Leslie Gabriel Takes Charge Of Husky Volleyball

[tomclen]

Seattle Times 1/1/23 story on Gabriel's timing:



From the article:

When Jim McLaughlin, the main architect of Washington’s sustained volleyball success, stepped down as Husky head coach after the 2014 season to take the Notre Dame job, he called his assistant, Leslie Gabriel, to break the news.

“Hey, Tui, I’m moving on,’’ McLaughlin said, using her still-prevalent nickname, a nod to Gabriel’s well-known family name, Tuiasosopo. “Would you consider putting your name in?”

As much as Gabriel coveted the job at her alma mater, where she had been a star blocker from 1995-98, she knew the timing was all wrong. She and her husband, Anthony Gabriel, had three children age 4 and younger, including a 2-month-old.

“The great thing about our program is it’s not broke,’’ Gabriel said. “I don’t need to come in and reinvent the wheel with anything. There’s a lot of already great foundations that have been set and carried on that I will continue to carry on.”

Read the full story HERE

[snickers]

Great article. She seems like the perfect coach.

[dawgs4life]

So it may or may not mean anything but Vansant posted on IG that she's in Seattle.

[Huskyfan]

I think her husband is from the Seattle area ...

[edlake]

I would love Courtney to return, pair her with Kristin or Kylin and think you have a pretty good group. Tama may not be interested, wouldn't it be a pretty good pay cut?https://volleytalk.proboards.com/post/new/92525

[luckydawg]

Jan 14, 2023 19:06:00 GMT -5 edlake said:

I would love Courtney to return, pair her with Kristin or Kylin and think you have a pretty good group. Tama may not be interested, wouldn't it be a pretty good pay cut?https://volleytalk.proboards.com/post/new/92525

Kylin was recently announced as a volunteer assistant at Minnesota. Courtney left her Stanford position after a short time, so not sure if it's something she wants do again.

[gobruins]

Jan 14, 2023 19:06:00 GMT -5 edlake said:

I would love Courtney to return, pair her with Kristin or Kylin and think you have a pretty good group. Tama may not be interested, wouldn't it be a pretty good pay cut?https://volleytalk.proboards.com/post/new/92525

Hiring great Huskies and hoping they become great coaches is not the way to go. If Leslie hires great coaches, they will become great Huskies.

[luckydawg]

Tui's introductory press conference is today at 11. Hoping she names the assistant coaches at that time.

[huskyvolley]

Jan 19, 2023 13:28:32 GMT -5 luckydawg said:

Tui's introductory press conference is today at 11. Hoping she names the assistant coaches at that time.

Is there a link to the press conference?

[luckydawg]

Jan 19, 2023 14:19:08 GMT -5 huskyvolley said:

Jan 19, 2023 13:28:32 GMT -5 luckydawg said:

Tui's introductory press conference is today at 11. Hoping she names the assistant coaches at that time.

Is there a link to the press conference?

I haven't seen that it's being streamed. We'll have to rely on VT or UW recap after.

[huskyvolley]

I did notice that Jess Aschenbrenner has recently followed the UW instagram account. She is currently the Associate Head Coach at Santa Clara and previously at Denver. I wonder if she is one of the candidates

[johnnyo]

No news on assistants during the press conference other than Leslie saying she is being diligent in the process.

[redbeard2008]

Jan 19, 2023 14:32:08 GMT -5 luckydawg said:

Jan 19, 2023 14:19:08 GMT -5 huskyvolley said:

Is there a link to the press conference?

I haven't seen that it's being streamed. We'll have to rely on VT or UW recap after.

Article in the Seattle Times: Strike up the band: Leslie Gabriel makes entrance as UW’s volleyball coach

Thought this was interesting:

Gabriel said she always wants to be competing for national and Pac-12 championships, but the focus at the moment is getting “more mechanically sound.”

“We’re going to be pretty young but there is a lot of opportunity here,” she said. “People will come out and shine who haven’t played that much, which I am really excited about.”

[alwayslearning]

Thanks for sharing -- good article and I agree those last couple comments are interesting.

[luckydawg]

This looks to be a very good hire. Not much flash but a lot of substance New Coach