Legend volleyball will have a new coach this fall. (Matt Daniels/MattDanPhoto.com)
Legend has hired Verlyn Rosenthal to be just the second volleyball coach in the school’s history.
Rosenthal has a long history of success, including three state championships while leading Colorado Springs Christian from 2004-06. During that span, his team won 66-consecutive matches.
Most recently, Rosenthal was the head coach at Colorado Christian University from 2010-14, and went 110-71 in five seasons. They went to the NCAA tournament in 2012, and the championship game of the National Christian College Athletic Association in 2014.
He has also served as a club coach in Florida and with Front Range Volleyball Club in Denver.
Rosenthal replaces Katie Winsor, who started the program in 2008. Under Winsor, the Titans went 94-87 — including a 34-20 mark over the past two seasons.
Legend has made the Class 5A state tournament each of the past two seasons, and also went in 2012. The Titans have made the postseason — whether that was districts or, now, regionals — every year since 2009, which was the program’s first full season of varsity competition.
Next season, the Titans will lose their top three attackers to graduation, as well as their top two setters. But Kayleigh Thompson, who led the team with 443 digs, and Katie Turner, who was second with 337, are due to return.