Brett Anema

Biography

Brett Anema begins his second season as an assistant coach after joining the TCU volleyball staff in the spring of 2024. Anema finished his first season at TCU in 2024. In a record-setting year, he helped the staff guide the Frogs to 22 wins and secure TCU’s first 20-win season since 2011. For the first time ever, the program received a ranking in the AVCA poll and won a school-record 13 matches in Big 12 Play. His 2024 campaign was capped off with a third straight NCAA Tournament appearance, where the Frogs swept Hawaii in the first round. Working with defensive efforts, Anema helped lead the Frogs’ blocking efforts to rank fifth in the Big 12 in total blocks with 253.0 and 2.24 per set. His work was key as TCU posted at least 10 blocks in nine matches on the year, including a First Round sweep of Hawaii in the NCAA Tournament. Anema guided Sarah Sylvester to one of the best seasons by a middle blocker in TCU history. The junior tallied 146 rejections, the second most in the conference and fifth most in a single season in school history. Sylvester also captured two Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors in the final three weeks of the conference slate. Anema spent the last six seasons at Liberty and has been their associate head coach since 2020. He also served as the recruiting coordinator with the Lady Flames, where he brought in two of the top recruiting classes in program history. Since joining the Liberty coaching staff, the Lady Flames have posted two 20-win season