Laura Stegall joined the Embry-Riddle volleyball coaching staff in the summer of 2010. A veteran of the sport, Stegall brings documented success to Eagles Volleyball.
In 2004, the athletic administration at Indiana Institute of Technology hired Stegall as the school’s Wellness Director and ultimately selected her to launch its intercollegiate volleyball program. Her initial recruiting and coaching efforts translated into a 15-12 record in Indiana Tech’s inaugural season in 2005. The following season saw Stegall lead the Warriors to a 28-9 overall mark and a third place finish in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference, which afforded her WHAC Coach of the Year honors.
In her two seasons at the helm of the Indiana Tech program, Stegall coached two All-Region and two All-WHAC honorees. She also had nine student-athletes earn All-America Scholar Athlete honors and the 2007 squad had a 3.53 team grade point average.
That she would excel as a coach came as no surprise to those who saw Stegall compete at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne where she was a two-sport athlete, lettering in basketball and volleyball. Stegall was a standout in volleyball, leading the Mastodons in kills and digs three seasons in a row. She notched 36 kills against Kentucky Wesleyan in 2000, which still stands as an IPFW single-match record. Stegall also holds the Mastodons’ single-season digs record (505) and is their all-time leader in kills (1,895) and digs (1,625). A three-time All-Conference and All-Region selection and two-year team captain, she capped off her volleyball career as the Great Lakes Valley Conference Player of the Year in 2000.
Stegall also played three seasons with the Mastodon basketball program. She led the squad in rebounding (151, 6.1 rpg) and field goal percentage (.442) as a sophomore and was selected as team captain in her senior season.
A certified elementary school teacher, Stegall graduated from IPFW in 2002. She spent two years as a first grade teacher at St. John Lutheran School immediately following graduation and taught second grade at St. James Episcopal School in Ormond Beach throughout the 2007-08 academic year.
Stegall is also committed to the development of young volleyball players. She worked with the N3 Volleyball Club from 2005-07 and currently coaches with the Atlantic Coast Juniors club program. Her expertise has also been sought at a number of camps around the state of Florida, including the University of Florida Team Camp and the Embry-Riddle and St. James camp programs.
Stegall moved to the Daytona Beach area from Fort Wayne, Ind. in 2007 when her husband Randy accepted the position as head baseball coach at Embry-Riddle. The Stegalls reside in DeLand, Fla. with their one-year-old daughter Sarah.
