Caitlin Schweihofer
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Rutgers |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 50–124 (.287) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 5, 1986 Trooper, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Alma mater | St. John's (NY) (B.A.) Lehigh (M.Ed) |
| Playing career | |
| 2004–2006 | St. John's (NY) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2012 | Bucknell (assistant) |
| 2013 | Lehigh (assistant) |
| 2014–2018 | La Salle |
| 2019 | Northeastern |
| 2020–present | Rutgers |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 123–232 (.346) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| |
Caitlin M. Schweihofer (née Rimgaila; born July 5, 1986) is an American former volleyball player who is the head coach of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's volleyball team. She previously served as head coach at La Salle and Northeastern.
Personal life
In 2025, she revealed that she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2022.
Career
Playing career
Schweihofer played as a middle blocker for St. John's (NY) from 2004 to 2006. She captained the Red Storm to an undefeated conference run in 2006. The same year, the team achieved a top 25 national ranking for the first time in program history. She was named Big East Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2006.[1]
After graduating from St. John's in spring 2007, she transferred to Dayton with one year of eligibility remaining; however, she opted to leave the team to focus on academics before the season began.[2]
Coaching career
Schweihofer was named head coach of the La Salle Explorers volleyball team in 2014 and coached there for five seasons. She was named the 2018 Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year.[3]
She coached for one season for the Northeastern Huskies team, before being named the head coach of Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's volleyball team in 2020.[1]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Salle (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2014–2018) | |||||||||
| 2014 | La Salle | 10–21 | 3–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 2015 | La Salle | 6–25 | 0–14 | 10th | |||||
| 2016 | La Salle | 10–20 | 1–13 | 10th | |||||
| 2017 | La Salle | 14–16 | 4–10 | T–7th | |||||
| 2018 | La Salle | 18–12 | 9–5 | 3rd | |||||
| La Salle: | 58–94 (.382) | 17–53 (.243) | |||||||
| Northeastern Huskies (Colonial Athletic Association) (2019) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Northeastern | 15–14 | 9–7 | 4th | |||||
| Northeastern: | 15–14 (.517) | 9–7 (.563) | |||||||
| Rutgers (Big Ten Conference) (2020–present) | |||||||||
| 2020 | Rutgers | 6–14 | 6–14 | 10th | |||||
| 2021 | Rutgers | 8–21 | 0–18 | 14th | |||||
| 2022 | Rutgers | 8–24 | 2–18 | 14th | |||||
| 2023 | Rutgers | 10–20 | 2–18 | 13th | |||||
| 2024 | Rutgers | 6–25 | 1–19 | 18th | |||||
| 2025 | Rutgers | 12–20 | 3–17 | 17th | |||||
| Rutgers: | 50–124 (.287) | 14–104 (.119) | |||||||
| Total: | 123–232 (.346) | ||||||||