aLISA bLAIR | ASSISTANT COACH

Texas Tech head coach Tony Graystone announced the hiring of Alisa Blair, who will serve as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the Red Raider volleyball program, on June 9, 2023.

Blair joins the Red Raiders after spending the 2022 season as the head coach for Abilene Christian. While there, Blair coached a member of the WAC All-Freshman Team in outside hitter Ashli Edmiston, who led the Wildcats in digs while ranking second on the team with 255 kills, the second-most by a freshman since ACU's move to Division I. It was Blair's second stint serving as a head coach.

Blair also served three seasons as head coach, and another as assistant coach, at Hill College. While at the helm for Hill College, she collected an 83-38 (.686) overall record, won the 2014 Region V Championship and was named Coach of the Year that same season. Coaching multiple All-Americans at Hill College, the team would also finish in the top-15 of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) rankings in every season she was there.

Prior to her stint with Abilene Christian, Blair served as the assistant coach and lead recruiter at Stephen F. Austin for four seasons. Blair helped the Ladyjacks accumulate an impressive record of 105-21 (.833), tally four Southland Conference regular season titles and make two NCAA Tournament appearances. She also helped oversee recruiting efforts, team logistics and travel, player development and summer camps.

Before working with the Ladyjacks, Blair joined the University of Central Oklahoma volleyball team as the assistant coach for the 2017 season, where she aided the team to a 29-6 record and 15-3 conference record in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) as the Bronchos would go on to make an NCAA Tournament appearance.

Blair was an outside hitter and defensive specialist at Angelo State University from 2009-12. During her career, Blair appeared in 161 sets and produced 151 kills, 47 aces and 269 digs and helped the team to the 2012 Lone Star Conference Championship for the first time in 20 years. While with the Belles, Angelo State totaled a 98-38 record and made an appearance in the South Central Regional Championship.

Blair received her bachelor's degree in psychology in 2012, then earned her master's of education, coaching, sport, recreation and fitness administration in 2016 from ASU.