Taylor Virtue

Biography

Taylor Virtue was elevated to head coach in April 2023 after two seasons as the assistant coach. Virtue joined the Brown coaching staff in May 2021 as an assistant coach and has also served as the program's recruiting coordinator, having played a large part in the recruiting classes for 2022 and 2023. Virtue has also spent the the 2022 and 2023 seasons coaching the passing and defense for the Bears. Virtue's second season at the helm of the Bears saw Brown finish 11-14 overall and 8-6 in Ivy League play. Virtue led Brown to its second-straight Ivy League Tournament under her guidance and third-straight overall with Brown falling to Princeton in the semifinals. For the second-straight season, Jessie Golden was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Ivy. Mariia Sidorova was also named First Team All-Ivy, with Beau Vanderlaan and Julia Kakkis named Honorable Mention All-Ivy. In Virtue's first season leading the Bears, Brown compiled a 19-7 overall record and a 9-5 mark in Ivy League play. Virtue guided the Bears to a win over Princeton in the semifinals of the Ivy League Tournament before falling to Yale in the finals. Under Virtue, Jessie Golden was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year and First Team All-Ivy. Cierra Jenkins and Beau Vanderlaan were also named First Team All-Ivy and Kate Sheire earned Second Team All-Ivy honors. Virtue became the winningest first-year head coach for the Brown volleyball program with 19 wins and led Brown to its

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