St. Pete, St. Johns River announce new volleyball hires

Grace Richmeyer, left, and Bill Bonham

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (March 22, 2023) - Earlier this week, St. Petersburg College and St. Johns River State College introduced its newly-hired volleyball coaches.

Grace Richmeyer is the new head coach for the Titans. 

Richmeyer played collegiately at Bryant University, where she was on Northeast Conference Championship team and selected to the 2018 NEC All-Tournament Team. She went on to coach at the Rockwood Thunder Volleyball Club, which was ranked first in its region and 15th in the nation.

Richmeyer later became the assistant indoor and beach volleyball coach at St. Johns River State College in 2020, where she helped coach the Vikings to two winning seasons, including the 2021 Sun-Lakes Conference Championship. She then moved to Eckerd College, where she helped the Tritons to a winning season as an assistant indoor coach.

St. Johns River, meanwhile, welcomes Bill Bonham as its new head coach for both the indoor and beach seasons. 

Bonham has coached at both the high school and collegiate levels, including a stint at NJCAA member Owens (Ohio.) Community College, where he was an assistant and helped guide the Express to an 81-12 record and two top 10 finishes over two seasons. 

In the high school ranks, he was a head coach at Tiffin Columbian, Buckeye Central and Fremont Ross. Collegiately, he has also served as an assistant at NCAA Division II Tiffin (Ohio) University and NCAA Division III Heidelburg (Ohio) University.