The Winston-Salem State University Department of Athletics named Christa Brown the head volleyball coach in March of 2025. She was welcomed back as the two-time CIAA volleyball champion, in the summer of 2024 as the interim head coach after serving as the volunteer assistant coach in the fall of 2023.
“Today, we are thrilled to welcome back Christa Brown, a distinguished WSSU alum and former Lady Ram Women's Volleyball standout, as our Interim Head Volleyball Coach,” said Director of Athletics Etienne Thomas. “Christa embodies the spirit and tradition of WSSU, bringing a wealth of experience, dedication, and passion to our program. Her leadership and commitment to excellence will undoubtedly inspire and elevate our student-athletes both on and off the court. We look forward to seeing her continue to build on our proud legacy of success of WSSU Lady Rams Volleyball."
During the 2024-2025 season, the Rams finished the season 14-11 (11-5 CIAA). In her first season leading the Rams, she saw freshman
Zoe Chesson earn All-CIAA second team honors, had three Rams,
Brooke Norwood,
Lexis Tatum and
Janai Tillman be named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) All-District Team, and she helped coach senior
Brooke Norwood to a milestone of 1000 career assists. The Rams also advanced to the CIAA Quarterfinals and won the Freddie Vaughn Team Academic Award.
In her role as the volunteer assistant during the 2023 CIAA campaign, Brown was instrumental in recruitment, skill development, practice planning, and producing scouting reports. With her knowledge of the NCAA DII rules and regulations, she ensured the team operated within compliance standards of the conference and institution. Brown assisted with community engagement and helped foster a supportive but competitive team culture representing the mission, values, and goals of the University and Athletic department.
“I am very excited and honored to be named the interim Head Coach for the WSSU volleyball program,” said Brown. “I want to thank Chancellor Brown and the Athletic Administration for their faith in me and giving me this opportunity. It is an incredible feeling to come back home to the place that poured into me and where I experienced so much success as a player. I was truly fortunate to play under such a wonderful coach (Henderson) and learn so many valuable lessons on what it takes to win championships and be a RAM.”
“I appreciate Coach Davis for giving me my first opportunity to coach on the collegiate level and I will continue to build upon the success this program has had under their leadership. This University and program hold a special place in my heart. I’m looking forward to building not only strong student-athletes on and off the court but graduating champions.”
Prior to her return to WSSU, Brown was the head coach for the Triad Elite Volleyball Club for the 15’s National team. They were ranked in the top east division of 89 teams. She also was the trainer for the 14-17 regional and national teams during the 2023-24 season. She was the head coach for the 14’s regional team during the 2022-23 season and the head coach for the 16’s regional team. She coached the Carolina regional champions in 2022 and was the assistant coach for the 15’s regional team during the 2021-23 season. In the OVR region in 2020-21, she served as a skills coach and head coach for A2 volleyball club.
As a player at WSSU, Brown was a 3-time CIAA Player of the Week, was named to the 2015 CIAA Rookie Team, the 2015 All-Academic Team, and was a part of the 2015 CIAA Champion team. In 2016, she was a volleyball representative for the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (S.A.A.C.) and was named to the All-CIAA preseason team. In 2017, Brown was named to the CIAA second team, a member of the 2017 CIAA championship team, and was named to the All-CIAA Tournament Team.
Brown graduated in 2019 from Winston-Salem State University with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing and she is currently pursuing her master's degree from WSSU in Business Administration.
