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Allen Athletics has removed the interim designation from volleyball coach Danielle Robinson, as announced by athletic director Jasher Cox in March of 2022.

In 2021, in her first year at Allen, Robinson led the Yellow Jackets to their best winning percentage since 2018. She has now led her team to a 6-1 start to the 2022 season in her second year.

"Coach Robinson brings a level of excitement and a wealth of knowledge to our volleyball program," said Cox in regard to his decision to remove the interim tag. "She is a fierce competitor that cares about young ladies, and I look forward to witnessing the success she will bring to Allen volleyball."

Robinson, a product of West Columbia, S.C., was a standout volleyball player at Claflin from 2012-2016. During her playing career at Claflin, Robinson helped capture the school's first-ever Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) championship and the school's first-ever automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship.

"I love this game and I love the impact this sport allows me to have," said Robinson. "I have always said I would love to coach at the collegiate level. Now, having the opportunity to do so in the conference I played in, means the world to me."

Since entering the coaching profession, Robinson has been successful at every stop as she served as the head junior varsity coach at Blythewood High School in 2016 and led the team to a 5A regional championship.

During her time at Blythewood, she also served as the assistant varsity coach and helped lead the team to a 5A regional championship, along with a state semifinal appearance.

Robinson returned to the coaching realm in 2019 when she served as the varsity head coach at Columbia High School. During that season, the team finished third in the region and made an appearance in the first round of playoffs, marking the schools first playoff appearance since 2016.

Robinson earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Claflin in 2016, before going on to earn a Master of Accountancy degree in 2018 from Strayer. She is a member of USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

Jhi Murles is in her second year as an assistant coach with the Allen University volleyball program.

A native of Irmo, South Carolina, Murles played High School at Dutch Fork High where she was named the 2011, 2012 and 2014 Best Defensive Player. She was also named the Dutch Fork Most Valuable Player in 2012.

In that same year, she was also All-Region. In 2013 and 2014, she was named an AAU All-Region Player and in 2014 she was named the Most Valuable Player for her AAU.

Collegiately, Murles Played at Claflin University, SC as a four year Starting Libero and Assisted in leading Claflin to the SIAC Championship match in back to back years in '15 and '16. They were also SIAC Eastern Division Champions in '15,and '16.

In 2015 - she Named the SIAC Defensive Player of the Year and Recorded double-digit digs in 15 of 34 matches.

2016 - named SIAC Defensive Player of the Week several weeks in a row

2017- Finished the season with five 20+ dig performances

2018 Ranked 6th in career digs of Claflin History
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Graduate Assistant Coach for Alcorn State University Women’s Volleyball

She graduated from Claflin University, 2019, B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in Psychology. She also got her M.B.A. from Alcorn State University, 2021, Masters of Business Administration

Jessica Myles is in her second season as an assistant coach with the Allen Volleyball program.
Myles is a native of Kansas City, Missouri by way of Little Rock, Arkansas.

Myles played at Claflin Univ. as a starting Defensive Specialist and Secondary Setter ’08,’09,’10; She was also All-Academic SIAC ’08,’09,’10; SIAC Eastern Division Champions ’10;

She previously served as an Assistant Varsity Coach at Columbia High School, Columbia, SC where she took Columbia HS to the playoffs for first time while hosting a regional playoff game.

She graduated from Claflin University, 2012, with a B.S. in Mathematics with Honors. She then went to grad school at the University of South Carolina, 2014, Masters in Higher Education; University of South Carolina, 2017, Masters in Mathematics; Hampton University, 2022, Ph.D. in Educational Management.

She is also a member of the USA Volleyball Officials Association

Myles currently resides in Columbia, South Carolina.

Graduate of Auburn University at Montgomery with a BS in Exercise Science and currently an assistant coach at Gray Collegiate Academy.

Coach Dash was a Five-year letter winner at Gray Collegiate Academy...guided the War Eagles to three Regional Championships while earning All-Region honors three times with All-State distinction once...four-time Honor Athlete.

Chymaine Guinyard is in her fourth season as the head coach at Claflin University. Guinyard, who served as the interim head coach in 2019, has been a member of the coaching staff for four seasons, including serving the 2017 and 2018 seasons as the assistant coach.

A native of Orangeburg, S.C., Guinyard played four years for the Lady Panthers. She was a member of the 2014 team that captured the school’s first-ever Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) championship and the school’s first-ever automatic berth into the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championship.

Prior to joining the Lady Panthers coaching staff, Guinyard was the head volleyball coach at Calhoun County High School in St. Matthews, SC. In her only season at Calhoun County, Guinyard guided her team to the Class 2A playoffs. In addition, she had a player featured as the WLTX Player of the Week while another was named to the Class 2A All-Region Team.

Guinyard has spent the past seven years coaching club volleyball in South Carolina. In 2012 and 2013, she coached the Branchville Juniors Club Volleyball Team in Branchville, S.C. In addition to her duties at Claflin, she also serves as coach of the Orangeburg Lady Cubs Club Volleyball Team in Orangeburg, S.C.

Guinyard is a Charter Member of the Timothy J. Autry Theta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society, and she is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Guinyard also serves as the University lead for the APPLE Training Institute/NCAA Sport Science Collaborative. She is IMPACT certified through the Palmetto Volleyball Association and is a member of USA Volleyball and the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

In August 2020 she was chosen to participate in the Turnout Sports Coach Development Academy.

Guinyard received her Bachelor of Science in Sociology from Claflin in 2016.