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Published July 03, 2009 11:52 pm - The time has come for Nancy Champlin to spread her wings and fly. Champlin champing at the bit Former Falcon assistant excited to be Jefferson’s new head volleyball coach KARL PEARSON Star Beacon The time has come for Nancy Champlin to spread her wings and fly.
Her opportunity comes this season as she takes over as the head coach of the Jefferson volleyball team, succeeding Sherri Britton, who spent two seasons at the head of the Falcon program. The 40-year-old Champlin is becoming a head coach for the first time after serving as Jefferson’s freshmen coach the past two years, during which the varsity squad compiled a 23-20 record. Champlin responded to the call after turning down a previous head coaching opportunity. “I’m excited about it,” the computer science teacher at Jefferson said. “I had the opportunity a couple years ago, but I wasn’t sure I was ready to step up to the varsity at that time. “This time, I was more available for the opportunity. I’ve worked with Sherri Britton the past couple of years. I’ve also coached most of the girls at one level or another.” Before she took over the freshmen, Champlin coached the Jefferson eighth graders for two years. “This year’s seniors were a part of my middle-school team the first year I coached here,” the Kent State University and Northern Kentucky University graduate said. “I think I have a good rapport with the girls from before and I had most of them in class at one time or another. I also think I have good coach-parent relationships.” While she has not been a head coach during her time at Jefferson or in previous teaching assignments in Virginia and Kentucky, that doesn’t mean Champlin hasn’t had significant roles with Britton and her predecessor, Don Palm. “I was given the responsibility of organizing the skills camp each year,” the 1987 Conneaut High School graduate said. “I also organized the Volley for the (breast cancer) Cure Night. “I feel good about the things I’ve learned. I’m going to be using a lot of the things I learned from Sherri and from Don. I also have some ideas of my own.” Becky DeGeorge, who was Britton’s junior-varsity coach, will return in that role. Katie Mabry will take over as the freshmen coach, while Ashley Febel will coach the eighth-grade team. Mabry and Febel both played at Jefferson for the great Jeanine Bartlett. The search is still on for a seventh-grade coach. Champlin is not entirely certain what the makeup of her squad is going to be. There are potentially several returning varsity letterwinners, but some are thinking of trying to split time between two fall sports or heading to other sports entirely. “There are some girls who played on the varsity who want to run cross country, too,” she said. “There are some that are still undecided. “We’ve got some depth in some areas. In other areas, we have some young people who are going to have to step up.” 
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