Colorado State University Pueblo

Colorado State University Pueblo women's volleyball head coach Austin Albers has named Annemarie Chin as his program's new assistant coach. Chin begins her duties with the ThunderWolves on Feb. 1, 2024.

Chin comes to CSU Pueblo after spending the past five seasons as an assistant volleyball coach at NCAA Division III Earlham College. Along with serving as an assistant volleyball coach at Earlham, Chin also served as the Earlham Athletic department's chief branding officer.

"We are extremely excited to add Annemarie as our next assistant coach. Throughout the hiring process it become extremely evident that she would not only add a tremendous amount of value to the development of our student-athletes, but to our program and department as a whole," Albers said. "AC will bring a ton of knowledge, experience and balance to our coaching staff that will help make us more well-rounded as a team. I'm really looking forward to learning from her and working alongside her to continue to elevate Pack Volleyball."

In her five seasons at Earlham, Chin helped lead the Quakers to a 75-55 overall record with a 30-15 record in Heartland Conference play. She helped lead the program to a regular season Heartland Conference championship in 2021.

Along with coaching duties with the Quakers, Chin also served as the department's chief branding officer and in that position, she was responsible for creating and directing the department's marketing efforts and managing their brand identity.

"I am thrilled to be part of the CSU Pueblo Athletic Department. Upon meeting Austin, I immediately discovered a passionate drive within this program and towards the players," Chin said. "There is continued growth and success as a ThunderWolf and I'm excited to pursue that aligned passion to create more opportunities for this program."

Prior to arriving at Earlham in 2019, Chin served as an assistant volleyball coach for three seasons (2016-18) at Leon High School in Tallahassee, Fla. She helped the Lions reach the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Class 6A Final Four in 2016 and 2018 and finishing as the State Runner-up in 2017. Chin also played at Leon High School, leading the school to its only State title when it won the Class 6A Championship in 2011.

As a collegiate player, Chin was a four-year starter as a libero at NCAA Division I High Point University. In her time as a player, she earned multiple All-Big South Conference honors and earned her way onto the HPU record book. She earned Second-Team All-Big South and Big South All-Freshman Team honors in 2012 as a freshman after recording 438 digs and averaging 3.68 digs per set to finish seventh among Big South leaders.

She tallied 628 digs as a sophomore in 2013 and averaged 5.41 digs per set, which was fourth among Big South dig leaders.

Chin capped her collegiate career with a Big South Conference-best 662 digs (5.61 digs per set) as a senior in 2015. The 662 digs were the third-highest single season digs tally in High Point's Division I era and along the way earned First-Team All-Big South honors. She finished her senior season ranked ninth among Division I players in digs per set as High Point was ranked eighth in Division I as a team in digs per set.

Over her four years at High Point, Chin amassed 1,907 career digs, which is third among HPU's all-time leaders.  

She graduated from High Point in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in graphic design and digital imaging.