About Coach Jill

Coach Jill Smitherman has a decade of coaching experience in high school volleyball. In her first 2 seasons the West Broward High School’s Lady Bobcats went 33 and 9 under Coach Smitherman. The 2009 varsity team’s record was 17 and 5 capping off the season with their first District Championship in Division 6A. Additionally, the team advanced to the second round of regionals. Coach has now embraced the Junior Varsity program and pushed them to achieve second in the Coral Springs JV Tournament. Bobcat volleyball has quickly become a contending Broward county program. Coach Smitherman was selected by the BCAA as the 2008 South Area All-Star Team’s Head Coach.

Jill is a native of Long Island, New York where she started playing volleyball in high school. She went on to play in college at the University of Albany for 2 years and then transferred to Cortland College where she played for 2 years. At Cortland College, Jill was the squad’s Co-Captain in her senior year and led the team to a season finishing ranking of 5th in the nation. Jill then returned to Long Island, where she started teaching and coaching at Sachem High School. Coach Smitherman was the Assistant Coach for the Boy’s and Girl’s Varsity teams, Boy’s and Girl’s Junior Varsity Coach as well as the Head Coach for the Girl’s Freshman Team for 3 years.

Most recently Jill had been part of the teaching staff at Cypress Bay High School for 5 years. Coach Smitherman held the positions of Assistant Varsity Coach and helped lead the Lightning Girl’s Division 6A to 4 District Championships, 1 Regional Championship, and an appearance in the State Playoffs. All the while, Coach led the Lightning’s Junior Varsity program to a record of 65 and10 over 5 seasons and 2004 Cardinal Gibbons’ Invitational Tournament Championship. Coaching Philosophy

Teach the kids to play with confidence

Coaching Philosophy: " Teach the kids to play with confidence"
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