Volleyball
Lacey Jeffcoat
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- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Head coach Julie Darty Dennis announced the addition of former Mississippi State player Lacey Jeffcoat as an assistant coach to the MSU staff on January 15, 2025.
In her first season in Starkville, Jeffcoat helped guide the Bulldogs to a 16-10 record in the first year of the 16-team SEC. The team tied the best start in program history at 11-1, while also going undefeated in the non-conference portion of the regular season at 10-0. At the conclusion of the 2025 season, Lindsey Mangelson was named to the SEC’s Second and All-Freshman Team, while also earning an AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention. Mangelson was a two-time SEC Freshman of the Week while Cayley Hanson earned her first career SEC Setter of the Week honor.
Jeffcoat made the move back to Starkville after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at UT Arlington. Over her two seasons there, the Mavericks compiled a record of 40-14, including a 29-3 record for the 2024 campaign.
During the 2024 season, UT Arlington went undefeated in conference play and took home the Western Athletic Conference Championship, the program’s first conference championship since 2002. In addition to making an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2024, the Mavericks also had an NIVC Tournament appearance in 2023.
Under Jeffcoat’s tutelage, the Mavericks led the WAC in assists per set (12.73), hitting percentage (.273), kills per set (13.72) and opposing hitting percentage (.165) during the 2024 season. She also saw Brianna Ford and Paige Reagor earn AVCA All-Region selections, which made them just two of 10 players in program history to receive AVCA First-Team Selections.
Jeffcoat’s players earned five All-WAC honors, including Ford, (WAC Player of the Year), Mollie Blank (WAC Setter of the Year) and Sjakkie Donkers (WAC Co-Freshman of the Year). Overall, the team had three All-WAC First-Team selections, one All-WAC Second-Team selection and one WAC All-Freshman Team selection.
Jeffcoat spent five years playing Division I volleyball, four at Troy before transferring for her fifth year in Starkville. During her five seasons, Jeffcoat amassed 1,780 digs as a defensive specialist along with 318 assists and 106 service aces.
In her first season in Starkville, Jeffcoat helped guide the Bulldogs to a 16-10 record in the first year of the 16-team SEC. The team tied the best start in program history at 11-1, while also going undefeated in the non-conference portion of the regular season at 10-0. At the conclusion of the 2025 season, Lindsey Mangelson was named to the SEC’s Second and All-Freshman Team, while also earning an AVCA All-Region Honorable Mention. Mangelson was a two-time SEC Freshman of the Week while Cayley Hanson earned her first career SEC Setter of the Week honor.
Jeffcoat made the move back to Starkville after spending the past two seasons as an assistant coach at UT Arlington. Over her two seasons there, the Mavericks compiled a record of 40-14, including a 29-3 record for the 2024 campaign.
During the 2024 season, UT Arlington went undefeated in conference play and took home the Western Athletic Conference Championship, the program’s first conference championship since 2002. In addition to making an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2024, the Mavericks also had an NIVC Tournament appearance in 2023.
Under Jeffcoat’s tutelage, the Mavericks led the WAC in assists per set (12.73), hitting percentage (.273), kills per set (13.72) and opposing hitting percentage (.165) during the 2024 season. She also saw Brianna Ford and Paige Reagor earn AVCA All-Region selections, which made them just two of 10 players in program history to receive AVCA First-Team Selections.
Jeffcoat’s players earned five All-WAC honors, including Ford, (WAC Player of the Year), Mollie Blank (WAC Setter of the Year) and Sjakkie Donkers (WAC Co-Freshman of the Year). Overall, the team had three All-WAC First-Team selections, one All-WAC Second-Team selection and one WAC All-Freshman Team selection.
Jeffcoat spent five years playing Division I volleyball, four at Troy before transferring for her fifth year in Starkville. During her five seasons, Jeffcoat amassed 1,780 digs as a defensive specialist along with 318 assists and 106 service aces.
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