Post by notpriddy (COIF) on Sept 4, 2019 6:21:04 GMT -5
I have become an Eve Rackham fan. Her success last season in her first year as a head coach got hear a lot of attention. I am curious to follow her and her Tennessee team this season to see if they can make a similar run. Coach Rackham and the Volleyball Vols deserve some space on Volleytalk.
Rackham was hired to replace Rob Patrick in January of 2018. Coach Patrick's 21 year tenure at Tennessee could be described as legendary. Some might use different descriptive terms when talking about Patrick. He resigned after amassing 409 wins and one Final Four appearance in 2005. His recent teams had not made the NCAA tourney since 2012. I watched him coach in Huff at the 2011 Illini Classic, and his behavior on the sidelines could best be described as quirky. Watching Patrick on the sidelines was a show in itself. Notable in that Illini Classic was the play of Kelsey Robinson on the Tennessee team. (She was another great Illinois high school player who got away.) Robinson basically was the Tennessee team that season. As I remember, she controlled the play of the Vols on the volleyball court, telling players what to do as play was going on. Unfortunately for Tennessee, Robinson would later transfer to Nebraska. Patrick's teams became known for mass transfers out of the program.
Here is an article from the Knoxville News Sentinel by Al Lesar Jan.11, 2018 after Rackham was hired. "You have to continually remind yourself to be authentic, to be yourself".
www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/other-sports/2018/01/11/eve-rackham-plans-herself-tennessee-lady-vols-volleyball-coach/1022173001/
Rackham was hired to replace Rob Patrick in January of 2018. Coach Patrick's 21 year tenure at Tennessee could be described as legendary. Some might use different descriptive terms when talking about Patrick. He resigned after amassing 409 wins and one Final Four appearance in 2005. His recent teams had not made the NCAA tourney since 2012. I watched him coach in Huff at the 2011 Illini Classic, and his behavior on the sidelines could best be described as quirky. Watching Patrick on the sidelines was a show in itself. Notable in that Illini Classic was the play of Kelsey Robinson on the Tennessee team. (She was another great Illinois high school player who got away.) Robinson basically was the Tennessee team that season. As I remember, she controlled the play of the Vols on the volleyball court, telling players what to do as play was going on. Unfortunately for Tennessee, Robinson would later transfer to Nebraska. Patrick's teams became known for mass transfers out of the program.
Here is an article from the Knoxville News Sentinel by Al Lesar Jan.11, 2018 after Rackham was hired. "You have to continually remind yourself to be authentic, to be yourself".
www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/other-sports/2018/01/11/eve-rackham-plans-herself-tennessee-lady-vols-volleyball-coach/1022173001/
