Macalester College has selected Annie Glieber as its new head volleyball coach, the St. Paul, Minnesota, school announced today. Glieber comes to Macalester from Carroll University in Waukesha, Wisconsin, where she served as head coach for the past five years.

Glieber takes over the program from Stephanie Schleuder, who has retired from coaching following 12 years in charge of the Macalester program and 34 years as a collegiate head coach.

At Carroll, Glieber rebuilt a last-place Midwest Conference team and guided the Pioneers to the 2007 MWC conference and conference tourney championship and the program's first-ever berth in the NCAA playoffs. She was selected by her peers at Midwest Conference Coach of the Year following the 2006 and 2007 campaigns. At Carroll, she was also the Senior Woman Administrator and the Director of the Recreation Sports program.

“I am excited about the opportunity to become a part of the Macalester community and its strong academic and athletic traditions,” said Glieber. “I look forward to the challenge of leading the Scots volleyball program and building on the success Coach Schleuder has had over the past 12 years.”

“I am pleased to welcome Annie to the coaching staff and to the Macalester community” said Macalester Director of Athletics Kim Chandler. “Annie's experiences as a coach and student-athlete are exemplary and she will bring energy and experience to our program that will provide outstanding leadership in moving our program forward. She is extremely well respected among her colleagues for her work ethic, recruitment efforts and her tactical skills in building the program at Carroll University, and I have the utmost confidence in her ability to transfer these skills to the Macalester program.”

Glieber grew up in Milwaukee, starred at Pius XI High School, and attended NCAA Division I Austin Peay State (Tenn.), where she was the starting setter for four seasons and graduated Cum Laude in 2001 with a degree in Special Education. She was team captain as a junior and senior and finished with 4,885 career assists. Glieber finished as the school's all-time leader in assists and in her senior season, she led the NCAA with eight triple doubles and was named honorable mention All-Ohio Valley Conference.

While completing her Master of Science degree in Physical Education / Exercise and Sport Science at the University of Central Missouri, Glieber served under legendary Division II head coach Peggy Martin from 2003-05 before taking charge of the Carroll program in 2005.

Glieber will begin her duties at Macalester in mid February.