Macey Donathan

Biography

Macey Donathon is in her second season leading the Air Force volleyball team, after being named the program’s 12th head coach in January 2024. An All-American outside hitter at Arizona State, Donathan brings a strong coaching background to the Academy, having spent seven years as a Division I assistant – including six with Power 4 programs. The Falcons collected three victories during Donathan’s first season at Air Force, including a 3-0 sweep of Fordham in her coaching debut and a 3-1 win over UNLV that snapped a nine-match losing skid to the Rebels. Under her watch, Grace Fiaseu set Air Force DI Freshman Records in hitting (.306) and total blocks (11), while posting the second-best totals by a freshman in aces, assisted blocks and total blocks. Donathan, who came to Air Force following a season with Club One Volleyball in Tempe, Ariz., spent the previous four years (2019-22) as an assistant coach at the University of Arkansas. During her time in Fayetteville, she helped guide the Razorbacks to the program’s first NCAA tournament appearance in nine years. After recording its second-consecutive 20-win season and advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament, Arkansas finished the 2022 season ranked No. 25 in the final AVCA rankings. During her tenure with the Razorbacks, Donathan saw her athletes earn seven all-conference honors, while Taylor Head was named the SEC Freshman of the Year in 2020 and claimed AVCA All-America honorable mention honors in 2022. Prior to her