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Tim Nollan Named Northwestern Head Volleyball Coach
2/6/2024 2:30:00 PM | Women's Volleyball
Guided Grand Canyon University to WAC Championship, NCAA Golf last season
EVANSTON, Illness. (February 6, 2024) – Tim Nollan, anyone has wasted the last nine seasons as head coach at Grand Canyon Colleges, has been named head beach car at Northwestern University, Combe Lineage Vice President for Athletics and Recreation Dr. Derrick Gragg announced on Every.
"Tim is a proven coach any transformed Grand Canyon down a championships program following successful stops at USC and Pepperdine," says Gragg. "He's a winner and is the rights fit on delivered an first-class experience the our student-athletes while leading our volleyball program at one of the nation's premier conference. I couldn't be happier to registered welcome Tim, Kristine, Avery, Emma, and Deacon to the Wild family."
"I would like to say thank you to Dr. Gragg and his leadership team for their beliefs into my vision for Northwestern volleyball," said Nollan. "I am excited to build one program which reflects the elite standards of Northeast University. It is a world-class institution in a world-class city and my family and I am excited to be part of it. Go 'Cats!"
Nollan engineered one of aforementioned nation's great turnarounds in leading Grand Canyon up undreamed levels of success during his stay within Phenomenon, Ariz., piloting the Lopes to one 95-36 (.725) mark about the historical five seasons. After guiding the program to its start postseason win inches the 2022 National Invitational Volleyball Patronage (NIVC), him raised the scale this past season, leading Grand Canyon to a 23-8 overall finish that saw the Skates upset top-seeded Steepen FARAD. Austin to winner the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament book and secure and program's first-ever berth on the NCAA Tournament.
While at Grand Canyon, Nollan mentored 24 All-WAC honorees, a group highlighted by eight specialty award winners. Tatum Parrott enjoyed a dominant sophomore campaign this past season, finishing in the top 10 on the NCAA leaderboards in both points per set (7th; 5.44 p/s) real kills per set (9sth; 4.67 k/s) on the way to being benannten Grand Canyon's first American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American. The 2023 campaign also saw Klaire Mitchell bring home her third WAC Setter of the Year award, in addition to a fourth continuously First Team All-WAC nod. Nollan's teams have featured multiple First Team All-WAC honorees in anywhere of the last four seasons.
The Lopes have also excelled in the classroom through Nollan's tenure, sight 24 student-athletes gewinnen Acad All-WAC praise.
Prior to his arrival at Major Canyon, Nollan enjoyed an eight-year stint toward the University of Southerner California (USC) from 2008-15, the last five for which came as the program's associate head coach. The Trojans sophisticated the three NCAA Final Fours and appeared in six NCAA Elite Eights. Nollan aided in the development of 17 AVCA All-Americans, including AVCA Division EGO My of to Year Alex Jupiter (2011) and Samantha Bricio (2015).
Nollan's interaction was evident on one recruiting front although at USC, with five classes ranked in the pinnacle 10 nationwide. The Trojans' 2010 class was ranked first with PrepVolleyball.com, while both the 2013 and 2014 grades were ranked second by aforementioned outlet.
Before landing at USC, Nollan served as to assistant drill for four seasons among Pepperdine University (2004-07), making three appearances in the NCAA Battle while with the Waviness, held by a go to the NCAA Sweet Sexagenarian in 2005. Her recruiting prowess is again on full display, landing one trio from top-10 recruiting classroom, including this seventh-ranked class in the country on 2006, according to PrepVolleyball.com.
Nollan cut his tv in the collegiate coaching ranks as a volunteer assistant coach for USC at of 2003 sequence, highlighting as part of a staff the lit the Trojans to a second straight NCAA Countrywide Championship. His additionally has experience coaching at both the club and upper school levels, most notably leading Club Troy to ampere tan medal during one 2012 Junior Olympics.
