Kent State Volleyball Camps
Coaching Staff

Tarah Dickerson, Assistant Coach

Dickerson begins her fourth season on the KSU coaching staff after a successful three-year stint at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala.

While at Auburn, Dickerson served as director of off-campus volleyball camps, coordinated travel plans for the Tigers, created and maintained all correspondence with alumni and boosters and also served as equipment manager for the team. She also founded the Auburn Volleyball Club where she served as director and coach for three years. The club was the first Junior Olympic volleyball club in East-Central Alabama. She also served as the coach of Auburn’s Women’s Club Volleyball team. Dickerson completed her master’s degree in business administration at Auburn in December 2005.

Prior to her tenure at Auburn, Dickerson was the coach of the Chikara Volleyball Juniors team in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Dickerson is a 2002 graduate of Marquette University, where she was a three-year letterwinner and two-year captain, as a setter and defensive specialist for the Golden Eagles. She resides in Cuyahoga Falls.

Heather Dixon, Student Assistant Coach

Heather Dixon enters her second season as a student-assistant with the Golden Flashes’ coaching staff.

Dixon spent 2006 and 2007 as a member of the Golden Flashes. She missed most of the 2007 season after suffering a knee injury during preseason. She returned and appeared in 32 games. She totaled career-highs in hitting percentage and service aces as a sophomore.

As a freshman, she showed great promise in limited action totalling 84 kills, 32 digs, 13 blocks and 94.5 points.

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Danny Doherty, Student Assistant Coach

Danny enters his second season helping with the volleyball team and his first as a student assistant. He also has has experience as a middle blocker on the Kent State men’s club team from 2006-08. He was a co-captain on the club team his final season.

Doherty is a 2003 graduate of Archbishop High School in Akron, Ohio and was a letter winner in track. He currently resides in Kent.