Alexis Ritson enters her second season leading the Geneva men's volleyball team in 2026 after being named head coach in May of 2024. Ritson is a very familiar person to the athletic department and the men's program, after serving as the interim associate head men's volleyball coach in 2024.
In her inaugural season as head coach in 2025, Ritson led the men to the No. 4 seed in the inaugural PAC Playoff Tournament, where they hosted a first round playoff match.
Ritson has a strong Geneva background, playing for the women's volleyball team from 2013 to 2016. After graduating from Geneva in 2017 with a degree in sociology, she began her coaching career with a stint on the sidelines as Geneva's women's volleyball assistant coach. She then moved on to SUNY Morrisville as an assistant women's volleyball coach, and after a year coaching the Mustangs, she was hired as an assistant at Southern Arkansas, where she served for two years.
Ritson returned to the area in 2022 when she was hired as an assistant women's coach at Division I Duquesne, where she served for one year. Prior to the 2023-2024 school year, she came back to Geneva where she serves as the primary assistant for the women's program under Head Coach Wendy Smith. When the men's coaching position opened up prior to the 2024 season, Ritson and Smith served as the interim men's coaches that year.
In addition to her collegiate experience, Ritson has also served as the boys varsity coach at nearby Beaver County Christian School, while also serving as the head coach of Infinity Volleyball Club in Ohio.
Ritson will continue to serve as an assistant coach for the Geneva women's volleyball team.
