It’s nearly two years until Old Dominion University begins playing volleyball, but the process of starting a team is well underway.
An eight-person steering committee from the local volleyball community has been meeting for much of the last year, and the head-coaching job has been posted. Athletic director Wood Selig hopes to have a coach in place by January.
From the start, ODU plans to win.
“We don’t view this any differently from what we did when we started playing football,” Selig said. “Our goal is to be competitive in our first season.”
That goal is attainable largely for two reasons.