Virginia Wesleyan earns 2021 NFCA Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year award Details Share
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Three-time NCAA Division III national champion Virginia Wesleyan University was selected by coaches in a nationwide ballot as the 2021 NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year, the Association revealed on Monday afternoon.
Head coach Brandon Elliott and assistants Jim Quinn, Mary Pilkington, Chris Smith and Bobby Wills guided the Marlins to a 46-6-1 mark, and a defeat of reigning titlist Texas Lutheran in the best-of-three Division III championship series for their third national crown in the last four NCAA tournaments.
Virginia Wesleyan won back-to-back Division III titles in 2017 and 2018, capturing Regional and National Coaching Staff of the Year honors both those seasons, and also won Regional Coaching Staff of the Year honors in 2016. Last week, the Marlins claimed their fourth Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Ye