About Coach Dawn
I’m Dawn Redd and I’m a coach. I believe in the power of sport to teach winning and losing with grace, to inspire its participants to excel, and to create a common goal for the greater good.
Currently I’m the head volleyball coach and department grant writer at Beloit College. Our volleyball team has made it to our conference tournament four of the five years that I’ve been here, earned the best winning percentage in school history, I’ve been named conference coach of the year, and the team has won our conference tournament to earn an NCAA Tournament bid. I’ve also coached at the high school, club, Division I and III levels…taking my first collegiate head coaching job at age 24 with the University of Rochester. After playing volleyball at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I accepted a coaching internship working with the men’s and women’s teams at Princeton University and I’ve been coaching (and learning!) ever since.
This blog is a place to discuss coaching techniques and a space for us to make each other better at our craft. Enjoy!
Denise
August 31, 2010 at 2:45 pm
Great!! I have passed on to all of our female coaches. Keep up the good work! Good luck with your volleyball season.
Coach Dawn
September 1, 2010 at 10:26 am
Thanks…and will do! Thanks for coming by and passing it along.
Todd
August 26, 2010 at 8:00 am
I would love to use some of your posts at my website, http://www.dfwfootball.net. Let me know if that’s ok. Thanks.
Coach Dawn
August 26, 2010 at 8:20 am
Definitely Todd…just link back to the site. Thanks for coming by!
Mary
August 16, 2010 at 11:42 am
Dawn,
I really enjoy reading your posts. I have gotten some great ideas from the book section as well. I will be sure to keep reading and share with other coaches that I know.
Thank you for sending me the link! Good luck this season!
Coach Dawn
August 16, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Thanks Mary…glad you liked it!
Vicky (Foster) Eggleston
August 5, 2010 at 10:53 am
Hi Dawn, Love the blog–great idea–keep up the good work!
Coach Dawn
August 5, 2010 at 11:45 am
Thanks so much Vicky…glad you came by!
Bruce Moriarty
August 3, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Hey Dawn! I tinker with blogging as well, but probably not as cool – or interactive – as yours. I’ll be checkin’ back often! Good luck this season!
http://www.neenah.k12.wi.us/nhs/athletics/volleyball/GVBlog/
Coach Dawn
August 4, 2010 at 7:44 am
Hey Bruce! Glad you stopped by…I’ll check out your blog today.
Colleen Bayer
August 3, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Dawn…you’re a stud. I love the site and have already passed it on to a bunch of people. I’ll be leaving comments!
Colleen
Coach Dawn
August 3, 2010 at 4:25 pm
Thanks Neels…glad you stopped by!
Celia Slater
August 2, 2010 at 11:58 am
This is great Dawn! Post a link to this Blog on the NCAA WCA Peeps! Facebook page…Way to go…proud of you!
Coach Dawn
August 2, 2010 at 4:58 pm
Thanks so much Celia…you’re the best. (Now I’ve got to go create a Facebook page!)
Peggy
July 31, 2010 at 2:53 pm
Dawn,
This is great stufff. I’ll be back in periodically — maybe I’ll have something to contribute one day. For now, I’ll let you coaches be together and share. When I read something that I feel I can comment on more fully, then I will. Good luck! I’ll be watching…..
Coach Dawn
August 1, 2010 at 3:16 pm
Thanks for stopping by Peggy…don’t be a stranger!