Baylor University athletic director Ian McCaw announced Ryan McGuyre as the Bears' ninth head volleyball coach in school history. McGuyre comes to Baylor with a wealth of coaching experience, including the past two seasons as Florida State's associate head coach.
"Baylor University and our volleyball program will be blessed by the appointment of Ryan McGuyre," McCaw said. "Ryan is a truly exceptional coach, recruiter, leader and mission fit. We look forward to him building a championship program at Baylor."
McGuyre has coached at the collegiate level for both men and women since 1999 including head-coaching stints at California Baptist and Biola University.
McGuyre and the Seminoles finished an NCAA Tournament run reaching the quarterfinals before a loss to national runner up BYU, Dec. 13. The Seminoles finished 30-3 in 2014, and in his first season at FSU in 2013, the Seminoles posted a 26-8 record and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16.
Prior to his arrival at Florida State, McGuyre was an assistant at Maryland for one season following a 10-year-head-coaching stint at NAIA CBU from 2002-2011. There, he was the head coach for both the men's and women's programs where he crafted a men's program that won six NAIA national championships and three women's national titles.
Among many accolades at CBU, McGuyre was named both the AVCA NAIA Men's National Coach of the Year and the NAIA Women's National Coach of the Year during his tenure. He also served as a volunteer assistant for the USA men's volleyball team in 2006. His men's team at CBU During knocked off NCAA Division I programs USC, UCLA, Stanford, Pepperdine, Long Beach State, UC-Santa Barbara, Penn State, UC Irvine and Hawaii.
Before his successful stop at CBU, he spent three years as head coach at Biola University from 1999-2001 in Los Angeles where he tallied 60 wins in three seasons for the women's program.
All in all, between men's and women's programs, McGuyre has 542 wins as a collegiate head coach, he's coached 18 NAIA All-Americans and saw five Seminoles earn AVCA All-American honors the past two seasons at Florida State.
After two seasons at FSU and more than a decade on the west coast, McGuyre brings pipelines from both the west and east coasts to central Texas.
McGuyre is married to former University of Hawaii volleyball standout and USA National Team member, Jennifer "Roberts" McGuyre. Jennifer served as Ryan's assistant coach at both CBU and Biola. The couple has three children: Tryston, Kitana and Ryder. A 1998 graduate of Biola University, McGuyre earned his Bachelors of Arts degree in social science with an emphasis in secondary education and a minor in biblical studies.
McGuyre takes over for Jim Barnes who completed his 11th season in 2014 as head coach of the Bears. Baylor was 14-17 overall and 4-12 in Big 12 competition in 2014.
"I'm anxious to watch more film and see how they interact with one another," said McGuyre of the Bears slated to return in 2015. "We have key student-athletes coming back and some exciting recruits coming in. Andie Malloy is a key impact player for us and Katie Staiger offensively did good things last season. I also saw a lot of athleticism in the underclassmen."