Head Coach Kendra Marlowe

Position: Head Volleyball Coach, PERC Coordinator
Alma Mater: B.A.-Principia College, M.S.ED - Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
Date of Hire: August 2007
Years Coaching: 12
Overall Record:
2001: 10-22
2002: 19-11
2003: 8-25
2004: 8-25
2007: 16-15

Kendra Marlowe brings over 11 years experience at the Division III coaching level to the Spartan volleyball program.  She guided MC to its first winning season since 1997 with a 16-15 overall record in 2007.

Marlowe comes to Manchester after spending two years as an aquatics manager in both Illinois and Florida. Previously, she was the head coach at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisc. from 2001-2004, where her Vikes set a school record for wins in a season.

From 1999 to 2001, she was an assistant softball and volleyball coach at Denison University, where she helped both teams produce 20+ win seasons in both of her coaching seasons.

Marlowe served as a graduate assistant with Principia and was the head coach for the UNO Volleyball Club in Plainfield, Ill.

She is a graduate of Principia, where she earned a B.A. in sports management and business administration in 1998. She earned her master's in sports management from Southern Illinois-Edwardsville in 2001.

Along with her coaching role, Marlowe is an instructor with the Exercise and Sports Science program and is an assistant director of athletics, serving as the Senior Women's Administrator and the SAAC mentor.

Name:; Loni Clark
Position: Assistant Volleyball Coach
Alma Mater: Earlham College
Date of Hire: August 2006
Years Coaching: 6

Loni Clark is in her third year with the Manchester College volleyball program. Clark is a 2006 graduate of Earlham College, where she earned a degree in classical studies with a minor in math. She was a four-year letter winner and team captain for the Earlham volleyball program and was named the George Van Dyke M.V.P. Female Athlete Award winner in 2006. She was a four-year member of the track and field team, serving as a captain for two years. She was named the team's Most Outstanding Freshman in 2003 and holds records in numerous events. She was named NCAC Field Events MVP in 2005.

Clark has been active in the club volleyball scene for the past five years in the Richmond, Ind., community and currently serves as the head coach within the club volleyball program in Huntington.