Wake Forest University Volleyball

Jeff Hulsmeyer was named the 13th head coach of Wake Forest volleyball within program history on Jan. 9, 2025. Hulsmeyer comes to DEACTOWN following 10 seasons at FSU, where he most recently helped guide the Seminoles to a ninth-consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. In each of the last two fall seasons (2023-24), Florida State has been consistently ranked within the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s (AVCA) Top 25 Coaches Poll. Additionally, the team was crowned co-champions of the 2023 Atlantic Coast Conference Championship – a first such achievement for the program since 2012. Hulsmeyer handled several duties during his time with the Seminoles, including development of the team’s setters, recruiting, scouting opponents in match preparation and handling the implementation of the team’s training program. Florida State produced five seasons of 20-plus wins, along with 12 All-Americans, two ACC Player of the Year nods, an ACC Rookie of the Year and 31 All-ACC selections during Hulsmeyer’s time in Tallahassee. Hulsmeyer brings over three decades worth of coaching experience at the collegiate level. In addition to his time at Florida State, he previously was the offensive and recruiting coordinator of Kansas State’s volleyball program for six years, following head coaching stints at both Georgetown College and Purdue University. The late 1990s involved him being an assistant coach at Illinois, preceded by three years apiece as head coach of Arkansas State and Western Ken

Christia Fisher serves in the Student-Athlete Services office as an Associate Director and Academic Counselor. A native of Chapel Hill, N.C., Fisher is the academic counselor for the baseball, men's tennis and volleyball teams. Fisher earned her B.A. in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1986. She then went on to earn a pair of master's degrees from Wake Forest, an M.A. in history in 1992 and an M.A. in religion in 1997. Prior to joining the athletic department, Fisher served as the assistant director of merit-based scholarships and also worked in the office of development and the office of financial aid. Fisher served as a tutor with student-athlete services prior to joining the office full-time. Fisher lived and worked in Boston before moving to Winston-Salem. Fisher has three children, two of whom attend Wake Forest: Rand, Linden and Leah.

Don Steelman is in his 24th year at Wake Forest in 2021-22, serving as the assistant athletic trainer in charge of the Demon Deacon volleyball program. Steelman works on a personal basis with the team in the daily prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of injuries year round. For nine years prior to coming to Wake Forest, Steelman worked at the University of North Carolina, where he was the assistant athletic trainer for the football program. He received his undergraduate and master's degrees from UNC and began his career in sports medicine as a student trainer. Steelman previously served as the treasurer and Director of the ACC Sports Medicine Annual Symposium from 1999-2012. Steelman and his wife, Pam, have two children, Ashlyn and Rhett.

Drew Langston took over the position of Director of Volleyball Operations on April 7, 2025. Less than a year prior, following his return to DEACTOWN, he acte...

Keion Robinson joined the Demon Deacons' athletic communications office in January 2022, taking on the role of Assistant Director. He currently serves as the primary media contact for women's volleyball while acting as a secondary contact for men's basketball and holding oversight responsibility for women's tennis. Robinson entered his second year as a graduate assistant for the athletic communications team at Western Illinois University during the 2021-22 school year. From August 2021 to December 2021, he held media responsibilities for football, volleyball, women's basketball and baseball. Additionally, he assisted with game operations and helped supervise first-year graduate assistants in the communications and marketing offices. In his first year at Western during 2020-21, Robinson acted as the primary contact for the university's volleyball, softball, and golf programs. Robinson joined the Leathernecks following a stint as an athletic communications assistant at the University of Richmond during the 2019-20 school year. He mainly assisted with editing graphics and videos, photography, game recaps, tracking statistics, and live broadcasting coverage for most of the Spiders' sports programs. Prior to his experience at Richmond, Robinson worked as a high school basketball scouting journalist for Phenom Hoop Report. From August 2018 to November 2019, he primarily covered events within the Richmond, Va., region, while releasing daily features on teams, players, tournaments, c

In his 3rd year at Wake Forest in 2023-24, Ken Knox currently serves as an Assistant Director for Sports Performance and the Return to Performance Coordinator for Olympic Sports. At Wake Forest, he works directly with Volleyball and Men’s Tennis and works in collaboration with the Rehab Coordinator to streamline rehabilitation and performance for student-athletes returning from long-term injury. Additionally, he has worked directly with Field Hockey, Women’s Tennis, and Track and Field (Throws) and is currently responsible for recruitment, coordination, and education of individuals who are taking part in the Olympic Sports - Sports Performance Internship. Knox joined Wake Forest in February 2021 after working as a graduate assistant strength & conditioning coach at the University of Kentucky. While in Lexington, Knox worked primarily with the Wildcats' Men's and Women's Tennis, Men's and Women's Cheer, and Diving teams, while also assisting with Women's Basketball, Volleyball, Softball, Gymnastics, and Baseball. Before arriving at Kentucky, he previously worked at his alma mater, Emory & Henry College, where he played football and baseball, as well as the University of South Carolina. Knox is certified through the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa), National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), and is a certified athletic trainer through the Board of Certification. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Athletic Training from Emory & Henry

Sherisa Livingston joined the Demon Deacons volleyball staff as an assistant coach on Feb. 18, 2025. Livingston spent 2024 on the women’s volleyball staff at Charlotte, entering the fold as an assistant coach before stepping into the interim head coach role in November. During the fall season, she primarily worked with the 49ers’ middles and right-side hitters while coordinating team blocking and scheme, also assisting with all other player positions. From 2020-23, Livingston led Radford University’s volleyball program as head coach. Her leadership led to junior libero Shelby Hernandez being voted onto the VaSID All-State Second Team and representing Radford on the Big South All-Academic Team. Additionally, in her first season playing for Livingston, sophomore Sophie Paspal recorded the fifth-best attacking percentage in school history (.328). Prior to her time at Radford, Livingston was an assistant volleyball coach at Winthrop (2018-19). Her tenure with the Eagles involved training student-athletes at the attack and blocking positions, as well as helping develop the team’s offense. Livingston also aided the passer strategy, outlined game plans and dedicated time to the recruiting trail. Her efforts contributed to Winthrop winning the 2019 Big South Championship, its first since 2006, en route to earning an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Additionally, she played a heavy role in developing Siani Yamaguchi, the 2019 Big South Player of the Year/Setter of the Year and co

Wake Forest head volleyball coach Jeff Hulsmeyer announced the addition of Tina Readling to his coaching staff on Feb. 6, 2025. Holding over 15 years of experience at the collegiate level, Readling joins the Demon Deacons in the position of the Triplette Family Volleyball Assistant Coach. From 2022-24, Readling spent time at Penn State, serving as Director of Operations for the Nittany Lions volleyball program. Her day-to-day planning, evaluation and relationship-building expertise all played a major part in Penn State going on to capture the 2024 NCAA Championship this past December. Prior to her time at Penn State, Readling spent 10 seasons on the women’s volleyball staff at Elon University. She was elevated to Associate Head Coach in 2015 after rejoining the Phoenix as an assistant coach in 2012. Elon won 128 matches during that stretch. Readling’s final season in 2021 involved helping lead the team to a program-best 11-5 conference record in the Colonial Athletic Association, ultimately advancing to the championship match of the CAA tournament. Haylie Clark was tabbed the CAA Setter of the Year, joining Leah Daniel and Jenn Krzeminski as a Phoenix trio that earned All-CAA honors. Elon also led the CAA in team hitting percentage (.268) through conference play that same season. Readling handled numerous responsibilities at Elon, serving six seasons as the recruiting coordinator, seven as the offensive coordinator and all 10 as the serving coach. She helped the Phoenix achie