Caroline Cleveland returned to the McMurry athletics staff as senior associate athletics director for DEI and administration and assistant volleyball coach in 2024.
She also served as an assistant volleyball coach in 2014-15, helping lead the team to records of 21-13 and 19-11 with two appearances in the NCCAA national tournament. She also served as head coach of the Abilene Aces club team, winning nine tournaments in two seasons. Cleveland joined the staff of Abilene High School as an assistant in volleyball and soccer in 2016 and was named head volleyball coach at AHS in 2021. She led the Eagles to three postseason appearances, including a ninth-place finish in 2022. Before her arrival, AHS had not made the playoffs since 2015. Cleveland received Coach of the Year honors in 2022.
She played volleyball at Angelo State and graduated from McMurry with a degree in business administration in 2014.
The daughter of former McMurry employee Chris Proctor-Cleveland, and granddaughter of former McMurry coach Glen Cleveland and Billye Proctor-Shaw, Caroline attends St. Paul Methodist Church. She also has volunteered with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, The Grace Museum, Hendrick Home for Children, and Meals on Wheels.
She is a native Abilenian.
