AVCA NAIA Women’s Coach of the Year

CANDACE MOATS, INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

• Moats guided the Wildcats to a third-straight title at the NAIA Women’s Volleyball National Championship.
• The threepeat puts Indiana Wesleyan in rarified air, as only three other schools have ever won back-to-back-to-back volleyball titles.
• This year’s squad was 33-4, and it closed the season on a 13-match winning streak.
• The 2023-25 championship teams have posted a combined 108-6 record over the three seasons.
• Moats finished her 24th season at Indiana Wesleyan and 42nd overall, and she earned her 1,050th career win late in the 2025 season.

AVCA NAIA Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year

ANGIE BOLDT, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY NEBRASKA

• Boldt’s eighth season as an assistant at Concordia was a memorable one, as she helped the school to a 28-4 record.
• The Bulldogs advanced to the semifinals of the 2025 NAIA Championship, which was the first time they’d made the final four.
• In addition to earning her first national Assistant Coach of the Year award, she was named the 2025 Great Plains Athletic Conference Assistant Coach of the Year.
• Her husband, Ben, is the head coach, and in their eight years of leading Concordia, the program has a combined 182-45 record.

 

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
2025: Candace Moats, Indiana Wesleyan 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
2025: Angie Boldt, Concordia University Nebraska