PROVO, Utah — BYU women’s volleyball head coach Rob Neilson announced the hiring of assistant coach Chloe Hirst on Thursday afternoon.
Serving as the Aggies’ associate head coach for the last three seasons, Hirst was also an assistant coach during Neilson’s first three years in Logan. She helped USU to four Mountain West regular season titles and two Mountain West tournament titles.
Hirst was named a 2022 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 award winner. Utah State had 10 all-conference honorees, with one conference player of the year, during her tenure.
Prior to her time with the Aggies, Hirst was the director of operations at both Utah and Weber State, and she served as a head coach with Club V. An outside hitter at Idaho State from 2013-17, she earned All-Big Sky honors as a junior and senior.
Originally from Bountiful, Utah, Hirst prepped at Woods Cross High School. She has bachelor’s (2016) and master’s (2017) degrees in physical education from Idaho State as well as an MBA from Utah State (2023).