AVCA NAIA Coach of the Year

TRISH SIEDLIK, BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY

• Siedlik caps a great 2024 season by earning National Coach of the Year honors.
• She led the Bruins to a historic run in the NAIA Volleyball National Championship, which resulted in the school’s first-ever appearance in the final.
• Her team finished 32-5, which is the highest single-season win total in more than a decade for the Bruins.
• The 32 wins pushed her career victory total to 550 in her 19 seasons at Bellevue.
• She was coached 27 NAIA All-Americans, including two first-teamers and two honorable mention selections this season.

AVCA NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year

DAN BERGREN, INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

• Bergren, who joined the Indiana Wesleyan coaching staff in 2018, helped the school to its second-straight NAIA national title.
• The Wildcats rallied for an epic five-set win over Bellevue in the 2024 NAIA Championship, and they have a 75-2 record across the past two seasons.
• After picking up Crossroads Conference Assistant Coach of the Year honors three times, this is his first national Assistant Coach of the Year award.
• He also has worked for the Munciana Volleyball Club since 2009.

 

AVCA NAIA NATIONAL COACHES OF THE YEAR

1988: Judy Lovre, Western Oregon State College
1989: Dennis Janzen, Fresno Pacific College
1990: Nahadu Brown, Hawai’i Pacific College
1991: Tom Pingel, IPFW
1992: Steve Holman, Carroll College
1993: Judy Green, University of Montevallo
1994: Dennis Janzen, Fresno Pacific College
1996: Wilfred Navalta, BYU-Hawai’i
1997: Susan & Wayne Kreklow, Columbia College
1998: Susan & Wayne Kreklow, Columbia College
1999: Donna Hawkins, Georgetown College
2000: Paul Giesselmann, College of Saint Mary (NE)
2001: Barb Wnek, Point Loma Nazarene University
2002: Kaddie Platt, Houston Baptist University
2003: Tom Van Den Bosch, Dordt College
2004: Melinda Wyre-Washington, Columbia College
2005: Jerry Abraham, Madonna University
2006: Todd Lowery, National American (SD)
2007: Dennis Janzen, Fresno Pacific University
2008: Paula Weishoff, Concordia University, Irvine
2009: Dennis Janzen, Fresno Pacific University
2010: Ryan McGuyre, California Baptist University
2011: Dan Fisher, Concordia University Irvine
2012: Melinda Wrye-Washington, Columbia College (MO)
2013: Aaron Seltzer, Biola University
2014: Mike Talamantes, Park University (MO)
2015: Chris Nichols, Missouri Baptist University
2016: Matt Buttermore, Hastings College
2017: Chad Hanson, Dordt College
2018: Mike Talamantes, Park University (MO)
2019: Ashlee Pritchard, Marian University (IN)
2021 (spring): Jon Hegerle, University of Jamestown (ND)
2021 (fall): Mike Talamantes, Park University (MO)
2022: Jon Hegerle, University of Jamestown (ND)
2023: Candace Moats, Indiana Wesleyan University
2024: Trish Siedlik, Bellevue University

AVCA NAIA NATIONAL ASSISTANT COACHES OF THE YEAR

2009: Kevin Hudson, Lee (TN)
2010: Todd Nord, Cal Baptist
2011: Larry Hinshaw, Indiana Wesleyan
2012: Jason Munoz, Oklahoma Baptist
2013: Dan Priest, Indiana Wesleyan
2014: Brett Gillen, Concordia Irvine
2015: Abbie Wright, Biola
2016: Steve Field, Bellevue
2017: Makani Cantor, Grand View (IA)
2018: Makani Cantor, Grand View (IA)
2019: Jake Fulsom, Jamestown (ND)
2021 (spring): Adrianna Skipper, Ottawa (KS)
2021 (fall): Riley Anderson, Marian (IN)
2022: Adam Brewster, MidAmerica Nazarene (KS)
2023: Tim Walker, Life University
2024: Dan Bergren, Indiana Wesleyan University