Marietta College Athletics

Kristy Anderson enters her seventh year as head volleyball coach at Marietta College in 2024. She is the 12th head coach in program history.

Anderson came to Marietta after serving as the top assistant coach for two seasons at Covenant College, an NCAA Division III member of the USA South Conference, in Lookout Mountain, Georgia.

In her two years with the Scots, Covenant won a pair of USA South West Division Championships. In 2017, Anderson helped the Scots to a 25-8 overall record and a perfect 12-0 conference slate. Covenant won the USA South Tournament title and earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament. The Scots set a school record with 17-straight wins and the program’s first-ever regional ranking.

Prior to Covenant, Anderson spent one year as an assistant coach at St. Andrews University, an NAIA member of the Appalachian Athletic Conference, in Laurinburg, North Carolina. She assisted with the day-to-day operation of the volleyball program and served as the Knights’ head junior varsity coach.

In addition to her collegiate coaching background, Anderson has extensive club experience. She served as head coach for A5 Chattanooga Volleyball, The Academy of Volleyball (Chattanooga, Tenn.), C4 Explosive (Cleveland, Tenn.), and K2 Volleyball Club (Louisville, Tenn.).

A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Anderson received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management from Maryville College in 2014. She accumulated over 300 kills in her career as an outside hitter for the Scots.

Anderson's Coaching Honors:
Ohio Athletic Conference Coach of the Year: 2022, 2024
 

Year	School	Overall Record	OAC Record
2018	Marietta	11-20	2-7 OAC Tourn.
2019	Marietta	14-16	3-6 OAC Tourn.
2020*	Marietta	7-11	6-10 OAC Tourn.
2021	Marietta	5-19	2-7
2022	Marietta	19-9	6-3 OAC Tourn.
2023	Marietta	15-12	7-2 OAC Tourn.
2024	Marietta	24-2 NCAA Tourn.	9-0 OAC Champs OAC Tourn.
Career	7 years	95-89 .516	35-35 .500

* Played spring semester of 2021 due to COVID-19