Indiana State Director of Athletics Sherard Clinkscales announced February 7, 2017 that Lindsay Allman would become the ninth head coach in the history of the Indiana State Volleyball program.
She made an immediate impact in Terre Haute. In her inaugural season, Allman guided the Sycamores to a tied for fifth finish in the Missouri Valley Conference and led the program to its first-ever MVC Tournament win, a 3-0 victory over Drake.
“I am proud to announce that Lindsay Allman will be leading the Sycamore Volleyball program. Lindsay is an outstanding communicator, dedicated to the full student-athlete experience. She will build a championship culture on and off the floor,” Clinkscales said in the introductory announcement. “Lindsay embraces the challenge of competing in the rugged Missouri Valley Conference and to earn the opportunity to compete in the NCAA Tournament. She will be involved in this community and will grow the ISU Volleyball footprint across the Midwest.”
Allman moved to Terre Haute following a season as an assistant coach at Wake Forest, where she coached two players named to the All-ACC Freshmen Team in outside hitter Caroline Rassenfoss and middle blocker Caitlyn Della. It marked the first time a Demon Deacon had earned an all-conference honor since the 2014 season.
Along with coaching and recruiting responsibilities with the Demon Deacons, Allman also oversaw all camps as well as renovations to Reynolds Gymnasium, the home court of Wake Forest Volleyball.
Allman is no stranger to the Missouri Valley Conference as she spent three seasons at Bradley as the team’s recruiting coordinator. The 2013 season highlighted her time with Bradley as the team finished the season with 13 overall wins and seven conference wins, its most since 2005. The Braves also made their first Missouri Valley Conference Tournament appearance in eight years and had its first all-conference selection since 2006 in Amy Angelos.
In Allman’s first season, Bradley posted three road wins, matching the team’s road win total from the previous four seasons combined.
Prior to her time with the Braves, Allman had been a member of the Southern Miss staff for three seasons. In that time, she helped the Golden Eagles to a 63-32 overall record and the 2009 Conference USA regular-season championship.
In two seasons as a graduate assistant and one year as a full-time assistant in Hattiesburg, Miss., Allman’s on-court responsibilities included team serve, serve receive, passing, ball control and outside hitters. She also was in charge of video, scouting, travel, recruiting and fundraising in her final season with the Golden Eagles season after assisting with those areas as a graduate assistant in the two previous seasons.
A native of St. Louis, Mo. Allman graduated from Rockwood Summit High School. An all-district honoree as a high school player, she continued her career at Maine, where she racked up more than 1,000-career kills and 1,000-career digs as a four-year starter. She was the Black Bears’ team captain in 2008, when she went on to earn First Team All-America East Conference honors. Allman was also named to the America East Honor Roll in 2007 and 2008 in recognition of her success in the classroom.
Allman graduated from Maine in 2009 with her bachelor’s degree in mass communication and minors in public relations and child development. She went on to earn her master’s degree in social work from Southern Miss in 2011.
Allman is no stranger to Sycamore Athletics as her father, John Allman, a 1980 graduate of Indiana State was a decorated football star with the Sycamores. He was a three-time All-MVC selection from 1978-1980 as a defensive back with 13 career interceptions, including a school record three picks in one game. The four-year letterwinner went on to sign with the Saint Louis Cardinals in 1981.
Allman is married to William Dehler and resides in Terre Haute.
