Samantha Young will begin her fourth year as the assistant coach for the Cumberland Women's Volleyball program in 2025.
Young has played a big role in her first two seasons helping lift Cumberland to a Mid-South Conference Championship in her first year and earning Mid-South Conference Assistant Coach of the Year honors in her second year in 2023.Â
Young is responsible for helping run the practice plans, recruiting,a nd player development while also being the head coach for the JV program. Her JV team also won the Mid-South Conference JV Championship in 2023.Â
Young graduated with a dual major — a bachelor of science in business administration and accounting — while participating as a member of Spalding University's volleyball program. The Kentucky native went on to become an assistant coach for the team from 2019-2020.
Young also brings two years of experience from Thomas More College where she participated in two national tournament championships — once as a player and once as the team's manager.
For three years, Young worked as the head coach of the junior varsity volleyball team at her alma mater, Ballard High School in Louisville.
Between 2014 and 2018, she successfully ran the JV volleyball programs at three different high schools throughout Kentucky while also assisting with the varsity teams.
Upon moving to Tennessee last year, Young led the K2 Volleyball Club's 16-2 travel team to a 52-18 season.
Prior to joining Vadakin's coaching staff, Young most recently assisted with the Tennessee Wesleyan University volleyball program.
She has since earned her master's of coaching from the University of the Cumberlands.
