Salima Rockwell | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | Notre Dame |
Current Conference: | ACC |
Birth Date: | January 24, 1972 |
Birth Place: | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Alma Mater: | Pennsylvania State University |
Player Years1: | 1991–1994 |
Player Team1: | Penn State |
Player Years2: | 1997–1998 |
Player Team2: | United States National Team |
Coach Years1: | 2006–2008 |
Coach Team1: | Penn State (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 2009–2013 |
Coach Team2: | Texas (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2014–2017 |
Coach Team3: | Penn State (Associate HC) |
Coach Years4: | 2022–present |
Coach Team4: | Notre Dame |
Awards: | AVCA Division I National Assistant Coach of the Year (2013) |
Salima Rockwell (; born January 24, 1972) is a retired American female volleyball player. She was part of the United States women's national volleyball team at the 1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship in Japan.[1]
Rockwell played college volleyball for Penn State from 1991 to 1994 under Russ Rose.
After her playing career, Rockwell moved into coaching at Pittsburgh before moving to various other universities.
Rockwell first became an assistant coach for Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team in 2006, a position she held for 2 seasons before joining Texas from 2009 to 2013 as an assistant coach.[2] She then returned to Penn State as associate head coach for the 2015[3] through 2017 seasons. She retired from collegiate coaching in 2018.
She came out of retirement in January 2022 and was named the seventh head volleyball coach at Notre Dame.
Rockwell began broadcasting in 2018 and announces at college and international games. She has broadcast games on ESPN, the Longhorn Network, Fox Sports, and the Big Ten Network.[4]
In 2024, Rockwell was added to NBC's duo of Paul Sunderland and Kevin Barnett for the broadcast coverage of men's and women's indoor volleyball during the 2024 Summer Olympics.