Caroline Walters

Biography

One of the top defensive players in West Coast Conference history, Caroline Walters enters her sixth season as head coach of the Cal Poly volleyball program in 2025 after being hired in December of 2018. Prior to being named head coach, she spent two seasons as the team's associate head coach and eight seasons as an assistant coach. Overall, Walters is in her 17th year with the program. 2024 was arguably her greatest at the Cal Poly helm, as Walters put together a season for the books. Under her leadership, the Mustangs not only clinched the top seed for the Big West Championships but also its first conference regular season title since 2018. Walters' first title since taking over full-time in 2019 comes in the same season the revered head coach reached the coveted 100 career wins milestone. Cal Poly ended the regular season as the only Big West team with 20+ overall wins in 2024, and this also marks the third straight campaign in which the Mustangs have earned 14 conference wins. In her first season as head coach in 2019, Walters guided the program to a 21-9 overall record, a 13-3 conference record; good for a second place finish, its third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and a five-set comeback win over Georgia in the first round of the tournament. A four-year letterwinner and three-time All-West Coast Conference honorable mention selection at Santa Clara (2003-07), Walters remains second in league history with 1,932 career digs and ranks first in Bronco program hist