Brian Smith was named the Head Women's Volleyball Coach ahead of the 2021 season after serving as an assistant coach for the 2019-20 academic year.
In all three of his seasons leading the cardinal and white, Molloy has qualified for the East Coast Conference Championship, playing in the Championship Game in both 2022 and 2023. The Lions also earned a bid to the NCAA East Regional Tournament in 2022. Smith was lauded the ECC's Coach of the Year in 2023, with his team topping the league in blocks per set and blocks while ranking second in nearly all other statistical categories.
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Coaching Record (2021-Pres.)
42-40 (.512) |
Conference Tournament Appearances
3 |
NCAA Tournament Appearances
1 |
All-Conference Selections
8 |
Prior to his arrival in Rockville Centre, Smith was a member of Academy Sports of Long Island's coaching staff for two years. As an assistant coach on both the boy's and girl's sides, he was instrumental in guiding three different teams to a USAV National Championship berth. In 2019, Smith took the helm and saw his team to the Girl's Junior National Championship tournament. More than two dozen of Smith's teams have gone on to compete at the Division I or II level as a scholarship-earning player.
A former student-athlete himself, Smith was a three-year captain at SUNY New Paltz. In his tenure, the Hawks won its first UVC Championship and achieved a ranking of #1 in Division III. An outside hitter, Smith was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team, the Hawks' MVP, and was selected to receive the Heinz Ahlmeyer Jr. Award, the highest honor bestowed on a New Paltz student-athlete. Today, Smith still competes nationally on the highest level in both beach and indoor volleyball, recently finishing in fifth in the Open Division of the USAV Nationals.
Part of an extensive volleyball family, all three of his siblings have also competed in collegiate volleyball. His brothers, Nick and Christian, followed Smith at New Paltz, both earning National Championships and All-American status before Christian went on to play professionally for Pamvohaikos in Greece's top league. His sister, Jamie, was an All-Conference player at Iona College. His mother, Debbie, played at then CW Post and met his father, Pat, playing beach volleyball.
| Year |
Overall
W-L |
Conference
W-L |
Postseason Finish |
| 2021 |
12-14 |
7-4 |
ECC Tournament |
| 2022 |
16-12 |
6-4 |
ECC Finalist; NCAA East Regional Tournament |
| 2023 |
14-14 |
8-4 |
ECC Finalist |
| Career |
42-40 |
21-12 |
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