Brigitte SlackBrigitte Slack was hired as an assistant coach for the Purdue Fort Wayne women's volleyball program prior to the 2024 season.
Slack came to Purdue Fort Wayne after spending the last three years as an Athletic Director for Hillel Academy of Tampa Bay and head coach of TEAMKiwi, a club of U-17 and U-12 teams in Tampa, Florida.
Prior to her time in the Sunshine State, Slack was the Volleyball Program Director for the Savannah Country Day School in Savannah, Georgia. She was responsible for seven volleyball teams and doubled the varsity team's win total in one season.
Before her three years in Georgia, Slack spent four in Texas working for the Texas Tornados Volleyball Club, where she was working primarily as a recruiting coordinator and setters coach.
She spent two years at North Side High School as the assistant coach for the varsity program. Before working in the Summit City, Slack was as assistant coach at Army in 2013-14, where she was responsible for developing a strategy that led to a 40 percent increase in solo blocks. She worked specifically with the setters at Army. Over the last 20 years, Slack has worked a variety of collegiate camps, both as a coach and as an organizer.
Slack is a 2004 graduate of Concordia Lutheran High School in Fort Wayne, where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2023. She went on to play at Alabama, where she left the Crimson Tide as the all-time assists and assists per set leader. She led Alabama to three NCAA Tournament appearances. After Alabama, Slack played professional volleyball in Denmark and Germany.
