Alan Clements enters his second season as the head coach of the Mercy College women's volleyball team. He was appointed to the post in the spring of 2010.

Clements is no stranger to Division II volleyball, and comes to Mercy after being the head volleyball coach at Felician College in Rutherford, New Jersey.  He took over the program there in 2007, and in his first year, led the Golden Falcons into the conference championships.

Prior to Felician, the Fair Lawn, New Jersey, resident was the head coach at Bergen Community College where he won the NJCAA Region XIX regular season and tournament championship.  He was also feted as the Region XIX Coach of the Year.

In 2000, he took over one of the most successful high school girls volleyball programs in the state of New Jersey, at Fair Lawn High School.  He was the head coach for six years.  Additionally, he has been the varsity girl’s basketball head coach since 1999.

He earned a bachelor’s degree from David Lipscomb University (Nashville, Tenn.) in 1976.  He went on to earn a Master’s degree from Marygrove College (Detroit, Mich.) in Education, and a second Master's degree from Drake University in Sports Education.

Diana Bruzzone enters her first season as an assistant coach for the volleyball team under Head Coach Alan Clements at Mercy College.

Hailing from Guayaquil, Ecuador, Bruzzone returns to her alma mater, where she starred as a member of the volleyball team from 2005-08.

While Bruzzone’s coaching experience is limited to the Half Moon Volleyball Club/GEVA Tournaments in 2007, she has extensive experience as a player at the collegiate, state and national levels. 

While at Mercy, Bruzzone earned numerous awards, including several Rookie and Player of the Week awards, the Mercy College Model of Consistency award in 2008 and being named to the NCAA All-Academic team in 2007 and 2008 and several All-Tournament teams.

Prior to her career at Mercy, Bruzzone participated in youth tournaments in Argentina (2003) and Peru (2004) for the Ecuador state volleyball team and was a member of the Ecuador National team, playing in several championships across South America in 2005.

Bruzzone is pursuing her doctorate in physical therapy from Mercy College and expects to graduate in 2013.