Bio

Jane Passa enters her 26th year as head coach of the NDSCS volleyball program in 2024. With a coaching record of 678-258, she has had 23 consecutive winning seasons and 24 20-win seasons. During her tenure in Wahpeton, Passa had a 40-win season and four 30-win seasons. She has accumulated an impressive 262-43 record on the home court of Ed Werre Arena.

Passa finished the 2023 season as the Region XIII Champions, Northwest Plains District Champions, and a birth to the National Tournament where the Wildcats went 2-2, ending the year with a with a 27-10 record.

During her time as head coach, the Wildcats have won conference titles in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2021 (Covid Season). They were Region XIII champions in 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021 (Covid Season) and 2023.

Passa led the Wildcats to their first National Tournament in 2001 as NJCAA Division II National runners-up and District G and Region XIII champions. In 2007 the Wildcats finished with a Mon-Dak Conference title, as well as District O and Region XIII titles and a birth to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament. In 2018 the Wildcats finished with a Mon-Dak Conference title, as well as District G and Region XIII titles and a birth to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament. In 2021 the Wildcats finished with a Region XIII title, a Northwest Plains District title, and a birth to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament.

Coach Passa was selected Mon-Dak Conference Coach of the Year in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2021 (Covid Season) along with Region XIII Coach of the Year in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021 (Covid Season), 2021 and 2023. She was named District G Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2018, District O Coach of the Year in 2007, and Northwest Plains District Coach of the Year in 2021 and 2023.

The Wildcats are on pace for another successful season in 2024 with goals of competing for the Region XIII championship and another trip to the national tournament.

Coach Passa came to NDSCS after teaching and coaching at North Dakota State University (NDSU), where she helped lead the Bison to runner-up in the 1998 National Division II Collegiate Women's Volleyball Tournament. She also served as an assistant coach at Minnesota State University-Moorhead for two years. Passa earned her bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota and her master's degree from NDSU.

Along with coaching and teaching duties at NDSCS, Passa serves as Program Coordinator of the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Department. She and her husband, Jayme, have two daughters who both play and played college volleyball.