Kim DePew is in her eighth year (2026-27) as the assistant coach for the Wildcat beach volleyball team that debuted in the 2020 season. DePew is also in her 19th season on the Wildcat volleyball coaching staff and coaches setters and serves as camp coordinator for the indoor season while also handling recruiting and scouting duties.
DePew helped coach the Wildcat beach team to a fifth straight double-digit win season in 2026, going 12-8 overall. The 'Cats tied a school record for wins in the 2025 campaign going 14-6, highlighted by the school's first-ever pool play win at the AVCA Small College Beach Championships that included advacning to the Silver Bracket with an 11th place national finish.
While at Wayne State, DePew has helped the Wildcats reach 11 NCAA Division II Tournaments, three NSIC regular season championships (2022, 2023 and 2025), two NCAA Central Region titles (2015, 2023), one trip to the NCAA Final Four in 2015 and a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight in 2023.
Formerly Kim Edwards, DePew is a graduate of Sioux City Heelan High School in Iowa and played collegiately at Emporia State in Kansas (2002-05) where she finished her career as the all-time leader in set assists (5,754) while earning First Team All-MIAA honors as a senior in 2005 with a league-high 1,489 assists that season.
DePew, inducted into the Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2009, resides in Wayne with husband Eric and son Brett and daughter Avery Jae.
Updated 7/15/26
