Jake Lawrence joins the Hoyas coaching staff after spending two years as an assistant coach under Sherry Dunbar (2006) and Jason Kepner (2007) at College of Charleston. While there, Lawrence helped guide the Cougars to back-to-back Southern Conference titles, as they twice advanced to the NCAA Tournament.

The Cougars' experienced great individual success during Lawrence's stay, as they had seven players named to the All-Southern Conference team and the Southern Conference Freshman of the Year between 2006 and 2007. With Lawrence, College of Charleston's 2008 recruiting class was listed as a PrepVolleyball.com High Honorable mention and the team's 2007 GPA (3.4) was the highest of any team at College of Charleston that year.

Prior to his time with the Cougars, Lawrence, a Pittsburgh, Pa. native, served as an undergraduate assistant coach at Xavier University, helping guide the Musketeers to a 2004 Atlantic 10 Championship. He also served as the head coach for Team Z Volleyball Club, an elite Junior Olympics team in Cincinnati, Ohio.

As an outside hitter with Renaissance Volleyball Club in Pittsburgh, Pa., Lawrence was an All-America nominee in 2000 and 2001 on a team that made four consecutive national championships, between 1999-2002.

Lawrence graduated from Xavier University with a bachelor of arts in political science in 2006.