Associate Head Volleyball Coach Scott Carter Named Head Coach of Hiram Volleyball Program

HIRAM, OHIO  –  Hiram College associate head coach Scott Carter has been named to replace Ellen Dempsey as Head Coach of the Terrier volleyball program that was announced today (Friday, Jan. 13).

Scott Carter has spent the previous two seasons with the program as an assistant/associate head coach.  Carter replaces Dempsey who is the program’s all-time winningest coach with a 267-113 record in 11 seasons and 457-271 in 19 overall seasons as a head coach.  This past fall, the Terriers posted a 27-9 overall record and finished second in the North Coast Athletic Conference with a 13-3 mark.  Hiram qualified for the NCAC Tournament for the 11th consecutive season and advanced to the tournament title match for the 10th straight year.  Also in 2011, Hiram earned a spot in the NCAA Division III National Tournament for the fourth time in program history, all coming after Dempsey took over the program prior to the 2001 season.

Prior to joining the program at Hiram, Carter spent two-years as the head volleyball  coach at Stow-Munroe Falls High  School.  While there, he led the volleyball program to two district championships, a regional championship  and an appearance in the state final four. He  received back-to-back coach of the year   awards while producting seven All-  Conference and six All-District players.

Carter also has had over 17 years of coaching experience at  the collegiate level as a head coach and recruiting coordinator.  Carter’s resume includes stops at Broome Community (N.Y.)  College, SUNY Oneonta, Sacred Heart (Conn.) University, Kent State University and the University of Kentucky. As a recruiting  coordinator at the collegiate level, he has produced three recruiting  classes that ranked among the 50 nationally which helped lead  programs at the University of Kentucky and Kent State University  more than double those program’s win totals within a three-year  period.

In addition, Carter has worked as an intern assistant with the  USA Olympic Team and World Games Team in 1999. Has also  has seven years experience coaching collegiate men’s volleyball  and helped lead the Sacred Heart University men’s volleyball  team to their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2001 as the  team finished with a 25-6 overall record. He posted seven consecutive  20 win seasons as head coach and his winning percentage  ranks among the top-10 all-time in men’s college volleyball.

Carter currently resides in Streetsboro, Ohio with his wife,  Melissa and two children, Grady and Aislin.