Mary DeJute arrived at St. Edward’s in preparation for the 2015 volleyball season.
In 2016, SEU took a jump in the Heartland Conference standings finishing at 9-5 in league play to finish in a tie for third place. The Hilltoppers went 10-18 overall and DeJute coached the first SEU All-Conference player since 2014 when Morgan Beckham was named Heartland Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
In DeJute’s first season at SEU, the Hilltoppers posted an 8-20 mark with a 6-10 league record.
A veteran coach with head-coaching experience with men’s and women’s teams, she has more than 175 wins at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels, with a total of more than 20 years of experience as a player, camp director and coach. DeJute comes to St. Edward’s after a successful run at NCAA Division II Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C.
During her six seasons leading the Crusaders, DeJute compiled a 110-71 record and led the team to Conference Carolinas Championships in 2012 and 2013. She was named Conference Coach of the Year in both seasons after leading her team to the NCAA Tournament for the first and second time in school history. In each of her first four seasons at the helm, she either tied or broke the school record for wins in a season.
The 2012 championship team captured the program’s first Conference Carolinas Championship and NCAA Tournament berth. The team posted school records in overall wins (26), conference wins (14), winning streak (9), all-conference honorees (5) and all-region honorees (1).
DeJute’s 2014 squad won the conference’s Messick Sportsmanship Award. She was also the men’s volleyball head coach at Belmont Abbey from 2012 to 2014.
Prior to joining Belmont Abbey, DeJute spent nine years as the founder/director of the Columbus (Ohio) Volleyball Experience club team where she instructed local youth in the game of volleyball through camps, clinics and Junior Olympic competitions.
DeJute began her head coaching career at Mercer University from 1992 to 1996, where she posted back-to-back winning seasons, including the first 20-win season in school history. Her teams maintained the top GPA of all varsity sports and had 24 players earn Academic All-Conference.
After directing Mercer’s efforts, DeJute moved to Northwestern State University, where she was the head coach from 1996 to 1999. While there, her teams were in the top-two academically, while producing 15 Academic All-Conference performers. On the court, the squad set 11 new school records and had five all-conference players.
In the summer of 1999, DeJute returned to her native Ohio where she led Heidelberg College for one season while teaching in the department of Health and Physical Education.
A native of Swanton, Ohio, DeJute is a 1986 graduate of Bluffton University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education and Art. On the court, she is among the school’s all-time leaders in blocks per game. She obtained her master’s degree in Education from Northwestern State.
Mary DeJute's All-Time Head Coaching Record
| Year |
School |
Record |
| 1992 |
Mercer |
4-29 |
| 1993 |
Mercer |
9-30 |
| 1994 |
Mercer |
20-19 |
| 1995 |
Mercer |
19-15 |
| 1996 |
Mercer |
6-27 |
| 1997 |
Mercer |
8-24 |
| 1998 |
Mercer |
5-26 |
| 1999 |
Heidelberg |
10-18 |
| 2009 |
Belmont-Abbey |
6-19 |
| 2010 |
Belmont-Abbey |
18-11 |
| 2011 |
Belmont-Abbey |
18-15 |
| 2012 |
Belmont-Abbey |
26-5 |
| 2013 |
Belmont-Abbey |
28-4 |
| 2014 |
Belmont-Abbey |
14-17 |
| 2015 |
St. Edward's |
8-20 |
| 2016 |
St. Edward's |
11-18 |
| SEU Totals |
|
19-38 |
| Career Totals |
|
210-297 |
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