Travis Hinkle was named head coach of the Notre Dame College Volleyball Program on April 4, 2018. He enters his fourth season as head coach in 2021.
In 2018, Hinkle coached Mary Kate McHugh to the program's first All-American honors by the Conference Commissioners' Association and Alexandra Kaeberlein became the program's first Academic All-American, awarded by the College Sports Information Directors of America. The next season, both Kaeberlein and McHugh earned Academic All-American recognition. In 2018 and 2019, McHugh was given a spot on the All-Atlantic Region team, while McHugh and Kaeberlein were honored with First Team Academic All-District, following those two seasons.
McHugh was also named First Team All-MEC and Kaeberlein was given Second Team All-MEC in Hinkle's first season. The Falcons have had seven All-MEC team honorees since 2018.
In 2018, Notre Dame won 16 games, a three win increase from 2017. The team also won eight conference games, which was a four win increase from the previous year.
In 2019, the Falcons broke the program record in wins (23), Mountain East Conference wins (9) and home wins (10). Notre Dame broke their NCAA Division II program record in kills, kills per set, assists, assists per set, aces, aces per set, digs, digs per set, block assists, points and points per set.
In his first two seasons, Hinkle led NDC to back-to-back appearances in the MEC Tournament for the first time in program history.
The 2020 season was shortened and played in the spring of 2021 due to COVID-19. The Falcons went 4-2 at home.
He joined the Falcons staff after serving as the assistant volleyball coach at West Liberty for six years. In his last two seasons at WLU, Hinkle helped lead the Hilltoppers program to a 43-28 record, including a 19-13 record in the Mountain East. In 2017, West Liberty finished as the runners up in the MEC Tournament.
Before joining WLU, Hinkle was the assistant volleyball coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College, prior to the formation of the MEC in the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The Bobcats are now members of the Mountain East.
Hinkle graduated from West Liberty University in 2007 with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration/Sports Management.
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|
Overall |
Conference |
| Season |
W |
L |
% |
W |
L |
% |
| 2018 * |
16 |
17 |
.485 |
8 |
8 |
.500 |
| 2019 * |
23 |
12 |
.657 |
9 |
7 |
.562 |
| 2020 * |
4 |
7 |
.364 |
4 |
6 |
.400 |
| Totals |
43 |
36 |
.544 |
21 |
21 |
.500 |
* = MEC Tournament
