Darcy Thompson

    Joining the Youngstown State volleyball program in 2008 is first-year assistant coach Darcy Thompson.
    Last season, Thompson helped guide the Wildcats to a 17-12 overall record and a 9-5 mark in the Big East. She also coached Villanova's first AVCA Honorable Mention All-American Alona Cherkez.
    Prior to joining the Villanova staff, Thompson spent the 2006 season as a volunteer assistant at the University of Dayton.
    During her season at UD, the Flyers posted a 22-11 record for the season and advanced to the championship match of the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
    In addition, Faye Barhorst earned honorable mention All-America honors from the AVCA and Amanda Robbe was cited for her academic success on the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
    Prior to joining the Dayton staff, Thompson was a standout player at Robert Morris University, and she spent the 2005 season as an assistant coach at the University. The Colonials went 16-13 in 2005 and reached the Northeast Conference championship match.
    During her playing career at Robert Morris, Thompson was the team's starting libero and in the summer after her graduation was chosen to play on the Bringit Promotion USA Select volleyball team.
    Thompson was a two-time All-Northeast Conference first team selection and she owns the top two Robert Morris single-season dig records with 718 (2004) and 576 (2003), respectively.
    She was ranked nationally in digs per game during her junior and senior seasons and rates second in school history with 1,583 digs.
    Thompson graduated from Robert Morris with a bachelor's degree in Marketing in the spring of 2005 and a master's degree in Communications Information Systems in the winter of 2005.