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Kallie Noble

2024:

  • In her second season Noble led the team to a 25-9 overall record ending with a 12-6 record in the Crossroads League. The Knights made it to the Crossroads League Tournament beating No. 14 Mt. Vernon in the Semifinals with a score of 3-1 and falling to No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan in the CL Championship 1-3. 
  • The Knights got through the NAIA National Tournament Opening Round beating out Columbia International 3-1 at home. At the NAIA National Tournament Final Site Marian fell to No. 5 Bellevue 0-3 on day one, then upset No. 12 Providence in a score of 3-1 to push the pool into a tie-breaker set. The Knights drew the last seed in the tiebreaker and fell to Bellevue 25-22.
  • Noble's team claimed 12 NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards and six All-Crossroads League awards, one claiming first team honors, two claiming second team, one claiming honorable mention, one claiming freshman team honors, and one claiming the Libero of The Year award. 
  • Noble helped guide four more athletes claim CSC Academic All-District Honors, as well as two claiming AVCA Midcentral Regional Team honors and one claiming AVCA NAIA All-American Honorable Mention Team honors.

2023:

  • Noble led the team to a 20-11 overall record ending with a 13-5 record in the Crossroads League. The Knights made it to the Crossroads League Tournament Semifinals falling to No. 20 Mount Vernon wit a score of 2-3.
  • Noble's team made it into the NAIA Opening Round falling on the road to St. Thomas (Fla.) in a final score of 0-3.
  • Noble's team claimed 12 NAIA Scholar-Athlete awards and five All-Crossroads League awards, two claiming first team, two claiming second team, one claiming honorable mention, one claiming freshman team, and one claiming the Libero of The Year award.
  • Noble helped guide two players to earn AVCA Midcentral Regional Team Honors and one claiming AVCA NAIA All-American Honorable Mention honors.

Previous Experience:

  • Noble will serve as the fifth head coach in program history, taking over a program that was led by interim head coach Riley Anderson in 2022. The Knights went 26-7 overall finishing third in the Crossroads League, reaching the NAIA National Tournament Quarterfinals in the 2022 season

  • Noble joins the Knights after previously leading the women's indoor and beach volleyball teams at Nicholls State University for the previous four seasons. While at Nicholls, Noble's teams garnered multiple honors from the Southland Conference for both athletic and academic success, while also earning three AVCA/USMC Team Academic Awards. Noble's 2021 team reached the second round of the Southland Conference Tournament, taking her team the furthest of any Colonels team since 2009. 

  • Prior to her time as head coach at Nicholls, Noble made five coaching tours as either an assistant coach or head coach, getting her start in collegiate coaching as an assistant with Lincoln Memorial University. In 2007 Noble served as the recruiting coordinator and an assistant coach for the University of New Orleans, spending one season with the Privateers. After working with New Orleans, Noble moved across the city to Tulane University, working with the Green Wave for four seasons as an assistant and recruiting coordinator. While at Tulane, Noble helped the Green Wave reach the NCAA Tournament while also working with five All-Conference USA honorees, which included one Conference USA Player of the Year. 

  • In 2012 Noble made her first jump to a head coach position, taking over as the head coach of the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas. In her first season as the head coach, Noble led the Celts to the NAIA National Tournament, earning the runner-up honors in the Red River Athletic Conference. Noble Reached the RRAC Tournament in 2013 with St. Thomas, and in her tenure coached four NAIA Scholar Athletes.

  • In 2014, after two seasons as the head coach at St. Thomas, Noble returned to the NCAA level where she served as an assistant coach at the University of Memphis. With the Tigers, Noble led the offense by training the setters, helping lead Memphis to consecutive of winning seasons in her first two years. Noble also orchestrated all facets of Memphis Volleyball Youth Camps, and served as the supervisor for the team support system. 

  • Noble will begin her tenure as head coach on Monday, January 30. The veteran coach earned a B.S. in Music and Education from Western Michigan University and obtained a Master's Degree in Education and Counseling from Lincoln Memorial University.

Kallie Noble Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year Record  Conf. Record Postseason
2023 20-11 13-5 NAIA National Tournament Opening Round
2024 25-9 12-6 NAIA National Tournament Pool Play
MARIAN TOTALS 45-20 25-11