Amber Warners

Biography

Dr. Amber Warners is in her 24th year as head Calvin women's volleyball coach and serves as associate athletics director and professor of kinesiology at Calvin. She has compiled an overall record of 677-116 (.854 winning percentage) ranking second amongst all active Division III head coaches. Under her leadership at Calvin, she has a record of 624-97 (.865) with three national championships (2010, 2013, 2016) and 13 campaigns with 30+ wins. A four-time AVCA Division III National Coach of the Year (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014), she is tied for second on the all-time list. She has been named AVCA Division III Great Lakes Coach of the Year seven times and coached seven AVCA Division III Players of the Year. Warners led Calvin to 19 NCAA Tournament appearances, 15 MIAA Tournament titles, and 14 MIAA regular season titles with a remarkable 287-21 MIAA record (.932). Previously, she served as interim head coach at Hope College in 1994 (21-11 record) and coached Calvin's softball team for eight years, leading the Knights to the NCAA III Softball World Series in 1997. A 1990 Calvin graduate, Warners was a two-sport standout in volleyball and softball, earning a master's degree in sports psychology from Michigan State in 1996 and a Ph.D. from Michigan State.