Coaching staff

Rachel Miller enters her fifth year as the head coach of the Bulldogs in 2010. In her first year at the helm, the Bulldogs had their best start in school history, winning 18 straight matches to open the season. The Bulldogs had back-to-back seasons of at least 20 wins from 2005-07.

A native of Clarinda, Iowa, she was a four-year letterwinner at Concordia and graduated in 2003 with a B.S. degree in biology and chemistry.

Before taking over as head coach, Miller served as an assistant at Concordia. In addition, she has served as a club volleyball coach for the eight years.

During her playing days as a Bulldog, Miller was a four-time All-Conference selection, three-time All-American, and two-time NAIA Scholar-Athlete. She was three-time team MVP and the Concordia female athlete of the year in 2002.

Miller and her husband Karl have three children, Mikayla, Kelsey and Kendall. The family resides in Seward.

Contact Coach Miller

• 402-643-7325 (office) • Rachel.Miller@cune.edu

Danielle Zimmermann is in her first season as a member of the Concordia University volleyball coaching staff. 

Zimmermann, a native of Wellsburg, IA, has two years of coaching experience with Omeja Volleyball, a junior Olympic volleyball program in southern Minnesota.  She also has several years of experience as a camp head coach at Minnesota State and the University of Minnesota. 

As a player, Zimmermann lettered for four years as a middle blocker at Minnesota State University.  She helped lead the Mavericks to two NCAA Division II National Tournaments and was named to the conference All-Academic Team in 2007 and 2008.   

Zimmermann had over 300 blocks in her career and earned Defensive Player of the Year honors twice during her time at Minnesota State.  She also competed in Argentina with her MSU teammates in May of 2009.      

Kate Phillips is in her first year as a student assistant coach for the Concordia University volleyball team. 

Kate is majoring in Secondary Education at Concordia, and she also competed for two years on the Bulldog volleyball team.  Phillips has served on the coaching staff of the Lincoln Lady Dominators club volleyball team for the past two years.  She also spent time as an assistant coach at St. John’s in 2008.

Outside of school and volleyball, Phillips is also involved with Habitat for Humanity and the People’s City Mission youth group.