Lauren Plum

Coach Plum’s Highlights
• 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.” 

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)
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)