Mavericks Coaching Staff 2007

Head Coach: Dave Fleming (3rd year)

Coach Fleming enters his third season at the helm of the Mesa State College women's volleyball program. In just his first two seasons he led the Mavericks to a 42-22 overall record, two NCAA Division II tournament berths and one RMAC west division title. In 2005 he led the team to its first ever post season victory. Last season Fleming guided the team to the NCAA Southwest Region championship game, falling 2-3 to national ranked West Texas A&M.

Fleming was hired in the spring of 2005, becoming just the fourth head coach in the program's history.

In just Fleming's second season at the helm he guided the Mavericks to its best finish in school history, since going Division II, advancing to the NCAA Division II Southwest Region championship game. MSC fell one victory short of advancing to the National Tournament's, Elite Eight.

After starting the season 0-8, including losses to #5 ranked Minnesota Duluth and #11 Florida Southern, Fleming welcomed the tough early schedule. MSC went 19-7 the remainder of the year posting an eight match win streak in mid-October.

MSC entered the Southwest Region Tournament as the #3 and defeated RMAC foes, the University of Neb.-Kearney and Metro State, 3-2. In the semi-final match versus Metro the Mavericks were on the brink of elimination before winning game four of the match, 38-36, and put away the Roadrunners, 15-12 in the decisive game. Metro won the previous three meetings during the season, holding a 9-2 game advantage. In the championship game against #18 ranked West Texas A&M the Mavericks pushed the Lady Buffs to a five-game thriller (30-27, 26-30, 19-30, 30-22, 7-15).

In 2005 he guided the team to a 15-4 conference record, winning the west division crown and posting a 9-1 home record. The Mavs only home loss of the year was at the hands of NCAA national runner-up, University of Neb.-Kearney.

MSC started the year 7-0 before dropping three consecutive matches. The team then went on two runs of four straight victories before a loss and concluded the season winning eight of their final 10 matches, including another 7-0 streak. After three straight losses in early September, the Mavs never lost more than one game in a row. On November 18, 2005 at the Southwest Region tournament hosted by Neb.-Kearney, Fleming led the Mavericks to its first Division II post season victory in a 3-0 sweep of Western New Mexico.

Fleming, a former assistant coach at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), served as an assistant coach for the Bruins for four years in which the team compiled a record of 86-43, three trips to the Elite 8 NCAA Championships and four NCAA Tournament berths. His four seasons at UCLA he coached under the legendary, Andy Banachowski, whose 1037 wins is more than any other coach in the history of Division I collegiate women's volleyball. Fleming's primary responsibility was as defensive coordinator and coaching the outside hitters. He had a strong presence in fundraising for the UCLA volleyball program, recruiting, as well as handling the filming, editing and statistical analysis.

Before arriving at UCLA, Fleming was a member of the coaching staff for the Women's National Team, which played in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. In 1995 the team competed in the World Grand Prix and won the gold medal, the first gold won by the USA women's team in a major international competition.

Fleming spent five years as the Services Manager and Systems Integrator for ARK Sports Technologies. The California company provided digital video and statistical systems to sport companies.

A graduate of Denison University in Granville, Ohio, Fleming served as an assistant coach (1990-1992) for the women's volleyball team as a under graduate student. Upon graduation he was a volunteer assistant at the University of Michigan from 1992-1994 while completing his master's degree.

Upon his arrival in California to work with USA Volleyball he also was a coach with the San Diego Volleyball Club for eight years (1994-2001). Fleming earned Coach of the Year honors and a conference title at Valhalla High School where he served as head coach from 1997-1998. From 2001-2003 he was a coach with the Sports Shack Volleyball Club, while an assistant with UCLA.

Fleming holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in geology and a minor in physical education from Denison University (1992). He was a starter for the men's tennis team and an outside hitter for the club volleyball team. He received his master's degree in kinesiology (emphasis in sports management) from the University of Michigan (1994). During his time at Michigan he was a member of the men's volleyball club team.

In addition to his duties as head volleyball coach, Fleming begins his third year as an instructor in the Kinesiology Department. Fleming and his wife, Fran, have a daughter, Sarah (7).

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Assistant Coach: Maggie Chlebana (1st year)

Maggie Chlebana begins her first season as the assistant women's volleyball coach at Mesa State College.

A graduate of Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Chlebana was a three year letterwinner for the Bears. Chlebana started as a defensive specialist for the Bears her junior and senior years, but began her volleyball career as a setter. She was one of two players to play in all 119 games for the season and had a career high of 17 digs against Texas A&M. She was fourth on the team in digs and service aces. She will be training the setters as well as coordinating the Mavericks offense.

Coaching runs in the Chlebana family, her mother coaches both club and college volleyball in Houston, Texas, and her older sister coaches at Long Island University in Brooklyn, New York. Chlebana has three years experience coaching at both the club and high school level and is excited to be a part of the Mesa State community.

Chlebana graduated from Baylor University in December 2006 with a degree in Psychology. She is originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada and while in high school received a personal invitation to try out for the Canadian Junior National team as a setter.

Assistant Coach: Heather Stratman

Assistant Coach: Levi Taylor