Penn State beat Louisville in the final of the 2024 NCAA women's volleyball championship in a historic win for coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley.

Players and coaches who will make history in Sunday’s NCAA volleyball championship still find it hard to believe that a female coach hasn’t won one already.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — What’s remarkable is not that two women are coaching for the national championship and one will win a title for the first time in the 44 years of NCAA women’s volleyball. It’s remarkable that these women, Katie Schumacher-Cawley and Dani Busboom Kelly, are the two doing it. Because they are the ideal representatives.

It’s the end of an era, as Kansas volleyball coach Ray Bechard has announced his retirement. He reached numerous NCAA tournaments and a Final Four.

The winningest coach in Kansas volleyball history announced he is retiring after 27 seasons. Ray Bechard, five-time winner of the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year, announced he would be retiring after 26 years at the helm.