Penn State associate head coach Salima Rockwell has announced her retirement from collegiate coaching.

The former Penn State All-American setter served on the PSU coaching staff from 2006 to 2008 and 2013 to 2017. In between, she spent five seasons as an associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Texas.

Rockwell will officially end her time at Penn State in February 2018.

Many considered Rockwell the heir apparent to the Penn State head coaching position when 38-year vet Russ Rose decides to retire.

“With very mixed emotions, I would like to take this opportunity to announce that effective February 2018, I will be leaving Penn State University to pursue other interests,” Rockwell said in a statement. “After much consideration, my husband [Jeff] and I have decided this is the best move for our family and for my health as well."

“Salima has been a key member of the Penn State volleyball family as a player, staff member, and proud alum for a number of years and her contributions are numerous,” Rose said in the same press release. “My family and I wish her the best as she and Jeff and the boys change direction in her professional career and I know she will continue to do great things.”