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The University of Colorado volleyball team added Cassidy Baird as an assistant coach and technical coordinator on Friday.

Baird arrives in Boulder following three seasons as an assistant coach at Eastern Kentucky. In 2024, she helped guide the Colonels to 21 wins and a trip to the Atlantic Sun Conference tournament semifinals. Under her leadership, middle blocker Carson Ledford, outside hitter Sarah Mitchell and opposite hitter AG Vandagriff earned all-conference honors.

Prior to her time at EKU, Baird served as director of volleyball operations at North Dakota from 2022–23. Colorado head coach Jesse Mahoney coached Baird during her freshman and sophomore seasons at the University of Denver, where she was a standout outside hitter from 2014 to 2017.

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