Coach Plum’s Highlights
1 All-SEC selection at Vanderbilt
1 All-South Region selection at Vanderbilt
2025 USA Volleyball Lead Coach for 15/16s National Team Development Program
2024 Oregon Hall of Fame inductee
2023 USA Junior National Team assistant coach
With a wealth of playing and coaching experience both collegiately and professionally on the international level, Lauren Plum was announced as the Vanderbilt volleyball program’s offensive coordinator in February 2023.
“My decision to become a collegiate coach was driven by the life-changing opportunities I was once afforded as a college athlete and a desire to pay it forward for future players,” Plum said. “My coaching philosophy centers on creating a positive, competitive environment where athletes can thrive knowing they have the freedom to take risks and move closer to reaching their full potential both on and off the court.”
Achievements at Vanderbilt — Offensive Coordinator (2023–Present)
With Plum’s offensive guidance, Jackie Moore recorded 334 kills on 660 attempts for a 50.6 percent kill percentage in the reinstated Vanderbilt volleyball program’s first season. At Mississippi State, Moore led the Vandy offense with 31 kills, the most by a middle in an NCAA Division I match since 2015. The Commodores recorded a season-high .429 hitting efficiency in their sweep of Mississippi State, with three Vandy student-athletes hitting over .400. During the Allstate SEC Volleyball Tournament, the Commodores hit .279 as a team and recorded 134 kills, led by Moore with 36 kills and a .492 hitting efficiency. For her efforts in 2025 Moore earned recognition on the All-SEC Second Team.
Prior to Vanderbilt
Accomplishments with USA Volleyball (2023-present)
Plum has coached numerous times with the USA National Team Development Program and has also served as an assistant coach for the USA Junior National Team at the 2023 U21 World Championships.
In December 2024, Plum was chosen to lead an on-court presentation at the AVCA Coaches Convention, where she trained other coaches on techniques for developing high-level setters and cultivating an attack mentality.
Playing Experience
A four-year letterwinner at Oregon—where she helped the Ducks make three NCAA Tournament appearances highlighted by a berth in the 2012 national championship match—Plum was a two-time All-American, including a 1st team selection in 2012. She was All-Pac 12 and was named Setter of the Year as a junior. She set multiple school records with 75 assists in a match and 1,618 in a season and remains the Ducks’ all-time leader with 5,213 assists. In October 2024, Plum was inducted into the Oregon Athletics Hall of Fame.
Plum was a member of the USA Junior National Team that competed at the World Junior Championships in Lima, Peru, in 2011, and the UA2 National Team Training Squad from 2014-17. She played professionally in leagues in France, Germany and Puerto Rico from 2014-20.
In 2015, Plum graduated from Oregon with a degree in business with an emphasis in sports marketing. She is currently pursuing her MBA with a concentration in effective leadership at Drexel and is expected to complete her program in August 2025.
Personal
The Plum family, Lauren, her parents and three siblings all played sports at the Division I level. Her husband, Cameron Ayers, played basketball professionally for six years and now coaches at the collegiate level.
Coaching History
Vanderbilt – Offensive Coordinator (2023–present)
USA Volleyball – National Team Development Program Coach (2022–present)
Notre Dame – Volunteer Assistant Coach (2023)
Arizona – Assistant Coach (2022)
Villanova – Assistant Coach (2020)
East Coast Power Volleyball Club – Club Setting Coach (2020-22)
Coast Volleyball Club – Interim Assistant Director (2015-20)
Professional Playing History
Wiesbaden, Germany (2019-20)
Nance, France (2018-19)
Suhl, Germany (2017-18)
Vilsbiburg, Germany (2016-17)
San Juan, Puerto Rico (2015-16)
Mulhouse, France (2014-15)
USA National Team Training Squad (2014-17)