Amie Held joined the Stony Brook volleyball staff as an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator in March 2023. Held came to Stony Brook after spending the four seasons as an assistant coach at Kennesaw State.
In 2024, Held assisted the Seawolves to a 16-13 overall record and 9-9 finish in league action earning the No. 6 seed in the CAA Championship Tournament, ultimately falling in the First Round to third-seeded host, Towson. She coached four Seawolves that were named All-CAA selections in
Kali Moore (First Team),
Leoni Kunz and
Torri Henry (Second Team), and
Quinn Anderson (All-Rookie Team). With standout performances on the court and in the classroom,
Julia Patsos, Kunz, and Moore were also selected to the 2024-25 College Sports Communicators’ Academic All-District Team.
In her first season with the Seawolves, Held helped the team to a 17-14 (11-7 CAA) record to secure the No. 5 seed in the CAA Tournament. Stony Brook earned their first-ever CAA Tournament victory after defeating No. 4 College of Charleston in the Quarterfinals, before ultimately falling to No. 1 Towson in the CAA Semifinal match. The squad also earned their first victory over Hofstra since 1999 and had their most overall wins since 2018.
Held helped
Torri Henry earn CAA Setter of the Year and First Team honors, as well as
Leoni Kunz earning second Second Team honors and
Ava Jackson taking home All-Rookie recognition after their performances in 2023.
While at Kennesaw State, she helped guide the Owls to a 2019 ASUN Tournament Championship and NCAA Tournament berth. Over her tenure, she coached the 2022 ASUN Freshman of the Year, 2019 ASUN Setter of the Year, two AVCA All-Region athletes in 2019, and multiple student-athletes who earned All-Conference First Team honors under her tutelage.
During her time at Kennesaw State, she assisted with recruiting high-ceiling prospective student-athletes and retaining student-athletes for the duration of their collegiate careers. Additionally, she was responsible for duties such as collaborating with fellow staff members to enhance student-athlete experience, on-court training, scouting opponents, oversight of the team budget, and coordination of team travel and events.
Throughout her entire volleyball career, Held has spent time working at clubs and camps in the Midwest and Southeast. She worked at Tsunami as the recruiting director, S3 Beach as a coach, Cobb Atlanta as the recruiting director and coach, and CIA as a coach. On the club level, she assisted players through their decision-making process as to what their next steps were after high school.
Held joined the Owls’ volleyball staff after playing two beach seasons at Georgia State in 2017 and 2018, finishing with a 33-29 overall record in dual play, including ranked victories over No. 7 LSU and No. 10 FIU. She was also a graduate assistant for the Panthers’ indoor team during the fall of 2018 and was an AVCA Coaches 4 Coaches recipient.
Originally from Festus, Mo., Held was a graduate transfer to GSU after playing four years on Northern Iowa’s indoor squad where she racked up a number of honors and accolades. Held started in every single match for UNI during her junior and senior years, being named an All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team selection both seasons.
She spent time as an outside hitter, libero, and defensive specialist at Northern Iowa, leading the team in kills, aces, and double-doubles her senior year. Held is one of two student-athletes in UNI history to record over 2,000 career digs, helping lead the team to two NCAA Tournament appearances in 2015 and 2016.
A tremendous worker on the court and in the classroom, Held was a three-time MVC Scholar Athlete First Team honoree. While working towards her master’s degree at Georgia State she was named to the President’s List all four semesters.
Held graduated with her bachelor’s degree in movement and exercise science from UNI.
