Following Championship Season, Becker-McBride Earns Contract Extension

MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Following another championship campaign for Morehead State Volleyball, head coach Kyrsten Becker-McBride has earned a contract extension that will advance her leadership of the program through the 2028 season.

Becker-McBride completed her third season as head coach and her 15^th overall with the program in 2025. She guided Morehead State to a share of the Ohio Valley Conference regular season title and the Eagles' second consecutive appearance in the OVC Tournament finals, finishing with a 23-9 record and a 15-3 mark in conference play.

"I'm honored to continue leading Morehead State Volleyball; the tradition and program here mean a great deal to me," she said. "After 15 seasons at Morehead State, I'm proud of the community we've built and the development we see in our student-athletes on and off the court. I'm grateful for the support our department provides, and I want to thank Athletics Director Kelly Wells and our board of regents for their continued belief in myself, our staff, and our program as we continue to grow."

Morehead State's M.E. Hargan was named the OVC Player of the Year and an All-OVC First Team selection along with junior setter Sydney Sennett.

Becker-McBride led the Eagles to back-to-back 18-win seasons in her first two seasons as the head coach of Morehead State. In 2024, she led the Eagles to the OVC tournament championship match and the program's fourth NCAA Tournament berth. Her three seasons have led to a 59-37 record (.614 winning percentage).

Becker-McBride has helped lead Morehead State to prominence since joining the staff as director of operations in 2011. She served from 2012-22 as an assistant coach and held the title of Associate Head Coach from 2016-22 season. She has helped guide MSU to six Ohio Valley Conference regular season championships.

Becker-McBride served as recruiting coordinator from 2015-22. During her time on staff Morehead State has had 19 student-athletes earn First-Team All-OVC honors with 257 total first-team awards. Seventeen additional players have earned second-team or all-freshman accolades from the OVC.

She has coach three OVC Players of the Year (Ellie Roberson, Olivia Lomhmeier, M.E. Hargan), an OVC Defensive Player of the Year (Leslie Schellhaas) and three OVC Freshmen of the Year (Laura McDermott, Merideth Jewell, Bridget Bessler). She has also mentored five American Volleyball Coaches Association All-Region selections and two AVCA All-Americans.

With her on staff, Morehead State went 50-2 in conference matches from 2011-13 en route to three consecutive regular-season league championships.  The Eagles captured conference tournament titles in 2011 and 2013 on their way to NCAA Tournament appearances. She also helped lead MSU to the OVC Tournament title in the spring 2021 season and helped guide the Eagles to the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament victory, defeating Creighton.
 
The Eagles also posted back-to-back 20-win campaigns in 2018 and 2019 and have compiled six 20-win seasons with her on staff. She has been a crucial part of 235 wins since she came to MSU.
 
Also, during her seasons as head coach of the beach program, she led the Eagles to the first-ever OVC regular season title in 2021 while coaching the league's Player of the Year and Pair of the Year.
 
Morehead State, which has posted a 3.5-or-better team grade point average for the indoor program in each of her years, won the OVC's Team Academic Award in 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2023.  The Eagles also claimed MSU's Team Academic Awards in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and have earned 14 Team Academic Awards from the AVCA (every year since 2012). Two student-athletes have been named CoSIDA (now CSC) Academic All-Americans in her tenure.