Taylor van der Biezen enters her third season as a member of the Navy coaching staff in the fall of 2023 and second as a full-time assistant to head coach Paco Labrador. She served as the team’s volunteer assistant coach during the 2021 campaign that ended with the Mids advancing to the semifinal round of the Patriot League Tournament.
Navy enters the 2023 season after having placed third in the league in 2022 and advancing to the championship match of the league tournament.
The native of Ashburn, Va., attended Briar Woods High School where she was a four-year starter on the volleyball team and a member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society. Van der Biezen went on to attend Marist where she totaled 2,758 career assists (fifth at Marist) and 111 aces (eighth at Marist), was a two-time team MVP and served as a captain of the Red Foxes as a senior. A three-time academic all-conference honoree and a four-year member of the Dean’s List, she graduated with honors in 2019 after she earned a degree in finance, minored in Spanish and attained a paralegal certificate.
She would serve as a graduate assistant coach with the Bryant women’s team for the 2019 fall and 2021 spring seasons, while also being the head coach of the school’s men’s club team in the spring of 2020. Van der Biezen additionally attained a Master of Business Administration degree while at Bryant.
