Brie Hagerty took over as the head volleyball coach at Defiance College on January 17, bringing strong local ties and a rich volleyball pedigree with her to DC.

Hagerty is a Defiance, Ohio native and was a two-time Western Buckeye League Player of the Year, while also earning First-Team All-Ohio honors in 2001 for Defiance High. After concluding a standout prep career, Hagerty began a collegiate career at Ohio State University and then transferred to the University of Washington for her final three seasons.

During her time with the Huskies, Hagerty became a two-time All-PAC-10 performer and led Washington to a pair of PAC-10 Championships. The success continued on the national stage, where Hagerty and UW advanced to the NCAA Division I Final Four in 2004 and 2005 and claimed the NCAA Division I National Championship in 2005.

Hagerty went on to play two years of professional volleyball in Puerto Rico and was voted into the athletic Hall of Fame at the University of Washington, as well as Defiance High School in 2010.

Along with her extensive success on the volleyball court at the collegiate and professional ranks, Hagerty also boasts eight years of coaching experience at various club and prep levels, which includes stints on staff with Defiance High and multiple club programs.

Hagerty began her coaching career as an assistant for the Cascade Volleyball Club in 2004 and also worked the UW summer volleyball camps from 2004-2006, before returning to Northwest Ohio.

Since that time, Hagerty spent six years as the director of the Hagerty Volleyball Camp that hosted summer camps at several local high schools, including Defiance, Ayersville and Hicksville.

Hagerty also served as the head coach of the Toledo Volleyball Club from 2008 through 2011, leading the team to three-straight appearances at the United States of America Volleyball Nationals and working as the club’s performance trainer during each of those final three campaigns.