Amy Nokes enters her second season as an assistant coach on the Wofford volleyball staff. She came to the program in August of 2014 after serving as an assistant at Davis & Elkins College.
Nokes works primarily with Wofford's setters. In her first season on staff, she coached freshman setter Molly Mayo to a Southern Conference All-Freshman Team selection. Mayo totaled 1,272 assists and averaged 10.78 assists per set, ranking second and third, respectively, in school history for a single season. Mayo ended the year No. 44 in the NCAA in total assists and No. 51 in assists per set. Nokes also helped the freshman setter earn a SoCon Freshman of the Week honor after posting a season-high 69 assists in a five-set win over William & Mary, which was one shy of the program's single-match record.
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Nokes played high school volleyball at Lane Technical College Prep. To date, she still holds seven school records. Nokes’ experience stems from her early playing career at the club level as a member of Sky High Volleyball.
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Following high school, Nokes was recruited to play volleyball at Charleston Southern University. Nokes was named to numerous all-tournament teams during her career at CSU and was captain of the team her senior year. She currently ranks in the top ten in four different categories held in the CSU record books. Following her senior year, Nokes received an offer to play professional volleyball, and played in both Finland and Sweden before she had a season ending injury that brought her back to South Carolina to finish her teaching degree.
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Nokes graduated from Charleston Southern University with a degree in physical education and kinesiology in 2013. Nokes has been in the club circuit for seven years, beginning with her coaching career at Charleston Juniors while playing at CSU.
