GOSHEN, Ind. - Jeff Phillips will serve as the Director of Volleyball at Goshen College, as announced by Director of Athletics Dr. Erica Albertin on Monday. In this role, Phillips will serve as the head coach of the men's and women's volleyball teams. Wyatt Bollinger, a 2023 Goshen grad and men's volleyball alum, will be the Associate Head Coach for the men's program and Assistant Coach for the women's program.

"I am pleased to have Coach Phillips step into the leadership role for both our men's and women's volleyball programs," said Albertin. "Coach Phillips has proven to be a servant leader in his short time as a part of the athletic department. I am confident Coach Phillips will lead both programs to build champions in the competitions, the classroom, and the community."

In his tenure at Wawasee High School from 2011 to 2015 and then from 2019 to 2022, Phillips led the women's team to a 146-119 record and was responsible for implementing expectations and goals from the middle school level through the varsity level. He was an assistant coach at Warsaw High School from 2008 to 2010 and Tippecanoe Valley High School from 2007 to 2008.

Additionally, Phillips was a head coach in the Empowered Volleyball Academy, a program coach for the Outland Volleyball Club, and a summer camp coach for three years for Notre Dame volleyball. In February, he was named the head coach for the women's team at GC.

Bollinger hails from Harrisonburg, Virginia, and played at Eastern Mennonite University from 2018-2022 before transferring to Goshen as a setter. While with the Maple Leafs, Bollinger was the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference Setter of the Week from March 13 - March 20. In February, he surpassed 1,000 career collegiate assists and finished with 733 assists in his one season at Goshen.

Bollinger holds the program record for assists per set at 9.28 and is in the top ten in the record book for assists, serve efficiency, aces per set, blocks per set, total blocks, service aces, digs per set and block assists.

"Wyatt stepping into the associate head coach role will add knowledge, passion, and development to the programs," said Albertin. "Wyatt's playing career was record-setting, and I'm excited to have him step into the coaching world. He will help improve the athletic department and the volleyball programs with his perspective as a recent GC grad."

The men's volleyball season is underway at the beginning of February.