Jill Loiars

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Assistant Coach

Jill Loiars is ready to begin her second season on the coaching staff for the 2017 season. She is an assistant coach on Josh Steinbach's staff and recently completed her own collegiate career as a standout outside hitter at Dayton.

Loiars was a key contributor for a Flyers team which won Atlantic 10 titles and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2012, 2014 and 2015. She averaged 2.62 kills per set as a senior in 2015 while totaling 288 kills, 81 blocks and 55 digs. Loiars also ranked second on the Dayton team in kills as both a sophomore (258) and a junior (355). Dayton tallied a three-set sweep in the final of the Atlantic 10 Championship and Loiars contributed a team-best 10 kills to earn All-Tournament Team honors. She was also named the winner of Dayton's R.U.D.Y.S. award as the most improved female athlete for the 2015-16 academic year. Loiars was a two-time selection to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and was a member of the university's leadership council as both a junior and a senior. Loiars graduated from Dayton in 2016 with a degree in Communication. A native of Winter Springs, Fla., she played her scholastic volleyball at Oviedo High School and also played for the Orlando Volleyball Academy