Stevie Mussie enters her second season with Penn State women's volleyball. She previously served as an assistant coach at the University of Virginia.
In 2014, Mussie helped the Nittany Lions to their seventh NCAA national championship in program history. She also served as a mentor to four AVCA All-Americans, including National Freshman of the Year, Ali Frantti.
Prior to Penn State, Mussie was an assistant coach at Virginia. While at Virginia, Mussie was involved in all aspects of recruiting, as well as training passers and pin hitters. During her tenure, she helped transform the program, improving the team from a 9-22 squad in 2012 to a fifth-place finish in the ACC in 2013. She also assisted in the development of 2013 ACC Freshman of the Year, Jasmine Burton, as well as two AVCA All-America honorable mentions and two All-ACC selections.
"She [Mussie] came highly recommended from two people whose opinions I value highly in Dennis Hohenshelt, my former assistant coach and the current head coach at Virginia, and Jim McLaughlin, who was her coach at the University of Washington," head coach Russ Rose said.
"Stevie embraces the idea of working hard and giving the players the tools to enhance their chances for success," Rose said.
Prior to Virginia, Mussie spent two years as an assistant at North Carolina State, where she helped the Wolfpack move up 150 spots in the NCAA RPI rankings. The increase marked the largest improvement by a first-year staff in history.
Mussie graduated from Washington in 2008, with a bachelor's degree in sociology after transferring from Pacific in 2004. Mussie played in three consecutive NCAA tournaments during her career at Washington. She was part of the 2005 national championship squad as well as the 2006 national finals team. In her senior season with the Huskies, Mussie was named the most outstanding player at the 2006 NCAA Seattle regional and also earned first-team All-PAC 10 honors.
Following graduation, Mussie spent a year as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado, before moving to the junior club level, where she was the regional director at Team Complete Athlete, a high-profile club based in Newport Beach, Calif. from 2009-10.