Laura Grace Belote

Laura Grace Belote is the DI Assistant Volleyball Coach at Charleston Southern University.

Laura Grace Belote joined the Bucs’ volleyball program as assistant coach in the spring of 2018.

Belote, who played volleyball at CSU from 2010-13, returns to Charleston after spending the previous three seasons as a graduate assistant volleyball coach at Belhaven University in Jackson, Miss.

Belote's third season back on campus saw the Bucs go 9-5, all matches coming in Big South play, setting a program record for most wins in a single season. CSU finished third in the Big South standings and swept rival Winthrop to open the season, their first 3-0 win over the Eagles snapping the defending champs' 16-match regular season win streak in conference play.

Year two on the sidelines of her alma mater saw the Bucs go 14-15 overall and claim another Big South quarterfinals appearance thanks to a winner-take-all five-set thriller over Radford in the regular season finale.

Her first season on campus in 2018 saw the Bucs finish with a winning record (13-12, 8-8 Big South) for the first time since 1993 and a Big South quarterfinals appearance.

Belote was a three-year captain of the CSU volleyball team and a Charleston Southern Christian Leadership award-winner in 2010, 2012 and 2013. She earned the Charleston Southern Volleyball Sportsmanship award in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Belote has experience coaching club volleyball in Mississippi, Georgia and South Carolina. She has participated in high-performance volleyball coaching in the Mississippi Delta region.

Belote graduated from Charleston Southern in 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. She received her Master’s in Health Administration in 2017 from Belhaven University.