John Schmidt was hired as the head volleyball coach in July of 2026.
Schmidt has made stops at all levels in collegiate athletics including NCAA Divisions I & II and the NAIA. At the NAIA level, Schmidt has been the head coach of two programs: Hastings and Brescia. Schmidt was the head coach at Brescia in 2019 in which the Bearcats won 27 matches, were named the River States Conference Regular Season Champions and earned a bid to the NAIA National Championship. Most recently, Schmidt was the head coach at Hastings College in 2025.
At the NCAA level, Schmidt has been the head coach of Tarleton State, Louisiana-Monroe and West Alabama. He has also been an assistant coach at Texas A&M Corpus Christi, North Texas, and Belmont. During his tenure at Belmont, the Bears posted three seasons ranking in the top four of the Ohio Valley Conference.
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