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Entering her third year as an assistant coach with the Miami University volleyball program is Anna Nies. Nies was a volunteer assistant coach in 2006 before being promoted to a full-time assistant in 2007 with Miami and has readily embraced the goals and philosophy of the program.
"Through her hard work and commitment Anna, in my opinion, is emerging as one of the finest assistant coaches in the country," said head coach Carolyn Condit, "I feel fortunate she wanted to begin her coaching career at Miami. It has been enjoyable helping her grow through the process, but more importantly, Anna has brought something special to our recruiting process and our competitive environment. With each year we have moved forward in our recruiting and in our team success. Anna is a special person and I look forward to teaming up with her for a third year."
This season Nies will assist in training Miami's setters as well as working with all aspects of team defense.
Nies will be spending her second season as the RedHawk's recruiting coordinator and has already assisted in securing top talent. She also is instrumental in scouting opponents and film analysis as Miami prepares to face its MAC opponents, with the conference arguably as strong as it has ever been.
"Anna is a highly competitive individual and this certainly reflects in her quality work as recruiter and court coach," Condit said. "Her organizational skills and ability to multi-task, combined with her motivation to help our team win more championships, makes Anna a superb catch for our program."
Nies was a four-year letterwinner in volleyball at Evansville, playing setter and outside hitter positions. During her undergraduate years, Nies studied abroad in Europe, taking British courses. She earned a bachelor's degree in mass communications and a cognate in marketing and management from Evansville. Nies recently completed her master's degree in health studies from Miami this year.
Prior to her time at Evansville, Nies prepped at Milan High School (Ind.), where she was an all-conference and all-state selection.
She was a coach with the Oxford-based Borderline Volleyball Club from 2004-06, with her 2006 team qualifying for the youth junior Olympics.
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