Dec. 3, 1999

COLUMBIA, MO. ___ -- Disa Johnson, who was unable to elevate the University of Missouri volleyball program into the upper half of the conference standings during her six years as the Tigers' head coach has resigned her position, Director of Athletics Michael Alden announced today.

Associate Director of Athletics Sarah Reesman said the University would immediately launch a national search to identify Johnson's successor.

Johnson, 33, was an All-Big Ten performer and an Academic All-American during her playing career at the University of Illinois from 1984-87. She spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Illinois before coming to Missouri in 1994.

During her six years with MU, she compiled a 54-137 overall record, with her best seasons coming in 1997 and '98 when the Tigers were 15-20 and 14-19, respectively. But in conference play (Big Eight in 1994 and '95, Big 12 since 1996), her record was just 14-90.

This season, with no seniors, the Tigers were 10-21 overall and 4-16 in the Big 12 (9th place). They lost 11 of their last 13 matches, 10 of those in three games. One of their victories, however, came at home over No. 23 Baylor.

DISA JOHNSON YEAR-by-YEAR AT MISSOURI
Year	Overall	Conf.	Place	Non-Conf.
1994	 9-24	0-12	7th	 9-12
1995	 6-25	1-11	6th	 5-14
1996	 0-28	0-20	11th	 0-8
1997	15-20	4-16	9th	11-4
1998	14-19	5-15	8th	 9-4
1999	10-21	4-16	9th	 6-5	
TOTAL	54-137 14-90	 40-49