Kelsey Lahey

Biography

Last Updated: June 1, 2025 Kelsey Lahey was named as an assistant coach at Fresno State in March 2025. Prior to Fresno State, Lahey spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Akron where she coached the liberos and pin attackers. While on staff with the Zips, she also directed all volleyball operations. In 2022, Lahey was an assistant coach at Georgia State University, heading up operations for the program as well as training passing and overseeing defensive systems. Additionally, Lahey spent one season as Marquette's Director of Volleyball Operations in 2021 where she directed all team travel, daily operations, and handled all technical duties of the program. She helped Marquette to an impressive 26-6 mark, including a 16-2 record in the Big East Conference before advancing to the NCAA Championship. In 2019 and 2020, Lahey served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at her alma mater, Marist College. Following the 2019 season, her first year as an assistant, Lahey was recognized by VolleyballMag.com as one of the top up-and-coming coaches in the country, spanning NCAA Division I women's volleyball, as well as beach volleyball and Division I and II men's volleyball. Lahey graduated from Marist College in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in political science. She ended her career at Marist sixth on the program's all-time kills list with 1,014 kills. She eclipsed the 1,000 career kills mark by accumulating 16 of the teams 24 kills against Fairfield in the MAAC Champio