PROGRAM GROWTH
The Campbell Volleyball program has been around since 1985, competing at the Division I level. Within our 40 years, the program and players have earned numerous accolades that show triumph on and off the court.
Current head coach Greg Goral took over the program in 2013 and is both the longest-tenured and winningest coach in program history. In his 12 years at the helm, the program became a conference powerhouse within the Big South, including back-to-back banner seasons, with the program's first-ever Big South Championship and NCAA tournament berth in 2021 in Lincoln, Neb, and the program's first regular season title in 2022. Goral has led the program to four conference championship game appearances in the 2015, 2017, 2021 and 2022 seasons. Campbell Volleyball has grown in prominence throughout the region with top-50 recruiting class honors, numerous All-Conference award winners and the first-ever postseason appearance in Campbell Volleyball history with a bid to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC, 2017).
In 2023, Campbell played its first season of CAA competition where the team finished third in the regular season and reached the CAA Championship semifinals. Three Camels earned all-CAA honors in the team's first league season.
Campbell Athletics Hall of Fame: Bev Shepard Marley
Bev Shepard Marley ('91) is the first Campbell volleyball player to be inducted into the Hall of Fame (Inducted 2024). She joined the Camel program in just its third varsity season in 1987 and proceeded to play in every match and set over the next four years. She established school records for career and single-season assists – marks that still rank among the top 15 in program history more than three decades later. During her junior season, she helped lead the Camels to their first-ever winning season and Big South tournament final, while earning all-tournament honors. She earned All-Academic honors from the AVCA all four years and graduated Cum Laude in 1991 with a B.S. in physical education and minor in Spanish.
After teaching middle school for one year, she returned to Buies Creek to serve as head volleyball coach from 1992-93. Marley then returned to her native Onslow County where her teaching and coaching career stretched for nearly three decades. Over 19 seasons as head volleyball coach at Southwest Onslow High School, Marley led her teams to the state playoffs nine times and was named league coach of the year on six occasions. She also served as head girls basketball coach for 17 seasons and guided her teams to seven district titles and 13 state playoff berths, including a state runner-up finish in 2010. Marley earned coach of the year recognition seven times on the hardwood. Her volleyball and basketball teams combined to win 432 games against only 319 losses. In addition, she also coached track & field. Since 2015, she has served as a NFHS volleyball official and remains involved in education as a part-time elementary school physical education teacher.