SENATOBIA — Northwest Mississippi Community College will begin the steps of adding women's volleyball as the institution's 10th athletic program, the college has announced.
 
Northwest will begin play in the fall of 2020 with all home games expected to be played in Howard Coliseum.

Northwest made the final decision to proceed with adding women's volleyball in October and posted the official announcement and job opening this month.
 
"It is exciting to add a new sport that is rapidly growing in our state," Northwest athletic director Brian Oakes said. "The addition of volleyball will give young women an opportunity to continue their education through athletics at Northwest."
 
According to the NJCAA, as of the 2018-19 school year, 320 teams competed in volleyball at the community college level. Northwest would become the third MACJC institution to add the sport, as Pearl River added the program for the 2019 season with Itawamba following suit for the 2020 campaign.

Volleyball will join football, baseball, softball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer and men's and women's rodeo at NWCC.
 
A national head coaching search is currently underway and a candidate is expected to be formally chosen and announced by the start of the spring semester. An application for the position is available at the following link: bit.ly/33bYfEk.