Beth Launiere announces retirement after 36 years leading Utah Volleyball

Utah Volleyball head coach Beth Launiere announced her retirement on Dec. 8, bringing to a close her storied 36-year run as the leader of Utah’s volleyball program.

The program’s all-time winningest head coach (689-439), Launiere, retires as the third-longest tenured head coach in the history of Utah Athletics behind only Greg Marsden, who led Utah’s gymnastics program for 40 years (1976-2015), and Don Reddish, head coach of Utah’s men’s swimming program for 37 years. Launiere is also the second-winningest head coach in department history behind Marsden (1,048-208-8).

Launiere built Utah Volleyball from the ground up, beginning in 1990, as she turned Utah into a perennial top-25 program. Under her watch, the Utes were ranked in the AVCA Coaches Top 25 poll 183 weeks, including twice achieving a program-record 45 consecutive weeks ranked, from 2000-2002 and again from 2019-2022.

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Alyssa D’Errico named head coach of the Utah Volleyball Program

Alyssa D’Errico has been named head coach of the Utah volleyball program, Director of Athletics Mark Harlan announced on Dec. 8. D’Errico, who has served as the Utes’ associate head coach for the past three seasons, becomes just the sixth head coach in program history, succeeding 36-year head coach Launiere.

Through three seasons in Salt Lake City, D’Errico has made her presence known, helping the Utes improve from an 11-19 record in 2023 to 25-6 in 2024, including a return to the NCAA Tournament for the 19th time and a final AVCA ranking of 23rd. She helped guide Utah to its 20th NCAA Tournament appearance in 2025. Primarily responsible for the defense, D’Errico has overseen all scouting and training concerning that side of the net, as well as Utah’s serve/receive strategy.

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