Salima Rockwell (; born January 24, 1972) is a retired American female

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. She was part of the

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at the

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in Japan.

College

Rockwell played college volleyball for Penn State from 1991 to 1994 under

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Coaching

After her playing career, Rockwell moved into coaching at Pittsburgh before moving to various other universities. Rockwell first became an assistant coach for

Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball The Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball program has had a long tradition, founded in 1976 by Tom Tait, long-time coach of the Penn State men's team, who coached the women's team from 1976 to 1979 and was named a USA Volleyball All-Time ...

team in 2006, a position she held for 2 seasons before joining

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from 2009 to 2013 as an assistant coach. She then returned to Penn State as associate head coach for the 2015 through 2017 seasons. She retired from collegiate coaching in 2018. She came out of retirement in January 2022 and was named the seventh head volleyball coach at Notre Dame.

Broadcasting career

Rockwell began broadcasting in 2018 and announces at college and international games. She has broadcast games on

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, the

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, and the

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References

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College

Coaching

Broadcasting career

See also

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