Colorado University Athletics
Volleyball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- meg.henican@colorado.edu
Meg Henican is in her second year as an assistant at the University of Colorado.
In her first summer at CU, Henican served as an assistant coach for the USA Volleyball A2 team at the 2009 Global Challenge. She also served as a high performance clinician for USAV that same summer.
Henican joined the staff at Colorado after two years as a member of the Tulane coaching staff. In her two seasons, she helped the Green Wave to a 56-12 record, which saw Tulane win the Conference-USA regular season and tournament championship in 2008. The Green Wave also earned their first automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in '08.
Henican assisted in all facets of team training and competition at Tulane. She was called upon for specific technical training with the liberos and defensive specialists, including 2007 Conference USA Libero of the Year and AVCA All-America Honorable Mention Jenn Miller.
Her primary responsible is player development, as well as the personal development of the student-athletes. Henican monitors the academic progress of the student-athletes and works closely with the academic student-services coordinator. She also coordinates the community service program for the team and is the lead for recruiting.
Henican played at the University of Notre Dame from 2002-2005 as a standout libero and outside hitter. Henican finished her career owning 22 of Notre Dame's 25 digs records and is the Fighting Irish' all-time digs leader. She was a First Team All-Big East selection in 2005 as she helped Notre Dame to its 15th-straight NCAA Tournament berth. The Fighting Irish advanced to the Sweet 16 in 2005, the second round in 2004 and 2002, and the first round in 2003. Henican served as team captain in 2004 and 2005. In addition to her athletic accolades, she was also a Big East Academic All-Star.
Henican graduated from UND with degrees in marketing and sociology in 2006 and stayed on at Notre Dame as the marketing and special events assistant within the athletic department. Her primary responsibility was organizing and carrying out the Fighting Irish' season long celebration of the 35th Anniversary of Women's Athletics at UND.
Henican grew up in uptown New Orleans and was a standout volleyball player at Isidore Newman High School. She helped the team to a state title and was named an All-American by Student Sports Magazine in 2001. She also earned AAU volleyball All-America honors in 1995, 2000, and 2001.
