The LSU Tigers women's volleyball team represents Louisiana State University in the sport of indoor volleyball. The Tigers compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and play their home matches in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the university's Baton Rouge, Louisiana campus. Since the 2022 season, the head coach is Tonya Johnson, after former long time head coach Fran Flory announced her retirement.

History The LSU Tigers volleyball team, originally known as "Lady Tigers", played its first season in 1974. The first coach of the Lady Tigers was Jinks Coleman who compiled a record of 75–22 () at LSU from 1974 to 1976. In 1977, Gerry Owens become head volleyball coach at LSU and amassed a record of 95–49 () during her 4 years as LSU head coach which ended in 1980. The Lady Tigers brought in a new head coach for the 1981 season. Ruth Nelson guided the Lady Tigers for 4 years from 1981 to 1984 and had a record of 128–98 ().

In 1985, Scott Luster was named head volleyball coach at LSU. During his 13 years as head coach which ended after the 1997 season, he compiled a record of 308–161 (). During his tenure, the Lady Tigers made two Final Fours and made the NCAA tournament 6 times in 1986, 1987 and 1989 through 1992. The Lady Tigers also won both the SEC regular season and SEC tournament championships in 1986, 1989, 1990 and 1991. Four LSU Lady Tigers were chosen All-American under Coach Luster.

In 1997, Fran Flory was hired as head coach for the 1998 season. During her tenure, the Tigers have compiled a record of 336–235 (). The Tigers have made the NCAA Tournament 6 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. The Tigers also won the 2009 SEC regular season championship. Flory has coached one All-American during her tenure at LSU.

American Volleyball Coaches Association

All-Americans PlayerYear(s)-Team Wendy Stammer 1986–2nd Team Monique Adams 1990–1st Team, 1991–1st Team Angie Miller 1991–2nd Team, 1992–1st Team Daniela Reis 1991–2nd Team, 1992–2nd Team Brittnee Cooper 2009–1st Team

Year-by-year results YearHead CoachOverall RecordConference RecordStandingDivisionPostseason 1974 Jinks Coleman 23–6 1975 Jinks Coleman 27–11 1976 Jinks Coleman 25–5 1977 Gerry Owens 41–9 1978 Gerry Owens 28–2 1979 Gerry Owens 15–17 1980 Gerry Owens 11–21 1981 Ruth Nelson 35–24 1982 Ruth Nelson 44–25 1983 Ruth Nelson 31–26 4–1 2nd 1984 Ruth Nelson 18–23 4–2 3rd 1985 Scott Luster 33–10 5–1 T-1st 1986 Scott Luster 35–9 5–1 T-1st NCAA Tournament 1987 Scott Luster 25–11 6–1 2nd NCAA Tournament 1988 Scott Luster 22–13 5–2 T-2nd 1989 Scott Luster 30–8 8–0 1st NCAA Tournament 1990 Scott Luster 34–7 8–0 T-1st NCAA Final Four 1991 Scott Luster 35–2 13–1 1st NCAA Final Four 1992 Scott Luster 26–9 12–2 2nd NCAA Tournament 1993 Scott Luster 21–16 8–6 4th 1994 Scott Luster 8–23 4–11 9th 1995 Scott Luster 20–12 8–7 2nd West 1996 Scott Luster 10–20 6–9 4th West 1997 Scott Luster 9–21 0–15 6th West 1998 Fran Flory 15–16 5–10 T-3rd West 1999 Fran Flory 17–15 7–8 T-3rd West 2000 Fran Flory 15–17 6–9 3rd West 2001 Fran Flory 16–11 10–5 T-2nd West 2002 Fran Flory 17–11 9–7 2nd West 2003 Fran Flory 11–19 6–10 3rd West 2004 Fran Flory 17–12 8–8 3rd West 2005 Fran Flory 21–8 11–5 T-1st West NCAA First Round 2006 Fran Flory 26–6 16–4 1st West NCAA First Round 2007 Fran Flory 25–8 15–5 1st West NCAA Second Round 2008 Fran Flory 18–10 13–7 1st West NCAA First Round 2009 Fran Flory 25–7 18–2 1st West NCAA Second Round 2010 Fran Flory 25–5 16–4 1st West NCAA First Round 2011 Fran Flory 19–11 12–8 1st West 2012 Fran Flory 12–17 8–12 T-3rd West 2013 Fran Flory 19–13 8–10 9th 2014 Fran Flory 20–9 14–4 3rd NCAA Second Round 2015 Fran Flory 9-20 5–13 12th 2016 Fran Flory 9–20 4–14 12th 2017 Fran Flory 20–10 11–7 4th NCAA First Round 2018 Fran Flory 12–17 7–11 T-7th 2019 Fran Flory 15–13 9–9 T-7th 2020 Fran Flory 9–13 9–13 8th 2021 Fran Flory 13–14 9–9 7th 2022 Tonya Johnson 16–14 9–9 7th 2023 Tonya Johnson 11–17 6–12 T-9th 2024 Tonya Johnson 15–12 7–9 T-8th 2025 Tonya Johnson 13–14 6–9 T-10th Total 1066–689 360–292

Arena

Pete Maravich Assembly Center

The Pete Maravich Assembly Center is a 13,215-seat multi-purpose arena in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The arena opened in 1972 and is home of the LSU Tigers volleyball team. It was originally known as the LSU Assembly Center, but was renamed in honor of Pete Maravich, a Tiger basketball legend, shortly after his death in 1988. The Maravich Center is known to locals as "The PMAC" or "The Palace that Pete Built", or by its more nationally known nickname, "The Deaf Dome", coined by Dick Vitale.

The slightly oval building is located directly to the north of Tiger Stadium, and its bright-white roof can be seen in many telecasts of that stadium. The arena concourse is divided into four quadrants: Pete Maravich Pass, The Walk of Champions, Heroes Hall and Midway of Memories. The quadrants highlight former LSU Tiger athletes, individual and team awards and memorabilia pertaining to the history of LSU Tigers volleyball.

Practice and Training facilities

LSU Volleyball Practice facility The LSU Tigers Volleyball Practice facility is located in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. It includes a state-of-the-art locker room facility, film room, equipment room and training rooms off the arenas southwest corridor. The auxiliary gym located underneath the north section of the arena is a volleyball-only practice facility.

LSU Strength and Conditioning facility

The LSU Tigers basketball strength training and conditioning facility is located in the LSU Strength and Conditioning facility. Built in 1997, it is located adjacent to Tiger Stadium. Measuring 10,000-square feet with a flat surface, it has 28 multi-purpose power stations, 36 assorted selectorized machines and 10 dumbbell stations along with a plyometric specific area, medicine balls, hurdles, plyometric boxes and assorted speed and agility equipment. It also features 2 treadmills, 4 stationary bikes, 2 elliptical cross trainers, a stepper and stepmill.

Head coaches NameYearsRecord at LSU Jinks Coleman 1974–1976 75–22 Overall Gerry Owens 1977–1980 95–49 Overall Ruth Nelson 1981–1984 128–98 Overall, 8–3 SEC Scott Luster 1985–1997 308–161 Overall, 160–103 SEC Fran Flory 1998–2021 368–262 Overall, 206–168 SEC Tonya Johnson 2022–present

See also List of NCAA Division I women's volleyball programs

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