Alisa Blair

Biography

Texas Tech head coach Tony Graystone announced the hiring of Alisa Blair, who will serve as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the Red Raider volleyball program, on June 9, 2023. Blair helped the Red Raiders put together one of the largest freshmen classes in the country, welcoming in nine freshmen - two redshirts and seven true - in 2025. Those nine freshmen are the most that Graystone has brought in during his 10-year tenure and is exactly what he brought Blair in to do, recruit. The talented crop of prospects will look to be the core of the program over the coming years. Blair joins the Red Raiders after spending the 2022 season as the head coach for Abilene Christian. While there, Blair coached a member of the WAC All-Freshman Team in outside hitter Ashli Edmiston, who led the Wildcats in digs while ranking second on the team with 255 kills, the second-most by a freshman since ACU's move to Division I. It was Blair's second stint serving as a head coach. Blair also served three seasons as head coach, and another as assistant coach, at Hill College. While at the helm for Hill College, she collected an 83-38 (.686) overall record, won the 2014 Region V Championship and was named Coach of the Year that same season. Coaching multiple All-Americans at Hill College, the team would also finish in the top-15 of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) rankings in every season she was there. Prior to her stint with Abilene Christian, Blair serv