New Head Volleyball Coach At Heights High

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — Khaliah Watts has been named the new head volleyball coach for Heights High School, the district announced this week. She was formerly the head coach of Shaker Heights High from 2009 to 2014.

“We are excited to have Khalia lead our volleyball program” said CHUH Athletic Director Joe D’Amato. “Her vision of building a program from the youth level on up matched what we are looking for in all our programs. Her experience as a player collegiately at Cleveland State will certainly benefit our players looking to compete at that next level. Having coached in the Lake Erie League and knowing what it takes to compete will allow her to hit the ground running.”

Watts graduated from Shaker Heights in 1997. She then played college volleyball at Cleveland State, a Division I program. She got her bachelor's degree in communications from the university in 2002.

Since leaving college, she has collected a pair of head coaching gigs at the high school level. She was the head coach at Shaker Heights High School from 2009 to 2014. She was also the head coach at Bedford High in 2017.

She is also a coach with the Cleveland Volleyball Company club program.

Watts is the second head coach hired this year by the district. Heights High alum Taylor Pickens is returning to her alma mater to lead the girls soccer program. For the past two seasons, Pickens has been the head coach of the Euclid High School girls soccer team. She has also served as coach of the Eastside Kickers Soccer Club and is currently coaching with the Ohio Premier Futbol Club. She was the Heights High JV coach in 2015.

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