Mickey Cahoon enters his second season as the head volleyball coach at WPI in 2025.
Coach Cahoon opened his coaching stint on Boynton Hill with a 7-19 overall record winning five of the first nine games at the helm. WPI recorded sweeps over Fitchburg State and Mass. Maritime to wrap up wins in the 2024 campaign.
Cahoon arrives at WPI after 17 years just down Park Ave. at the helm of the Cougars. Under his tutelage, Clark enjoyed its most success in program history, with Cahoon totaling 217 victories, including back-to-back appearances in the NEWMAC Championships and the first NCAA Tournament win in school history in 2016.
Clark qualified for the postseason 11 times in 16 campaigns in the ultra-competitive NEWMAC. His 2015 and 2016 squads reached the NEWMAC Tournament finals and while his 2016 team defeated Montclair State 3-2 in a thrilling NCAA Tournament match.
Cahoon coached eight All-NEWMAC players and a NEWMAC Rookie of the Year during his tenure at Clark. The 2015 NEWMAC Volleyball Coach of the of Year proved his versatility by guiding the Couguars Men’s Tennis program for 15 years, including its first-ever appearance in the NEWMAC Tournament championship match.
In addition to his coaching, Cahoon served as the Cougars Academic Support Coordinator in 2022 and 2023 and as the Compliance Assistant/Coordinator from 2008 to 2022.
Cahoon arrived in Worcester following a highly-successful high school level coaching career. He spent three seasons as head coach at Notre Dame Academy in Hingham where he led the Cougars to a 50-17 overall record and a pair of consecutive trips to the Division II South Sectional Tournament, including a championship appearance in 2006. He also assisted 18-time state champion head coach Tom Turco at Barnstable High School, helping lead the Red Raiders to the 2003 MIAA Division I Championship.
A 2001 graduate of Bridgewater State, Cahoon also has a master’s degree in counseling from Boston University. He resides in South Boston with his wife, Jennifer and their son Jett.
