Purdue University Fort Wayne Volleyball

Steve Florio came to Purdue Fort Wayne in 2003 after spending four years at Hofstra. He joined the staff as an assistant coach at that time under head coach ...

Brigitte Slack was hired as an assistant coach for the Purdue Fort Wayne women's volleyball program prior to the 2024 season. In her first season with the Mastodons, Slack helped coach Panna Ratkai to a Horizon League Player of the Year award and AVCA All-America Honorable Mention nod. Riley Rosneck was also selected as the Horizon League Freshman of the Year. Slack came to Purdue Fort Wayne after spending the last three years as an Athletic Director for Hillel Academy of Tampa Bay and head coach of TEAMKiwi, a club of U-17 and U-12 teams in Tampa, Florida. Prior to her time in the Sunshine State, Slack was the Volleyball Program Director for the Savannah Country Day School in Savannah, Georgia. She was responsible for seven volleyball teams and doubled the varsity team's win total in one season. Before her three years in Georgia, Slack spent four in Texas working for the Texas Tornados Volleyball Club, where she was working primarily as a recruiting coordinator and setters coach. She spent two years at North Side High School as the assistant coach for the varsity program. Before working in the Summit City, Slack was as assistant coach at Army in 2013-14, where she was responsible for developing a strategy that led to a 40 percent increase in solo blocks. She worked specifically with the setters at Army. Over the last 20 years, Slack has worked a variety of collegiate camps, both as a coach and as an organizer. Slack is a 2004 graduate of Concordia Lutheran High School in

Jacob Carrico was hired as a graduate assistant coach for the Purdue Fort Wayne women's volleyball team prior to the 2025 season. Carrico spent four years played collegiate volleyball at Indiana Tech, playing in 83 matches as a Warrior. He won back-to-back WHAC regular season and conference tournament titles in 2022 and 2023. He had 396 digs in his career.