MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Alabama State University head volleyball coach Penny Lucas-White has announced the addition of former Alabama-Birmingham all-conference performer Eliane Dillard to the Lady Hornets coaching staff as assistant coach.
“I am excited to get someone of Eliane’s experience join our coaching staff,” Lucas-White said. “She brings the experience of being a great player and she has several years of experience in translating her playing experience into coaching experience. She has had tremendous success everywhere she has been and she will be a valuable member of this program.”
Dillard comes to ASU from Birmingham where she was the assistant coach at Homewood High School. While in Birmingham she was also head coach of the Boom Volleyball Club.
She has also spent time as an assistant coach at the University of West Alabama and as an assistant at Independence Community College in Independence, Kan., and at Coffeyville Community College in Coffeyville, Kansas.
Dillard played two years at Cowley County Community College where she was a two-time National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) All-American (2005, 2006). She was also named to the NJCAA All Region VI team and was a Kansas Junior College Conference All-Conference performer during those same years.
Following her graduation from Cowley, Dillard played her final two years at the University of Alabama Birmingham where she was Conference USA’s (C-USA) Newcomer-of-the-Year in 2007. She followed that up with a C-USA First Team All-Conference selection in 2008 as well as being named to the C-USA All-Tournament Team.
She graduated from UAB with a degree in Foreign Languages with a concentration in Spanish.
“I am so excited to be a part of this great and successful program,” Dillard said. “I am ready to share my knowledge and experience with these talented young student-athletes.”
