Baylor Volleyball Coaching Staff

Ryan McGuyre

Head Coach

Hired by Baylor heading into the 2015 season, McGuyre has been at the helm of the Baylor program for eight years now. He has led them to seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances, including four Sweet 16s and a Final Four appearance while never losing in the first round. In 2019 McGuyre also guided the Bears to their first Big 12 title.

Prior to arriving in Waco, McGuyre spent a decade as head coach at Cal Baptist (2002-11), and the previous three years at Biola. In between CBU and Baylor, McGuyre was an Associate head coach at Florida State and an assistant at Maryland before that. At CBU, he was the head coach for both the men’s and women’s programs, and he crafted a men’s program that won six NAIA national championships (2004, ’05, ’06, ’07, ’10, ’11) and three women’s national titles (2004, ’05, ’11). McGuyre has helped produce many All-Americans at his different stops and earned multiple coach of the year honors at every level.

Yajaira Cadet

Assistant Coach

Joining McGuyre’s staff in January 2022, Cadet has experience as a club volleyball coach over the last seven years and was a graduate assistant at the University of Evansville from 2007 to 2009. Cadet had a storied playing career. She started out on the Dominican Republic indoor and beach volleyball national teams, before playing collegiately at South Carolina and California Baptist. She played professionally in the Dominican beach volleyball league as well with great success.

Joshua Walker

Assistant Coach

Another January 2022 addition to the Baylor Volleyball staff, this Virginia Beach, Va. native brings a wealth of experience as a coach and player to the program. He is coming off of seven season as an assistant coach at Hawaii with their men’s team, where he won the 2019 AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year. He also played for Hawaii from 2006 to 2011, being names an All-American once and All-Conference twice. He also played professionally in Europe and Abu Dhabi from 2011 to 2015.

Will White

Technical Coordinator

Joining the Baylor Volleyball staff in April of 2022, White is responsible for team statistics and for assisting with scouting reports as the Bears’ Technical Coordinator. He has spent time as an assistant coach at Blue Mountain College and North Alabama as well a being a head coach at Ohio Valley University in 2020 among other career experiences.

Nicole O'Banon

Director of Operations

A June 2022 addition to the Baylor staff, the former Nicole Thomas, played for McGuyre at Baylor from 2016 to 2019. She was a part of BU’s winningest class, helping earn a Big 12 title and a Final Four appearance in 2019. She was a middle blocker.

Kellianne Layton

Director of Player Development

Layton joined McGuyre’s staff in 2017 as Director of Operations before transitioning to her current role for the 2022 season. Prior to Baylor, Layton was an Events and Communications Specialist for the AVCA headquarters and was played volleyball at Asbury University.