Erminger Named IU Northwest Head Women’s Volleyball Coach

Erminger Named IU Northwest Head Women’s Volleyball Coach

Indiana University Northwest Director of Athletics Ryan Shelton has announced the appointment of Brian Erminger as head women's volleyball coach. Erminger brings with him 18 years of volleyball coaching experience at the collegiate, club, and high school levels.

At the collegiate level, Erminger was formerly the head women's volleyball coach for Purdue University Northwest’s Westville campus, from 2012-2013 in the competitive Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.

Prior to Purdue Northwest, Erminger built the men's volleyball program at Calumet College of St. Joseph from the bottom up, significantly improving a Crimson Wave program that finished 0-16 in his first season and 8-13 in his second season to 15-7 in his third season. His final two teams received AVCA National Top 10 Rankings.

Erminger also served as girls’ varsity volleyball coach at Hammond High School from 1995-1999 and at Whiting High School in 2006.

"We are excited to have Brian with us as the leader of our women's volleyball program," said Shelton. "Over nearly two decades, Brian has made a lasting impact on Northwest Indiana volleyball at many levels as both a player and coach. His enthusiasm, experience, and recruiting connections are a perfect fit for the direction that we want to take our program, and we're excited about the future of RedHawks Volleyball."

The Whiting native coached for Synergy Volleyball Club from 1995-2002 and took his 15U team to a third place finish at the Junior Olympics in 1999. Erminger led the 2010-11 Altitude 17 Black ROX team to the AAU Junior Nationals and to numerous tournament victories. He also coached the 2010 Altitude 16 Black team to a first-place finish at the Asics Junior Nationals and a ninth-place finish at AAU Junior Nationals.

Erminger's accomplished 16-year club coaching career includes coaching Altitude 17/18 Black ROX and Altitude 15 Red, leading the 17/18 Black ROX team to a Silver Medal finish at the Asics Nationals Championships. Several players that Erminger has coached at the club and high school levels have gone on to very successful collegiate careers.

He has played and coached with Epic United Director Mike Mazur for over 18 years, and has also coached the 18-1's girls team for Beverly Blue Smoke out of Evergreen Park, and also coached for Synergy Volleyball Club, taking his 15 and Under team to a 3rd place finish at Junior Olympics.

Erminger attended Hammond Clark High School and continues to play in volleyball leagues regularly. He resides in the Miller Beach neighborhood in Gary.

About Indiana University Northwest
One of eight campuses of Indiana University, IU Northwest is located in metropolitan Northwest Indiana, approximately 30 miles southeast of Chicago and 10 miles from the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The campus has a diverse student population of approximately 4,000 degree-seeking students and 1,500 dual-degree-seeking students. The campus offers Associate, Baccalaureate and Master’s degrees in a variety of undergraduate, graduate and pre-professional degree options available from the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Health and Human Services, the School of Business and Economics, and the School of Education. The campus is also host to IU School of Medicine-Northwest-Gary, which actively involves students in research and local healthcare needs through its four-year medical doctorate program. IU Northwest emphasizes high-quality teaching, faculty and student research and engagement on campus and in the community. As a student-centered campus, IU Northwest is committed to academic excellence characterized by a love of ideas and achievement in learning, discovery, creativity and engagement. Indiana University Northwest is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to achieving excellence through diversity. The University actively encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, persons with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups.