Jill Loiars is in her second season as a Cowgirl assistant coach.
The native of Winter Springs, Florida played collegiately at Dayton, winning three Atlantic 10 titles and advancing to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2012, 2014 and 2015.
After graduating from Dayton in the spring of 2016 with a B.A. in Electronic Media - Communications, Loiars joined Villanova's staff as assistant coach and video coordinator. She spent two seasons with the Wildcats before returning to the A-10 as a member of Duquesne's staff in 2018 and 2019.
Loiars coached two first team all-conference selections (Villanova outside hitter Allie Loitz in 2016 and 2017), one second team all-conference player (Villanova middle blocker Amanda Pedersen-Henry in 2017) and two all-rookie team selections (Duquesne outside hitters Summer Slade in 2018 and Morgan Kelly in 2019).
While at Dayton, she averaged 2.62 kills per set as a senior in 2015 while totaling 288 kills, 81 blocks and 55 digs. Loiars also ranked second on the Dayton team in kills as both a junior (258) and senior (355) year. Dayton tallied a three-set sweep in the final of the Atlantic 10 Championship and Loiars contributed a team-best 10 kills to earn All-Tournament Team honors. She was also named the winner of Dayton's R.U.D.Y.S. award as the most improved female athlete for the 2015-16 academic year. Loiars was a two-time selection to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and was a member of the university's leadership council as both a junior and a senior.
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COACHING EXPERIENCE
McNeese Assistant Coach (Spring 2020)
La Salle Assistant Coach (2020)
Duquesne Assistant Coach (2018, 2019)
Villanova Assistant Coach (2016, 2017)
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EDUCATION
Dayton (2016)- B.A in Electronic Media-Communications
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PLAYING CAREER
Dayton (2012-2015)
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