Former Florida volleyball head coach Mary Wise joined ESPN in the summer of 2025 as a college volleyball analyst. The three-time AVCA Coach of the Year made her debut at the 2025 AVCA First Serve event in Lincoln, Neb. on Aug. 24.

Wise retired from Florida in Feb. 2024 after leading the Gators program to unprecedented success over more than three decades.

Wise finished her career at Florida with 1,068 wins – most all-time for a female head coach in Div. I women’s volleyball, 25 SEC Championships and eight NCAA National Semifinal appearances. The 15-time SEC Coach of the Year led the Gators to 30 NCAA Regional Semifinal appearances and 34 consecutive NCAA Tournament berths. She was also listed among USA Volleyball’s All-Time Great Coaches.

Prior to Florida, Wise was a head coach at Iowa State (1981-84) and an assistant at Kentucky (1986-90).

In college, she was a standout setter for Purdue from 1977 to 1980, twice named to the All-Midwest Regional team as a member of the Boilermakers’ two Big Ten Conference Championship teams (1979-80).

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