Western New Mexico University Athletics

Watts begins her second season as head coach for the Mustangs. In her first season, she led the Mustangs to a 7-19 overall record and 5-13 conference record. WNMU finished 5th in their division just missing the post-season. Watts coached sophomore outside hitter Bria Augustine and senior libero Gabi Lau to 2019 All-Conference 2nd Team and All-Conference Honorable Mention nominations, respectively. Under Watts the Mustangs posted a cumulative 3.34 team GPA and landed numerous student-athletes on the LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll for 2019-2020.

After serving six seasons as the head coach at the University of Texas- El Paso, Watts came to Silver City bringing over 24 years of coaching experience to the table, as well as experience as a Division I student-athlete. In her first season at the helm of UTEP volleyball, she led the Miners to a 14-16 overall record. The Miners also earned the AVCA Team Academic Award in 2016-17, and 2017-18, as well as the Director's Award for their community service in 2015-16, and 2016-17.

A native of Devine, Texas, is where her winning began as Holly Graham. For volleyball, basketball and track she combined for 6 trips to the State Semifinals where her volleyball team finished with back to back State Championships. Watts' first experience with intercollegiate athletics started at the University of Texas at Austin. There Watts spent her undergrad as a member of the volleyball team from 1989-93, followed by a fifth year stint on the basketball team. She was elected the team's Most Valuable Player in 1993. They advanced to the NCAA Championship Regional Finals three times and was a regional semifinalist twice. A two-time team captain, Watts garnered All-Southwest Conference honors and was a member of the All-South Region Team her senior year. 

Her coaching career began at the University of Texas at Arlington (1994-96).  Watts moved on to the University of Arkansas in 1996 and spent the next 12 years with the Lady Razorbacks fashioning a 272-129 mark, including 138-56 in the Southeastern Conference. Arkansas made NCAA Tournament appearances in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. The Lady Razorbacks were SEC Tournament champions in 1997, tournament runner-up in 2002 and 2003, and claimed nine SEC Western Division titles.

After her time at Arkansas, Watts accompanied Coach Chris Poole to Florida State in 2008, where she was a part of a staff that compiled a 130-34 record, including 80-20 in the Atlantic Coast Conference. In their first season, Florida State registered its first 20-win campaign (21-9) in six years. A year later, the Seminoles captured their first ACC regular season title. They were also ACC champs in 2011 and 2012. The 2009 campaign resulted in 31 victories, including a near-perfect (19-1) league mark. Florida State played in the NCAA Tournament each of Watts' last four seasons (2009-12). In addition to reaching the national semifinals in 2011, Watts was named AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year.  

Watts earned her degree in Kinesiology from Texas in 1994. She and her husband, John Watts, have two sons, Jeremiah and Jared.