Sammy Carroll
Coach
Sammy Carroll is the Assistant Coach at Bridgewater College
Carroll joined the staff in March 2025.
Carroll comes to Bridgewater after recently graduating with a bachelor’s in cellular, molecular, and physiology biology from Christopher Newport in 2023. The CNU grad is currently working towards completing a master’s from Liberty in sport management.
Most recently, Carroll worked at CNU as the assistant volleyball coach for a year where Carroll assisted in scouting opponents, creating practice plans and game strategies, attending tournaments to recruit prospective student athletes, and coordinating team meals- as well as on-campus recruit visits and distribution of team gear.
At CNU as the assistant, Carroll was an integral piece to earning 2024 Coast-To-Coast Conference Coaching Staff of the Year, 2024 Conference Champions, and NCAA Regional Championship finalists in the Sweet Sixteen round.
Carroll also brings in experience as a volleyball camp coach for five years at Nike Volleyball Camp at Mary Washington, VA Juniors Volleyball Club, and at CNU.
In Carroll’s playing career at CNU, the three-year team captain was named Division III All-American for four years, 2019 Conference Rookie and Player of the Year, 2019 VASID Rookie of the Year, First Team VASID All-State for three years, First Team All-Conference and Region for four years, and conference tournament most valuable player.
Carroll achieved 5,000 career assists and 1,000 career digs.
After a career as one of CNU’s best setters, Sammy Carroll joined the CNU volleyball staff in 2024. Carroll eclipsed 4,000 assists in the win over Carnegie Mellon. She has the second-most assists in program history, 5031 behind only Brittany Collins who had 5103 and more than 1000 digs.
Carroll joins the coaching staff after four seasons with the Captains during which she played 510 sets in 139 matches. She contributed all over the court with over 5000 assists, over 1000 digs, 174 blocks, and 223 service aces.
She finished the 2023 finished the season with a career-high 1274 assists which was the fifth-most in school history. A four-time All-American, Carroll became second volleyball player to ever do so and is one of six CNU athletes to achieve four-time All-American status. She also earned All-Region First Team honors four times, joining Abby Hogge as the only Captain to ever do so.