CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Emily Hayes has been named an assistant coach for the MIT women's volleyball team as announced by head coach Paul Dill. In addition to coaching, her primary responsibilities will include recruiting and opponent scouting.
 
"This decision was very easy for me - I could not pass up the opportunity to work with Paul, his staff and team, and represent MIT," said Hayes. "The Division III volleyball world has shaped me as a person and a leader, and I feel honored to support the MIT team - can't wait to get to work and enjoy it all."
 
Hayes brings almost a decade of Division III head coaching experience to the staff. She spent four years at the helm of Bates College following a tenure at Lewis & Clark College where she won Coach of the Year honors in 2018-19 after turning the Pioneers' record around from 2-21 in 2017 to 13-10 in 2018.
 
Originally hailing from Austin, Texas, Hayes attended Hope College in Michigan, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Classical Studies in 2014. She played setter for two years at Hope before assisting the Flying Dutch, seeing three consecutive NCAA tournament berths including advancing to the Elite Eight in 2013.
 
After graduation, Hayes was an assistant coach for men's and women's volleyball for a year at Lourdes University, then joined the staff at St. Lawrence University as a graduate assistant coach in 2015. While at St. Lawrence, she had six student-athletes earn All-Liberty League recognition and nine chosen for conference All-Academic honors. Hayes also established core and weightlifting programs for the team while earning a master's degree in educational leadership. She went on to become an assistant coach at Lewis & Clark in 2017 and then head coach in 2018.
 
Throughout her six years as a collegiate coach, Hayes was part of coaching staffs that mentored eight All-Americans.
 
Hayes now works full-time with the Side-Out Foundation, a non-profit organization that unites the volleyball community to fund metastatic breast cancer research through Dig Pink matches and other initiatives across the country.
 
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