Bren Stevens

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Bren Stevens
Head Coach
Bren Stevens
Lady Eagles             
16th Year

Entering her sixteenth season at the helm of the University of Charleston Volleyball Program, Dr. Bren Stevens has firmly established herself as the most successful coach in Lady Eagle volleyball history.  Stevens has raised a once struggling program up from the lower echelons to unprecedented heights and national recognition within NCAA II.  Last season Stevens led UC to a seventh national appearance in the NCAA II Volleyball Championships.

Now with an overall record of 432-151 (.740), in fifteen years of collegiate coaching,   Bren is considered to be one of the top coaches in the WVIAC conference.  Bren is ranked 15th on the active list of winning percentages by Head Coaches at the NCAA II level. Coach Stevens was appointed to the NCAA Volleyball Rules Committee in 2003 and she served as the Division II liaison for a four-year period.

Behind Stevens’ leadership the Lady Eagles have placed themselves among college volleyball’s elite, not only qualifying for seven NCAA Tournament appearances during the eleven years that the WVIAC has been a member of NCAA II. The Lady Eagles advanced to the round of the “Sweet Sixteen” in 1998.

STEVENS’ COACHING RECORD

 

Year                              Wins             Losses              NCAA Appearance

 

1993                              25                 6        

1994                              27                 13                    NAIA Tournament

1995                              35                 7                      NCAA Regional

1996                              35                 6

1997                              33                 6                      NCAA Regional

1998                              26                 11                    NCAA Sweet Sixteen

1999                              28                 10                    NCAA Regional

2000                              29                 11

2001                              29                 13

2002                              24                 16

2003                              27                 13

2004                              31                  7                    NCAA Regional

2005                              29                 11                   NCAA Regional

2006                              26                  8

2007                              28                 12                    NCAA Regional

 

                                   432                  151                .740%

Coach Stevens has been very active in her role as a leader by serving on NCAA Regional Advisory Committees for the Great Lakes and Atlantic Regions. Bren currently serves as the WVIAC liaison to the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Bren Stevens also serves in the role of Associate Director of Athletics and as an Assistant Professor within the Division of Business for the University of Charleston. Coach Stevens is an avid scuba diver and enjoys playing the piano. Coach Stevens will reach another milestone when she has the opportunity to watch her first player (Stacey Cannon) from Milwaukie, Oregon inducted into the UC Hall of Fame on October 11, 2008.