Georgia Southern University Volleyball

Chad Willis became Georgia Southern's head volleyball coach Jan. 16, 2019, and enters his seventh season with the Eagles. Willis' Eagles followed 2023 with a...

Efrain Negron is in his seventh season at Georgia Southern and has been instrumental in the resurgence of the program. He was promoted to associate head coac...

Keegan Smith joined Georgia Southern Athletics in 2023 as an Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach. His primary responsibilities include oversight of all aspects of the strength and conditioning development for Softball and Volleyball. He originally came to Georgia Southern as the Strength & Conditioning Coach for Women’s Basketball, Women’s Tennis, and Rifle. Smith was a part of the 2024 rifle team that won the SoCon championship and included multiple All-Americans. He was also a part of the 2025 Women’s Basketball team that saw its first season with multiple wins at the Sun Belt Conference tournament in program history. Prior to Georgia Southern, Smith spent 2022-2023 at Longwood University where he oversaw Women’s Basketball, Softball, & Women’s Lacrosse. Smith was a part of the softball team that won the 2023 Big South Regular Season Championship. That team included a golden glove winner, as well as conference player of the year. Smith also helped develop the Big South Lacrosse Freshman of the Year in 2023. In 2021-2022 Smith spent his time at Louisiana Tech University where he oversaw Softball and Track & Field. The Lady Techsters Softball team won the 2022 C-USA regular season championship, and that team also included the C-USA freshman of the year. While at LATech, Smith also assisted the men and women’s basketball teams in their performance training. In 2019-2021 Smith was a Graduate Assistant with the Jacksonville State Strength & Conditioning department. His respo

Lexi Uhrhan joined the volleyball staff ahead of the 2023 season and is entering her third season as an assistant coach. The Eagles followed 2023 with anothe...

Wagers, who spent the last two seasons at Eastern Kentucky, joined the Georgia Southern volleyball staff as director of player development after two strong s...