Guide

25 prompts for college volleyball coaches

Every question below runs on real NCAA box scores, set scores, and rally-by-rally play data. Swap [Team] for your program — or a rival’s — and paste it straight into magisterial.

Coverage: NCAA D1, D2 and D3 women’s volleyball, with 2025 the most complete season. NAIA and JUCO have rosters and season stats but not rally-level play data, so the set-by-set and match-point questions are NCAA-only for now. Returning-production answers depend on a program having posted its 2026 roster.

Match states

Five-setters, comebacks, and the sets that got away.

  • 01

    What was [Team]'s record in five-set matches last season?

  • 02

    How often did [Team] win after losing the first set — and lose after winning it?

  • 03

    What was [Team]'s set record, and how many sets went past 25-25?

  • 04

    How did [Team] perform in fifth sets — points scored vs allowed?

  • 05

    Who had the most match-point kills for [Team] last season?

Attack

Kills, errors, and efficiency — under pressure and not.

  • 06

    Break down [Team]'s attack — kills, errors, and hitting percentage by player.

  • 07

    How did [Team] hit in sets they won vs sets they lost?

  • 08

    Which opponents held [Team] to their worst hitting percentages, and how?

  • 09

    Which [Team] hitters converted at the highest rate on their setters' assists?

Serving and serve receive

Free points won and given back.

  • 10

    What was [Team]'s ace-to-service-error ratio, and who took the most risk serving?

  • 11

    How many points did [Team] win on aces and give away on service errors, match by match?

  • 12

    Which [Team] players were targeted in serve receive — reception errors by player?

Blocking and defense

The net and the floor.

  • 13

    Who anchored [Team]'s block — solo blocks, block assists, and blocks per set?

  • 14

    How did [Team]'s dig numbers hold up against the best attacking teams they faced?

  • 15

    Which [Team] players posted double-doubles, and how often?

Setters and distribution

Who runs the offense, and how well it runs.

  • 16

    How did [Team]'s offense perform with each setter running it?

  • 17

    What was [Team]'s assist-to-kill conversion — how much offense did each setter create per set?

Schedule and rankings

Results weighted by who was across the net.

  • 18

    Split [Team]'s results by opponent strength — how did they do against ranked or top-100 opponents?

  • 19

    What was [Team]'s best win and worst loss last season?

  • 20

    How did [Team] perform at home vs on the road vs at neutral sites?

Roster, transfers and the portal

Who is coming back, who is leaving, and who is available.

  • 21

    How many kills, assists and digs does [Team] return next season, and what walks out the door?

  • 22

    Which transfers are joining [Team], and what did they do at their previous schools?

  • 23

    Show me players in the transfer portal by position and class year.

  • 24

    Where does [Team] recruit from — what does the roster look like by home state?

  • 25

    Which [Team] players are seniors or grad students in their final season?

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