Tricia Melfy was named the Skyhawks head volleyball coach in March 2018. Melfy is the eighth head coach in program history.
Melfy comes to Fort Lewis College with 23 years of coaching experience and more than 400 career wins. She joins FLC from Phoenix College in Phoenix, Ariz., where she has served as the head volleyball coach since April 2016, and the Arizona Storm Volleyball Club coach.
In her 23 years as a volleyball coach, Melfy has tallied 18 winning seasons.
As the head coach at PC, she was also responsible for monitoring her team's academic success, scouting and recruiting qualified student-athletes, and she was responsible for fundraising and the team's strength and conditioning program. At PC, Melfy assisted the department in compliance and eligibility, writing and monitoring all Letters of Intent, and assisted with game management for men's and women's basketball games.
Prior to Phoenix College, Melfy was the head coach at Division III University of Minnesota Morris for the 2015 season, where she led the team to the conference championship match and a 21-12 overall record.
During the 2014 season, she was the first assistant coach at NCAA Division II Minot State University (N.D.).
From 2013 to 2015, Melfy was the head coach of the Spiral Volleyball Club in Chandler, Ariz., while also serving as the head coach at Campo Verde High School in Gilbert, Ariz. for five seasons. At Campo Verde High School, Melfy led the program to two sectional championships in their first four years of existence, and finished second in the state tournament with a 40-7 record. She was also named the 2012 and 2013 All-Arizona Volleyball Coach of the Year, while coaching three students to the All-Arizona Volleyball Team.
Additionally, Melfy's experience includes stints with the Eclipse Volleyball Club in Gilbert, AZ, Mesa Community College in Mesa, AZ and Mesquite High School in Gilbert, AZ.
Melfy received her Bachelor of Science degree in Exercise Science/Physical Education from Arizona State University in December 1994. She earned her Physical Education Teacher Certification from Ottawa University in November 1995, and her Master of Education in Educational Leadership from Northern Arizona University in August 2002.
As a student-athlete at ASU, Melfy was a NCAA All-American Heptathlete in 1992 and 1994. She also competed in the heptathlon at Mesa Community College, were she earned NJCAA All-America honors. In 1992 and 1996, Melfy was an Olympic Trials Qualifier.
