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HEAD COACH SUSAN ROBERTS
Since taking over as head coach in 1985, Roberts has directed Grove City to nine Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) championships along with three Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Southern Championships. She has guided Grove City to 13 20-win seasons and seven total postseason appearances. Roberts owns a 567-408 (.582) record as Grove City head coach. She earned her 500th win as Grove City head coach Sept. 18, 2007 as the Wolverines defeated Penn State Behrend. Roberts became Grove City College's all-time leader in total coaching wins Oct. 28, 2008 when the Wolverines downed Bethany. She has 734 wins as a head coach at Grove City. On October 5, 2011, Roberts recorded her 600th win as a collegiate volleyball coach when the Wolverines earned a 3-2 win at Waynesburg. Overall, she has a 619-432 career record in 29 years as a head volleyball coach. Roberts made an immediate impact on the Grove City program, leading Grove City to a 41-1 record in 1985, including the program's first PAC title and a berth in the NCAA Championship Tournament. Roberts earned the Collegiate Volleyball Coaches Association's Division III Coach of the Year award following the 1985 season.
Grove City finished the regular season ranked No. 1 nationally in the AVCA
poll that year. That dominance continued into the 1990s as the Wolverines won conference crowns in 1992, 1993 and 1995. The 1994 team became the first College team to earn an ECAC title as the Wolverines swept Washington & Jefferson and Rutgers-Newark for the ECAC Southern Championship crown. Grove City then repeated as ECAC champion in 1995. Grove City returned to the top of the PAC in 2000, capturing the program's eighth conference title under Roberts' guidance. Grove City advanced to the ECAC Southern Championship Tournament semifinals before falling to top-seeded Carnegie Mellon. The following year, the Wolverines stormed to their ninth PAC title and returned to the ECAC Tournament. Entering as the sixth seed in the six-team tournament, the Wolverines upset Johns Hopkins, Franklin & Marshall and host Moravian to clinch their third ECAC title in seven years. Grove City volleyball players have also excelled in the classroom under Roberts' guidance. Grove City has produced at least one CoSIDA Academic All-District selection in five of the last seven seasons. From 1985-93, Roberts coached Grove City's women's basketball team and then coached the softball program from 1994-98. She is the only active coach in the Presidents' Athletic Conference to win conference titles in three different sports currently sponsored by the league. A native of Ontario, Ohio, Roberts added the role of Associate Director of Athletics in 1998. She also holds the rank of associate professor of physical education. She earned her undergraduate degree in physical education from Ohio University in 1975 and then earned her master's degree in biomechanics from the University of Arizona. Roberts lives on Lake Latonka, near Mercer. Go back to Wolverine Volleyball Home Page |
Susan
Roberts is in her 29th season as the head volleyball coach at Grove City
College. During her coaching career at Grove City, Roberts has constructed one
of the region's premier programs.