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Entering his third season at UC Santa Barbara and his first as associate head coach is Greg Gibbons.
In his first year with the UC Santa Barbara women's volleyball program, Gibbons helped lead the Gauchos to a 19-12 overall record and their 26th consecutive appearance in the NCAA Tournament. Last season the Gauchos finished with an overall record of 14-18.
Boasting experience at the collegiate, club, and USA Volleyball levels, Gibbons serves as UCSB's primary recruiter and is involved with all other facets of running an elite-level Division I program.
Gibbons went 41-29 as the head coach at Cal Lutheran University from 2003-05, leading the Regals to an 18-3 mark and a final NCAA Division III national ranking of No. 21 his final season. He guided CLU to the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference title in 2005 while mentoring a First Team AVCA All-American, Mo Coverdale.
In 2005 Gibbons was also named head coach of the Southern California Volleyball Association Youth National Team, a collection of the region's top girl's players that placed third at the Global World Championships in Salt Lake City. Simultaneously, he has spent the last four years as a head coach with Sports Shack Volleyball Club, mentoring the under-15 and under-16 girl's teams while also coaching the under-18 squad that captured the 2005 Volleyball Festival National Championship.
In addition, Gibbons held the title of Coordinator of Volleyball Affairs with the Pepperdine University men's program from 2003-05, analyzing game film and handling administrative responsibilities for the perennially-powerful Waves.
Previously, Gibbons served as head boy's volleyball coach at both Westlake High School (2000-03) and Moorpark High School (1997-99) while also gaining experience with several Ventura County-based club programs.
Gibbons is a 1997 graduate of Iowa State University where he earned a B.S. in psychology and played on the Cyclones' club volleyball team. He married Emily Cochran in December of 2005.
