When Caitlin Schweihofer was hired last year, no coach that athletic director Pat Hobbs has hired in his six years at Rutgers has inherited a more difficult challenge. The volleyball program had struggled more than any other at Rutgers since the school joined the Big Ten in 2014, compiling a hopeless 3-117 record in conference play.
The former Atlantic 10 coach of the year had proven to be a rising star in the sport, but the task at Rutgers was daunting. The Big Ten is perennially the best conference and routinely has around a half dozen teams ranked in the top ten nationally.