Sarah Volpe is entering her first season as an assistant coach with the California University of Pennsylvania swimming program in the 2011-12 campaign.
She comes to the program after serving the last four years as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan. Last season, the Eagles finished fourth at the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Championships and featured five All-MAC honorees.
Volpe was a four-year swimmer at Ohio, competing in the freestyle and butterfly, before working as a graduate assistant for two years with the Bobcats. She assisted with recruiting, was involved in competition-day preparations, planned and implemented daily workouts and used video analysis to improve technique.
In addition to her work with Ohio, Volpe was a camp counselor and assistant coach for Total Performance Swim Camps. During the summer of 2005, she was an assistant coach at Hoover High School in North Canton, Ohio.
Prior to her time at Ohio, Volpe earned four letters in swimming and was a first-team all-league performer at Hoover High School.
A native of Canton, Ohio, Volpe earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise psychology from Ohio in 2005 before completing a master’s degree in coaching education in 2007.
