Shane Spellman enters his second season as the head women's volleyball coach for the 2024 season. He was hired in May 2023.
In 2023, Spellman picked up right where the program left off and led the Saints to a second straight Atlantic East championship. Marymount only dropped two sets throughout conference play and the conference tournament as the Saints rolled through unscathed against AEC opponents. The Saints finished the season with a 17-15 record after a loss to Stevens in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Spellman coached four Saints to All-Conference honors in his first season with Kaitlyn Doyle also being named Atlantic East Tournament MVP. Katee Stromberg also received the Atlantic East Elite 20 Award for the second season in a row.
Spellman joined Marymount after being the Director of Player Development for Starlings Volleyball out of Falls Church, Va., a role he held since October of 2019. During this time, he has also spent time on the high school court, having coaching stints at both Wakefield, where he was the head coach since 2021, and Thomas Jefferson , where he was an assistant during the spring of 2021.
Spellman has also been the head 18s coach for Virginia Volleyball Club, where he handles all facets of the club.
Adding to his resume, Spellman brings a wealth of collegiate coaching experience. Most recently, he was the assistant beach volleyball coach at Division I Tulane during the 2017-18 academic year, where he was responsible for many of the day-to-day operations of the program while spearheading statistical analysis to aid in player development.
Prior to his time at Tulane, he was the assistant volleyball coach at NAIA Cardinal Stritch University for both the men's and women's programs, helping with day-to-day operations and recruiting efforts for the programs. During October of 2016, he was the named the interim head coach and helped the team finish second in the CCAC North Division.
During his playing years, Spellman made three appearances at the Division III NCAA Tournament from 2012-14 at Rivier University, while being a two-time Second Team All-Great Northeast Athletic Conference selection.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Rivier and a Master of Science in sports management from Cardinal Stritch.
