Loyola women’s volleyball coach Amanda Berkley spent her school years playing volleyball at University of Wisconsin-Madison, but occupied her summer working volleyball camps hosted by her sister, Susie Johnson. It was after one camp that Johnson, the current head coach at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, tipped her sister off to coaching.
Berkley was majoring in kinesiology and physical education with hopes to become a physical education teacher after graduation. But her sister turned her a different way.
“Not everybody is a great camp coach,” Johnson said. “She was able to pick up the things we were teaching, bring it to her court and really thrive.