010 Conference USA Coach of the Year awards. Prior to going to Tulsa, Allen spent three seasons (2003-05) as the head volleyball coach at Presbyterian College in Clinton, South Carolina. During his tenure, Allen's teams compiled an overall 94-18 record, a 39-3 conference mark, won three straight South Atlantic Conference Championships, two conference tournament titles and qualified for the NCAA Division II National Tournament twice. At Presbyterian, Allen coached three conference players of the year, two conference tournament MVPs, one freshman of the year, 12 all-conference players, five all-region selections, and two all-Americans. Before that, Allen spent 11 years as head coach of the Anderson University volleyball program in Anderson, Ind. During his tenure, he built the program into one of the premier NCAA Division III programs in the nation. His teams compiled a program-record 11 straight winning seasons, including nine 20-win seasons, won 17 tournament titles, and posted a 267-128 (.676) career record. He coached 34 all-conference, 23 all-tournament, and two conference player of the year selections during his tenure with the Ravens. Allen also served as assistant director of athletics at Anderson University for seven years where he was responsible for facility management. He is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and in the past served on the NCAA Division II Head Coaches Committee, NCAA Division II South Region Poll Committee, and NCAA Division II South Region Player Committee while at Presbyterian. In five of his final six years at Anderson, Allen's teams earned Academic All-America mention and in each of his 11 years as head coach at Anderson the team compiled at least a 3.0 GPA. He also coached four academic all-region and two academic all-American selections at Anderson. Prior to moving to the collegiate level, Allen was an assistant volleyball coach at Pendleton Heights (Ind.) High School for three years (1989-91) and also had a two-year mark of 33-6 as the junior varsity coach. Allen earned his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1988 and his master's degree in athletic administration in 1996, both from Ball State (Ind.) University. Allen, 46, and his wife, Karis, have three sons: Drake, Payton and Nolan. Division I Year-by-year Records Tulsa Head Coach (2006-10) Year Overall Rec. CUSA Rec. (Place) Post Season 2010 31-3 20-0 (1st) CUSA Champions, 2nd Round NCAA Tournament, defeated LSU (3-0) in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament, broke school record for wins (31) 2009 26-7 13-3 (2nd) CUSA Tournament Finalist 2008 21-11 8-8 (5th) CUSA Tournament Quarterfinals 2007 27-9 11-5 (4th) CSUA Tournament Title, school's first ever NCAA Tournament Appearance (1st Round) tied school record for wins (27) 2006 27-6 13-3 (1st) Tulsa's first ever conference title; Set school record for wins (27) Total 133-37 65-19 |
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