Tony Graystone

Biography

Tony Graystone was named the ninth head coach in Texas Tech volleyball history on January 21, 2016. During his 10 seasons in Lubbock, Graystone has pushed the Red Raiders on an upward stride of success with 130 wins which ranks third most in program history and returned Tech to the NCAA Tournament for the ninth time in program history. The 2023 season was highlighted with a big win over No. 17 Kansas to open up Big 12 play on Sept. 22. Graystone also led the Red Raiders to a 6-1 record to open up the season as they hosted two tournaments in the United Supermarkets Arena. In 2022, Graystone led the Red Raiders to a 16-win season, highlighted by sweeps against Kansas State on Sept. 28 and Kansas on Nov. 25. He then reached his 100th career win with the Red Raiders after a reverse sweep of UTRGV on Sept. 17. Texas Tech also started the year out to an undefeated 8-0, which was the best start to a season since 2014. On Oct. 2, the Red Raider volleyball team set a program record in attendance against Texas when 6,037 fans showed up to the match, making it the largest crowd in the Big 12 all year. Graystone coached two All-Big 12 honorees in Kenna Sauer (First Team) and Brooke Kanas (Second Team), while Sauer also earned her second AVCA All-Region accolade. Graduate senior KJ Adams also notched her second-consecutive CoSIDA Academic All-America honor and 10 Red Raiders were named to the Academic All-Big 12 team. Graystone had his most successful season at the helm of the Red Raider