Caitlin Genovy - Volleyball Coach - University of Houston Athletics

Caitlin Genovy

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
cagenovy@central.uh.edu

Caitlin Genovy rejoined the Houston Volleyball staff in the Spring of 2024 after a season with Davidson as assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. She was promoted to assistant coach of the Cougars in summer 2025.

Genovy spent the 2024 season with the team as Technical Coordinator where she managed all statistical and analytical data for the team, which included coding practices and matches as well as examining player and team trends. Genovy also created scouting reports for opponents and oversaw the team's video operations both at home and on the road.

Genovy had previously been a member of the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant for the 2021 and 2022 seasons. In her first stint with the Cougars, she had worked primarily with Rehr in coaching the setters. Her first two seasons with Houston were marked with impressive success, including a combined 55-11 record that encompassed the team's first conference championship since 1999 and first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2000 in 2022.

In her one season at Davidson, she assisted the team as they posted a 19-10 record including an 11-7 mark in Atlantic 10 Conference play.

In November 2021, Genovy was awarded the AVCA 2021 Coaches4Coaches scholarship, which provides unique programming during the annual AVCA Convention for young, up-and-coming coaches in the sport of volleyball.

Prior to joining Houston, Genovy was a graduate assistant at Indiana State for two seasons, helping the Sycamores at the setter position. At ISU, she assisted in coaching multiple student-athletes to conference awards including Madeline Williams to the MVC All-Tournament Team Spring 2021 and Mallory Keller to the MVC All-Freshman Team Spring 2021. Genovy also aided in coaching the team back to a Missouri Valley Conference Tournament appearance for the 2021 Spring season after a two-year hiatus.

Prior to joining the Sycamore coaching staff, Genovy spent a year playing professional volleyball for Volley-Ball La Rochette in France as the only setter for the team.

Beyond collegiate volleyball, Genovy has also spent time coaching in Canada's youth volleyball system, serving as a coach for Team Ontario in 2017 and 2019. The Stoney Creek, Ontario, native also acted as the assistant coach for Halton Regional Volleyball Club during the 2018-19 season where she helped coach the 16U girls team to provincial and national titles.

Genovy played collegiately, spending five years at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. During her time at McMaster, she was a member of two Ontario University Athletics Conference Championships (2014, 2017) and was also a Second Team All-Star (2018).

Genovy graduated from McMaster University in 2018 with a degree in Kinesiology. She also earned her master's degree in physical education with a concentration in coaching in 2021.