The Anna Howle File
	Hometown: Stoughton, Wis.
	Education: Oklahoma '08; Oklahoma '10
	Husband: Tyler; Children: Suzy, Eli, Emmitt, Kaia
	Coaching Background
	2008-Pres.	Oklahoma Baptist, Head Coach
	2007	Carl Albert High School, Head Coach
	Career Records
	All-Time:		412-175 (.702)
	OBU Record:		412-175 (.702)
	Conference:		200-53 (.790)
	National Tournament:		4-7
	By The Numbers
	1 - Perfect season
	5 - National tournament appearance (NAIA & NCAA)
	6 - Conference tournament titles
	8 - Regular season conference titles
	16 - Winning seasons
	13 - All-American selections
	26 - Conference award winners
	82 - All-Conference selections
	149 - Wins inside the Noble Complex (149-43 overall)
	Championships/Honors
	- Ranked No. 1 in the nation in 2020-21 after perfect season
	- 2020-21 GAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
	- First ever NCAA Tournament appearance in 2019
	- 2019 GAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
	- 2013 SAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
	- Reached NAIA National Tournament Quarterfinals in 2012
	- 2012 Mid-South Region Coach of the Year
	- 2012 SAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
	- 2011 SAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions
	- NAIA National Tournament in 2011, 2012, and 2013
	- 2010 SAC Regular Season Champions
	- Five time Coach of the Year (2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, 2020)
	- Won 53 straight SAC regular season contests from 2010-14
	- Named Co-Libero of the Year at OU in 2006

Oklahoma Baptist University head coach Anna Howle began her college coaching career at the helm of the Bison in 2008 and has brought the OBU volleyball program to amazing heights.

Howle has amassed 412 wins, 200 conference victories, seven conference titles, five appearances in national tournaments, and has produced 13 All-Americans and 82 All-Conference selections.

The 2020-21 OBU volleyball team completed one of the greatest seasons ever seen on Bison Hill as they amassed a perfect 18-0 record including a 10-0 GAC mark, winning the GAC Western Division Title and their second straight GAC Tournament Championship.

With three wins over nationally ranked opponents including over preseason No. 1 Nebraska-Kearney and No. 4 Washburn, the Bison ascended up the polls before landing at No. 1 in the country for the first time in school history after defeating Harding in the GAC Championship Game. OBU would ultimately conclude the season ranked No. 2 in the nation in the final AVCA poll. 

Howle was named Coach of the Year while Kaylee Buell took home GAC Setter of the Year and Avery Hellmuth was named GAC Newcomer of the Year. Malia Leatherland also earned unanimous First Team All-GAC honors. No major awards were announced due to the shortened spring season with COVID-19. 

During the 2023 campaign, Howle's Bison were co-regular season champs of the GAC before winning the GAC Tournament Championship over Henderson State. That clinched the program's second-ever NCAA Tournament appearances. Along the way, Maci Langford earned her second straight GAC Defensive Player of the Year honor while Jill Leslie was named an Honorable Mention All-America selection by the AVCA. 

The 2019 OBU volleyball team compiled a 28-6 record and won their first Great American Conference title in the regular season as well as the postseason tournament. This earned the first-ever automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament as the Bison battled second-ranked Nebraska-Kearney, falling to the eventual national runner-up.

Among leading the conference in numerous categories, it saw OBU produce its first ever All-American in the NCAA Division II era as Leatherland was named to the D2CCA All-American Team. Leatherland also took home All-Region honors as well as the GAC Player of the Year. Hayley Daniel was named GAC Newcomer of the Year while Howle took home her fourth Coach of the Year honor.
 

The 2017 Bison team finished 18-15 and qualified for the Great American Conference postseason in the program's first year as full members of the NCAA. OBU finished third in the regular season and made it to the conference semifinal match by defeating Ouachita Baptist in the opening round of the tournament for the first-ever GAC postseason win in program history. Senior Cadyn Laing earned First Team All-GAC status and redshirt freshman Mikayla Watson was named Second Team All-GAC. 

In 2016, Howle led the Bison to a 23-15 record, including an 11-5 record in OBU’s second season as a member of the Great American Conference. The Lady Bison once again made it to the National Christian College Athletic Association National Tournament, falling in the semifinals. Cadyn Laing earned NCCAA All-America honors after posting

140 blocks.

During the 2015 season, Howle directed the Lady Bison to a 27-13 record, the program’s first season at the Division II level. Her team also reached the National Championship of the NCCAA before falling in title match. A strong season saw OBU place three on the NCCAA All-American squad, headlined by senior Kaitlyn Lucy, who set a new NCAA Division II record for digs in a season (978).

The 2011, 2012, and 2013 Sooner Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, Howle has been featured as an AVCA “Thirty Under 30.” She was named the 2012 American Volleyball Coaches Association Mid-South Region Coach of the Year. 

Howle has also served as the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee advisor since the founding of the committee in 2015. She is the co-director of the Bison Sports Awards, a formal, ESPY-style awards show celebrating the achievements of OBU's student-athletes, coaches and teams over the last year.

Howle is chair of the Gender Equity and Diversity Committee and is also a member of multiple committees on Bison Hill, including the Compliance Committee, Athletic Advisory Committee, Student Development Committee, Athletics Executive Committee and numerous hiring committees around campus. She was instrumental in Oklahoma Baptist's transition from the NAIA to NCAA Division II. 

The Bison won four consecutive conference titles from 2010-2013, and won 53 consecutive regular season SAC matches. The Bison also won three SAC tournaments and qualified for the postseason three times, making it to the NAIA National Tournament in 2012 and 2013. The 2011 squad made it to the NAIA Opening Round Tournament.
 

Since coming to OBU, Howle has coached the team to four seasons with 30 or more wins, and is 272-115 over 10 seasons. She has coached three Sooner Athletic Conference Freshmen of the Year, a three-time SAC MVP, a SAC Newcomer of the Year, a two-time SAC Libero of the Year, two SAC Setters of the Year, a SAC Hitter of the Year, nine All-Americans, six NAIA Scholar Athletes, seven CoSIDA Academic All-District recipients, two GAC Academic All-Conference members and 37 All-Conference players.
 

In addition to her coaching duties, she is the Senior Woman Administrator at OBU. She has also been a camp director for OBU, numerous high school camps, home school camps, and has coached at camps at the University of Arkansas and Northern Iowa.
 

She also teaches Kinesiology and leisure studies courses at OBU.
 

Howle (then Monsen), who played four seasons at the University of Oklahoma, began rebuilding the program at OBU, which had been dormant since 1987. OBU started volleyball in 1975, but the program was discontinued after the 1987 season. Her first Lady Bison team posted a 24-16 record in 2008.

Howle served as head coach at Carl Albert High School in 2007, leading the team to its first state tournament appearance. She also coached the Sooner Volleyball Club (13-year-olds) in Norman for two seasons.

Howle completed her Bachelor's degree at Oklahoma in 2008 and earned a Masters of Education from Oklahoma in 2010.
 

While at OU, Howle was Academic All-Big XII from 2004-06 and Co-Libero of the Year in 2006. She was OU’s Most Improved Player in 2004. Howle also ran track for the Sooners for one season, earning All-Conference honors in the heptathlon.
 

Howle played at Stoughton High School in Wisconsin, where she was the school’s all-time leader in assists.

She married Tyler Howle in 2009 and the couple has three children.