TERRE HAUTE, IN ? Indiana State University Director of Athletics Ron Prettyman announced today that Traci Dahl has accepted an offer to become the head volleyball coach at Indiana State University.
"I am pleased to welcome Traci Dahl to our Sycamore coaching family,” Prettyman said. “Coach Dahl brings a wealth of experience and success as a student athlete and as a coach. She has been a key to the success of her programs as a player and a coach. She will be a tremendous asset to our program as we continue to strive for excellence in the Indiana State University Athletics Department. Please join me in welcoming her to our Terre Haute community and to Indiana State University."
Dahl was an All-American middle blocker and a member of Long Beach State's 1993 national championship team. Most recently, Dahl has been the assistant volleyball coach at Cal State-Fullerton (2005-2007) and comes to Indiana State with an impressive list of accomplishments.
Before becoming the assistant at Cal State-Fullerton, Dahl spent one year (2004) as an assistant at Hofstra University (Long Island, NY) where the Pride finished 19-10 and was a semifinalist in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Before that, Dahl was a teacher and head volleyball coach at Downey High School (Downey, CA) from 1998-2004. Her first team finished fourth in the San Gabriel Valley League but finished runner-up in the league the next three seasons. In her final three years at Downey, the Vikings went undefeated and won three straight SGVL titles. During her tenure at Downey, Dahl had 17 athletes earn All SGVL first-team honors, 10 earn second-team honors, three were named the league MVP and nine earned All CIF Southern Section Team recognition.
Dahl began her coaching career at Cerritos Community College (Cerritos, CA) as an assistant volleyball coach (1995-1997).
Dahl also coached Club West's 17 and under team in LaVerne, CA, (2006-2007), which placed fifth overall out of 81 teams at the Reno Volleyball Festival in Reno, NV.
Dahl prepped at Gahr High School in Cerritos and won All-San Gabriel Valley League honors as well as a 1989 CIF championship. She was named co-MVP of the league in 1990.
She began her collegiate career at Cerritos Community College (1991-1992) where she was named the South Coast Conference Player of the Year twice. She was a second team All-American in 1991 and a first team All-American in 1992. Cerritos won the state championship in 1992 and Dahl was named the California State Player of the Year.
Dahl finished her collegiate career at Long Beach State (Long Beach, CA) where she was a member of the National Championship team in 1993 and was also named to the second team All Big West. Dahl was first team All Big West and second team All-American in 1994.
Dahl graduated from Cerritos Community College with an Associate of Arts degree in General Education. She received her BA in Physical Education from Long Beach State in 1997 and completed her Masters in Education at the National University in Costa Mesa in 2004.
