VALLEY CITY – Valley City State University athletic director Jill DeVries announced today that Brigitte Greywater has been named head coach of the VCSU volleyball program.

Greywater currently serves as the head volleyball coach and director of counseling at Lake Region State College. She will start at Valley City State on Feb. 16.

“We are excited to have Coach Greywater join the VCSU Viking family,” said DeVries. “Brigitte’s leadership and mentorship is well-respected by her student-athletes. She has shown the ability to create and cultivate a successful culture at Lake Region, and I believe her vision for the program and ability to recruit future student-athletes will help the program reach new heights.”

Greywater just completed her eighth season as head coach at LRSC. She was hired as a counselor at Lake Region in 2011, and later that year was named head volleyball coach and tasked with re-starting the Lake Region volleyball program that had been discontinued in 2003.

The Royals resumed play in 2012 and in the program’s second season Greywater guided the Royals to a 29-12 record and an appearance in the 2013 East Sub-Region XIII Tournament Championship. In 2018, the Royals posted a 25-13 record and advanced to the Region XIII semifinals.

“I am excited for the opportunity to be the next head coach for Valley City State University,” said Greywater. “VCSU is an excellent place for student-athletes to receive their education. The vision for education and athletics is moving in a great direction, and I am extremely thankful for this opportunity.”

Greywater has 13 years of volleyball coaching experience at the high school, NCAA Div. II, and NJCAA levels. She has also coached softball, track and field, and girls’ basketball at the high school level. Greywater has been coaching at Lake Region State since 2011, when she was tasked with re-starting the volleyball program for the 2012 season.

Greywater is a native of Walhalla, N.D. She earned a psychology degree from Minot State University while competing in volleyball and track and field for the Beavers. She also earned her post-master’s degree as an Educational Specialist in School Psychology from Minot State. Greywater is married to her husband, Sheldon.

Valley City State University is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and a conference member of the North Star Athletic Association.