Dorothy Webb

B.A., University of the Pacific
M.A., Brown University

Dorothy Webb enters her 15th season as Head Volleyball Coach at Wellesley College with a career record of 345-120, which ranks her in the top five among active Division III head coaches.

During her tenure, Wellesley volleyball has stepped to the forefront of the national stage with five NCAA National Quarterfinals and two Final Four appearances, including 2001. Under her guidance, the program has posted 20-win seasons or better in ten of the past eleven years. Wellesley has topped the 30-win plateau four times, including that magical season of 1998 when Wellesley went 37-1 and reached its first Final Four.

Webb has won the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Coach-of-the-Year award four times in the brief eight-year history of the league. Prior to the NEWMAC, Webb was the recipient of the New England Women's 8 (NEW 8) Coach-of-the-Year award three times. Webb's six straight Coach-of-the-Year awards coincide with the eight consecutive championships Wellesley has won. Webb has also been named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) New England Region Coach-of-the-Year five times.

Prior to coming to Wellesley, Webb served as head coach for one year at Brown University after being an assistant the previous two. In addition, she was an assistant for one year at Gonzaga University in Washington.

As a player at the University of the Pacific, Webb was a four-year starter, a two-time All-American, member of two Division I National Championship teams and currently holds the NCAA record for most digs in a tournament (95). Following her collegiate playing career, Webb played professionally for one year with the Portland Spikers in Oregon. In 1994, she was named first-team All-America at the USVBA Open Nationals. She also played for Team Nike in the Bud Light four-woman pro-beach league in 1995.