Women's Volleyball

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Biography:
Joe Harpring first joined the U.C. Clermont staff as an assistant volleyball coach in 2001.  He spent three years as assistant before being hired as the head coach in 2004.  In his prior four years as head coach, his teams have compiled a 58-29 record and have won four consecutive Ohio Regional Campus Conference (ORCC) West Division titles.  The 2004 championship was the first in the history of the Clermont volleyball program.  In 2006, the volleyball team achieved another first.  The Cougars received a bid to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) National Championship Tournament in Ft. Wayne, Indiana.  The team was also selected for the 2007 tournament.  Among other honors, Coach Harpring’s players have earned four USCAA All-American, three ORCC Most Valuable Player and fourteen ORCC First Team All-Conference awards.  Two of his former players have been inducted into the U.C. Clermont Athletic Hall of Fame.  Coach Harpring was also inducted into the Hall in 2007.

Coach Harpring has also served as a Junior Olympic volleyball coach for 15 years – predominantly with Lineshot Volleyball Club in Cincinnati.  This club has supplied many past and current U.C. Clermont players.  He also holds a Level II certification from the USA Volleyball Coaching Accreditation Program (CAP).

Prior to joining the volleyball coaching ranks, Harpring coached girls’ soccer for 10 years at Summit Country Day and Dixie Heights High Schools.  While at Dixie Heights, the girls’ soccer team captured six Regional Championships and advanced to the Final Four in Kentucky’s first-ever State Championship Tournament.