HEAD COACH - TOBY PARKER

Hired in the spring of 2005, in only four seasons at the helm, Toby Parker has amassed an impressive 110-32 overall record. In his fourth season as head women’s volleyball coach his team finished with an overal record of 32-8, winning conference and state titles for the third consecutive season. His team was ranked in the top ten in the nation for NJCAA Division III all season and finished the season ranked #3. MATC fell one match short of the national tournament but earned two All-Americans in one season for the first time in program history. Actually, all five MATC women’s volleyball All-Americans have come during Parker’s tenure.

Parker came to MATC with a wealth of coaching experience at both the high school and USA Volleyball Junior Olympic level. In the sixteen years prior to MATC, he compiled a cumulative record of 481-257 (.652) coaching high school, club and college teams. His athletes and teams also achieved success at conference, state and national levels.

During his high school coaching career, Parker produced thirty-four high school all-conference players, six conference Players-of-the-Year award winners and sent over thirty of his former players on to compete at the collegiate level. Parker has also seen three of his former players become college All-Americans and had the privilege of coaching a former Olympian. Parker founded the Midwest Juniors Volleyball Club in 1998 and the club is currently one of the largest Junior Olympic volleyball programs in the state of Wisconsin.

Coach Parker is a former indoor AA club player and a professional outdoor player, competing on both the Eastern Volleyball Association tour as well as the Midwest Volleyball Professionals tour. Parker was born and raised in Madison, WI. He currently lives in Verona, WI with his wife, Holly, their daughter, Grace and triplets, Emma, Chloe and Cody. In addition to coaching at MATC, Parker owns his own business, The Sports Management Group.

 ASSISTANT COACH - LESLIE NEWELL

Leslie Newell is in her second year as MATC assistant women’s volleyball coach. Newell grew up in Merrillville, Indiana and attended Merrillville High School. As middle blocker in high school, she was named the Merrillville Times Co-Player-of-the-Year in her senior season.

After high school she signed with the University of Cincinnati. At the University of Cincinnati she excelled. In her senior year, Newell served as a team captain and ranked fifth in Conference USA with a .322 hitting percentage. Her career totals rank her in the top ten in University of Cincinnati history in block assists and hitting percentage, while also finishing her career with 953 kills. Newell also holds the fourth and fifth highest single match hitting performances in school history.

Newell graduated with a major in finance in 2004 and currently works as a Financial Planner in addition to coaching youth volleyball. She has helped coach several volleyball clubs and camps including Dunes and Midwest Juniors Volleyball.