Women's Volleyball

Tierney Flaherty is in her third year as an assistant coach for the Tech volleyball team after being hired in February of 2019.

Flaherty joined the Golden Eagles after serving as an assistant coach at Wofford College for the 2018 season. Among other responsibilities, she handled student-athlete academic support and team camp organization and assisted with film breakdown, opponent scouting, travel, and meal planning.  

On the court, the Georgetown, Ind. native assisted in training all position groups, with special emphasis on middle blockers and outside hitters.

Prior to her time at Wofford, Flaherty was a student assistant coach at App State for the 2017 season. In her position, she compiled scouting reports from VolleyMetrics and team film, assisted the head coach with practice drills and game planning, charted opposing teams' offenses, helped with the invitations and coaching aspects of the annual team camp, and performed administrative duties. 

While coaching the Mountaineers, she worked on the bench for Club Synergy, an 18-and-under travel team, and Watauga High School in Boone, N.C. Flaherty coached three seasons at Watauga, where she helped oversee a three-year record of 64-12. In the role, she scheduled tournaments for competition, represented Club Synergy at regional and national tournaments, and worked closely with players, parents, and college coaches to generate recruiting opportunities. She also taught private volleyball lessons for all skill sets and ages.

She also helped as an assistant coach for two seasons at Watauga High School in Boone, N.C. There, she assisted both varsity and junior varsity coaches during practice and games and helped refine the volleyball skills of the players. Flaherty contributed to the class of 2018's three-year record of 64-12 and the team's two appearances in the Final Eight.  

Flaherty also played four years of Division I college volleyball, beginning her career at Wofford for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, before transferring to play at App State in 2016. A knee injury brought on her transition from player to coach for the 2017 campaign.

She earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from App State, graduating summa cum laude in December 2017. Flaherty added a master's of arts in exercise science in December 2021, graduating Summa Cum Laude.