Peter Letourneau enters his fourth season as the head women's volleyball coach at Frostburg State University after being named to the position on April 4, 2005.
Last season, Letourneau led the Bobcats to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in the program's 14-year existence. Frostburg State finished the season 21-11 overall and 8-1 in the AMCC. In the conference tournament, FSU downed Lake Erie 3-0 in the semifnals and rallied past Penn State Altoona 3-2 in the championships.
The Bobcats drew a tough assignment in the NCAA Tournament, as the team had to play regional host and the nation's No. 1 team, Wittenberg. Frostburg State would later be elminated from post-season play with a 3-0 setback to the Cardinals.
For his efforts, Letourneau was named the AMCC's Co-Coach of the Year after guiding the team to the tournament in just his third season at the helm. Brooke Winterling was selected as the league's Player of the Year after leading the conference with 557 kills, the fourth highest single-season total in school history.
in 2006, Letourneau led the Bobcats to a 13-19 overall record and a AMCC record of 7-2. In the AMCC tournment, the Bobcat squad defeated Pitt-Bradford 3-0. The 2006 season came to an end for Frostburg State in the AMCC semifinals against Penn State Altoona, 3-0. FSU was the No. 3 seed in the AMCC Tournament and two players on the Bobcat squad were selected for the All-AMCC first team.
In his first season at the helm, Letourneau guided a young Bobcat squad to a 17-16 overall record and a 7-2 Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference mark. FSU struggled during the early part of the season, but rebounded with a seven-match winning streak including five wins in their first six conference matches. After a loss to Penn State Behrend, Frostburg State ended the season with three wins and a No. 3 seed in the AMCC Tournament. FSU defeated Pitt-Greensburg in the opening round, 3-1, but lost to Penn State Altoona in the semifinals, 3-1. Frostburg State placed three players on the All-AMCC second team.
Before coming to Frostburg State, he served for one year as the top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Division I Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J.
In his lone season at Rutgers, Letourneau helped the Scarlet Knights to a 16-10 overall record and a 4-6 mark in the BIG EAST. The season was highlighted by a nine-match road winning streak and an upset of eventual conference runner-up Pittsburgh.
Prior to his stint at Rutgers, Letourneau served as the head coach of both the men's and women's volleyball programs at Division III Villa Julie College in Stephenson, Md., from 2001 to 2003. Letourneau's women's squads showed improvement each season, winning seven, eight and 14 matches, respectively, in his three seasons.
Before Villa Julie, Letourneau coached the Time Out Junior Olympic Volleyball Club. He has also coached at numerous camps over his career, including the Gold Medal Squared Volleyball Camp and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Girls Volleyball Camp. In 2002, he received a Program Level I coaching accreditation from USA Volleyball.
Letourneau gained valuable experience during his playing career. Over his six-year stint with the United States Air Force (1992-98), he was selected to the All-Services Volleyball Team and the All-Air Force Team (1994-95). He also played on the Florida Pro-Beach Volleyball Tour (1990-92) and began his playing career at Division II East Stroudsburg University in 1989.
Letourneau, a 2003 graduate of Towson University, is married to his wife of four years, Barbara, who serving as the graduate assistant coach. Together, they have a six-month old son Nathaniel.
