Molly Howard Gerwig was in her second season as assistant volleyball coach at HBU, when she passed away after a short battle with cancer at the age of 27 on Oct. 14, 2021.
Gerwig came to Houston after one season season as assistant coach at Tarleton State. The Texans posted a 22-11 record in 2019, advancing to the championship match of the Lone Star Conference Championship and earning a berth in the NCAA Division II Regional Tournament.
Prior to Tarleton, she was a graduate assistant coach for her alma mater, Harding University, in Searcy, Arkansas. The Lady Bisons went 53-14 in those two seasons, including a 28-4 mark in Great American Conference play. Harding earned the No. 8 seed in the 2018 Central Regional Tournament, stunning top-seeded Nebraska-Kearney in the opening round.
Gerwig was a four-year letterwinner, three-year starter and two-time captain at Howard. She was a two-time All-GAC First Team selection, leading the team in kills as a senior and finishing with more than 800 kills and 200 blocks for her career.
The Marianna, Arkansas, native graduated from Lee High School. She earned a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Harding in 2016 and her Master’s degree in excellence in teaching from Harding in 2021.
She and her husband, Brian Gerwig, an assistant volleyball coach at the University of Houston, were married on May 15, 2021.
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