Andrew Kroger is in his first season as an Assistant Coach for the Ohio volleyball program under head coach Geoff Carlston.
Kroger joins the Bobcats from the University of North Alabama, where he acted as the interim head coach for the 2021 season. Prior to UNA, Kroger, who has 11 years of Division I coaching experience, joined the LaSalle program in 2014 as an assistant coach and was eventually promoted to associate head coach in 2018 and head coach in 2019. He led LaSalle to the 2019 National Invitational Volleyball Championship, which was the first post-season appearance in program history. Following the 2021 spring season, LaSalle dropped its volleyball program, along with six other sports.
While at La Salle, Kroger had three players named to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team with a fourth rookie earning A-10 Rookie of the Week honors twice in 2017. He also served as acting head coach during head coach Caitlin Schweihofer's maternity leave in 2017, and helped the Explorers to their highest Atlantic 10 winning percentage in program history.
A graduate of Xavier University with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics, Kroger began his collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at Villanova University in 2011. At Villanova, he worked primarily with the middle blockers and was also responsible for video analysis, tape exchange, as well as event management, team planning and statistics.
Prior to arriving at Villanova, Kroger was an assistant coach at Sycamore High School in Cincinnati. He also coached at the Team Z Volleyball Club, where he was head coach for the 15 Navy and 15 Orange squads.
At Xavier, Kroger was the president of the men's club volleyball team and also played on the squad for three years.
