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Paul Dill

Experience: 14 years

Head Coach

pdill@mit.edu

617-258-0331

Alma Mater:
Bates College '89, Univ. of Connecticut '92

Overall Record: 381-128 (Women)/147-67 (Men)
Winning Percentage: .749 (Women)/.687 (Men)

Since his graduation from Bates College in 1989, Paul Dill’s involvement in volleyball has spanned both sexes, nearly all age groups, and two continents. With the women’s team at MIT, he has built what has become one of the premier Division III volleyball programs in New England.

Dill has worked with the MIT volleyball program since 1992. He served as an assistant coach for three years for both the MIT men’s and women’s varsity programs. Named head women’s coach in 1996, Dill has guided the women to six NCAA post-season bids and two ECAC Championships.

Entering his 14th season, Dill is currently ranked No. 16 out of over 400 active Division III coaches in the nation in overall winning percentage (.749), averaging 27 wins and single-digit losses per season during his career. He has never collected fewer than 20 wins in a season and has three 30-win seasons under his belt, lifting his career record to 381-128. In 2006 and 2007, Dill was named the AVCA Division III New England Region Coach of the Year and the NEWVA Coach of the Year. He also collected NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors in 2002.

Dill began duplicating this success with the MIT men’s team after being summoned to take over the reins of the program in 2004. Since then, he has led the men's team to five consecutive post-season appearances and an overall record of 147-67. Before coaching the MIT men’s squad, Dill directed the Emmanuel College men’s squad to a 12-8 record in its first season of varsity competition. He also co-coached the England Women’s Junior National Team for four years and was an assistant coach for a Division I National League women’s club team in the English Volleyball Association. Other experience includes coaching the University of Connecticut men’s volleyball club team while earning his MBA, serving as the manager of the Bates College women’s team as an undergraduate, and coaching the men’s open division of the Bay State Games.

As a player, Dill captained both the Bates and UConn men's teams, and he has played for several USAV and English club teams.

Samantha Lampert

Experience: 6 years

Assistant Coach

Alma Mater:
Endicott College '01

Samantha Lampert is entering her sixth season as an assistant coach for both the women's and men’s volleyball teams at MIT. She joined the coaching staff after serving as the assistant coach for both the men's and women's programs at Endicott College from 2001-04.

Lampert graduated from Endicott College with a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in sport management in 2001. Since graduation she has worked at numerous summer volleyball camps including those held at the University of New Hampshire, Bentley College, Endicott College, the University of Connecticut, and Wheaton College. Lampert is currently employed at Edhance.com where she is always trying to get students discounts. She spends her free time plotting the demise of head coach Paul Dill.

Lampert is a native of Brentwood, N.H. where she attended Exeter High School and was taught volleyball by Roy Swanson. She currently plays both indoor and outdoor volleyball, coaches USAV adult club and in the New England area and is the executive secretary of Yankee Volleyball.

Charles Morton

Experience: 11 years

Assistant Coach

Alma Mater:
MIT '97, Ph.D. '09

Charles Morton is in his 11th season as an assistant coach for the women's varsity volleyball team at MIT. His responsibilities include design and implementation of the strength, conditioning, and jump training programs, recruiting, practice planning, statistical analysis, and player development, and drawing on his familiarity with life as an MIT student to act as a second academic advisor for the team members. Morton was promoted to First Assistant under Coach Dill for the 2001 season after having served as a volunteer for the 1999 and 2000 campaigns. Before joining the program, he spent a year as an assistant coach for the MIT men's varsity volleyball team after closing a four-year playing career that saw him rise from reserve middle blocker in 1995 to starter in 1996, and eventually captain and Most Valuable Player in 1998.

Morton graduated from MIT in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, and was one of the first students to earn the Biomedical Engineering minor. Following a two-year stint as an engineering analyst for the Arthur D. Little Corporation, Morton returned to MIT to pursue a Ph.D. program in the Department of Biological Engineering. His thesis work involved studies of the metabolic disposition and biophysical phenomena of developmental drug candidates against prostate cancer. After earning his doctorate in molecular pharmacology and toxicology in the spring of 2009, Morton began a postdoctoral fellowship researching carcinogenesis at the Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston.

Morton is originally from southern California, where he went to Chadwick High School. When he is not performing in local rock bands or working in his yard, he finds time to play volleyball in USAV adult club leagues in the New England area.

Robin Young

Experience: 1 year

Assistant Coach

Alma Mater:
Williams College '05

Robin Young is entering her first year as an assistant coach for the MIT women's and men’s volleyball programs.

A 2005 graduate from Williams College, Young received a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a concentration in Legal Studies. She was a four-year starter for the Ephs, earning NESCAC All-Conference and NERVA regional honors each season. At the conclusion of her senior campaign, Young was named to the AVCA All-America Second Team. Following graduation, she entered Boston University as a graduate student where she is currently a doctoral student in Biostatistics.

Young hails from Andover, Mass. where she attended Andover High School. She currently plays volleyball in USAV adult club leagues in the New England area.