Doug Tabbert

Doug Tabbert

Doug Tabbert took over the WWU volleyball program in June 2019.

In his second season at William Woods, the Owls went 12-4 overall and undefeated in AMC Play with a 9-0 record. Coach Tabbert grabbed a win against Columbia College for the first time in 28 years. He helped the Owls earn the program’s first AMC Regular Season Champions, and also the first time ever appearance in the NAIA National Championship. Their season came to an end after falling to Ottawa (Kan.) in the Opening Round of the NAIA National Championship. The Owls earned seven All-Conference selections, and 11 players were named to Academic All-AMC Team.

In his first season at the helm, Tabbert led the Owls to a fourth-place finish in the AMC. The team finished with a 19-19 record, 9-3 in conference. The Owls fell in the semifinals of the AMC Championship.

Tabbert comes to WWU after spending two seasons as the assistant coach at Benedictine College. He helped lead the volleyball program to 38 wins and a second-round conference appearance through the two seasons.
 
Prior to BC, Tabbert was the head coach for three seasons at NCAA Division II Cameron University. Despite being picked to finish last in the pre-season conference poll, he led the team to more than double the number of conference wins from the previous season and earned the program's first conference tournament bid in four years.  
 
During his single season as an assistant at NCAA Division II South Dakota School of Mines, the volleyball program finished with its first winning record in three years and only the second winning season in the head coach's six-year tenure.  
 
During his four-year tenure as an assistant at NCAA Division II University of Nebraska at Kearney, the Lopers had an overall record of 129-17 and a conference record of 71-4 including four regular season conference championships, two conference tournament championships, four NCAA tournament appearances, and final national rankings of No. 19, No. 6, No. 12 and No. 5.  In addition, he served as the position coach for three different first-team all-American middle hitters and two all-American setters.
 
A native of Perry, Kan., Tabbert holds B.S. degrees in psychology and business administration from Baker University and a master's degree in developmental kinesiology from Bowling Green State University (Ohio).  In addition to coaching collegiately, he has provided mental skills training to numerous college athletes, including a member of the 1996 U.S. Summer Olympic team.