Volleyball Coaching Staff
The fourth head volleyball coach in school history, Hayes joined Guilford's staff in July, 2006. Hayes has coached the Piedmont Triad Volleyball Club (PTVC) since 2003 and helped two teams to the U.S. Junior Olympic Volleyball Championships in 2005 and 2006. The Piedmont Triad 16 team placed 28th at the 2005 championships and the 2006 Piedmont Triad 17 squad finished 17th. Hayes also coaches top high school volleyball prospects with the North Carolina High Performance Team.
A four-year letter winner at Division I Elon University, Hayes became the school's first All-Southern Conference volleyball performer as a second-team selection as a senior. She helped coach Mary Tendler's Phoenix to their first winning season since 1997 and led the team in kills and hitting percentage. Hayes ranks among Elon's career leaders in kills (2nd), blocks (5th) and aces (8th). Her 480 kills in 2003 stand fourth all time and helped her win the team's Most Valuable Player Award.
Hayes earned her bachelor's degree in special education and worked at Asheboro Middle School before coming to Guilford. She played high school volleyball for Dee Hodgin at Asheboro High School and club volleyball with the PTVC and the Central Carolina Area Volleyball Association. She received her Increased Mastery and Professional Application of Coaching Theory (IMPACT) certification from USA Volleyball.
Frank Motondo was hired as assistant volleyball coach in August 2007. He comes to Guilford from New Jersey where he was head coach of West Windsor Plainsboro (N.J.) High School boys' and girls' volleyball teams from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, Motondo was a volunteer assistant coach for Seton Hall University.
A member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association and the United States Association of Volleyball, Motondo moved to North Carolina in 2007 and has worked as an assistant coach with the Piedmont Triad Volleyball Club Juniors-17 team. He joins second-year head coach Emily Hayes' in her second year at the helm of Guilford's volleyball team.