Sam Erger

Coaching Honors and Awards • 2x AVCA Southwest Region Coach of the Year (2024, 2025) • LG Life's Good Coaches Award (2025) • AAC Coach of the Year (2023) Head Coaching Career Numbers • 3 NCAA Tournament Appearances • 1 Sweet Sixteen appearance (2025) • 7 All-American selections • 9 AVCA All-Region selections, 6 All-Region First Team members • 4 AVCA National Player of the Week selections (1x Suli Davis - 2026, 2x Malaya Jones - 2025, Emma Clothier - 2023) • 16 All-Conference selections, 8 since joining the ACC • 44 All-Academic selections • 6 Mustangs drafted to play professional volleyball in the U.S. (MLV/PVF) Samantha “Sam” Erger (Ur-grr) was named Head Volleyball Coach at SMU in February of 2022 and is in her fifth season at the helm on the Hilltop. 2025: Coach Erger took SMU Volleyball further than it had ever gone before in the 2025 season, advancing past the Round of 32 and into the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in program history. The Mustangs defeated Central Arkansas and F