Jill Wilson Season 2025
On Dec. 23, 2021, four-year LSU letterwinner Jill [Lytle] Wilson returned home as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for LSU Volleyball, becoming the first hire under head coach Tonya Johnson.
In addition to her playing career from 1997-2000, Wilson spent 10 seasons as the assistant and then associate head coach at LSU where she helped the Tigers reach six NCAA Tournament appearances and the 2009 SEC Championship. In that time span, Wilson produced 15 All-SEC selections, four AVCA first-Team All-South Region picks, and an AVCA All-American and SEC Player of the Year in middle blocker Brittnee Cooper.
Since her return to Baton Rouge, Wilson coached the program to the 2022 NCAA Tournament, marking LSU’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2017. That season, LSU claimed its first NCAA Tournament win since 2014 with the 3-1 victory over Hawaii in the first round on Dec. 2, 2022.
Wilson contributed to the development of five AVCA All-Region selections, including Jurnee Robinson (2023-2024), who was named the 2023 AVCA South Region Freshman of the Year; Anita Anwusi (2022); Sanaa Dotson (2022); and Ella Larkin (2022).
Off the court, seven Tigers have been tabbed to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team (formally known as CoSIDA), including Angelina Lee (2024), Bailey Ortega (2024), Erin Carmichael (2023), Jade Demps (2023), Jill Bohnet (2022), Paige Flickinger (2022) and Josie Vondran (2022).
Wilson previously served as the associate head coach at Ohio State for two seasons. With the Buckeyes, Wilson helped guide the team to an overall 43-10 record, a 30-8 mark in the Big Ten and consecutive NCAA Regional Semifinal appearances. Wilson developed three AVCA All-Americans, including Emily Londot, who was the 2020-21 AVCA National Freshman of the Year, five AVCA All-Region selections and 10 All-Big Ten selections. Before joining the Ohio State coaching staff, Wilson was the head coach at Virginia Tech for three seasons (2018-20).
Wilson also spent time in the ACC as an assistant coach at North Carolina (2002-04) and Wake Forest (2006). In the ACC, she coached two All-Americans and an ACC Player of the Year.