Bio

Kelsey Herber enters her seventh season as the head coach of the HU volleyball program. Herber has a long-standing relationship with the Forester program not only as a player but as an assistant coach for three years prior to taking over the reins in the fall of 2019.

In her first season at the helm, Herber led her squad to the most wins in program history since 2009. Her players have racked up 29 All-Conference honors and collected 31 Scholar Athlete badges.

Herber's coaching vitae also includes nine years with Empowered Volleyball Academy, where she spent eight years as a coach and a year as their director of mental health.

Herber was an outside hitter on the Forester volleyball team. She capped off her collegiate playing days as an All-Conference Honorable Mention pick her final year.

No stranger to the greater Fort Wayne area, Herber is an on-air radio personality for Star 88.3 for the Josh and Friends show that airs on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Herber was honored as the 2024 Marc Davidson Coach of the Year by the Northeast Indiana Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She was also recognized as a 2024 member of the Fort Wayne Business Weekly's Forty Under 40. 

Herber graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast fusion media in 2016. She also holds a Master of Arts degree in counseling from Huntington. She, her husband Zach, also an HU alum (’17), and son Ren reside in Roanoke.