Julie Jenkins has been at the Tigers’ helm since 1985. She is one of the most successful volleyball coaches in the NCAA.

Coach Jenkins has guided the Tigers team to the NCAA Division III playoffs 17 consecutive times.

She has compiled an overall record of 702-313 (a record of 673-292 at Trinity) and is ranked in the top-10 among active coaches in victories. Since 1991, when Trinity began volleyball competition in the SCAC, the Tigers have amassed a record of 589-153 (.794), and have chalked up a 228-10 (.958) mark in the conference.

Coach Jenkins was elected the American Volleyball Coaches Association Division III Coach of the Year in 1999, after leading the Tigers to the NCAA Championship match.

She has been named South Region Coach of the Year six times and SCAC Coach of the Year on nine occasions..

The Tigers have made two NCAA semifinal appearances and five trips to the quarterfinals under Coach Jenkins’ tutelage. Trinity has advanced 12 times to the NCAA Sweet 16, and won 15 SCAC Championships, including 11 in a row.

Under Coach Jenkins’ leadership, Trinity has earned 27 All-America selections.

Prior to joining the Trinity staff in 1985, Coach Jenkins was the interim head women’s volleyball coach at the NCAA Division I Virginia Commonwealth University. In 1984, the Rams won their first-ever Sun Belt Conference Championship.

Coach Jenkins, a native of Owego, N.Y., earned the Bachelor of Arts degree in physical education from the College of William and Mary (Va.) in 1981. A scholarship athlete, Coach Jenkins competed in volleyball and tennis during her playing days for the Tribe. She holds a Master of Science degree in education from James Madison University (Va.).

In addition to coaching volleyball, Coach Jenkins is the Associate Director of Athletics.

Hazelwood, who earned a bachelor of arts in English from Trinity in 2009 (with a minor in religion), will assist head Coach Julie Jenkins with the successful Trinity program.

Coach Jenkins, who has completed 27 seasons at the Tigers helm, has guided Trinity to the NCAA Division III playoffs 18 times, and to 15 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships. Included in the Tigers postseason records are a 1999 NCAA runner-up finish, a third-place ranking (2002), and five trips to the quarterfinals, the last of which came in 2009.

Coach Hazelwood, a native of Baytown, Texas (Barbers Hill), contributed greatly to the Trinity's team's résumé.

As a middle blocker for the Tigers from 2006-2009, she played on three SCAC Championship teams (2006, 2007, 2008), and two of the NCAA quarterfinal squads (2006, 2009).

Hazelwood was elected to the American Volleyball Coaches All-America Team in 2009, as well as the All-South Region Team. She made the All-SCAC Teams in 2007 and 2009, and is ranked second in Trinity career blocks, with 520. Hazelwood is also third in single-season blocks, racking up 166 in the 2009 campaign.

In addition to her honors on the volleyball court, Hazelwood amassed a cumulative grade point average of 3.43, and was twice named to the Dean's List. She was a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, volunteered for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, and volleyball's "Dig Pink," among other programs.

Young volleyball players benefited from her experience, as she coached at the Bexar County Volleyball Academy, and Julie Jenkins Volleyball Camps.

Hazelwood also put her experience to work in Trinity's Intramural program, serving as interim director of Intramurals and Club Sports from December 2009 to May 2010.

The versatile Coach Hazelwood held the position of director of volleyball operations and summer camps at Rice University, from August 2010 to July 2011. In the same time period, she coached the Texas Revolution Volleyball 18s Elite Team, with San Jacinto College Coach Sharon Nelson.

Most recently, Coach Hazelwood was the assistant at Marietta College, an NCAA Division III institution located at Marietta, Ohio.

The 2011 Tigers advanced to the SCAC Championship match, and completed the season with a 22-16 record. A strong contributor to the season was Coach Hazelwood's younger sister Maddy, a senior middle blocker. The two sisters played on the same Tiger teams in 2008 and 2009. A third Hazelwood sister, Audrey, is also a member of the Trinity team, but was injured and did not play this season.

Brad Bulycz has been with Trinity volleyball since 2010. He served as an assistant coach for eight years at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio.

Coach Bulycz was heavily involved in Rattler volleyball community activities, such as the Dig Pink cancer awareness program, and the Adopt-a-Rattler Habitat for Humanity project. He was in charge of game-day management, and was a major component of the Rattlers’ recruiting effort. The versatile Coach Bulycz also was the head men’s and women’s tennis coach for four years, and was the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee staff representative.

He was the assistant compliance officer, dealing with the many NCAA Division II regulations and policies. Coach Bulycz held the position of adjunct instructor in sports psychology.

Coach Bulycz previously was an assistant volleyball coach at Cameron University in Lawton, Okla. He was the head coach at Lethbridge Community College in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Coach Bulycz earned an associate’s degree from Lethbridge in 1996 in rehabilitation services.

He went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from St. Mary’s in 2004, and a Master of Arts in industrial/organizational psychology in 2007.

Since 2005, Coach Bulycz has been head coach of the Bexar County Volleyball Club in San Antonio.