Erin Glickert enters her third year as Cortland's women's volleyball head coach in 2021.
In her debut season in 2019, Glickert led the Red Dragons to a 24-11 record - the program's highest win total in seven years - and the SUNYAC tournament semifinals. Her players earned two All-SUNYAC honors, including the conference Rookie of the Year award, and one AVCA all-region honor. The Red Dragons also earned an AVCA Team Academic Award, which goes to programs that maintain at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average.
Glickert (formerly Erin Little) previously served six seasons from 2013-18 on the coaching staff at Division I Syracuse University, including three seasons as the Orange's associate head coach. In 2018, she helped Syracuse finish 19-9, including a 14-4 mark in Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) play. The Orange qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time in school history and advanced to the second round with a win over Yale before losing to nationally ranked Penn State. In 2017, the Orange posted a 22-14 overall mark (12-8 ACC) and advanced to the quarterfinals of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship with a 2-1 record. Syracuse also finished 23-8 (14-6 ACC) during the 2015 season.
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Glickert was a four-year player at Syracuse from 2008-11 when the team compiled an overall record of 80-47, including a pair of 20-win seasons and three trips to the BIG EAST Tournament. She was recognized on the BIG EAST All-Academic Team five times and earned a spot on the Syracuse Athletic Director’s Honor Roll on nine occasions.
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Since 2011, Glickert has worked as a coach for the IREVA Regional USA High Performance program, assisting the program director with one-day annual tryouts and providing athlete evaluations and high-level skill instruction for summer training camps. She was the head coach for the select youth team at the 2016 High Performance Championships. Glickert has also worked at numerous regional and national camps and clinics as a coach and presentor.
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Glickert also played in the IREVA High Performance Program, and as a high school player at Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School she won two New York State titles and reached the state finals on two other occasions. The Glenville, N.Y., native was named the 2008 Gatorade New York State Player of the Year following her senior year.
Glickert earned a bachelor’s degree in advertising from Syracuse in the spring of 2012. She then traveled overseas to play professionally in Finland with the club Orpo. Glickert starred as an outside hitter and helped her team win the Finnish bronze medal. She earned a Masters of Business Administration from Syracuse’s Whitman School of Management in May 2019.
Glickert and her husband, Cody, reside in LaFayette, N.Y.
