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(@valpo64)
Posts: 87
Freshman
 

Carin who?


 
Posted : 09/12/2026 8:16 AM
 vu72
(@vu72)
Posts: 816
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Posted by: @valpo64

Carin who?

It’s a more serious question than one might think. Recruiting is a year round effort. As Homer Drew once stated…”recruiting is like shaving. Miss a day and you look like a bum!”

And so as our volleyball coach remains missing, recruits no doubt are wondering who they might be playing for or might it be?? Not a good situation.

 


 
Posted : 09/13/2026 1:58 PM
(@valpo64)
Posts: 87
Freshman
 

I cannot believe that our School has yet to respond to her missing in action!  What's going on?  Paul, where are you? It is time that SOMEONE from the University responds and lets the fan base, including financial supporters, know what is going on!  This is ridiculous!  They are handling this like a small Division 3 school who is lacking in every public relations area and don't know what they are doing.  Come on, Valpo!  Get your act together!


 
Posted : 09/13/2026 7:11 PM
 Rez
(@rezynezy)
Posts: 1840
Varsity
 

Officially official. Carin Avery and valparaiso have "Parted Ways"


 
Posted : 09/14/2026 7:40 AM
(@crusaders2003)
Posts: 8
Freshman
 

What a joke

Padilla hired this AD and now our best coach of all time leaves or is forced out -meanwhile the other programs are just crumbling-


 
Posted : 09/14/2026 8:04 AM
 MJ08
(@mj08)
Posts: 185
Freshman
 

What the heck happened? 


 
Posted : 09/14/2026 8:38 AM
(@804union)
Posts: 13
Freshman
 

Carin Avery, the winningest and longest-tenured coach at VU who signed a contracted extension less than a year ago, doesn't just walk away from her team 6 matches into the year.

There can really only be two options here:

1. She took a job somewhere else or is about to

2. There's some sort of very serious allegation / investigation that the AD can't cover for (even with success as the head of the program factored in)

There just isn't a third option based on the circumstances (let me know if I'm missing it). No one's buying the "the timing feels right for us to move forward into this next season of our lives" 6 matches into the year. 


 
Posted : 09/14/2026 9:42 AM
 vu72
(@vu72)
Posts: 816
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So as usual, apparently contracts in college sports mean nothing. That is, if either Carin or Valpo are held harmless regarding her contract extension. As was the case with Charles Small, there is more to the story and I doubt any of us will ever know what actually happened. 
My guess is the bulk of the team will head to the exits and a new coach will be named and we start from scratch. What a mess.


 
Posted : 09/14/2026 9:55 AM
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