University of Michigan Volleyball

Erin Virtue was announced as the seventh head coach in Michigan volleyball history on Jan. 17, 2023. She returns to Ann Arbor after spending five seasons (20...

Bjarne Huus joins the Wolverines staff for his first season after two years as a coach at Long Beach State and now enters his second season at Michigan and his first as Associate Head Coach. In his first season with Michigan, Huus worked with the defense and blockers and helped U-M to a 22-11 record. Huus helped Sernea Nyambio to a 100-block conference season, the first for Michigan in the 25-point rally scoring era, and a second team All-Big Ten selection. U-M finished in the top half in the Big Ten in blocks and blocks per set after finising in the bottom three in both categories in the prior season. Huus was elevated into the Associate Head Coach position by Natalie Reagan prior to the 2024 season and originally joined the staff in March of 2023, hired by Tyler Hildebrand as the team’s assistant and mental performance coach. In his first season with the team, Long Beach State posted a 21-10 overall record, recording the team’s first 20-win season since 2016 and reaching the championship match of the first-ever Big West Championship tournament. Huus, a Long Beach State alumni, returns to the Beach after playing professionally overseas, playing on Norway’s National Team, and serving as the head coach for the Norwegian Girl’s Youth National Team in the Nordic Championship U17 in 2022. Huus began his Long Beach State career in 2015 and went on to play four years with the LBSU Men’s Volleyball team culminating with him leading the squad to the 2018 NCAA National Championship. W

Kassie Kadera joined the University of Michigan Volleyball coaching staff in February 2025 and finished her first season as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Co...

Kenzie Shand returns to Michigan after two seasons at Utah State. Shand will serve in the same role as she did at Utah State overseeing day-to-day aspects of the team, including team schedule management and travel logistics. She also manages the program's budget and alumni communications, and helps the coaching staff coordinate its recruiting efforts among other duties. Shand previously was an assistant coach at Kenyon College during the 2021 and 2022 seasons and has served as the technical coordinator for the National Volleyball Association since April of 2021. She has previous experience as a coach at the club and high school levels. Since 2013, she's worked as a summer coach at Legacy Volleyball Club near her hometown of Saline, Michigan. In 2018, she was hired as the coaches coordinator at Huron Valley Volleyball Club in Saline and, that same year, took on duties as assistant varsity volleyball coach at Saline High School. Additionally, Shand spent some time at the University of Michigan, working as both a volunteer video coordinator and a summer coach. A 2017 graduate of Washington and Lee University, Shand was a four-time all-conference honoree and a three-time all-region award winner. She was twice named team captain, made the 2016 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Team and was a three-time All-America honorable mention pick by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). A middle blocker during her playing days, Shan

Adams hails from Fairport, New York, and graduated from Syracuse University where he double majored in Sport Analytics and Economics while also carrying two minors in Information Management & Technology and Sport Management. Matt largely attributes the Sport Analytics program for his skill sets and preparation for his role here at Michigan. Adams' specific areas of study have included sport competitive balance and competition structures, training optimization, team rating systems, athlete workload management, and social media analytics. Through these areas of focus, Adams contributed to research projects involving volleyball, basketball, baseball, football, and soccer, Australian Football, and golf. In addition, he also worked as an analytics intern with RSPCT Basketball Technologies from 2021–2023. His strong analytical background, vast knowledge of computer languages, and visual analytics will significantly transcend across his role as Performance Analyst where he will be the primary analyst for performance and load management data for the Michigan Volleyball program. During his time at Syracuse, Matt served as a practice player for the women's volleyball team and competed on the men's club volleyball team, holding the role as President during his last season. As a setter, Adams led the team to two ECVA DI–North Championships for Syracuse. He co-founded the Orange Roudnet Syracuse Spikeball club team and organized a local soccer league in the summers. Prior to Syracuse, Ada