Sandy Hoffman, the winningest active New England Division II women’s volleyball coach, is in her 31st year as Bentley’s head coach. She'll enter the 2012 season with 730 career victories, fourth most amongst active Division II coaches and sixth all-time in Division II women's volleyball history.

Career win number 700 came Nov. 13, 2009 against Le Moyne in the quarterfinals of the Northeast-10 playoffs.  She reached the 500-win milestone during the 2001 season, becoming only the second New England coach to reach the plateau, and notched career win number 600 Oct. 22, 2005 against Saint Rose. 

Amongst active Division II coaches, her career winning percentage of .684 (730-337) is 16th best amongst coaches with at least 10 years experience.

Under Hoffman’s tutelage, the Bentley program has consistently ranked amongst the Northeast-10 elite. She received NE-10 Coach of the Year honors five straight years from 1985-89, in 2001 and again in 2005. Her team has won the regular season conference title outright nine times (1986-90, 1996, 2001-02 and 2005) and was co-champs in 1992 and 1995. In addition, under her guidance, Bentley has captured the Northeast-10 playoff championship nine times and been in the NCAA Division II tournament 11 times (1993, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2002 and annually from 2004-09).  In November 2005, Bentley reached the Sweet 16 for the first time in the program's history.

Only four times has a Hoffman-coached team failed to finish in the top three of the Northeast-10, and there have been 27 winning records in the last 29 seasons.

Hoffman has been a Bentley assistant athletics director since 1990. During that time, her responsibilities have involved her in virtually every aspect of the athletic department’s operations.

Initially, she was responsible for physical education, recreation, compliance and student services, including the academic tutoring of athletes. More recently, her duties included facility and intercollegiate scheduling, and monitoring financial aid.

After a realignment of the athletic department in 2000, Hoffman is now responsible for the fiscal affairs of the Bentley athletic program, as well as financial aid.

Prior to being named an assistant athletic director 20 years ago, she served as Recreation Director and the athletic department’s Coordinator of Academic Support Services.

Hoffman, 54, is a former member of the NCAA Division II Volleyball Committee.

A native of Manhasset, N.Y. who now resides in Waltham, Hoffman played four years of varsity volleyball at Springfield before graduating in 1980. She received her MBA from Bentley in 1990.