Lindsey Weatherford has served as the head coach of the Briar Cliff volleyball team since the 2019 season.
In 2020, the Chargers got off to a 4-0 start and finished with a 11-16 overall mark (4-12 GPAC). Three Charger volleyball athletes were named all-GPAC in 2020, Grace Hanno, Sami Wasmund and Tannah Heath. In 2019, the Cliff went 13-18 and picked up a key win over Morningside and took sets from multiple ranked teams. Three Charger athletes were also named all-GPAC in 2019.
Prior to coming to the Cliff, Weatherford most recently was an assistant at Luther College in Decorah, where the Norse were seeded third in the American Rivers Conference tournament, post-season. She has coached at the college and high school levels as both an assistant and head coach in her career with stints at Waldorf College and Kirkwood Community College in Iowa, among others. In 2006, as head coach, she took the North Butler Bearcats (Greene, IA) to compete at the Iowa Girls High School State Volleyball Tournament. Her most recent head coaching job at the collegiate level was at Wentworth Military Academy (Missouri) where she was the first-ever coach in program history and led the team to an 18-8 record in her second year and a national ranking. Her coaching experience dates back to 1999, when she was a coach for the Rapid Spikers Volleyball Club in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Â
At Wentworth Military Academy she was also the Assistant Athletic Director performing duties related to travel, scheduling, and personnel management outside of her coaching duties. At Wentworth, Weatherford maintained compliance of all athletics teams adhering to NJCAA, USCAA, and MSHSAA regulations. At Walden Grove High School (AZ) Weatherford taught Journalism to CTE students and was the school's Sports Information Director maintaining the athletics website, sending media-related releases, and tracking statistics for sports teams. She also spent time with the Department of Defense as an Executive Assistant working to implement office systems, processes, data tracking, records management and was a defense travel system administrator.
Weatherford played volleyball and basketball collegiately at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. She received a Bachelor of Special Studies in Physical Education/Wellness with an emphasis in Athletic Training. Weatherford also has a Master's in Education with a Coaching Concentration from The Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio, and a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Special Education, Cross-Categorical K-12, from Pima College in Tucson, Arizona.
Lindsey and her husband, Ross, have a son, Maxton and a daughter, Mara. They reside in Sioux City.
