CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Mid-American Conference announced Wednesday that Northern Illinois University Head Coach, Ray Gooden, has been named the 2016 MAC Volleyball Coach of the Year as voted on by his peers.
This is the fifth time Gooden has been voted the top coach in the MAC since taking over the Northern Illinois program in 2002. He was also voted as coach of the year in 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2015. Gooden’s five selections now have him tied with Ryan Litchfield (Ball State) and Carolyn Condit (Miami) for most honors in conference history. The 2016 honor is the seventh time a Northern Illinois coach has been recognized.