Alicia Wood

YEAR: First in 2025-26
PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Ursuline

AT ASHLAND UNIVERSITY

Wood is in her first season as the Eagles' head volleyball coach - the 10^th head coach in program history.

BEFORE ASHLAND UNIVERSITY

Prior to coming to Ashland, Wood served as the head coach at St. Olaf College in Minnesota.
In two seasons guiding St. Olaf, Wood's teams sported overall records of 19-10 and 27-9, and both squads made the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference playoffs. In 2025, Wood led the program to the second round of the NCAA Division III postseason.
Wood's time in Minnesota also marked being named the MIAC Coach of the Year in 2025 by her peers. She also coached three American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Americans or honorable mention All-Americans, four AVCA all-region selections, a two-time MIAC Defensive Player of the Year, six All-MIAC honorees, eight College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District selections, and 28 Academic All-MIAC honorees.
Her first collegiate head coaching stint came at Illinois College from 2020-23, where she was 42-46. She was named the Midwest Conference's Coach of the Year in 2023, and was an AVCA "Thirty Under 30" Award recipient the same season.
DePauw University was Wood's second collegiate coaching job, as she was an assistant coach from 2018-20. She was an assistant at Cuyahoga Community College from 2015-18.

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