Ali Gorny begins her fourth season as an assistant coach with Idaho State.  In her first season with the Bengals in 2010, she helped the team reach the Big Sky Conference Tournament for the first time since 2005.  She also worked with Britta Bartschi-Rhodehouse who earned Big Sky Conference All-Tournament Team honors in 2010, becoming the first Bengal player to earn that honor since Gorny earned it in 2003.
 
In 2012, Gorny helped lead the Bengals to a 23-8 overall record, a 16-4 record in league matches and second-place finishes in both the regular season and Big Sky Tournament. In that same season, Idaho State went 10-0 at home, completing the first undefeated home campaign since 1987. She also worked with conference MVP and all-tournament selection Lori Mendenhall as well as fellow all-tournament selection Jaclyn Hone-Hawkins.

Gorny is one of five players in Bengal history to achieve the elite Triple Crown which consists of 1,000-career points (1,526), kills (1,323) and digs (1,058).  She competed for Idaho State from 2001-04, yet still holds the third best career kill record with 1,323 as well as the third most attacks with 3,604. She averaged 3.43 kills per set over her career, the fourth best mark in program history.

She is tied for the fourth most kills in a season with 473 in 2003 and holds the second best mark in kills per game for a season with 4.59 in the same season.  Gorny earned First Team All-Big Sky Honors in 2003 and honorable mention honors in 2002 and 2004.  During her time at ISU, she earned four Big Sky Player of the Week Honors as an outside hitter.  A true athlete, Gorny also competed for the Bengal women’s basketball team during the 2005-06 season.

In 2008 and 2009, Gorny served as a varsity girls head coach and varsity boys assistant coach at Palmdale High School.  Gorny’s duties at Palmdale included teaching fundamental volleyball skills, scheduling, equipment needs, fundraising and organizing transportation for tournaments.  Along with her coaching duties she also organized and participated in the Antelope Valley Special Olympics weekend tournament.

For the past 10 years she has served as the lead court coach for the Gold Medal Squared volleyball summer camp.  At Gold Medal, Gorny instructed middle school and high school aged girls in the GMS systems and methods while developing players with skills to compete at the collegiate level.

Gorny received her bachelor’s in physical education with a coaching emphasis in 2005 at Idaho State.  She completed her master’s degree in physical education and athletic administration in 2006.