Meet the Volleyball Coaches

Emma Carter

Head Coach
emma_carter@davidsondavie.edu

Emma Hannaford Carter was named the Head Women’s Volleyball Coach at Davidson-Davie Community College in April 2024. She begins her first season at Davidson-Davie after coaching at Karns High School and Club Unite in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Carter played for Johnson University from 2020-2022 for Coach Robin Vannoy before graduating a year early. She was a three-year starter as a middle blocker, earning 2-time All Mideast Region Honors and being named an NAIA Scholar-Athlete. During the 2021 season, she helped lead the Royals to the Mideast NCCAA-ll Regional Championship. The Royals finished as the national tournament runner-up, the best finish in Johnson University volleyball history. In 2022, Johnson University clinched their first AAC Tournament berth after moving to the NAIA.

Carter is from Jackson, Tennessee, where she graduated from Trinity Christian Academy in 2020. During her high school career, she played volleyball for Kelly Toomey Elliott and Christa Karns. She was a 4-year player, earning All-Conference honors and leading the team in multiple statistical categories. She was part of two conference championships, two region titles, and one trip to the state tournament. Carter also played basketball and was a member of the 2020 Division ll-A state championship team.

In 2023, Carter graduated from Johnson with a degree in Family Studies. She is married to William Carter, who is a graduate student at Wake Forest University.