Coaching Staff

Amanda McCoy | Head Coach

Mary Baldwin University announced the addition of Amanda McCoy as the new head coach for the Fighting Squirrels women's volleyball program.

McCoy, who attended and played at Mary Baldwin University for one year upon graduating from William Byrd High School in Vinton, Va., is a 2006 graduate of Roanoke College, where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Human Performance.

McCoy joins MBU after an extensive career as a college assistant coach as well as a high school and club program director and coach.  In 2023, she was an assistant coach at Southern Virginia, which captured the USA South Athletic Conference championship.  She has also been the head coach at five high schools in Virginia, including a five-year stint at her alma mater and a six-year span at Rockbridge County High School.

At Rockbridge, McCoy's teams won five consecutive district championships, two regional championships and advanced to the state quarterfinal round three times.

She twice earned Regional Coach of the Year recognition and had numerous players earn district player of the year, all-state or other individual awards.  She also had nine players continue their playing careers at NCAA Division I or III institutions following their scholastic careers.

"Amanda McCoy is a very knowledgeable and motivated coach, and we believe she'll bring passion, effort and teamwork to the Mary Baldwin program," said Director of Athletics Tom Byrnes.  "We're looking forward to on court success as well as the expectation of off-court cohesiveness in building the Fighting Squirrels program that the University will support and be proud of."

Bailey Montana | Assistant Coach

Bailey Montana joins the staff at Mary Baldwin University with an extensive background as a player and a coach. Bailey began her career as a setter for Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax Virginia. As she continued to grow in her love for the game she was a player for both NVVA and Metro Volleyball clubs.

In 2009 Bailey started her collegiate career as a setter for Division I Radford University in Radford VA.  While at Radford she majored in Exercise/Sport and Health Education with a minor in Biology. Bailey would then continue her career ambition of attaining her Doctorate of Physical Therapy after graduation after graduating from Radford's program in 2017.

In 2015 Bailey began coaching with Next Revolution Volleyball of Roanoke as an assistant for both 17 and 18 Open teams. She continued to work with training setters for the club and assisted with recruiting duties while on staff. She then continued coaching after relocation for Sandhills Volleyball and Grand Strand Juniors Volleyball club.

Coach Montana joins the MBU Volleyball staff where she will assist with recruiting, practice development and will focus on development of the program's offensive schemes as well as training the team's setters. "I am so excited to be reuniting with Coach McCoy at Mary Baldwin University. I cannot wait to help build a high level program and to assist student athletes succeed on the court and in the classroom".

Coach Montana is married to her husband Chris and will reside in Staunton Virginia with her two daughters.