BATON ROUGE — Former LSU volleyball standout Jill Lytle-Wilson, who spent last season as an assistant coach at Wake Forest, has been named to the Tiger staff as an assistant coach, it was announced by head coach Fran Flory on Monday.
“We’re thrilled to have Jill once again officially join the LSU volleyball family,” said LSU head coach Fran Flory. “She left her mark as a player and we’re very confident she will leave her mark as a coach in this program.
”She is truly one of the bright, young shining stars of women’s volleyball with a tremendous future ahead of her and we’re thrilled that one of the stops on her way to being a great collegiate coach is back at LSU, where she can help us continue to build and continue to grow as a program.”
Lytle-Wilson spent one season as an assistant with the Demon Deacons, leading them to a tie for their most wins in the Atlantic Coast Conference in school history. On the court, she was in charge of training the outside hitters and right side hitters, while off the court, she coordinated team travel and assisted in recruiting. She also served as assistant camp director.
From 2002-2004, Lytle-Wilson was an assistant coach at the University of North Carolina. In three seasons in Chapel Hill, she helped lead the Tar Heels to their first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance and the 2002 ACC regular season championship with a 32-4 overall record and a final national ranking of No. 11.
In 2003, she helped guide North Carolina to a 20-win season, despite losing four starters. In addition, she coached Laura Greene and Molly Pyles to All-America honors in 2002 and 2004 respectively as Green took home ACC Player of the Year honors in 2002.
Prior to joining the Tar Heel staff, Lytle-Wilson served as a graduate assistant coach at Tennessee-Martin in 2001. She helped lead the Skyhawks to the regular season Ohio Valley Conference Championship with a 24-7 overall record.
Lytle-Wilson also has experience as an assistant coach for the Triangle Volleyball Club from 2002-2006, serving as assistant club director last year.
A four-year starter at outside hitter for LSU from 1997-2000, Lytle-Wilson stayed on as a student assistant coach in 2001 before earning her bachelor of science degree in business administration in 2001.
One of the hardest workers on her team and considered one of the most determined players Flory has ever coached, Lytle played in 98 matches in her career, limited only by a torn anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee suffered 11 matches into her junior season.
As a senior, she ranked sixth in the SEC with 23 service aces as she helped lead the Tigers to a berth in the SEC Tournament champion ship game.
A three-time member of the Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, she was also the Tigers’ representative on the women’s at-large SEC Good Works Team in 1999-2000. Her good works did not go unnoticed at the University as Lytle-Wilson was named the LSU Student-Athlete Volunteer of the Year in 2000. She served on the CHAMPS Student-Athlete Advisory Board for four years, the last year serving as president of the organization. She was also a member of the LSU tennis team in 2001.
Lytle Wilson, originally from Richmond, Texas, was a member of the Texas Elite Volleyball Club during her prep playing days. She earned first-team all-district and second-team All-Greater Houston honors as a senior at Lamar Consolidated High School.
As a junior, she was the District 23-4A Most Valuable Player as Lamar Consolidated earned the 1995 district title. A nominee for the Wendy’s High School Heisman Award, she was a member of the National Honor Society and graduated in the top five percent of her class.
The daughter of Mike and Kim Lytle, Jill is married to Jared Wilson. She was born on May 6, 1979.
Lytle-Wilson replaces Craig Bere, who left LSU to take an assistant coaches position with the Louisville volleyball program. Bere, a Louisville native, was with the Tigers for two seasons.