Bolivar, Mo.- SBU Athletic Director Clark Sheehy announces Morgan Goodman as the Head Beach Volleyball Coach. Goodman will continue to serve as an assistant to the Volleyball team.
 
"We are thrilled that Morgan will be leading our new beach volleyball team!  She has done a great job with assisting Coach Hanger, and we are excited about her expanded role in leading our Beach Volleyball team.  It's a great day to be a Bearcat!"- said Sheehy.
 
"I am super excited for the opportunity! The connection I have with Volleyball Beach Ozark and my own experiences through college, I think are the perfect combination to create a successful program. My passion for the game as well as my love for the Lord allow me to pour into the girls in more ways than one. All this combined is so fun to think about for the future of this program." -Goodman
 
Goodman has served as the volleyball assistant coach here at SBU the previous two years. The team held a record of 14-31 during those two years. She helped the team increase by eight wins between the Spring 2021 and Fall 2021 seasons. She also assisted Head Coach James Hanger increase their conference wins by six in two years.  
 
Goodman finished her collegiate volleyball career at Radford University, a Division I school in the Big South, in Fall of 2019, as a captain on the team. She spent half the season out from a calf injury but finished as an outside hitter for the team. She completed 64 kills and had 6 serving aces in her shortened Senior season.
 
Prior to Radford, Goodman spent 2 years at fellow GLVC school Lewis University from 2017-2018. The Flyers had a combined record of 62-11 in her two-year stint with the team. In her 2018 season, she had 99 kills to go along with 20 serving aces.
 
Her freshman season, in 2016, was spent at St. Louis University, a Division I school in the Atlantic 10. The team finished the season with an 18-14 overall record but had an impressive 11-3 conference record.
 
Goodman brings her indoor volleyball prowess to the sand by playing at Volleyball Beach Ozark. They host leagues and Association of Volleyball Professional (AVP) tournaments, which Goodman participates in.
 
Graduated from Radford in Spring of 2020, where she received a B.S. degree in Exercise, Sport, and Health Education with a Concentration in Sport Administration. Goodman is pursuing her master's in business administration here at Southwest Baptist.  
 
Goodman is originally from Cedar Hill, Missouri where she played with Team Momentum and St. Louis Smash.