Holly Plieth- Head Coach

Holly Plieth begins her second season as the head coach at Macomb College.  As a first year head coach she led the Monarchs to a second place finish, in conference, with an 11-3 record.  The Monarchs also made appearances in the MCCAA tournament and NJCAA regionals. 

Before being named the Head Coach, Holly was an assistant for five years here at Macomb.  Charged with the task of training setters, she had an immediate impact.  Under her tutelage, setter Christina Seward (Class of ’10) finished fourth in the nation in assists per set.  Her responsibilities also included recruiting, scouting, practice plans for camps, and organizing the Macomb Juniors (www.macombjuniors.com) club program. 

Plieth was a four year varsity player at Warren Cousino High School in volleyball, basketball, and softball.  While at Cousino she earned All-League, All-Macomb, and All-Region Honors.  Upon graduation, she played here at Macomb where she led the team in blocks. She completed her playing career at Wayne State University.

Prior to beginning her coaching career at Macomb she accrued experience at Lake Shore High School where she was the youngest Varsity Coach ever in the state of Michigan at 19 years of age. She also has extensive club experience with American Athlete/Mizuno (USA Michigan Volleyball Club), where she served as a Junior and Youth Master Coach and the Oakland County Regional Training Center Coordinator.  Coach Plieth also worked as a Court Coach for USA Volleyball with their High Performance Girls Youth Program.  She has over 15 years of coaching experience at the college and high school levels throughout Macomb and Oakland County.

Plieth holds USAV Cap 1 Coaching Accreditation and possesses several memberships within USAV, AAU, and AVCA organizations.

Plieth is married and has two step-daughters (Kennedy and Jillian) with her husband Jim.

Nancy Filipek- Assistant Coach