Dawn Sullivan

Biography

Dawn Sullivan Career 1996-99 Kansas State Player 2005-2018 Iowa State Assistant Coach / Associate Head Coach 2018-2022 UNLV Head Coach 2023- Missouri Head Coach Championships • 2021 NIVC Champions • Mountain West Champions (2020-21 & 2022) Individual Awards • Two-Time MWC Coach of the Year (2020, 2022) • 2023 SEC Coach of the Year • 2024 AVCA Central Region Coach of the Year Academic Awards Dawn Sullivan was named the eighth volleyball head coach in University of Missouri history on Dec. 18, 2022. Sullivan enters her third season at the helm of the program after leading Mizzou to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances including a Sweet 16 bid in 2024. The 2024 AVCA Central Region Coach of the Year, Sullivan, led the Tigers to the NCAA Sweet 16 with a 22-9 overall record. MU earned the seventh seed in the NCAA Tournament and finished the campaign ranked in the top-25. Mizzou registered 20-plus overall wins and 10-plus SEC wins in a season for the first time since 2019. MU finished tied for third in the SEC this season with an 11-5 mark after being selected to finish sixth in the preseason poll. The Tigers also surpassed their SEC (9) and overall win (18) totals from 2023, when Sullivan was named SEC Coach of the Year in her first season in Columbia. Mizzou picked up a five-set win over No. 9 Texas Nov. 1 in Austin, Texas. The Tigers also downed No. 10 ranked and second-seeded SMU in Dallas to advance to the Third Round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Missouri went on a nine-mat