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Women's Volleyball

Schutter Named Women's Volleyball Head Coach

Scranton, Pa. – Bill Schutter will take over the Marywood University women's volleyball program for the 2019 season, Athletics Director Dr. Mary Jo Gunning announced Thursday. Schutter assumes the head post of a program that reached the Atlantic East Conference semifinals last season.

Schutter has experience as a head coach both at the high school and college levels. He served as the head women's volleyball coach at Penn State Wilkes-Barre for four seasons.

"We are excited to welcome Bill to Marywood Universiy as our Head Volleyball Coach" said Andrew Smith, Assistant Athletic Director and chair of the search committee. "The committee felt that in addition to Bill's excellent playing and coaching background that he will provide the program with the stability it needs for a long time to come."

Schutter coached at Wyoming Area High School in nearby West Wyoming for the past three years. He led the Warriors to their first district tournament after a lengthy absence in 2018. Schutter is also the head coach of Dallas High School's boys volleyball team.

He is a retired Pennsylvania State Police trooper with 25 years of experience from 1991-2016.

Prior to joining PSP, he spent five seasons as the boys volleyball coach at Wyoming Area from 1987-91 with winning records each year. At the same time, he coached Penn State Wilkes-Barre's women's volleyball team with winning records each season. Schutter was named District 2 Coach of the Year in 1987.

Schutter played volleyball at then-Division I East Stroudsburg University from 1982-86. The Warriors were ranked in the Top 15 nationally during his four-year tenure. Before entering the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in 1991, he played open and semi-pro beach volleyball regionally with the USVBA. Schutter won an open beach doubles division tournament in Dewey Beach, Delaware in 1990.

Schutter graduated from East Stroudsburg in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in political science and minor in criminal justice.
 
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