Boston College Athletics
Boston College Names Todd Raasch Assistant Volleyball Coach
March 30, 2009 | Volleyball
March 30, 2009
Boston College head coach Andrea Leonard has announced the addition of Todd Raasch to the volleyball coaching staff.
"We are very excited to have Coach Raasch join our volleyball program," Leonard said. "He brings a wealth of experience at various levels of the game including winning a National Championship with the University of Nebraska. We look forward to the remainder of spring training and gearing up for the fall with Todd on board."
Raasch arrives at BC after spending the last three seasons as an assistant coach at Florida Atlantic University, and brings a diverse coaching background to the Eagles' coaching staff.
A native of Wisner, Nebraska, Raasch has spent 18 seasons as an assistant coach at various universities including his alma mater, Graceland College in Lamoni, Iowa.
As an athlete at Graceland, Raasch helped lead two teams to runner-up finishes at Collegiate Club Nationals. In 1990 he acted as the team captain and was named a Collegiate Club First Team All-American. Raasch stepped into the role as the assistant coach for the Yellowjackets women's team and spent two seasons with them before receiving his bachelor's degree in physical education and health from Graceland in 1992.
He then moved on to the University of Nebraska at Kearney where he spent six seasons. The Antelopes advanced to the Sweet 16 in 1994 and the Elite 8 in 1996. Between those two seasons, Raasch worked the 1995 season with the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. That season, the Huskers won the National Championship by defeating Texas, 3-1.
Raasch's then was hired as an assistant at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. During his five-year stay, the Roadrunners won three consecutive Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Championships while qualifying for the NCAA tournament four years in a row.
Prior to joining FAU, Raasch gained valuable head coaching experience at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, spending two seasons at the helm of the women's volleyball program.
