Head coach Wick Colchagoff is now entering his 12th season with the Oilers and is coming off of a 12-22 campaign in 2008.

In 2007, he led the Oilers to a 19-14 campaign which followed a 22-8 record in 2006 and a 22-10 mark in 2005.

In 2004, he guided Findlay to a 24-8 record and has his squad ranked as high as 22nd in the nation during the year. Four different athletes received GLIAC South Division player of the week honors during the season.

In 2003, Colchagoff guided the Oilers to a 29-8 record and their fourth consecutive GLIAC South Division title. Findlay, who advanced to the semi-finals of the GLIAC Tournament for the first time ever, earned a four seed in the Great Lakes Regional Tournament before being upended by Northern Kentucky in the quarter finals.

The 2002 Oilers were 25-10 and co-champions of the South Division of the GLIAC. Findlay athletes were recognized as the South Division player of the week, six out of 11 weeks during the season but the Oilers were eliminated in the first round of the GLIAC Tournament.

Findlay concluded the 2001 season with a 29-7 record, losing to Grand Valley State in the Great Lakes Regional. The squad finished the season ranked 21st in the country, marking the highest ranking the Oilers volleyball team has ended with in the history of their program. The Oilers also won the South Division of the GLIAC for the second straight year.

In 2000, Colchagoff led the Oilers to a 25-12 record. The Oilers were co-champions of the GLIAC South Division and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Regional before falling to Northwood University. This marked the first time that an Oilers volleyball team qualified for the NCAA Tournament.

In 1999, Colchagoff led Findlay to their best finish in school history. He coached the Oilers to an impressive 38-10 overall record, earning their first ever birth to the NAIA National Championships where they took fifth.

During his first season with the Oilers, Colchagoff posted a 9-26 record and 3-12 conference record.

Prior to arriving at Findlay, Colchagoff was the head coach at Nebraska Wesleyan. The Plainswomen compiled a 17-20 record in Colchagoff’s first year and a fourth place finish in the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference during the 1995 season. In 1996, Colchagoff guided Wesleyan to a spot in the “Sweet 16” at the NCAA Division III Championships. That year, the Plainswomen finished the season ranked eighth in the final American Volleyball Coaches Association poll with a 23-12 mark.

In 1997, the Plainswomen earned their second consecutive bid to the NCAA Division III Championships after being ranked as high as sixth in the Division III national poll.

Over his 15 seasons as a head coach, he has had nine seasons with 20 plus wins and has also guided the Oilers to a 254-135 record during his tenure, which includes four GLIAC South Division titles.

Coach Colchagoff and his wife, Lori, reside in Findlay with their two daughters, Colbi and Sydni.

Rachel Hoag is entering her first season as an assistant coach with the Oilers volleyball team.

Hoag most recently served as assistant coach at Padua Franciscan High School, helping her alma mater to a 26-3 record and the 2008 OHSAA Division II state championship.

A native of Brunswick, Ohio, Hoag was a two-time captain and four-year starter at outside hitter for St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg, North Carolina. She was named to the Carolinas Virginia Athletic Conference All-Conference team from 2000-2003 and the CVAC All-Tournament after the Knights’ run to the conference championship match in 2003. She received Academic All-Conference honors and garnered CVAC player of the week recognition in 2001, 2002 and 2003.

Hoag earned a bachelor of arts degree in English from St. Andrews in 2004 and spent two years after graduation as a reporter and editor for The Associated Press in Israel and Columbus, Ohio. She coached three seasons at Maverick Volleyball Club in the Cleveland area. In 2008, Hoag’s Maverick 14-National team finished ninth out of 45 teams in the Ohio Valley Region and qualified for the USAV Juniors Championship in Dallas.

Don Burroughs is entering his second season as an assistant volleyball coach with the Oilers.

He comes to UF from New Bremen where he served as the freshman and junior varsity coach for the past ten years. He has also coached club volleyball for 15 years and had two teams qualify for nationals.

Additionally, Burroughs is currently the Director of Coaching Education Programs for the Ohio Valley Region and a U.S.A. Volleyball High Performance Coach.

Clay Hales is entering his second season on the Oilers coaching staff.

He volunteered with the BYU men's volleyball team during the 2004 and 2006 seasons. In 2004 the team won the NCAA national championship. He volunteered with the BYU women's volleyball team during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.

A graduate of Canyon del Oro high school in Tucson, Arizona, he played middle blocker on one of the first boys volleyball teams in the state.

He earned his bachelor of science degree in exercise science from BYU in 2003 and is currently working towards a master's degree in education.