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Linda Hampton-Keith, who guided North Carolina State to consecutive 20-win seasons and a berth in the 2017 NCAA Tournament, was named the head women’s volleyball coach at Temple University in January of 2022, announced Vice President and Director of Athletics Arthur Johnson.

In her first season with the Owls, Hampton-Keith improved the team’s win total from seven in 2021 to 10 in 2022. She helped the transition of Taylor Davenport moving from the middle blocker position to outside hitter. Davenport ended the season fifth overall in the conference in kills per/set (3.61) kills (451), points (515), and points/set (4.12). She became the first Owl since the 2015 season to reach at least 400 kills in a season and also marked the fourth highest output in the 25-point scoring format. Davenport recorded double-digit kills in 20 of the team’s 31 matches. The Columbia, S.C. native had nine matches in 2022 where she earned at least 20 kills, including a career-high 27 versus St. Francis Brooklyn on Sept. 3.

Hampton-Keith helped Louisville advance to the 2021 Women’s Volleyball Final Four as a volunteer coach, brings a wealth of experience to the Temple program. She served four seasons as the head coach at NC State (2016-19) where she led the Wolfpack to 16 new team season records, 11 individual career and season records, including the program’s only NCAA Tournament win, 3-2 over Oregon in 2017. She also coached 11 All-ACC selections, five AVCA All-Region selections and two AVCA All-Americans during her tenure.

Before her stint at NC State, she was a member of the Arizona State women’s volleyball staff for five seasons (2011-15), serving as associate head coach for the final three. At ASU, she helped the Sun Devils earn four NCAA tournament appearances with the 2015 team being ranked as high as No. 5 in the nation.

Hampton-Keith was also the recruiting coordinator at ASU with her efforts resulting in nationally ranked classes in four of her five years in Tempe. ASU’s 2013 recruiting class was tabbed No. 13 in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com, one of the highest in program history. During her time with the Sun Devils, the program produced two All-Americans, two all-region performers, five All-Pac 12 selections and four Pac 12 All-Freshman Team members.

Prior to her stint at Arizona State, Hampton-Keith spent six seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Texas Christian University. While in Fort Worth, she helped the Horned Frogs post four consecutive winning seasons and earn their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009, which included a 3-0 victory against Rice in the first round.

Hampton-Keith has also worked closely with the nation’s top youth players through the USA Volleyball Youth Development Programs. She coached at USA High Performance camps from 2001-05, served as head coach for the USA Volleyball North Texas Region Team in 2007, assisted the Youth National A2 Team in 2009, and most recently assisted the USA Collegiate National Team in 2013 and 2014.

She and her husband, Maark, have one daughter.

Career Honors/Awards:
AAC All-Conference First Team (2024)
2x AAC Offensive Player of the Week (8/28/2023, 9/16/24)
4x AAC Weekly Honorable Mention (9/4/2023, 9/2/2024, 10/21/24, 10/28/24)
CSC Academic All-District (2023)
Black Student-Athlete Association (2023-24)
Athlete InterVarsity (2023-24)
AAC SAAC (2023-24)
SAAC (2022-23)
3x AAC All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholarship Second Team (2022)
AAC Defensive Player of the Week (3/29/2020)

In the Record Book:
Career
Became 22nd player in school history with 1,000 career kills.
6th most kills in program history (1552).
3rd most Hitting Attempts in program history (4417)

Season – 2024
5th - Kills (438^)
8th - Hitting Attempts (1138^)
7th – Service Aces (31^)

Season – 2023
t-2nd – Service Aces (32^)
8th - Kills (411^)
7th - Hitting Attempts (1151^)
6th – Block Solos (20^)

Season - 2022
4th- Kills (451^)
1st- Hitting Attempts (1438^)
2nd- Hitting Attempts (1438)
t-8th – Block Solos (17^)

Season - 2021
1st – Total Blocks (126^)
t-3rd - Block Assists (103^)
t-4th – Block Solos (23^)

Single Match
Tied most Service Aces, 6 at Memphis (11/11/22) and vs. SMU (10/21/22)
Tied most Service Aces in 3 sets, 5 vs. USF (10/4/24^)
Most Block Assists, 12 vs. Rider (8/27/21)
T- 3rd most Block Assists, 9 vs. Cincinnati (3/27/2021) and vs. Cincinnati (3/26/2021)
T- 10th most Block Assists, 8 vs. USF (10/15/21) and vs. Delaware (2/26/2021)
Most Total Blocks, 15 vs. Rider (8/27/21)
T- 7th most Total Blocks vs. USF (10/15/2021), Cincinnati (3/26/21) and Cincinnati (3/27/21)

^Denotes since 2008 25-point reformat

2024

• AAC All-Conference First Team
• AAC All-Conference Preseason First Team
• AAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/16)
• Three Time AAC Honorable Mention (9/2, 10/21, 10/28)
• Saw action in 30 matches, only missing one set over the entire season.
• Recorded over 400 kills in a season for the third year in a row, leading the team and conference with 438.
• Tallied the second most aces on the team with 31.
• Found double-digit kills in 22 of the 30 games, surpassing the 20-kill mark five times.
• Recorded two double doubles.
• Nabbed a career-high 33 kills and 34 points in a five-set win over Presbyterian (9/8).
• Grabbed 15 digs, a season-best, against New Hampshire (9/15).

2023

• AAC Offensive Player of the Week (8/28)
• AAC Honorable Mention (9/4)
• CSC Academic All-District
• Black Student-Athlete Association
• Athlete InterVarsity
• AAC SAAC
• Was one of five players on the team to play and start in all 31 matches.
• Led the team with 32 service aces including tying for the sixth most in a match (5) in school history.
• Led the team and was fifth in the AAC with 411 kills.
• Led the team and was fifth in the conference with 3.51 kills/set.
• Had 12 matches of 15 kills or more.
• Tallied 13 matches with five or more digs, two with 10.
• Recorded a season-high 28 kills at Memphis (11/18).
• Davenport recorded her first career double-double with 20 kills and a season-high 10 digs versus LIU (8/28).

2022

• AAC All-Academic Team
• SAAC
• Hilton Philadelphia at Penn's Landing Cherry and White Challenge All-Tournament Team
• Black Knight Invitational All-Tournament Team
• Played in all 31 matches, starting 19.
• Ended the season fifth overall in the conference in kills per/set (3.61)kills (451), points (515), and points/set (4.12).
• Became the first Owl since the 2015 season to reach with at least 400 kills in a season
• Recorded double-digit kills in 20 of the team's 31 matches.
• Tallied nine matches this past season where she earned at least 20 kills.
• Reached a season-high 27 kills versus St. Francis Brooklyn (9/3).
• Tied her career high six aces on two occasions.

2021

• AAC All-Academic Team
• Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholarship Award Second Team
• Played in 31 games, starting 30.
• Fourth in the AAC with 126 total blocks (103 block assists, 23 solos) and 1.14 blocks/set, which was the best on the Owls team.
• Tied for third on the team with 150 kills.
• Had a career-high 15 blocks in a 3-2 win versus Rider (8/27).
• Tallied a season-high nine kills two times, versus LIU (9/3) and then versus USF (10/15).

2020

• AAC Defensive Player of the Week (3/29)
• AAC All-Academic Team
• Played in and started all 17 matches.
• Led the Owls and the fifth best in the AAC with total blocks 71 blocks (64 blocks assists, 7 solo).
• Fourth on the team with 105 kills.
• Tallied four matches with 7 or more blocks.
• Recorded a season-high 12 kills versus Cincinnati (3/27)

High School

• Earned All-State honors to cap her senior season.
• Led her team to an undefeated record in the region, winning the 4A Championship.
• Earned All-State and All-Region honors as a junior, with Offensive Player of the Year accolades.

Temple University head women's volleyball coach Linda Hampton-Keith announced the first member of her coaching staff with the hiring of Jose Lugo as an assistant coach.

"I am excited to welcome Jose and his family to North Broad Street," said Hampton-Keith. "I look forward to working with him again in a new capacity and seeing the immediate impact he will have on the program. His vast experience throughout his coaching career will serve our staff and team well as we look to elevate our gym and recruiting,"

Lugo brings over 15 years of coaching experience to the Owls program. His experience started from the ground up, working the ranks of high school to junior college to DII and the DI levels.

"I would like to thank Linda Hampton-Keith, Arthur Johnson, Jessica Reo and the entire Temple University family for this opportunity," said Lugo. "It's rare to get a chance to work with people you know and admire, and I couldn't pass up the chance to join Linda when she shared her vision for the program. We can't wait to get to work in McGonigle to work with this team."

In 2018, Lugo was hired as head women's volleyball coach at DII Newman University in Wichita, Kan. Lugo coached four all-conference selections in his four seasons, including Yemima Buana, Trinity Conley, Riley Daugherty, and Salome Romp. . In the classroom, Lugo had 16 student-athletes earn spots on the conference's Academic Honor Roll.

In the spring of 2019, Lugo was selected as an evaluator for the U.S. Women's National Team Tryouts. He served as one of the 16 evaluating coaches, 10 of which worked on Division I coaching staffs at the time.

