2019 and Spring 2021 Horizon League Coach of the Year
Spring 2021 AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year
Allie Matters is in her fourth season as the head volleyball coach at Wright State, leading the Raiders to Horizon League regular season and tournament titles in spring 2021, culminating in the program’s second consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship.
Matters was named the AVCA Northeast Region Coach of the Year in April 2021, and followed that up the next day by leading Wright State to its first - and the Horizon League’s first - NCAA win, as the Raiders swept Samford in three sets in an opening round matchup before falling to eventual national runner-up Texas in the second round.
The spring 2021 Raiders were undefeated in Horizon League play, going 14-0 during the regular season with 11 three-set matches and their lone loss coming in five sets to crosstown foe Dayton, another 2021 NCAA Championship qualifier.
In 2019, Matters led the Raiders to a 24-4 regular season record, winning 20 or more matches for just the seventh time in the program’s Division I era, on the way to their first Horizon League regular season championship in program history and an at-large bid to the NCAA Championship. Matters was named the 2019 Horizon League Coach of the Year and later earned recognition on VolleyballMag.com’s Under 40 Coaching Hotshots list in January 2020.
Wright State finished a perfect 11-0 at home inside McLin Gymnasium in 2019 and had a 16-game winning streak from August 31-October 9, which was the longest streak in the NCAA during the run. In her first campaign in 2018, Matters led Wright State to a 15-14 overall record, its first .500 or better season since 2003, while finishing with seven Horizon League wins, the most for the program since 2008, as the Raiders qualified for the Horizon League Tournament for the first time in 10 years.
Matters was named the head volleyball coach at Wright State on January 17, 2018 after spending the previous seven seasons as the top assistant at her alma mater, Seton Hall. While at Seton Hall, she helped coach the Pirates to their most successful season in program history in 2014, culminating with the program’s first ever berth in the NCAA Tournament. Matters and head coach Allison Yaeger were also named Big East Coaching Staff of the Year. Under Matters’ tutelage, libero protégés, Alyssa Warren and Tessa Fournier combined to be named Big East Libero of the Year five times.
A Buffalo, NY native, Matters played at Seton Hall from 2006-09, racking up numerous records and leading the Pirates to their first Big East Championship appearance in 15 years as a senior. A two-time All-Big East Second-Team selection, Matters recorded double-digit digs in the final 68 matches of her career with the Pirates - the nation’s longest active streak at the end of the 2009 season.
Prior to returning to Seton Hall as assistant coach, Matters was at Canisius for two seasons in the same role.
