MIT Volleyball Head Coach

Paul Dill

Overall Record: 699-210 (Women)/328-132 (Men, 2004-17)
Winning Percentage: .769 (Women)/.713 (Men, 2004-17)

Since his graduation from Bates College in 1989, Paul Dill’s involvement in volleyball has spanned both sexes, nearly all age groups, and two continents. With the women’s team at MIT, he has built what has become one of the premier Division III volleyball programs in New England.

Dill has worked with the MIT volleyball program since 1992. He served as an assistant coach for three years for both the MIT men’s and women’s varsity programs. Named head women’s coach in 1996, Dill has guided the Engineers to 13 NCAA postseason bids, including appearances at the 2021 and 2022 national quarterfinals, as well as five NEWMAC Championships and two ECAC titles.

Entering his 28th season in 2023, Dill is currently ranked fifth out of over 400 active Division III coaches in the nation in total wins and eighth in overall winning percentage (.769), averaging 27 wins and single-digit losses per season during his career. He has never collected fewer than 20 wins in a season and has six 30-win seasons under his belt, lifting his career record to 699-2010. A four-time AVCA Division III Regional Coach of the Year, Dill has also been named the NEWVA Coach of the Year three times. He also collected NEWMAC Coach of the Year honors in 2002, 2016, 2017, 2022.

Dill began duplicating this success with the MIT men’s team after being summoned to take over the reins of the program in 2004. He led the Engineers to a pair of North East Collegiate Volleyball Association (NECVA) New England Division Championships and the team’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2014. At the conclusion of his 14-year tenure, Dill finished as the program’s all-time winningest coach with a record of 328-132.

Before coaching the MIT men’s squad, Dill directed the Emmanuel College men’s team to a 12-8 record in its first season of varsity competition. He also co-coached the England Women’s Junior National Team for four years and was an assistant coach for a Division I National League women’s club team in the English Volleyball Association.

Other experience includes coaching the University of Connecticut men’s volleyball club team while earning his MBA, serving as the manager of the Bates College women’s team as an undergraduate, and coaching the men’s open division of the Bay State Games.

On October 5, 2021, Dill earned his 1,000th win as an intercollegiate head coach following a sweep of Johnson & Wales University. He went on to record his 1,000th victory at MIT after the Engineers defeated Susquehanna University in the regional final of the NCAA Tournament on November 14, 2021.