Lugo has made four stops as an assistant at the Division I level before being hired at Newman.

He worked with setters and blockers from 2016 to 2017 at Fresno State and helped the Bulldogs finish the 2017 season with the 17th-most blocks per set in the nation.

Lugo returned to his alma mater Arizona State, serving as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2015-16 season with the indoor and beach programs. That year he assisted the indoor team to the 2015 NCAA tournament, and in the spring, he guided Bianca Arellano and Whitney Follette to first-team All-Pac-12 honors.

At Grand Canyon State in 2014-15, Lugo worked with both the indoor and beach teams during tenure.

As an assistant on the Lopes indoor squad, Lugo worked alongside the 2014 WAC Freshman of the Year, Natalie Tardy, and All-WAC First Team, Shannon Dugan. Lugo guided Dugan and Mackenzie Phelps that spring to the 2015 AVCA Beach Volleyball Pairs Championship match and All-American honors.

Lugo spent the 2011-13 seasons with Dartmouth University as the lead assistant and recruiting coordinator. His three-year stay was highlighted by a 16-9 overall record and an 8-6 record in the Ivy League in 2011.

In May 2010, Lugo was hired as the USA Volleyball Women's A2 National Teams director of operations. The squads took the gold and bronze medals at the 2010 USA Open National Tournament.

He got his feet wet at the collegiate level during 2006-07, when he was hired as an assistant at NJCAA's South Mountain Community College in Maricopa, Ariz. Lugo helped turn the program from a last-place finish in the 10-team AACAC conference to a fifth-place finish.

Before he arrived at SMCC, Lugo coached at Desert Mountain High School, helped lead the team to an Arizona State 5AA Championship.

He graduated from Arizona State in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies.

Lugo is married to Rachel and the two have a son and daughter, Xavier and Layla.

Before Temple
2022: Vance helped the Rockets to the 2022 National Invitational Volleyball Championships after a 19-13 season. The Rockets advanced to the second round of the NIVC tournament to play Western Carolina after knocking off Clemson in the first round. . . Vance played in 110 sets in all 32 matches and was third on the team with 282.5 points, 227 kills, and a .284 hitting percentage. Defensively, the Michigan native was second on the Toledo squad with 88 blocks (65 block assists, 23 solo blocks).

2021: Academic All-MAC…Played in 29 matches and appeared in the starting lineup 27 times…Averaged 1.00 blocks/set and 2.20 kills/set…Blocks/set average is tied for eighth all-time in school history…Ranked seventh in the MAC in blocks/set…18 matches with at least three blocks…Eight matches with double-digit kills…Season-high seven blocks against Valparaiso (Sept. 11); Also had 11 kills in the match against Valpo…Had a stretch of five straight matches with at least four blocks from Oct. 1-Oct. 29…Double-digit kills in four straight matches from Oct. 29-Nov. 6…Season-high 15 terminations against Chattanooga (Sept. 4)…10 kills and four blocks in win over Kent State (Oct. 2)…12 terminations and four blocks in three-set sweep against Eastern Michigan (Nov. 5)…10 kills and five blocks in NIVC play against Indiana State (Dec. 2).

2020-21: Academic All-MAC…Starter in all 18 matches she played…Ranked ninth in the MAC in blocks (0.97/set)…One of four MAC players with at least 10 blocks in a match (10 blocks in three sets at Miami, March 9)…Six matches with at least five blocks….Also averaged 2.36 kills/set and hit .307…Nine matches with double-digit kills…Season-high 19 kills on two occasions: Feb. 26 at Ohio and March 26 at Akron…10 kills, eight blocks in season opener against western Michigan…Hit .500 with 17 kills and three blocks at Bowling Green (March 23)…16 kills and six blocks in season finale at Akron (March 27).

2019: Starter in all 28 matches…One of four players to appear in every set…Averaged 1.47 kills/set and 0.34 blocks/set…Season-high 13 kills at Ball State (Oct. 31)…10 kills, hit .417 against Rider (Sept. 6)…Five matches with at least five blocks, including a season-high seven against Loyola (Aug. 31).

Prep
Three-year letterwinner at Saline High School...Hit .368 during her career and averaged 2.8 digs/set...Averaged 3.4 kills/set as a senior, a career-best rate, and also hit .376...Helped lead Saline to a 29-12-2 record during her senior season...Earned all-conference and all-region honors during her high school career...Won two national championships playing for Team Detroit Volleyball Club on the AAU circuit...Earned AAU All-America status twice: at AAU Nationals and at USA Volleyball Girls' Junior National Championships.