Wittenberg Men's Volleyball Head Coach Jamie Peterson

Bio

Wittenberg Men’s Volleyball welcomed new leadership midway through the 2025 season as Jamie Peterson took the reins as interim head coach, becoming the first female head coach in the 10-year history of the program and one of a select few women in collegiate men’s volleyball head coaching positions nationally. After leading the Tigers to records of 6-3 overall and 6-1 in the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League (MCVL), Vice President and Director of Athletics and Recreation Brian Agler removed the interim tag at the conclusion of the season.

Peterson replaced Nathan Matthews '19, who resigned to take an assistant position with the University of Alabama’s women’s volleyball program. In her first full season on the sidelines with the Tiger men's volleyball program, Peterson led Wittenberg on a Cinderella late-season run that culminated with an appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament Final Four. After starting the season 10-5, the Tigers reeled off 14 wins in a row to capture a share of the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League (MCVL) regular season title and the program's first-ever MCVL Tournament crown. In the first NCAA Division III Tournament in program history, Wittenberg toppled three nationally ranked teams before losing to eventual national runner-up Carthage. Wittenberg finished the season ranked ninth in the country, marking the Tigers' first appearance in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 20.

Peterson returned to Wittenberg after spending the 2022 and 2023 seasons on the sidelines at Pam Evans Smith Arena as an assistant coach with the Tigers’ women’s volleyball program. In her first season as an assistant for Wittenberg Women's Volleyball, the Tigers were ranked nationally throughout the season en route to winning the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) regular season and tournament championships. Wittenberg finished with an overall record of 23-5 after bowing out of the NCAA Division III Tournament with a first-round loss to eventual national runner-up Hope. The following year, Wittenberg overcame a slow start to pick up the 2023 NCAC Tournament title in dramatic fashion. The Tigers scored the final six points of the match against top-seed and host DePauw to pull the upset and advance to the NCAA Division III Tournament, where the Tigers lost to Trinity, 3-1.

Peterson was a three-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, Midwest Region Player of the Year, and NCAA Division 1 All-American as a student-athlete at the University of Dayton from 2016-21. She went on to play professional women’s volleyball for Athletes Unlimited in 2022 and 2023 while also serving as an assistant coach for Wittenberg Women’s Volleyball.

A native of West Liberty, Ohio, Peterson earned bachelor’s degrees in sport management and business administration from the University of Dayton. She resides in Springfield with her husband, Zach Sprinkle, a firefighter and emergency medical technician for the City of Springfield, and their six-year-old son, Carter.