Quackenbush Named Assistant Coach

MOORHEAD, Minn. (6/29/17)--- Concordia head coach Tim Mosser announced that Rachel Quackenbush has been named assistant coach.

Quackenbush takes over for Ashley Palmer who spent one season on the bench for the Cobbers.

"I have been blessed with a pair of great assistant coaches during my coaching years at Concordia and Rachel will continue that tradition," commented head coach Tim Mosser. "Her knowledge and passion for the game will help our program immensely and she will have an immediate impact with the team."   

Quackenbush brings a solid coaching and playing resume to the position. She served as an assistant coach at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 season. Quackenbush was a graduate assistant for her first two seasons with the Statesman before moving up to a more substantial role as assistant for the 2016 campaign.         

During her tenure at William Penn Quackenbush served as the head recruiting coordinator as well as assisting in practice planning and game plan implementation. She was also the coach for the junior varsity team in her first two seasons.

Quackenbush played collegiately at Indiana Wesleyan University where she was a four-year starter and helped the team to NAIA national tournament appearances in 2011 and 2012. She also helped the Wildcats win the National Christian College Athletic national championship in 2010. Quackenbush was also a part of the Indiana Wesleyan teams that won the Mid-Central College Conference tournament championship in 2011 and the Crossroads League regular season and postseason titles in 2012.  

Quackenbush earned her bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Sports Management from Indiana Wesleyan in 2013 and went on to complete her master's degree in Business Leadership from William Penn in 2016.

In addition to her recent coaching stint at William Penn, Quackenbush has also been heavily involved in the club volleyball scene. She coached for the Dunes Volleyball Club in Rolling Prairie, Ind. from 2013-14 and then went on to coach at the Iowa Rockets club in Iowa City, Iowa in 2015.