Head Coach Erich Trautwein enters his third year at the helm of the Gwynedd Mercy University Volleyball program.
In his first year the Griffins made a vast improvement winning more games than the previous two seasons before his arrival to campus. This was followed up by a nine-win season in 2015 which was the most wins the program has had since 2006. Coach Trautwein is looking to continue the program’s success moving forward.
Erich has been coaching volleyball since 2004. He originally started as the JV girls’ volleyball coach at West Windsor Plainsboro High School South under Mike Adams. From 2006-2012, he was the varsity girls volleyball coach at West Windsor Plainsboro High School North and in 2012 led them to a sectional quarterfinal match for the first time in school history. From 2006-2014 he was also the varsity boys volleyball coach at West Windsor Plainsboro High School North. He led the Knights to multiple state tournament births, and was consistently ranked in the top 20 in the state. In 2014-2015, Erich served as the 18's National coach for Princeton Volleyball Club in Princeton, NJ. He is also USA Volleyball IMPACT certified and is a Level 2 Gold Medal Squared certified coach.
Erich's coaching is not limited to just volleyball. He also served as the assistant softball coach at Tusculum College in Greeneville, Tennessee from 2005-2006, and was a high school softball coach prior to that in 2004 and 2005 at West Windsor Plainsboro High School South. Currently he is in his 10th season as head wrestling coach at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart.
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Erich has run the Knights Volleyball Camp in Plainsboro, NJ, the Montgomery (NJ) Volleyball Camp for three years and has been assistant director for the Fal-Rooney Olympic Summer Camp in Skillman, NJ since 2006.Â
Erich attended Slippery Rock University where he played club volleyball and would graduate from Montclair State University with a degree in Health and Physical Education. He is currently in his 11th year as a physical education teacher at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart in Princeton, NJ. He lives in Pennington, NJ with his wife Suzanne and daughter Julia.
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|
Overall |
|
Conference |
|
| Year |
W |
L |
|
W |
L |
Notes |
| 2014 |
7 |
23 |
|
2 |
9 |
|
| 2015 |
9 |
20 |
|
5 |
6 |
|
| 2016 |
9 |
18 |
|
4 |
7 |
|
| Totals |
25 |
61 |
|
11 |
22 |
3 Seasons |
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