Dr. Vickie Denny joined Bob Jones University in 2015 as head coach for the BJU Bruins women’s volleyball team which began intercollegiate competition in the fall of 2016. Denny previously served as chair of the Department of Exercise and Sport Science at Clearwater Christian College (CCC) in Clearwater, Florida, and as the women’s volleyball coach. Prior to her twenty six years at Clearwater, she coached six years at Maranatha Baptist University.
An inductee into both the NCCAA and CCC Halls of Fame, Denny was named NCCAA District Coach of the Year (seven years in a row), NCCAA Regional Coach of the Year (thirteen years), NCCAA National Tournament Coach (three times), and NCCAA National Coach of the Year (six years). She also served as the NCCAA’s Division II National Chair for Volleyball. Denny’s teams at MBU and CCC won the NCCAA National Championship fourteen times, including winning the national championship eight years in a row, and were the NCCAA Runner-Up for five years. In 2018 after only their third year of competition, she led the BJU Bruins to their first ever NCCAA National Volleyball Championship. In the fall of 2016, Coach Denny achieve a milestone of 1,000 career college wins. She also currently serves as a board member of the National Christian College Athletic Association and in 2019 was named the first Senior Woman Administrator for the Bruins Athletic Department.
Denny made a number of professional presentations across the nation and authored numerous articles in various periodicals regarding sports, exercise and coaching volleyball.
In addition to her twenty-six years of service at CCC, Denny served as an adjunct online professor at Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana, a teaching assistant at The Ohio State University, and an associate professor of physical education at Maranatha Baptist University (MBU) in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Denny earned a BS in Health and Physical Education from BJU, an MS in Physical Education/Psychomotor Development from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a PhD in Physical Education/Teacher Education from Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. She also completed some graduate work at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.
Denny is a member of the Society of Health and Physical Educators, the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the National Christian College Athletic Association and the American College of Sports Medicine.
Vickie is married to Mr. Lou Denny who helps her as the assistant coach to the Bruins volleyball program.
College(s) Attended:
Bob Jones University (1975-78)
University of Illinois at Chicago (1980-82)
The Ohio State University (1988-89)
Florida State University (1990-92)
Degree(s) Completed:
Bachelor of Science in Health and Physical Education from BJU (1978)
Master of Science in Physical Education/Psychomotor Development from UICC (1982)
Doctorate of Philosophy in Physical Education/Teacher Education from FSU (1992)
Experience:
2015 -
Present - Bob Jones University – Professor of Exercise and Sport Science/ Volleyball Coach
1990- Present- Director of Victory Volleyball Camps and Clinics
1989-2015- Clearwater Christian College- Professor of Exercise and Sport Science/ Volleyball Coach
1988-1989- The Ohio State University- Graduate Teaching Assistant
1982-1988- Maranatha Baptist University- Associate Professor of Physical Education/ Volleyball, Basketball and Softball Coach
1978-1982- Marquette Baptist Academy- Health and Physical Education Teacher K-12/ Volleyball and Basketball Coach
Professional Memberships:
- Society of Health and Physical Educators (formerly AAHPERD)
- American Volleyball Coaches Association
- National Christian College Athletic Association
- American College of Sports Medicine
Hometown:
Dayton, Ohio
