Head Volleyball Coach

Coach Yates has served as the Head Coach of Women`s Volleyball at Spalding University since 1998. Her volleyball experience includes coaching in Louisville at Community Catholic School, Derby City Junior Olympic Volleyball Club, MidAmerica Volleyball Academy, Union Volleyball Club, and for USA Athletes International in Amsterdam, Holland and Perth, Scotland.

Coach Yates has led the Spalding team to 13 consecutive winning seasons and was voted the KIAC Coach of the Year in 1999, 2000, and 2001, 2004 and 2006. Yates was also the NAIA Regional 12 Coach of the Year in 2006. Most recently, Coach Yates led the Golden Eagles to three consecutive USCAA National Tournament Final appearances, winning the National Championship in 2008.

Coach Yates played collegiate volleyball at Hanover College in Indiana. She currently resides in nearby New Albany, IN with her daughters Julia and Lilly.