Idaho State University Women's Volleyball

Sean Carter enters his fourth season at the helm with Idaho State after being hired on in the summer of 2022. Carter comes to Pocatello after spending the previous eight seasons as the Associate Head Coach at Wichita State. Carter is the 11th head coach in program history. During his two seasons here at Idaho State, Coach Carter has helped produce 2 All-Conference players as well as the Freshman of the Year in 2022. Carter has brought the Bengals back to the Big Sky Conference Tournament in back to back years, the first time since the 2017-18 seasons. Carter was recently recognized as a 30 under 30 award winner. While Carter was in Wichita the Shockers made three NCAA tournament appearances, one appearance in the NIVC, won two Missouri Valley Championships, and one American Athletic Conference Championship. In 2017, Wichita State was a Top 16 seed in NCAA Tournament. Since 2017 he has been in charge of starting lineups, offensive scouting reports and in-game offensive adjustments. He has also overseen training setters, middles and first contacts. Prior to his time at Wichita State he  was the first assistant at The Masters College from 2012-2014. While there he coached the 2012 NAIA Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-American. Carter is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a bachelors in psychology. He played on the Arizona Club team and competed in USAV Adult Nationals. He was a libero at CSU Northridge from 2006-08.   

Ryan Adams comes to Idaho State after spending the past 3 seasons as the Head Coach at the College of Williams & Mary. Adams was named the 10th head volleyball coach in program history on January 23, 2023. In each of his first two seasons as head coach, Adams led W&M to eight CAA victories, the most for the program since 2009. In 2024, the Tribe ended the year with four straight wins, including a road sweep over Elon that marked the first back-to-back road conference victories for W&M in over a decade. They also swept reigning conference regular season champion Delaware for the first time since 2015. Adams helped develop setter Amy Schwem, whose 2,124 career assists stands as second-most in program history in the current scoring era (2008-present). Schwem finished her illustrious career ranking top-10 in in assists, digs (744), and service aces (67). In addition, middle blocker Olivia Esposito set the all-time career record for hitting percentage (.329). In Adams' debut season in 2023, the Tribe finished with 13 victories, equaling the school's most in 15 years. Esposito put together a stellar season, posting 158 kills, a .367 hitting percentage, and 112 blocks en route to earning Second Team All-CAA honors. Adams earned his first win as head coach of the Tribe on opening day against Tennessee Tech at the Mountaineer Classic in Boone, North Carolina.   Adams came to Williamsburg following four years as the head coach at Lafayette College. During his tenure with the Leopards he earned multiple honors, including Patriot League Coach of the Year in 2021.   During the 2021 campaign, Adams led the team to its most conference wins in program history and highest seeding at the Patriot League Tournament. He also helped senior Leanna Deegan to lead all of Division I volleyball in kills and points per set, earning the Patriot League Player of the Year honors.    In the Covid-shortened 2021 spring season, he helped Deegan become Lafayette's first Patriot League First-Team selection since 2006.   Prior to his time at Lafayette, Adams had a pair of stints as an assistant at Bucknell from 2014-16 and in 2018. He helped the Bison rack up 21 wins, 13 in the Patriot League in his first two seasons with the team, helping Bucknell to its first winning season in nine years.    Adams coming to Williamsburg marked a reunion, as he was an assistant at William & Mary from 2016-17. During that time, he also coached the Williamsburg Volleyball 18 National Team from which 11 players went on to play in college, including five at the Division I level. In 2017, Adams served as the assistant coach at Princess Anne High School in nearby Virginia Beach, Va. He helped guide the Cavaliers to a 27-4 record and a runner-up finish in the Virginia State Tournament. Along with his assistant coach duties, Adams was the head coach of East Coast Volleyball Club 16 Travel which went 31-16 under his guidance and ranked second in the Old Dominion Region.   Adams began his coaching career as a volunteer assistant at the University of Idaho in 2012 before moving to Northwestern Nazarene in 2013. A native of California, Adams graduated from Cal State Northridge in 2009 with a degree in urban studies and planning. He earned Academic All-American honors in 2008.  

Chelsea Carter enters her fourth season with Idaho State Volleyball, and her first as Associate Head Coach of the program. Prior to coming to Idaho State University, she served as an assistant coach at Wichita State University for 5 years.  She also served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at George Mason in 2017, as well as both an assistant coach and strength and conditioning coach for four seasons at Sonoma State. During her time at Wichita, Scott was in charge of defensive systems and serve receive as well as running drills. She also monitored academic performance, oversaw the student-athletes and organized/ ran camps.   During Scott's time at Sonoma State in 2013, the Seawolves won the most matches in school history with a 26-6 record and reached the regional tournament. In 2014, the Seawolves won their conference and regional tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history.   In 2015, she helped guide them to another conference regular-season championship along with the conference tournament title, while advancing to the regional tournament. Scott coached the Empire Volleyball Club from 2011-16, and has coached multiple club teams for the Shockwave Volleyball Club during her stint in Wichita.   Scott played collegiately at Concordia University in Irvine, Calif., from 2006-09. She helped the team to a 122-25 record and national championship tournament appearances all four years while playing for the Eagles. Her team finished as the national runner-up during her junior season in 2008. She was the starting libero for three of the four seasons and was named the all-conference libero twice. She received her bachelor's degree in business in 2010, with an emphasis in sport management.