Mia Frugé enters her first year as an assistant coach at Ohio in 2020.
Frugé comes to Ohio from UConn, where she was an assistant coach under former Ohio volleyball great Ellen Herman-Kimball and on staff with another Bobcat legend, Abby Gilleland.
Prior to UConn, Frugé spent the prior two seasons as the Smith College head coach, where she placed three on the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference team.
Frugé spent time at both Division I Hartford and Navy prior to Smith College. At Hartford, Frugé was the recruiting coordinator and was in charge of the pins and blocking scheme. At Navy, she assisted the Midshipmen in making its first-ever Patriot League semifinal appearance. Frugé coached under AVCA Hall of Famer and NCAA all-time winningest coach Larry Bock. Bock recorded 1,348 wins in his career at Navy and at Juniata (NCAA Division III).
Frugé's first coaching job was an assistant coach at Trinity University, where she helped the Tigers win the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament.
A student-athlete at Loyola University in New Orleans, Frugé graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration. Frugé also has a Master of Science in Sport Management from Texas A&M.
