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INLOW at a glance
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Texas ______Student Manager & Graduate Assistant 2012-18
KEVIN INLOW ASSISTANT COACH & RECRUITING COORDINATOR (THIRD SEASON) FOURTH SEASON | TEXAS (‘16)
EMILY STRACK ASSISTANT COACH (THIRD SEASON) | NORTH FLORIDA (‘14)
Kevin Inlow was named the assistant coach for the UNF Indoor Volleyball program in January of 2018. In June of 2020 he added the responsibility of recruiting coordinator.
In his first three seasons as an assistant with the UNF indoor program, UNF has garnered three ASUN Championship appearances, its first ASUN Championship Semifinals appearance since 2012 and its fair share of individual records and awards.
UNF claimed the second seed in the ASUN South Division in the Spring 2021 campaign, a year that saw the Ospreys go 10-10 and 8-4 in conference play. North Florida finished with its best winning percentage in ASUN play in program history, while reaching as high as an 87th RPI ranking, a vast improvement from UNF’s 257th finish in 2019. During the past three years UNF has claimed seven all-conference accolades, 13 ASUN weekly awards and has generated some of the most prolific individual match and season performances by its players.
The California native saw outside hitter Gabby O’Connell claim ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors, the first such honoree in UNF history. During the same season Rocio Moro was named ASUN Defensive Player of the Year and a first-team all-conference pick.
Outside hitter Solimar Cestero spearheaded an offense that finished the 2019 regular season fifth in the country in kills. 2019 freshman Julianna Askew led all NCAA Division I freshman in assists with 1,296 and classmate Rocio Moro posted 5.02 digs/set for 633, both the second-most in UNF history.
Inlow joins the Ospreys after spending the previous six seasons working as a manager and graduate assistant at the University of Texas. During his time in Austin he was part of five NCAA Final Four appearances and three NCAA Finals.
He worked with DataVolley and DataVideo in his time with the Longhorns, while also working on statistics and video. He was involved in all the travel and team meetings, and was responsible for running the Longhorns volleyball camps for three summers.
During the summer of 2017 he served as an assistant coach on the USA Volleyball junior national team, winning the gold in the Pan American Cup U20 event. Inlow also worked as a volunteer for the women’s national team during the 2015 campaign.
strack at a glance
COACHING EXPERIENCE:
North Florida ___________Assistant Coach (Indoor) 2019-Pres. Director of Operations (Indoor) 2018-2019 Assistant Coach (Beach) 2016-2019.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
North Florida ______________________
2010-2014 Indoor and Beach
Assistant Coach - Volleyball
Emily Strack just completed her third season with the indoor squad after a standout career on the court and in the sand for the Ospreys. Strack served as the indoor volleyball director of operations for one season before moving to an assistant coaching role. She also served as an assistant on the beach side for three seasons. The Fort Lauderdale native’s first dose of coaching at UNF came after joining as the volunteer beach coach for the 2016 ASUN Champion squad, the first title for the Ospreys since Strack’s senior season in 2013.
Coaching Career
In three seasons as an assistant coach with the beach volleyball program the Ospreys posted a 53-40 record, with the 20-win season in 2019 marking the most triumphs since the ASUN Championship year in 2016. During that season UNF knocked off No. 20 TCU, 3-2.
Strack first entered into the coaching world at Fletcher High School in Neptune Beach. Strack helped lead Fletcher to the Florida State High School Athletic Association Indoor State Championship in 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. During this time she was also an assistant director and coach for the Powers Volleyball Club. Under her direction she helped produce 20 Division I and Division II indoor and beach volleyball commits.
On the indoor side, Strack initially served as the director of volleyball operations, assisting with compliance coordination, data volley, scheduling of game and practice facilities, coordinating travel and other duties as assigned by Director of Volleyball, Kristen Wright.
After joining the indoor squad in 2018 UNF has clinched consecutive ASUN Championship berths, giving the Ospreys nine entires into conference postseason play in their 10 years of eligibility.
A setter during her playing days, UNF has had a pair of outstanding setters during her two years. In 2018 setter Madilyn McCarty tallied 1,050 assists while being one of the most versatile at her position. A year later freshman Julianna Askew led all NCAA Division I freshman with 1,296 assists while tallying seven double-doubles and a 70-assist outing against FIU Sept. 14. All-told, Strack has helped UNF tally four all-conference honorees and 10 ASUN weekly laurels since the fall of 2018.
In the spring of 2021 Strack saw UNF post one of its best seasons as part of its ASUN tenure. North Florida finished as the second seed in the ASUN South Division, posting an 8-4 record in conference competition, earning the squad’s first trip to the ASUN Semifinals since 2012.
UNF claimed two wins against ASUN South Division top-seed FGCU, finishing with a 10-10 overall record. Two ASUN superlative awards were garnered in 2021, with outside hitter Gabby O’Connell becoming the first ASUN Scholar-Athlete in program history and libero Rocio Moro earning the program’s first ASUN Defensive Player of the Year award since 2014.
Beach Volleyball Career
A point of Osprey history, Strack touts the title as the first beach signee for UNF when it became a sport, helping UNF earn its first win in program history, a triumph against Jacksonville. In 2012 she helped the Ospreys to the ASUN title and an appearance in the AVCA National Championship alongside her partner Dagnija Medina. Their national title run included wins against Hawaii and USC as they finished ninth as a pair. She helped UNF make it back-to-back titles and consecutive AVCA National Championship appearances the following year. Her and partner Anna Wagner picked up a victory against Florida State in the the national pairs tournament.
Strack finished her career with 40 individual victories, garnering first team all-conference selections three times. She was also a setter for the indoor program, helping UNF to their first ASUN Tournament finals appearance during the 2012 year.
Personal
In 2013 she graduated with a bachelor’s in communication. She put that degree to work, assuming the role of color commentator for ESPN3 and ESPN+ broadcasts for the 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons.
NOLAND at a glance
COACHING/WORK EXPERIENCE:
Harvest Christian Academy ______ Athletic Director 2017-20
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Guam Men’s National Indoor Team _______ 2017-20
Maranatha Baptist (Wis.) _______________ 2014-17
2021 NORTH FLORIDA VOLLEYBALL - @ospreyvb MATT NOLAND VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT (FIRST SEASON) MARANATHA BAPTIST (‘17)
Matt Noland joined the UNF volleyball coaching staff in July of 2021 as a volunteer assistant coach.
Noland most recently served in the same role at the University of Pittsburgh, seeing the Panthers to a 19-5 record and an NCAA Tournament Regional Final appearance. Here he worked with all-americans Kayla Lund, Chinaza Ndee and Chiamaka Nwokolo.
A native of Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada, Noland had the unique role as the director of athletics at Harvest Christian Academy in MongMong-Toto-Maite, Guam. He also was on the Guam Men’s National Indoor Volleyball Team beginning from 2017-20. He also founded and coached the Metgot Volleyball Club.
Noland earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Maranatha Baptist University in Wisconsin where he played club ball as captain for two-time AVCA NCCAA Coach of the Year, Regina DeLozier. He earned Wisconsin Volleyball Conference MVP honors and won the conference championship in 2017.