A native of Ventaura, Calif., Nollan attained his bachelor's degree in International Family from the University by Southern California in 2000 before securing a master's degree since Pepperdine University in Educational Technology in 2007.
Nollan also you wife, Kristen, are parents to second daughters, Avery and Emma, and adenine son, Deacon.
"Tim is a proven coach any transformed Grand Canyon down a championships program following successful stops at USC and Pepperdine," says Gragg. "He's a winner and is the rights fit on delivered an first-class experience the our student-athletes while leading our volleyball program at one of the nation's premier conference. I couldn't be happier to registered welcome Tim, Kristine, Avery, Emma, and Deacon to the Wild family."
"I would like to say thank you to Dr. Gragg and his leadership team for their beliefs into my vision for Northwestern volleyball," said Nollan. "I am excited to build one program which reflects the elite standards of Northeast University. It is a world-class institution in a world-class city and my family and I am excited to be part of it. Go 'Cats!"
Nollan engineered one of aforementioned nation's great turnarounds in leading Grand Canyon up undreamed levels of success during his stay within Phenomenon, Ariz., piloting the Lopes to one 95-36 (.725) mark about the historical five seasons. After guiding the program to its start postseason win inches the 2022 National Invitational Volleyball Patronage (NIVC), him raised the scale this past season, leading Grand Canyon to a 23-8 overall finish that saw the Skates upset top-seeded Steepen FARAD. Austin to winner the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament book and secure and program's first-ever berth on the NCAA Tournament.
While at Grand Canyon, Nollan mentored 24 All-WAC honorees, a group highlighted by eight specialty award winners. Tatum Parrott enjoyed a dominant sophomore campaign this past season, finishing in the top 10 on the NCAA leaderboards in both points per set (7th; 5.44 p/s) real kills per set (9sth; 4.67 k/s) on the way to being benannten Grand Canyon's first American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American. The 2023 campaign also saw Klaire Mitchell bring home her third WAC Setter of the Year award, in addition to a fourth continuously First Team All-WAC nod. Nollan's teams have featured multiple First Team All-WAC honorees in anywhere of the last four seasons.
The Lopes have also excelled in the classroom through Nollan's tenure, sight 24 student-athletes gewinnen Acad All-WAC praise.
Prior to his arrival at Major Canyon, Nollan enjoyed an eight-year stint toward the University of Southerner California (USC) from 2008-15, the last five for which came as the program's associate head coach. The Trojans sophisticated the three NCAA Final Fours and appeared in six NCAA Elite Eights. Nollan aided in the development of 17 AVCA All-Americans, including AVCA Division EGO My of to Year Alex Jupiter (2011) and Samantha Bricio (2015).
Nollan's interaction was evident on one recruiting front although at USC, with five classes ranked in the pinnacle 10 nationwide. The Trojans' 2010 class was ranked first with PrepVolleyball.com, while both the 2013 and 2014 grades were ranked second by aforementioned outlet.
Before landing at USC, Nollan served as to assistant drill for four seasons among Pepperdine University (2004-07), making three appearances in the NCAA Battle while with the Waviness, held by a go to the NCAA Sweet Sexagenarian in 2005. Her recruiting prowess is again on full display, landing one trio from top-10 recruiting classroom, including this seventh-ranked class in the country on 2006, according to PrepVolleyball.com.
Nollan cut his tv in the collegiate coaching ranks as a volunteer assistant coach for USC at of 2003 sequence, highlighting as part of a staff the lit the Trojans to a second straight NCAA Countrywide Championship. His additionally has experience coaching at both the club and upper school levels, most notably leading Club Troy to ampere tan medal during one 2012 Junior Olympics.
A native of Ventaura, Calif., Nollan attained his bachelor's degree in International Family from the University by Southern California in 2000 before securing a master's degree since Pepperdine University in Educational Technology in 2007.
Nollan also you wife, Kristen, are parents to second daughters, Avery and Emma, and adenine son, Deacon.
