Jessica Quinn - Volleyball Coach - University of Tennessee Athletics

Jessica Quinn

Title:
Director of Operations
Email:
jquinn15@utk.edu
Phone:
(865) 974-3375

Jessica Quinn is in her fourth season as the Director of Volleyball Operations with the University of Tennessee volleyball program in 2023. She handles team travel, camps, daily administrative duties, alumni relations, equipment and growing the team’s courtside premium seating.

During the 2020-21 volleyball season, Quinn helped the Lady Vols' players and staff navigate the challenges of COVID-19, allowing the program to operate safely and securely.

She also oversees the program's student-managers, enabling them to work efficiently during practices and during match days.

Quinn arrived on Rocky Top after spending the past five seasons at Oregon State. Her time with the OSU volleyball program saw Quinn serve in two capacities, first as the director of operations from 2015-2017 and then as an assistant coach from 2017-2020.

In 2017, Quinn helped lead the Beavers to one of the best seasons in the program’s history. OSU won 21 matches, an improvement of nine wins, and reached the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in team history. Among the season’s highlights were the first five-match conference win streak since 1990 - a feat Oregon State accomplished twice in 2017 - and the first season sweeps of the Washington and Arizona schools since 1984 and 1990 respectively. Mary-Kate Marshall was named an All-American for the second straight year, and third time in her career, becoming just the sixth player in OSU history with 1,000 career kills and 1,000 career digs. In addition, setter Kylee McLaughlin was named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and the AVCA Pacific North Region Freshman of the Year.

Prior to working with the OSU volleyball team, Quinn worked for Oregon State University Recreation where she served as a coordinator of Oregon State’s Sports and Special Programs, supervising operations for 40 collegiate sports clubs.

She served in that role from 2011-15, coordinating travel, event planning, fiscal planning and budget management, among other operations responsibilities. Additionally, she served as the coordinator of marketing and student development in her final year.

Quinn served as the director of girls’ volleyball for the Clovis North Area & Bronco Elite Volleyball Club from 2007-11. Among her other duties included in this role, Quinn served as a head coach.

From 1998-2012, Quinn gained coaching experience with various college and club teams, including a one-year stint with OSU volleyball as a volunteer in 2011. Other college roles include service as an assistant coach at Rhodes College in 2000 and in a volunteer assistant role at UC-Davis in 2004.

Quinn played volleyball all four years of college, starting at Reedley College, from 1995-97, where she was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame. Quinn captained the team to a pair of Central Valley Conference Championships and fourth and sixth place finishes in the California State Championships.

Following her time at Reedley, Quinn also served as a team captain at the University of Memphis (1997-99), where she finished among the program’s top-five career assist leaders (2,681) in just two seasons, while also posting two of the top-five single-game assist totals in school history (75 and 74, respectively).