"We're excited to have Nathalea leading our team again at Bethany. She has high expectations for her team and players, and we look forward to another successful volleyball season, as well as the positive impact she will have on the personal, intellectual and spiritual development of our student-athletes," said Jon Daniels, Bethany athletic director.

Stephenson previously coached at Bethany in 1997, and has a long history of involvement with schools in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC).

From 2001 to 2008, she served as head volleyball coach and assistant athletic director at McPherson College, where she was an instructor in the math and physical education departments. While at McPherson, she coached three Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes and 14 KCAC Scholar Athletes. Two of her teams received the American Volleyball Coaches Association Academic Award for team grade point average.

She also has worked as an assistant coach at Kansas Wesleyan University.

At the high school level, Stephenson has been head volleyball coach at Great Bend High School, Ell-Saline High School and Quivira Heights High School.

Stephenson holds a B.S. in math education from Kansas State University and a master's in physical education from Emporia State University. She has taught math at both the high school and college level.