Sara Thurston

Head Coach (Women’s Volleyball)

Sara Thurston entered her first season as the UMF women’s head volleyball coach in fall 2007. Thurston had been a volunteer assistant coach during the two previous seasons, and is excited to continue to grow the volleyball program at UMF. 

Thurston earned her bachelor’s degree in physical education with a concentration in sports medicine at the University of Maine. She began her volleyball career at the Division I level, playing for the first women’s varsity volleyball program at the University of Maine since 1983. She currently participates in indoor and outdoor volleyball tournaments and leagues throughout the state of Maine, and is a member of the Maine State Volleyball Association.

Thurston’s volleyball coaching experiences, beyond those at UMF, consist of head volleyball coach at Bucksport High School, coaching at Nike volleyball camps, and coaching with the Highlanders Junior Olympic Volleyball program. She has also been an assistant varsity coach at the highly successful, girls’ soccer, and softball programs, as well as the boys’ basketball program at George Stevens Academy, located in Blue Hill, Maine.

Thurston currently lives in Peru, Maine, and works in the Jay School Department.

Coach Thurston can be reached at 207-778-7143 or sara.haney@maine.edu.