Recruiting Email: NortheasternVB@neu.edu
Resa Provanzano completed her fourth year as an assistant coach at Northeastern. She has helped guide the Huskies to a 74-40 record, including a regular season title and two CAA Championship Final appearances.
Before joining the Huskies, Provanzano was an assistant for two seasons at Alabama-Birmingham where she helped lead the Blazers to a 51-20 record in a two-year span. In 2006, the school captured its first Conference USA championship and an NCAA Tournament berth. The Blazers followed that up with a second-place finish in the Conference USA Tournament in 2007. In her two seasons, Provanzano coached three All-Conference USA selections as well as two Conference USA Newcomers of the Year. Provanzano used her playing experience as a defensive specialist and outside hitter to coach UAB’s single-season record holder for digs.
Prior to her stint at UAB, Provanzano spent the 2005 season as an assistant coach at Georgia Southern, where she served as the recruiting coordinator. She helped lead the Eagles to a 21-11 record and coached a first-team All-Southern Conference selection.
A 2005 graduate of Georgia, Provanzano was a four-year letterwinner and two-year captain for the Bulldogs. She led Georgia in digs from 2000-02 and finished her career fifth all-time in school history in digs. The Bulldogs reached the SEC Tournament semifinals twice while she was playing. In addition to her athletic accomplishments, Provanzano was given the Georgia Athletics Sportsmanship Award in 2002 and was named to the SEC Good Works team in 2003.
After finishing her athletic eligibility, Provanzano spent a year as student assistant coach at the Un
iversity of Georgia, where she helped the team reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time in 10 years. She also spent five years coaching the Georgia Juniors volleyball club, an Under-17 club.
Provanzano and her husband Anthony, who wed in June 2009, reside in Middleton, Mass.
