Cheri Lindsay

Cheri Lindsay is the Head Volleyball Coach at Prairie View A&M University.

Lindsay returns to Prairie View A&M University in March 2023 being named the new head women’s volleyball coach.

Lindsay, a former PVAMU standout volleyball player returns to her alma mater after being at the helm of the East Central University Tiger’s volleyball program since the Spring of 2020, inheriting a program that was 2-29 and finished last in the Great American Conference with a 1-15 record the previous season. While at ECU, she amassed a record of 35-38 overall and 25-17 in GAC play.

In her first season with the reins, she guided the Tigers to the Great American Conference Championship tournament, which before 2020, ECU volleyball had not made an appearance since 2013.

In 2021, there were more signs of the program turning around as the Tigers achieved their first winning season in school history, set the most wins in a single season, and went on a nine-match winning streak for the longest in program history, finishing with a 15-14 overall record. The previous record was 14 wins in 2009 and 2011.

This past season, ECU volleyball tied their record for most wins in a season with 15 and claimed the No. 5 seed at the Great American Conference Championship tournament.

Becoming the third head coach in program history. Lindsay was named the Oklahoma Coaches Association "coach of the year" for the 2021-22 season. The Tigers had three players named All conference players Taty Garcia, Alejandra Delgado, and Emma Strickland.

In her first season the Tigers went 5-7 overall and 4-6 in the Great American Conference, in a short season to COVID-19. ECU advanced to the GAC Championship Quarterfinals, its first appearance in the GAC Tournament since the 2013 season.

The Tigers also saw Thalianette Garcia claim All-GAC Second Team honors, the first for ECU since 2014 and just the second time an ECU player was named to the second team.

The team also performed well in the classroom, with five earning a spot on the GAC All-Academic Team and four on the D2ADA All-Academic Team.

Lindsay spent the last two seasons as the first assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Seattle University, an NCAA Division I team in the Western Athletic Conference. During her time with the Redhawks, the team advanced to the WAC Tournament both years, saw one All-WAC Second Team pick, the 2018 WAC Setter of the Year, and nine, Academic All-GAC selections.

Before Seattle, Lindsay was the head coach and assistant athletic director at Bethany College (Lindsborg, Kan.) for three seasons. She was also an adjunct professor in the School of Schools and Athletics at Bethany.

From 2012-14, Lindsay served as an assistant coach at Tiffin University in Ohio. Additional coaching experience includes serving as the head coach for the U15 and U17 Black Swamp Volleyball Club teams.

Lindsay got her coaching start at Prairie View A&M University where she served as a student coach from 2011-12. She played volleyball for the Panthers from 2008-11.

A Denver, Colo., native, Lindsay earned a bachelor's degree in Communications from Prairie View A&M University in 2012 and a Master's in Business Administration from Tiffin University in 2013.