Volleyball settles coaching shake-up before season opener

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With the season-opening Big 5 tournament just around the corner, Penn volleyball has filled the hole in its coaching staff after top assistant Ryan Goodwin left last month for personal reasons.

Replacing Goodwin will be former second-assistant Seth Rochlin, who joined the Quakers in 2010 for their run to a second-consecutive Ivy title. Rochlin graduated from University of Arizona in 2008 and spent two seasons coaching volleyball at his high school alma mater.

"Assistant Coach Ryan Goodwin left the program last month when his family had a job opportunity out of the state," head coach Kerry Carr said in a statement. "We appreciate everything Ryan gave to the program during his tenure and wish him the best of luck in his new home. Fortunately, we were able to hire some of the best young coaching talent available and I am excited to work with this year's staff.

"Seth helped us out so much last year when he came on board, both in the office and in the gym," Carr added. "It was an easy transition to first assistant as he was already fulfilling all the duties in that position, plus creating new ones needed to make our program better."

Sliding into the second-assistant vacancy will be Kristen Rott. A 2008 graduate of Oregon, she also served as a volunteer assistant there while earning a masters in education. Rott played both basketball and volleyball for the Ducks, and hooped professionally in Germany.

Christopher Jones will be Penn's volunteer assistant, having coached at Haverford college and nearby Lower Merion high school.