GREENSBORO, N.C. – The Guilford College Athletics Department is pleased to announce the addition of Kelsey Goodman as the fifth head coach in the history of the Quakers Volleyball program, the department announced on Monday.

"I am very pleased to welcome Kelsey Goodman to Guilford Athletics as our next Head Coach for Women's Volleyball," Director of Athletics, Bill Foti said. "Her familiarity with the ODAC as both a player and coach will serve her well in her new position. I am confident that under her leadership, we will continue to expand on the success we enjoyed last season."

"I am very excited to be entrusted as the new head coach at Guilford College," Goodman said. "I have always respected playing and coaching against Emily (Gann) and she has left an amazing legacy that will be tough for me to follow. I think there is a great nucleus of players returning for us to compete in the ODAC this season."

Goodman comes to Greensboro after spending the past two years as the First Assistant and Recruiting Coordinator at Seton Hall University. In that span, the Pirates went 29-30 overall, 15-15 in 2022 and then 14-15 in 2023, with their winning percentages in those two seasons being the program's two highest since 2017. Last fall, SHU went 8-10 in Big East play with their victories total being the program's most in league play since 2017. There, she oversaw all aspects of recruiting to the Seton Hall Volleyball program, while also developing the libero positional training, scouting reports, and other aspects of the program.

Prior to her stint in New Jersey, Goodman spent a year as Head Coach at Mitchell College who at the time was competing out of the New England Collegiate Conference. Presented with the unique challenges that the 2021 season posed, she guided the Mariners to a conference tournament berth in her lone season in Connecticut.

Goodman possesses great knowledge of the ODAC, having experienced the league both as a player at Roanoke College, and as a coach with Randolph College, where she spent two years after graduation. She made an immediate impact as the WildCats won 13 games in 2019, their highest win total since 2014 at the time with the team also securing an ODAC postseason berth.

An ODAC alumni out of Roanoke, Goodman played in 92 games across four seasons for the Maroons, while earning a degree in Health and Physical Education.

Goodman comes to Greensboro to inherit a program that is fresh off their top season in nearly half a decade in which they went 18-9 including 6-6 in Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) play, securing their first postseason appearance since 2019.

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