University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Volleyball
Boyd, Will
Will Boyd
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Phone:
- (337) 482-5723
Will Boyd returned to the Louisiana Volleyball coaching staff in February 2025 after working with SEC-member Alabama during the 2024 season.
When last with the Ragin' Cajuns as an assistant coach in the 2023 season, Boyd oversaw an offense and setters group that finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in assists (1,481, 12.45/set) with setter Siena DeCambra ranking third individually (1,165, 10.22/set).
Boyd serves as Louisiana's offensive coordinator and also works with the team's setters and attackers.
Boyd's established coaching career also includes five-plus seasons of coaching on the Texas volleyball scene. He helped guide Texas State to the 2022 SBC West Division title, made an NCAA DII Tournament appearance and mentored the conference's Freshman of the Year at West Texas A&M (2019-20) and had a 2018 season with Texas that saw a Big 12 Championship, an Elite Eight appearance and a No. 5 finish in that season's final AVCA rankings.
As a player Boyd was a setter at the University of Benedictine in 2015 before launching his coaching career at UAB from 2015-16 where he was a 2016 AVCA Coaches for Coaches Scholarship recipient
Boyd then made the nearby move to Samford from 2016-17, helping guide the Bulldogs to a 2016 Southern Conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance. Boyd served as a practice player as well as assisted in all aspects of training, specializing with pin hitters.
Boyd’s first stop in Texas came in Austin in fall 2018 working with a Longhorns squad that went 23-5 regular season record (15-1 in Big 12 play), won a Big 12 Conference championship, made an Elite Eight appearance and finished No. 5 in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll. He worked closely with the breakdown of opponents to implement into scouting reports and focused, primarily, in training setters and in the offensive game plan.
In the two years following his stay on the 40 Acres, Boyd was in Canyon, Texas working as an assistant coach at West Texas A&M. His time at West Texas A&M was highlighted by the 2019 season appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament as well as helping develop the 2019 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and AVCA South Central Regional Freshman of the Year, Torrey Miller. Miller went on to win the 2020 Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Year the following season.
In the 2021 season, Boyd served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at St. Edward's University in Austin. Picked to finish seventh in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll, St. Edward's made an impressive run to the championship match in the conference tournament and had three players earn all-league honors.
His introduction to the Sun Belt came in 2022 at Texas State, helping lead the Bobcats to the SBC West Division title and tournament championship match appearance. Boyd’s player development emphasis was with setters and passing and he coached the Sun Belt’s Offensive Player of the Year, Setter of the Year and Player of the Year.
Boyd has also coached on the club level with Austin Skyline Juniors Volleyball Club, Southern Performance Volleyball Club and Sports Performance Volleyball Club.
He earned his bachelor of arts in health promotion with a concentration in kinesiology from the University of Montevallo in 2016.
When last with the Ragin' Cajuns as an assistant coach in the 2023 season, Boyd oversaw an offense and setters group that finished second in the Sun Belt Conference in assists (1,481, 12.45/set) with setter Siena DeCambra ranking third individually (1,165, 10.22/set).
Boyd serves as Louisiana's offensive coordinator and also works with the team's setters and attackers.
Boyd's established coaching career also includes five-plus seasons of coaching on the Texas volleyball scene. He helped guide Texas State to the 2022 SBC West Division title, made an NCAA DII Tournament appearance and mentored the conference's Freshman of the Year at West Texas A&M (2019-20) and had a 2018 season with Texas that saw a Big 12 Championship, an Elite Eight appearance and a No. 5 finish in that season's final AVCA rankings.
As a player Boyd was a setter at the University of Benedictine in 2015 before launching his coaching career at UAB from 2015-16 where he was a 2016 AVCA Coaches for Coaches Scholarship recipient
Boyd then made the nearby move to Samford from 2016-17, helping guide the Bulldogs to a 2016 Southern Conference title and NCAA Tournament appearance. Boyd served as a practice player as well as assisted in all aspects of training, specializing with pin hitters.
Boyd’s first stop in Texas came in Austin in fall 2018 working with a Longhorns squad that went 23-5 regular season record (15-1 in Big 12 play), won a Big 12 Conference championship, made an Elite Eight appearance and finished No. 5 in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 Poll. He worked closely with the breakdown of opponents to implement into scouting reports and focused, primarily, in training setters and in the offensive game plan.
In the two years following his stay on the 40 Acres, Boyd was in Canyon, Texas working as an assistant coach at West Texas A&M. His time at West Texas A&M was highlighted by the 2019 season appearance in the NCAA Division II Tournament as well as helping develop the 2019 Lone Star Conference Freshman of the Year and AVCA South Central Regional Freshman of the Year, Torrey Miller. Miller went on to win the 2020 Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Year the following season.
In the 2021 season, Boyd served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at St. Edward's University in Austin. Picked to finish seventh in the Lone Star Conference preseason poll, St. Edward's made an impressive run to the championship match in the conference tournament and had three players earn all-league honors.
His introduction to the Sun Belt came in 2022 at Texas State, helping lead the Bobcats to the SBC West Division title and tournament championship match appearance. Boyd’s player development emphasis was with setters and passing and he coached the Sun Belt’s Offensive Player of the Year, Setter of the Year and Player of the Year.
Boyd has also coached on the club level with Austin Skyline Juniors Volleyball Club, Southern Performance Volleyball Club and Sports Performance Volleyball Club.
He earned his bachelor of arts in health promotion with a concentration in kinesiology from the University of Montevallo in 2016.
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