Cassie Thompson joined the Whitman College women's volleyball coaching staff in the fall of 2022, after spending the 2021 season as a volunteer assistant.
Thompson, who was born in Pullman, was a standout collegiate middle-blocker for the Leopards, serving as team captain and earning a first-team All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference nod as a senior. She helped guide La Verne to two NCAA Division III national tournament appearances. She graduated from La Verne in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in International Business and Language, and in 2020 earned her masters in Sport Management.
Most recently she was the head coach at Lewiston High School, before which she coached for Club ZZU in Pullman and PAC Juniors in Southern California.