Dale Melnick enters her first season as the head coach of the Brock women's volleyball team.

Melnick returns to coaching after a 12-year hiatus. In the CIS coaching ranks she was the head coach at the University of Western Ontario in 1995-96 and worked as an assistant coach at the University of Guelph from 1996-99. She was also the head coach of the Region 3 Ontario Team in 1995.

As a university student-athlete, Melnick had great success capturing five conference titles. She began her university career at the University of Georgia where she was a member of two Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championship teams in 1985 and 1986.

She returned to Canada and played at York University where she was part of the York dynasty in the early 90's capturing three OUA Championships in 1992, 1993 and 1994. She also played professional beach volleyball for 10 years from 1990-99 on both the national and international circuit all while coaching and mentoring high performance athletes.

Melnick holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Guelph and Bachelor of Arts from York University. She also has a Human Resources Certificate from Conestoga College.

Scott Hunt enters his fourth season with the Brock University women’s volleyball program and third as an assistant coach.

During his time with Brock, he has helped guide the Badgers to an impressive 38-19 regular season record, including two OUA West Quarter-Final appearances.

Hunt has helped produce 2 OUA West First Team, 3 OUA West Second Team, and one All-Rookie Team All-stars in his first three seasons working with the program.

Scott also takes his passion of volleyball to the club scene, as he has been a club coach with the Brock Volleyball Club (BVC), Niagara Rapids, and Mountain Athletic Club (MAC) helping to develop and prepare athletes to play at the next level of volleyball. This season, he is head coaching the Niagara Rapids 18 & Under Girls squad. Scott currently holds NCCP Level 2 Certification in both Indoor and Beach Volleyball.

Hunt is a graduate of Brock University. As a Badger, he has received an honours degree in Mathematics & Economics and a Bachelor of Education degree. He is currently working on his third degree at Brock, as a Master’s student in the Statistics program.