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Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Ball State |
Conference | Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association |
Record | 59–20 (.747) |
Playing career | |
2004-2006 | Graceland University (Volleyball) |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
2012-2022 | Grand View [1] |
2022–present | Ball State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 274–79 (.776) |
Tournaments | 0-1 ( NCAA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1×
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament (
2022)
[2] 1× NAIA National Invitational Championship (2018) [3] 1× NAIA National Championship (2021) [4] | |
Awards | |
1×
AVCA National Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2022)
[5]
[6]
2× AVCA National Coach of the Year (NAIA 2017, 2021) 2× MIVA Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2022, 2024) | |
Donan Cruz is an American men's college volleyball coach, who currently serves as the head coach of the Ball State Cardinals men's volleyball team. [7] [8] [9] He previously held the same position at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. [10]
In his first year as head coach at Ball State, the Cardinals compiled a 23-4 record and were the second seed at the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament. [11] To conclude the 2022 season, the Cardinals fell in five sets in the semi-finals of the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament to the eventual national champions, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. [12] [13]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Grand View ( Heart of America Athletic Conference) (2012–2021) | |||||||||
2012 | Grand View | 13-13 | 3-7 | ||||||
2013 | Grand View | 15-10 | 5-5 | ||||||
2014 | Grand View | 28-3 | 8-0 | NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals | |||||
2015 | Grand View | 20-9 | 8-2 | NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals | |||||
2016 | Grand View | 20-8 | 7-1 | NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals | |||||
2017 | Grand View | 25-4 | 10-0 | NAIA National Invitational Finals (L) | |||||
2018 | Grand View | 23-5 | 10-0 | NAIA National Invitational Finals (W) | |||||
2019 | Grand View | 20-2 | 9-1 | NAIA National Championship Semi-Finals | |||||
2020 | Grand View | 22-1 | 10-0 | Postseason Cancelled due to Covid-19 | |||||
2021 | Grand View | 26-0 | 19-0 | NAIA National Championship Finals (W) | |||||
Grand View: | 211–55 (.793) | 89–16 (.848) | |||||||
Ball State ( Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) (2022–present) | |||||||||
2022 | Ball State | 23-4 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA Semi-Finals | ||||
2023 | Ball State | 20-9 | 11-3 | T-1st | |||||
2024 | Ball State | 21-10 | 11-3 | 1st | |||||
Ball State: | 64–23 (.736) | 36–8 (.818) | |||||||
Total: | 274–79 (.776) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
|
The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's
notability guideline for biographies. (April 2023) |
Current position | |
---|---|
Title | Head coach |
Team | Ball State |
Conference | Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association |
Record | 59–20 (.747) |
Playing career | |
2004-2006 | Graceland University (Volleyball) |
Coaching career ( HC unless noted) | |
2012-2022 | Grand View [1] |
2022–present | Ball State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 274–79 (.776) |
Tournaments | 0-1 ( NCAA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1×
Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament (
2022)
[2] 1× NAIA National Invitational Championship (2018) [3] 1× NAIA National Championship (2021) [4] | |
Awards | |
1×
AVCA National Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2022)
[5]
[6]
2× AVCA National Coach of the Year (NAIA 2017, 2021) 2× MIVA Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2022, 2024) | |
Donan Cruz is an American men's college volleyball coach, who currently serves as the head coach of the Ball State Cardinals men's volleyball team. [7] [8] [9] He previously held the same position at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa. [10]
In his first year as head coach at Ball State, the Cardinals compiled a 23-4 record and were the second seed at the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament. [11] To conclude the 2022 season, the Cardinals fell in five sets in the semi-finals of the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament to the eventual national champions, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. [12] [13]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grand View ( Heart of America Athletic Conference) (2012–2021) | |||||||||
2012 | Grand View | 13-13 | 3-7 | ||||||
2013 | Grand View | 15-10 | 5-5 | ||||||
2014 | Grand View | 28-3 | 8-0 | NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals | |||||
2015 | Grand View | 20-9 | 8-2 | NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals | |||||
2016 | Grand View | 20-8 | 7-1 | NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals | |||||
2017 | Grand View | 25-4 | 10-0 | NAIA National Invitational Finals (L) | |||||
2018 | Grand View | 23-5 | 10-0 | NAIA National Invitational Finals (W) | |||||
2019 | Grand View | 20-2 | 9-1 | NAIA National Championship Semi-Finals | |||||
2020 | Grand View | 22-1 | 10-0 | Postseason Cancelled due to Covid-19 | |||||
2021 | Grand View | 26-0 | 19-0 | NAIA National Championship Finals (W) | |||||
Grand View: | 211–55 (.793) | 89–16 (.848) | |||||||
Ball State ( Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) (2022–present) | |||||||||
2022 | Ball State | 23-4 | 12-2 | 1st | NCAA Semi-Finals | ||||
2023 | Ball State | 20-9 | 11-3 | T-1st | |||||
2024 | Ball State | 21-10 | 11-3 | 1st | |||||
Ball State: | 64–23 (.736) | 36–8 (.818) | |||||||
Total: | 274–79 (.776) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
|