Ben Sabin - Women's Volleyball
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach
- Email:
- bsabin@samford.edu
- Phone:
- 205-726-4491
Ben Sabin enters the seventh season of his second stint on the volleyball staff and tenth season overall. He also serves as the team’s recruiting coordinator and enters his fifth season as the program’s associate head coach. During his time at Samford, Sabin has helped lead the Bulldogs to four Conference Tournament Championships, four NCAA Tournament appearances, and one Regular Season Championship.
Working primarily with outside hitters and liberos, Sabin has greatly impacted those positions reflecting in their play on the court. Outside hitter Lauren Deaton was named to the AVCA All-America Honorable Mention Team, SoCon Player of the Year, and SoCon Tournament MVP in 2020 after being named SoCon Freshman of the Year in 2018. Libero Kate Morgan was named SoCon Libero of the Year following the 2022 season. Outside hitter Kenya McQuirter earned SoCon Freshman of the Year honors in 2020 followed by being titled SoCon Tournament MVP in 2022 after Sabin aided in recruiting the former 2017 Alabama Gatorade Player of the Year. In 2016, outside hitter Erin Bognar earned SoCon Tournament MVP recognition while most recently, outside hitter Kaleigh Meritt won SoCon Freshman of the Year in 2023.
Under Sabin’s tutelage, Samford has produced one AVCA All American, two AVCA All-Region Team selections, one SoCon Player of the Year, one SoCon Libero of the Year, three SoCon Freshmen of the Year, four SoCon Tournament MVPs, ten 1st Team All-SoCon, ten 2nd Team All-SoCon, eight All-Freshman Team, and fifteen SoCon All-Tournament Team selections.
In a brief hiatus from Samford, Sabin entered the professional volleyball ranks in Europe aiding in helping TS Volley Dudingen earn a first-place seed and a third-place overall finish in the 2019 Swiss League Championship. The following year, he helped lead Viteos NUC to the 2019 Swiss Super Cup Title, a CEV Cup appearance, a semi-finalist spot in the Swiss League Championship and the finals of the Swiss Cup Finals as an assistant coach before the season got cut short in spring 2020 due to COVID-19. Sabin aided in coaching Kyra Holt (USA) to a Swiss League MVP title, Sarah Trosch to Best Swiss Player, and Julie Lengweiler to Youngster of the Year accolades.
Prior to Samford, Sabin served as recruiting coordinator and assistant coach in 2015 at Texas A&M International helping the Dustdevil to a best conference record in more than a decade leading the team’s offense. Three Dustdevils earned a spot as one of the top six Heartland Conference attackers with more than 2.97 kills/set each in Conference play.
Sabin began his coaching career as a volunteer at the University of Illinois in 2012 followed by a stint from 2013-2014 as a graduate assistant at Ball State University.
A graduate of Ball State University, Sabin graduated with his undergrad degree in 2012 and master’s degree in 2015. He is married to fellow assistant coach Sabel Sabin. The couple has two children, a son Asher and a daughter, Alexis.
