Following the departure of former Mississippi State associate head coach Fritz Rosenberg last month to become the head coach at Belmont, the Bulldogs have reinforced their staff with the hire of Michael Bouril, previously an assistant coach at Purdue.
Bouril has spent the last five years with the Boilermakers, a program that has reached the last 10 NCAA Tournaments with five trips to the round of 16 or beyond in the last six seasons. He started as a graduate assistant at Purdue before becoming a technical coordinator and performance analyst and ultimately an assistant coach in 2023.
Prior to his time at Purdue, Bouril was a traveling manager for the volleyball team at Penn State, another perennial power. He is the second new assistant coach coming to Starkville this offseason, joining former Bulldog player Lacey Jeffcoat, who had previously been an assistant at Texas-Arlington.
MSU finished 11-14 in 2024 with a 5-11 mark in Southeastern Conference play. The Bulldogs had impressive wins over Texas A&M and Missouri but also had two separate five-match losing streaks. Karli Schmidt, Rebecca Walk, Amina Shackelford, Kailin Newsome and Ceci Harness are all out of eligibility, so Arissa Smith, McKenna Yates and Mele Corral-Blagojevich will highlight MSU’s returners.
“We are thrilled to have Michael join our staff,” Bulldogs head coach Julie Darty Dennis said in a news release. “As I got to know him throughout the process, his passion for our sport was obvious. Michael is going to bring experience from the Big Ten into our program and help us compete.”
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