Kim Kelly

Head Volleyball Coach

The year of 2007 marked a career milestone for Kim Kelly who won her 300th career victory during the Tartans 23-15 season. In her thid year as the head coach of Carnegie Mellon University's volleyball team, Kelly led the Tartans to their second ECAC Division III South Volleyball Championship, seventh in nine years, and a third place finish in the highly tauted University Athletic Association. 

Carnegie Mellon took the 2007 NCAA Volleyball Champions, Washington University in St. Louis, to a five game match during the Tartans 7-4 UAA season which saw sophomore Samantha Carter receive two UAA Athlete of the Week awards and four players named to the All-Association team.

Prior to Carnegie Mellon, Kelly was the head women's volleyball coach at Gettysburg College from 1996 through 2004. During her tenure, the Bullets posted a 250-82 record, captured eight Centennial Conference titles and appeared in eight NCAA Division III Championship Tournaments. She was an assistant coach at Gettysburg for four seasons before becoming head coach.

A member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and chairman of the Mid-Atlantic All-Regional team selection committee for two years, Kelly also served as a member of the Mid-Atlantic Region Selection Committee for the NCAA Division III Tournament. 

A 1992 graduate of Gettysburg, Kelly was regarded as one of the top setters ever to play for the Bullets. During her four seasons (1988-91), she was credited with 2,079 assists, the third-highest total in school history.  Kelly earned a bachelor's degree of science in chemistry from Gettysburg and a master's of business administration from Mount St. Mary's in 2003.

Kelly and her husband Doug reside in Irwin, Pa. with their two children Samantha (seven) and Zachary (five).

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