Donovan Anglin enters his 22nd season as head women’s volleyball coach and 30th overall at Widener in 2025-26.
A 1993 alumnus, Anglin has helped guide the women's program to some of its best seasons in program history and has put the program in a position to challenge for its first Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth title. The men's team has also continued to make strides and looks to build off its recent success.
In 2023-24, the women's volleyball team team went 16-10 (3-4 MAC Commonwealth). The men went 11-11 (3-5 MAC). Under Anglin's coaching, three student-athletes made the All-Conference teams: setter Megan Barthol made the second team, and outside hitter Lilyanna Martucci and middle hitter Shannon Toomey were honorable mentions.
For the women, in 2019, a pair of student-athletes were named All-MAC Commonwealth as Claire Kaufmann was named to the Second Team and Ashley McAfee earned Honorable mention status. McAfee finished her career as a three-time All-Conference honoree and ranks fourth all-time in program history in digs. In 2018 he mentored a pair of All-Conference honorees as Nicole Dorman and Ashley McAfee were recognized by MAC Commonwealth coaches. Dorman, who recorded her 1,000th career assist early in her junior season, also was named Academic All-Conference.
The 2015 squad won its first home postseason match in the conference tournament by sweeping Hood and advanced to the semifinal round of the league’s postseason event. Anglin also won his 200th game as the pilot of the program during the 2015 campaign when the Pride swept Rutgers-Camden at the Knights Invitational. The Pride made history in 2011 by hosting a conference tournament match for the first time ever, going 22-11 that season to finish with their fourth consecutive 20-win campaign. The 2012 unit made it back to the conference tournament and once again hosted a match.
Widener advanced to the postseason in 2009 under Anglin, defeating Swarthmore in the ECAC South Tournament quarterfinals as part of a 22-win campaign. Widener also upended eventual conference champion Lebanon Valley during the same season.
In 2008, the Pride notched a school-record 26 wins and earned their first postseason berth in program history by advancing to the ECAC South Tournament. The squad upended the City College of New York at home to earn a berth in the semifinals.
On the men's side, 2019 was the best season to date for Widener, which won five games. Connor Johnson graduated as the program's all-time leader in digs (315) and digs per set (1.90), is second in assists (316), and fourth in service aces (21).
Off the court, the volleyball team under Anglin’s watch has produced three valedictorians in Rachel Chizmadia (2007), Becky Rohrbaugh (2007) and Veronica Vizzard (2014). Chizmadia and Rohrbaugh were also each named CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team selections, and Vizzard made the CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team. The Pride has also earned the AVCA Team Academic Award the last five seasons for maintaining at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale.
In addition to his duties at Widener, Anglin coached the Synergy Volleyball Club at the U-17 level for six years. Furthermore, he has been a clinician for the Nike High Performance Volleyball Camp at the University of North Carolina, the University of Delaware and Villanova University.
Anglin, who served as an assistant volleyball coach at Widener from 1994-2003 as well as the head men’s club coach in 1999 and 2000, was a standout student-athlete himself at the institution. He was a member of the men’s volleyball club team for one season, qualified for nationals in the 55-meter high hurdles and 55-meter dash on the track, and he also played two seasons of football and one as a member of the men’s soccer squad.
Off the field, Anglin was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity as an undergraduate student at Widener. After graduation, Anglin continued to serve the school as an academic counselor for the Widener’s Project Prepare Program for five years.
Anglin earned his bachelor’s degree in communication studies from Widener in 1993. He currently lives in Drexel Hill with his wife Megan, daughter, Avery, and sons, Donovan and Justin.
