Colgate University Volleyball

Follow @CoachRyanBaker1 | Follow @ColgateVB Ryan Baker is building championship success on a consistent basis for Colgate Volleyball.  The Colgate volleyball

Dan O’Connor joined the Colgate staff as a volunteer assistant coach in August 2017. O’Connor will assist with video and statistical analysis, video scouting, running

Colgate Volleyball announced Michelle Meehan as an assistant coach in July 2020. During her time in Hamilton, she has helped Colgate Volleyball reach new heights with perennial success at the conference level as well as regionally and nationally. Since Meehan arrived in 2020, Colgate has captured four Patriot League championships, four regular season titles, and three 20-win campaigns. The Raiders secured their fourth straight NCAA tournament appearance in 2024 and took Kansas to the limit in a first-round decision. Colgate has hosted the Patriot League championship each year since Meehan arrived in Hamilton. She has aided in the development of three Patriot League Setters of the Year, two Players of the Year, two Scholar-Athletes of the Year, and several All-Patriot League and All-Region honorees. As an assistant coach for the Raiders, Meehan handles the recruiting functions within the program while also training passers and defense. Meehan joined the Raiders after most recently serving as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham since 2018, where she was responsible for recruiting efforts in addition to serving as a defensive coordinator and camp coordinator. Meehan joined the UAB coaching staff in 2018 after spending the previous year at Villanova as an assistant coach. Meehan was a four-year starter at Salisbury as a libero and served as team captain for two years. She led the Sea Gulls to back-to-back conference championships and three-straight NCAA

After four medal-winning performances as the head coach for Brooklyn Elite Volleyball, Olivia Lucia has been named the new assistant coach for Colgate Volleyball in June 2025. Lucia served from 2024-25 as the head coach for Brooklyn Elite Volleyball, a premier youth volleyball club competing at the national level while developing athletes from beginner to elite levels. She won four medals in Brooklyn: GEVA Champion, GEVA Runner-Up, and two bronze bracket championships. A 2025 graduate of Long Island University, Lucia played collegiately for the Sharks where she helped lead the team to a Northeast Conference championship in 2023. She compiled 52 kills and 41 blocks in 22 matches during the championship season, which saw LIU advance to the NCAA tournament. Lucia spent her first two years of college as a two-sport athlete, competing in both indoor and beach volleyball at the University of Tennessee-Martin, from 2020-22. Originally from Piqua, Ohio, Lucia graduated Cum Laude from Long Island University in 2025 with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Business Management.