Princeton University Athletics
Women's Volleyball Coaches
All-Time Women's Volleyball Coaches
| Coach | W | L | Pct. |
| Susana Occhi (1977-81) | 107 | 95 | .530 |
| Glenn Nelson (1982-08) | 580 | 229 | .717 |
| Jolie Ward (2009-10) | 24 | 26 | .480 |
| Sabrina King (2011-present) | 226 | 117 | .659 |
Susan Occhi was the first coach in program history, and she guided the Tigers to Ivy League championships in 1979, 1980 and 1981. She had coached the program as a club sport during the years prior to the varsity debut on Sept. 28, 1977. Her 100th win came against Barnard (Columbia) during the 1981 Ivy League Tournament.
Glenn Nelson retired in 2008 as Princeton's all-time wins leader for any single-sport coach, and he remains one of the legendary figures in all of collegiate volleyball. On the night he won his record-setting 560th victory (Nov. 10, 2007), Princeton also clinched the Ivy League title and was on its way to becoming the first team to go 14-0 in league play since the Ivy League moved to the double round-robin format. Nelson led Princeton to 11 Ivy League titles (all while serving as the men's head coach as well); he coached four Ivy League Players of the Year and four Ivy League Rookies of the Year, and his teams never had a losing record.
Jolie Ward had the unenviable task of following in Glenn Nelson's footsteps, but she improved by two victories from her first to second season, and she coached a first-team All-Ivy player in each of her two seasons (Sheena Donohue, 2009; Lydia Rudnick, 2010).
Sabrina King has done it all with Princeton volleyball, and she now serves as the program's fourth head coach; King was named the 2015, 2016 and 2019 Ivy League Coach of the Year after guiding to Princeton to the Ivy title in each of those years, and she followed that up with a third straight championship in 2017 along with titles in 2019, 2022 and 2024. 2025 saw King guide the Tigers to the Ivy League regular and tournament titles, and was honored as part of the Ivy League Coaching Staff of the Year. In 2015, the Tigers started the league season 0-3 (no other Ivy team in any sport had ever accomplished that feat) before winning 10 of the final 11 to share the title. The following season, Princeton won 26 straight sets during the season and claimed the outright title and the program's first trip to the NCAAs since 2007. The 1999 Ivy League Player of the Year, King played on three Ivy championship teams (1997, 1999, 2000) for Princeton. She still ranks third all-time at Princeton in both career kills (1,367) and career digs (1,441), and she is fifth all-time in service aces (121). She was an assistant coach for seven years, including on the 2004 and 2007 Ivy League championship teams, and she was named head coach prior to the 2011 season.