On May 12, 2020, Dottie Hampton was introduced as the 12th head volleyball coach in the program's history.
Hampton enters her fourth season at the lead of both the indoor and beach programs in 2023-24.
UNCW is Hampton’s third head coaching position following tenures at Niagara (2012) and South Carolina (2017-interim). She has served as an assistant coach on the staff at Coastal Carolina for two seasons prior to coming to Wilmington.
Hampton helped the Chanticleers compile a 24-6 record overall and 13-3 mark in the competitive Sun Belt Conference. The Chants finished first in the Eastern Division and came up just short to Texas State in the finals of the SBC Tournament.
Coastal’s Anett Nemeth collected Honorable Mention honors by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) – a first by a Coastal player. Anett was also an All-Region selection and a First-Team All-SBC pick by the coaches. In addition, CCU’s Brigitta Petrenko was a First-Team All-SBC selection as a freshman as well as the league’s Freshman of the Year.
Prior to joining the Coastal Carolina program, Hampton served as an assistant at South Carolina from 2014-17, finishing the 2017 season as interim head coach. In Hampton’s four seasons in Columbia, the Gamecocks racked up 60 wins.
Hampton was previously the head coach at Niagara, piloting the Purple Eagles to a 15-14 record overall and 12-6 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in 2012.
Hampton served as an assistant coach at five schools. She served on the staffs at Indiana (2005-06), former CAA rival George Mason (2007-10), Pittsburgh (2011) and Butler (2013). In 2009, she helped George Mason post a 23-9 record, capture the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament championship secure and NCAA berth.
Hampton is a 1998 graduate of Purdue-Fort Wayne, where she was a three-time All-Great Lakes Valley Conference and two-time All-Region volleyball honoree. Hampton was an AVCA All-America selection as a senior.
Following her collegiate career, Hampton played four seasons professionally in Europe.
