John Post, who spent the three seasons as the head coach of the men’s and women’s volleyball programs at Nichols College, joined Erin Appleman’s staff in August of 2021 and helped lead the Bulldogs to Ivy League three straight titles from 2022 to 2024.
In 2022, the Bulldogs went 23-3 and earned the highest win total for the program since 1996. In addition, the Bulldogs won the Ivy League post-season tournament and earned a NCAA Tournament bid. Yale also earned five All-Ivy selections in 2022, and won 17 straight matches at one point -- the second-longest streak in the nation at that time.
In his tenure at Nichols, Post mentored three all-conference selections, a conference Rookie of the Year, a conference Defensive Player of the Year and numerous Academic all-conference honorees. He guided the women’s program to a school-record 12 victories in 2019, a seven-win improvement over his first season. Post was at the helm of the inaugural season for the men’s program in 2019 and led Nichols to 17 overall wins and a berth in the NECC semifinals.
Prior to Nichols, Post served as both the head girls volleyball coach at Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, Conn., and the head boys coach at Xavier High School in Middletown, Conn. At Miss Porter’s, he mentored three NEPSAC All Star selections, and he led Xavier to the semifinals of the state tournament.
In addition, Post served as the head coach of the U16 Husky Volleyball Club boy’s team and girl’s national team.
Post began his coaching career as a student assistant coach at East Stroudsburg, his alma mater, in 2009. After one season as the head JV coach and varsity assistant coach at Xavier (2010), Post was named head coach of the girl’s program at East Hampton (Conn.) High School, where he remained until taking over at Miss Porter’s School. Post guided East Hampton to the semifinals of the state tournament twice (2011, 2014).
From 2012-17, Post was the U16 Head Coach and 16-and-under Club Director for the Mizuno East Volleyball Club. He oversaw the development of players and coaches at the under-16 age level and was the head coach of the top U16 boy’s team. Post coached four teams which advanced to the USA Volleyball National Championships; he was an assistant coach on both the 2017 U18 Club National Championship squad and the 2016 U17 team that placed third.
Post graduated East Stroudsburg University in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies. He was a four-year member of the Warriors volleyball program as a setter (2004-08), serving as captain during his final campaign. He also spent two years with the USA Junior Olympic volleyball club (2002-04) and later was a member of the Legion Men’s Club Team (Albany, N.Y.).
