Eric Neely is entering his first season as Babson's head women's volleyball coach and coordinator of club sports. Neely comes to Babson after a brilliant six-year career as head volleyball coach at Ursuline Academy in nearby Dedham. During his tenure, Ursuline went 94-40 and won four South sectional Championships. Neely was named Boston Globe Coach of the Year in 2008 after leading the program to a 20-2 mark and one of its two league titles under his guidance.
 
An avid volleyball player and teacher, Neely also served as a coach for Smash Volleyball's Junior Olympic teams since late 2006, and he coached the Women's club team at Northeastern University in the spring of 2011. He also worked as an eighth-grade social studies teacher at Ahern Middle School for the two years and an assistant boys basketball coach at Foxborough High School for four years.
 
A native of Easton, Massachusetts, Neely graduated from the University of Rochester in 1998 and later earned his law degree from the University of Georgia Law School in 2003. In addition to his coaching duties, Neely will oversee Babson's highly popular club sports, which include men's and women's rugby, cheerleading, and men's and women's ice hockey.