Cole returns to alma mater to coach MV volleyball

It took more than 30 years, and a job on the other side of the globe, but Marmaton Valley High's Jamie Cole is back at her alma mater this volleyball season. Cole is the new head coach for the Wildcats, having played at MV 45 years ago.

August 20, 2021 - 1:43 PM

Jamie Cole, who graduated from Marmaton Valley in 1976 and who coached in Kansas for five years before moving to Colorado and then Singapore, is back at her alma mater this fall to coach the Wildcat volleyball team. She’s joined by Hannah Endicott as assistant coach. Photo by Richard Luken / Iola Register

MORAN — Who says you can’t go home again?

Just one year after her old classmate (and former Iola High girls basketball coach) Becky Carlson returned to coach at her alma mater, Marmaton Valley High’s Jamie Cole is doing the same.

Cole, along with Carlson, is a part of Marmaton Valley’s Class of 1976.

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