Marietta College Women's Volleyball

Kristy Anderson enters her eighth year as head volleyball coach at Marietta College in 2025. She is the 12th head coach in program history. Anderson came to Marietta after serving as the top assistant coach for two seasons at Covenant College, an NCAA Division III member of the USA South Conference, in Lookout Mountain, Georgia. Anderson led the Pioneers to the 2024 OAC Regular Season Championship and the program's first NCAA Tournament appearance earning OAC Coach of the Year honors for the second time in her career. Marietta hosted the NCAA Regional Tournament and won its first-ever NCAA Tournament match when the Pioneers downed St. John Fisher 3-1. The 2024 Pioneers set a program record by winning their first 23 matches of the season. The 24 wins was the most for the Pioneers since winning 25 in 1989. In her two years with the Scots, Covenant won a pair of USA South West Division Championships. In 2017, Anderson helped the Scots to a 25-8 overall record and a perfect 12-0 conference slate. Covenant won the USA South Tournament title and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Scots set a school record with 17-straight wins and the program’s first-ever regional ranking. Prior to Covenant, Anderson spent one year as an assistant coach at St. Andrews University, an NAIA member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference, in Laurinburg, North Carolina. She assisted with the day-to-day operation of the volleyball program and served as the Knights’ head junior varsity coach. In addition to her collegiate coaching background, Anderson has extensive club experience. She served as head coach for A5 Chattanooga Volleyball, The Academy of Volleyball (Chattanooga, Tenn.), C4 Explosive (Cleveland, Tenn.), and K2 Volleyball Club (Louisville, Tenn.). A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Anderson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management from Maryville College in 2014. She accumulated over 300 kills in her career as an outside hitter for the Scots. Anderson's Coaching Honors: Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the Year: 2022, 2024   Anderson's Coaching Record Year School Overall Record OAC Record 2018 Marietta 11-20 2-7 OAC Tourn. 2019 Marietta 14-16 3-6 OAC Tourn. 2020* Marietta 7-11 6-10 OAC Tourn. 2021 Marietta 5-19 2-7 2022 Marietta 19-9 6-3 OAC Tourn. 2023 Marietta 15-12 7-2 OAC Tourn. 2024 Marietta 24-2 NCAA Tourn. 9-0 OAC Champs OAC Tourn. 2025 Marietta 17-8 7-1 OAC Champs OAC Tourn. Career 8 years 112-97 .536 42-36 .538 * Played spring semester of 2021 due to COVID-19

Hadley Sterett has been an assistant coach for the Marietta volleyball team since 2022. Sterett came to Marietta from Wittenberg University, where she served as an assistant coach for the last three seasons. She helped direct the Tigers to a 22-9 record and a North Coast Athletic Conference Championship in 2021. Sterett also helped guide Wittenberg to two NCAA tournament appearances in her three seasons on staff. Sterett has experience in recruiting and player development from her time at Wittenberg and has coached at numerous summer collegiate camps across the state.   A native of Huron, Ohio, Sterett earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Otterbein in 2018 and a Masters degree in Athletic Coaching and Administration from Wittenberg in 2021.