Cecilia Blanchard is an assistant coach for the Virginia Commonwealth University volleyball program in Richmond, Virginia, and joined Tim Doyle's staff in January 2023 after returning to her alma mater. Since her arrival, VCU has posted consecutive winning seasons and gone 29-7 in Atlantic 10 play through the start of the 2023 campaign. The Rams set a school record with a 16-2 conference mark in 2024 after closing the regular season with 14 straight A-10 wins, and VCU players earned seven All-Atlantic 10 awards over that span. The program also recorded a 3.86 GPA in the spring of 2025, the highest in school history.
Before rejoining VCU, Blanchard spent the 2022 season as an assistant coach at Buffalo. The Bulls won 19 matches, reached the MAC semifinals for the first time in program history, and earned the school's first postseason berth with a bid to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. She worked closely with the setters, including First Team All-MAC selection Mandy Leigh, and directed Buffalo's international recruiting efforts. Blanchard had previously served as a graduate assistant at VCU in 2021, when the Rams won 18 matches and freshman setter Katrina Davis earned All-Atlantic 10 Second Team honors. That season, Blanchard also received the AVCA Diversity Award.
