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Sandy Hoffman
Women's Volleyball Coach
Assistant Athletics Director
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Sandy Hoffman, the winningest active New England Division II women’s volleyball coach, is in her 28th year as Bentley’s head coach. She reached the 500-win milestone during the 2001 season, becoming only the second New England coach to reach the plateau, and notched career win number 600 Oct. 22, 2005 against Saint Rose. She became only the seventh active Division II coach to reach that plateau.
Amongst active Division II coaches, her 683 wins ranks fifth and her career winning percentage of .698 (683-295) is 17th best amongst coaches with at least 10 years experience.
Under Hoffman’s tutelage, the Bentley program has consistently ranked amongst the Northeast-10 elite. She received NE-10 Coach of the Year honors five straight years from 1985-89, in 2001 and again in 2005. Her team has won the regular season conference title outright nine times (1986-90, 1996, 2001-02 and 2005) and was co-champs in 1992 and 1995. In addition, under her guidance, Bentley has captured the Northeast-10 playoff championship nine times and been in the NCAA Division II tournament ten times (1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002 and each of the five seasons). In November 2005, Bentley reached the Sweet 16 for the first time in the program's history.
Only twice has a Hoffman-coached team failed to finish in the top three of the Northeast-10, and there have been 25 winning records in the last 26 seasons.
Hoffman has been a Bentley assistant athletics director since 1990. During that time, her responsibilities have involved her in virtually every aspect of the athletic department’s operations.
Initially, she was responsible for physical education, recreation, compliance and student services, including the academic tutoring of athletes. More recently, her duties included facility and intercollegiate scheduling, and monitoring financial aid.
After a realignment of the athletic department in 2000, Hoffman is now responsible for the fiscal affairs of the Bentley athletic program, as well as financial aid.
Prior to being named an assistant athletic director 18 years ago, she served as Recreation Director and the athletic department’s Coordinator of Academic Support Services.
Hoffman, 51, is a former member of the NCAA Division II Volleyball Committee.
A native of Manhasset, N.Y. who now resides in Waltham, Hoffman played four years of varsity volleyball at Springfield before graduating in 1980. She received her MBA from Bentley in 1990.
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All Games |
Northeast-10 |
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Year |
W |
L |
PCT |
W |
L |
PCT |
Finish |
Postseason |
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1982 |
3 |
19 |
.128 |
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1983 |
19 |
12 |
.613 |
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1984 |
23 |
13 |
.639 |
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1985 |
24 |
5 |
.828 |
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NE-10 Champs |
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1986 |
40 |
7 |
.851 |
5 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
NE-10 Champs. ECAC Tr. |
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1987 |
37 |
3 |
.925 |
8 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
ECAC Tourney |
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1988 |
45 |
3 |
.938 |
8 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
NE-10 Champs |
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1989 |
35 |
7 |
.833 |
8 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
NE-10 Champs |
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1990 |
27 |
13 |
.675 |
7 |
1 |
.875 |
1st |
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1991 |
22 |
16 |
.579 |
6 |
2 |
.750 |
2nd |
NE-10 Champs |
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1992 |
23 |
11 |
.676 |
7 |
1 |
.875 |
t-1st |
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1993 |
27 |
14 |
.659 |
7 |
2 |
.778 |
t-3rd |
NCAA Regional |
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1994 |
19 |
13 |
.594 |
8 |
1 |
.889 |
2nd |
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1995 |
27 |
12 |
.692 |
7 |
1 |
.875 |
t-1st |
NE-10 Champs, NCAA Reg. |
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1996 |
27 |
13 |
.675 |
8 |
1 |
.889 |
1st |
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1997 |
18 |
16 |
.529 |
6 |
4 |
.600 |
t-4th |
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1998 |
27 |
8 |
.771 |
8 |
1 |
.889 |
2nd |
NCAA Regional |
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1999 |
16 |
17 |
.485 |
7 |
2 |
.778 |
t-2nd |
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2000 |
16 |
13 |
.552 |
10 |
4 |
.714 |
t-4th |
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2001 |
30 |
8 |
.789 |
14 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
NE-10 Champs, NCAA Reg. |
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2002 |
33 |
7 |
.825 |
14 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
NE-10 Champs, NCAA Reg. |
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2003 |
21 |
11 |
.656 |
11 |
3 |
.783 |
3rd |
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2004 |
23 |
13 |
.656 |
12 |
2 |
.857 |
t-2nd |
NCAA Regional |
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2005 |
29 |
8 |
.784 |
14 |
0 |
1.000 |
1st |
NE-10 Champs, NCAA Reg. |
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2006 |
27 |
11 |
.711 |
13 |
1 |
.929 |
2nd |
NE-10 Playoff Champs, NCAA Reg. |
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2007 |
24 |
10 |
.706 |
13 |
1 |
.929 |
2nd |
NCAA Regional |
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2008 |
21 |
12 |
.636 |
12 |
2 |
.857 |
3rd |
NCAA Regional |
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Totals |
683 |
295 |
.698 |
213 |
29 |
.880 |
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Karrin Moore
Asst. Women's Volleyball Coach
Karrin Moore, a 2006 graduate of Northeastern University, is in her third year as an assistant women’s volleyball coach at Bentley.
Moore, a four-year letterwinner at Northeastern (2001-04), came to Bentley in 2007 after a year as an assistant coach at Wheaton College. Prior to her stint with the Lyons, she was an assistant for the Northeastern men’s club team, which finished second in the nation in 2005.
During her four seasons as a player at NU, she helped the Huskies to an 84-48 record, including 42-12 in conference play. In her freshman year, she was part of a Northeastern team that won the America East tournament and earned an NCAA Division I tournament berth. She appeared in nearly 80 matches during her career, and recorded 391 kills during her final two seasons.
Moore, who attended Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee, Ariz., played for the East Valley Juniors in her home state and is still active as a player on a USAV women’s AA level club team locally.
Moore graduated from Northeastern with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.
