Alyssa Broccoli was chosen as Drew University's
first-ever director of volleyball and head women's volleyball coach in December of 2019, three months after it was announced the Rangers were
adding varsity men's and women's volleyball in the 2021-22 school year.
In her first two seasons at the helm, Broccoli has guided Drew Volleyball to a successful start. As head coach of the women's team, she has helped direct the Rangers to a 36-21 record. During the team's inaugural season in 2021, Drew finished an impressive 19-9 and won a pair of Landmark Conference matches. For her efforts, she was honored as the Landmark Conference Coach of the Year. One year later, the Rangers again assembled a winning season, finishing with a 17-12 mark while recording two more Landmark Conference victories.
Broccoli has also coached her women's team to individual success. One of her student-athletes - outside hitter Andrea Camacho Tenreiro C'25 - captured the Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year award while also gaining First-Team All-Landmark Conference honors during the team's inaugural 2021 season, when she finished fourth in Division III in kills per set (4.51). Camacho-Tenreiro earned First-Team All-Landmark Conference recognition in 2022 as well, when she led the Landmark Conference in kills for the second year in a row.
On the men's side, the Rangers finished with nine victories in their inaugural season while competing as an independent. The team finished with eight sweeps while also posting a 5-3 home record in their debut campaign. The team would equal their wins mark with another nine victories during their second season in 2023.
Broccoli came to the Forest following a highly-successful four-year run as the head women's volleyball coach at Hunter College, where she directed the Hawks to four consecutive City University of New York Athletic Conference (CUNYAC) titles and four NCAA Division III tournament appearances. She also served as assistant athletic director at Hunter.
Broccoli arrived at Hunter in 2016 and promptly led the Hawks to a perfect 8-0 record in the CUNYAC. Her team would go on to win the conference title to earn an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament. She was honored as the CUNYAC Coach of the Year and had a conference-leading five players named to the CUNYAC All-Star Team, including the player of the year.
Under Broccoli's watch, the Hawks would capture three more conference titles and NCAA tournament appearances. Her 2017 squad posted a record-breaking campaign, finishing 27-5 overall while tying the program record for most victories and finishing the season ranked seventh in the New York region. Broccoli's athletes garnered a slew of awards, including an AVCA Honorable Mention All-American, two AVCA All-Region selections, five CUNYAC All-Stars, and the CUNYAC Rookie of the Year.
Broccoli guided the Purple and Gold to another tremendous season in 2018, as the Hawks assembled a 24-9 record and again achieved a No. 7 regional ranking. Her team received five CUNYAC All-Star selections, one AVCA All-Region pick, the CUNYAC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, and had an NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. Broccoli earned her second CUNYAC Coach of the Year honor and was a recipient of the AVCA Thirty Under 30 award.
In 2019, Broccoli steered Hunter to its fourth-straight conference title and five CUNYAC All-Star selections, including four first-team picks, and the libero of the year. In total, Hunter posted a stellar record of 85-47 (.644) under Broccoli while finishing an unblemished 39-0 versus CUNYAC opponents, counting postseason play.
Away from the court, Broccoli performed numerous duties in her role as assistant athletic director. She assisted the compliance officer by overseeing all processes, procedures and systems necessary to direct the athletic department in complying with NCAA, CUNYAC and Hunter College rules and regulations for 18 varsity sports. She provided NCAA and CUNYAC rules, education, and interpretation for student-athletes, administrators, coaches, and support staff. She also planned, directed, and administered athletic competitions and events such as Homecoming, Division III week, National Girls & Women in Sports Day, and the annual athletic banquet.
Prior to Hunter, Broccoli was an assistant women's volleyball coach at Brandeis University during the 2015 season. She also served as a graduate assistant at UMass-Boston in 2014, helping lead the Beacons to the Little East Conference regular-season championship. She began her career as a college volleyball coach at SUNY New Paltz, where she worked as an assistant women's coach during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. She helped lead the Hawks to the finals of two NCAA regional tournaments and one State University of New York Athletic Conference regular-season championship.
Broccoli also boasts several years of experience as a volleyball coach at the high-school level, spending 2011 as an assistant at Pine Bush High School, while leading the Hudson Valley Alliance Volleyball Club as the head coach from 2010 to 2014.
As a three-year member of the women's volleyball team at The College of Saint Rose, Broccoli also participated in the NCAA Division II Leadership Academy and Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. In 2009 she studied at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, competing on the women's indoor and beach volleyball squads.
Broccoli graduated from Saint Rose in 2010 with a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Sport Management.
