Baziquetto-Allen begins her first season with the Eagles in 2025. She arrives at FGCU following an exceptional tenure at Florida SouthWestern State College, where she became the first head coach in NJCAA Division I history to lead her program to three consecutive National Championships.
Under her leadership, the FSW Buccaneers amassed an impressive 145-25 (.853) overall record, including a dominant 65-5 (.929) mark in conference play.
“Thais’ passion, experience, commitment to excellence and connection to the Southwest Florida community will champion FGCU volleyball’s continued success,” Hargis said.
While at FSW, Baziquetto-Allen was named NJCAA National Coach of the Year in three straight seasons (2022-24) and coached three consecutive NJCAA National Players of the Year including 2024 Eagle Barbara Koehler and current Eagle Julija Grubisic-Cabo.
In her final three seasons with the Bucs, Baziquetto-Allen won as many National Championships (3) as total losses with an 84-3 overall record.
During her six years with the Bucs she recruited and coached 10 NJCAA All-Americans including eight 1st Team All-Americans. In 2020 she earned the AVCA Diversity Award and in 2023 she was named the AVCA Volleydictorian for her work both with her program as well as the AVCA.
Before her time at FSW, Baziquetto-Allen was the head coach at Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas, where she guided the Lady Saints to an 86-28 (.754) record over three seasons.
She was one of just three NJCAA coaches to receive the AVCA Thirty Under 30 Award in 2017, recognizing the sport’s rising coaching talent. Baziquetto-Allen began her coaching career as an Assistant Coach at Lamar Community College in Colorado.
In nine years as an NJCAA head coach, Baziquetto-Allen had an all-time record of 231-53 and a 109-10 in conference play with seven Conference Championships. Along with success on the court, Baziquetto-Allen’s teams won nine consecutive AVCA Team Academic Awards for their accomplishments in the classroom.
A native of Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil, Baziquetto-Allen played collegiately at Western New Mexico University and St. Petersburg College, earning Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
She resides in Cape Coral with her husband, Roy Allen, and their dogs, Kai and Ace.
