Kim Jagd - assistant head coach, UCLA women's volleyball team

Kim Jagd recently completed her 15th year as an assistant coach for the UCLA Bruins after playing for UCLA in the mid-1980s. The Bruins have posted a 350-135 record over her 15 seasons where she has coached numerous All-Americans.

Jagd has been recognized for her involvement with USA Volleyball, as she was selected to direct the 2003 USA Volleyball Girls High Performance A2 Camp in Colorado Springs. The camp is USA Volleyball's introductory level of instruction to young players aspiring to achieve Olympic status. In addition to her duties as the head coach of the High Performance A2 program, Jagd was chosen to be the Head Coach of the High Performance National Team in 2004 and `05. The National Team competed in USA Volleyball's Regional Championships in Austin, Texas in the summer of 2005 and won a gold medal in the YNT 17-and-under Division.

Jagd has coached four Olympians during her career, including 2000 beach volleyball Olympians Jenny (Johnson) Jordan and Annett (Buckner) Davis along with 2004 Olympians Wiz Bachman (indoor) and Elaine Youngs (beach). All four were coached by Jagd during their UCLA careers, while Youngs was also coached by Jagd during her high school career at El Toro High School.

A member of the Women's Professional Beach Volleyball Tour for three years (1990-92), Jagd recorded several Top 10 finishes in the sand. Since returning to six-player indoor play, she has earned USVBA All-American honors five times (1995, '96, '98, `01 and '03) and helped lead her team to the division title in 1996, '98 and `01.

Jagd also has coached boys Volleyball at El Toro High School and has coached numerous club teams at the USA Volleyball’s Junior Olympics.  She has coached notable Pepperdine players Chris Jacobson and Mike Shannon and Long Beach State’s/AVP player Ryan Mariano.

A recent breast cancer survivor, Kim has two children (Nikki, 21 and Ryal, 19) competing for the Bruins at UCLA.