Steve Aird

Biography

Head Coach Steve Aird Indiana volleyball head coach Steve Aird completed his eighth year in Bloomington in 2025 by guiding the Hoosiers to the best season in program history. IU went 25-8 in the 2025 campaign – breaking single-season program records for wins (25), regular season wins (23) and Big Ten wins (14) in the NCAA era. Aird signed a contract extension through the 2029 season on Jan. 1, 2024 after a 21-win campaign in 2023. In two of the past three seasons, he’s helped IU to 21-or-more wins. From 2022-25, his IU teams won more games (77) in a four-year span than any other group in program history. A two-time NCAA champion as an assistant coach at Penn State, Aird is an elite recruiter and has brought new energy into the Indiana volleyball program. He has revolutionized fan support for the program in his eight seasons and has turned the Hoosiers into one of the nation’s toughest teams at Wilkinson Hall. He has helped recruit three top-15 classes since 2020 – groups that include standout recruits Jaidyn Jager, Charlotte Vinson, Mallory Matheny and Victoria Gray. He has shined in bringing over international talent such as outside hitter Candela Alonso-Corcelles and Teodora Krickovic. Aird and his staff have made IU a destination for some of the nation’s top recruits. He signed a pair of consensus top-50 recruits in the 2025 and 2026. On top of the elite recruiting, Aird helped guide the Hoosiers to 77 wins – and 42 in the Big Ten – since the beginning of 2022. Since he to