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Angela Mooney

Angela Mooney is at the start of her fifth year as head coach of the Abilene Christian indoor and beach volleyball teams. The Lubbock native and former Ole Miss assistant coach and recruiting coordinator was hired as the ninth head volleyball coach in program history in early 2017.
 

Mooney By The Numbers at ACU


• 2 CoSIDA Academic All-District (Mikai Brown, Eighmy Dobbins)

• 2 Southland Conference All-Tournament selections (Kendall Bosse, Jacey Smith)

• 6 Southland Conference All-Academic honorees (Kendall Bosse, Mikai Brown, Jacey Smith, Eighmy Dobbins, Marybeth Sandercox, Katelyn Mueller)

• 6 Southland All-Conference selections (Kendall Bosse, Jacey Smith, Lauren Walker, Marybeth Sandercox, Katelyn Mueller)

• 8 – Wildcats’ seed at 2017 Southland Conference Tournament, where they became the first No. 8 seed to win their first-round match and reach the championship

• 25 DI era team season records broken

• 33 Student-Athletes named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll

• 40 Victories
 

Mooney Prior to ACU

Mooney joined the ACU Athletics program after spending the previous 13 seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Texas-El Paso, South Dakota State and Ole Miss after a four-year playing career at Texas Tech. She graduated from Texas Tech in 2004 with a degree in human development and family studies.
 
Mooney helped lead Ole Miss to a 61-35 record over three seasons (2014-16) as the program posted three straight winning seasons for the first time since the mid-1980s and the most wins in a three-year span since the teams from 1984-86 went 70-43. Last May, the Ole Miss recruiting class – which was spearheaded by Mooney – was recognized as one of the top classes in NCAA Division I volleyball by PrepVolleyball.com.
 
The class included an all-America player and six players who won and or competed for state championships, earned all-state honors and played for high-level club teams, as well as succeeded in the classroom.
 
While at Ole Miss, Mooney helped coach several players to individual honors, including middle blocker Nakeyta Clair, who became the second all-America in program history. Off the court, the Rebels earned a 100 percent graduation success all three years during Mooney's tenure, as well as a perfect APR score of 1000. Aubrey Edie earned academic all-America honors in 2015 as well as all-district honors in 2014, 2015 and 2016. Fourteen players made the SEC Academic Honor Roll.
 
Before joining the Ole Miss program, Mooney spent the 2013 season as the top assistant coach at South Dakota State. Prior to her stop at SDSU, Mooney was an assistant at UTEP for nine years where she played an instrumental role for the Miners in recruiting, training middle blockers, academics, community outreach and coordinating the UTEP volleyball camps.
 
In her nine years on the bench at UTEP, Mooney tutored two AVCA honorable mention all-America players, two Midwest all-region honorable mention honorees, four all-conference performers, including three in the 2011 and 2012 seasons and 11 conference players of the week. Only three UTEP players earned all-conference recognition in the first 30 years of the program, and all three Miners who received all-freshman team accolades came during her time in El Paso.
 
Mooney also brings extensive coaching experience at the club level. She coached for the Texas Power Volleyball Club from 2001-04. In her inaugural season as head coach, Texas Power won the Sun Country Regional Championship and qualified for the 2004 Junior Olympic National Tournament. She also served as an assistant for Texas Power the previous three years, helping the team make appearances at the AAU national tournament in 2001 and the National Invitational in 2002.
 
In 2005, Mooney teamed with the El Paso Sunspots Volleyball Club as the head coach of their top 18s team. The Sunspots' 18-Heat won the Sun Country Regional Championship, qualifying for the 2005 Junior Olympic National Tournament.
 
In 2009, Mooney captured her fourth regional championship in five years as head coach of the Sunspots 18s, and again returned to the Junior Olympic National Tournament in Miami, Fla. She also served as the co-head coach of the 2007 Sun Country High Performance team that competed in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
 

Personal 

Mooney joined the coaching ranks after a solid career with the Red Raiders from 2000-03. She recorded 930 kills, 348 digs and 229 blocks in her career, and also earned academic all-Big 12 honors in 2003. She was a two-year team captain and was the President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2003-2004.
 
Mooney and her husband, David Herman, reside in Abilene with their three sons, Jacob, Jett and James Herman.