BRONXVILLE, N.Y. - Sarah Lawrence Director of Athletics Kristin Maile has announced the hiring of John Carroll as the college's next volleyball head coach. Carroll joins the Sarah Lawrence staff as the head coach for the school's men's and women's volleyball teams.

The Massapequa native brings four years of coaching experience to the Gryphons after stints at Regis College, Bethany College, the Highlands Sports Complex and the Ohio Valley Volleyball Academy. Carroll was most recently the lead assistant coach for both the men's and women's volleyball teams at Regis, leading the women's team to back-to-back 20+ win seasons and qualifying for the GNAC tournament in both seasons with the men's team. He also held the position of head men's volleyball recruiter during his time at Regis, securing 27 recruits over his two years with the Pride, reaching student-athletes internationally as well as throughout the United States.

Prior to his coaching career, Carroll played collegiate volleyball at Emmanuel College where he was awarded academic all-conference honors in 2019 and all-sportsmanship team recognition in three of his four years. As a four-year starter for the Emmanuel College men's volleyball team, Carroll graduated with a .393 hitting percentage, third all-time in program history. Carroll also ranks eighth all-time in school history with total block assists (146) and 12th all time in total blocks (170).

He graduated from Emmanuel in 2020 with a bachelors degree in international relations and earned a masters degree of education in student success from Regis in 2023.