Two-Year College Coach of the Year

MARY FRAHM, HEARTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE

• The veteran coach earns her first AVCA national Coach of the Year award.
• Frahm and the Hawks improved on a third place at the 2024 NJCAA Division II National Championship, by winning the school’s first-ever volleyball championship this season.
• Heartland finished the year 40-4, and they only dropped one set at the 2025 national tournament, where they swept two-time defending champ Cowley in the semifinals.
• Frahm’s team faced a difficult schedule again this year, and 18 of the team’s 40 winscame against teams ranked in the NJCAA polls.
• Another highlight of  her sixth season as Heartland was her earning her 150th career victory as a head coach.

 

Two-Year College Assistant Coach of the Year

NOLAN McDANIEL, CLEVELAND STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

• McDaniel stepped into the role of acting head coach for the entire season while his sister and head coach, Peyton, was deployed to Iraq serving our country.
• He led the 2025 team to unprecedented heights, as the Cougars went undefeated in regional play and captured the program’s first-ever conference title.
• Five players he worked with this season earned all-conference honors. Three of them were on the TCCAA first team, and the other two made the second team.
• In addition to becoming the school’s first national volleyball coach of the year honoree, McDaniel as was the TCCAA Coach of the Year.

 

AVCA TWO-YEAR COLLEGE NATIONAL COACHES OF THE YEAR

1988: Cookie Stevens, Miami Dade-South
1989: Colleen Suwara, Grossmont College
1990: Ray Bechard, Barton County Community College
1991: Jo Ellen Stringer, Jefferson College
1992: Jerry Hekekia, Eastern Arizona College
1993: Ray Bechard, Barton County Community College
1994: Irene Matlock, Spokane Falls Community College
1995: Albert Gasparian, Golden West College
1996: Albert Gasparian, Golden West College
1997: Ben Stroud, College of Southern Idaho
1998: Lori Richards, Utah Valley State College
1999: Brenda Winkeler, Parkland College
2000: Sam Atoa, Utah Valley State College
2001: JoAnn Reeve, Brigham Young University-Idaho
2002: Wayne King, Kishwaukee College
2003: John Hunter, Barton County Community College
2004: Ilida Medero, Miami Dade College
2005: Jill Stinson, Johnson County Community College
2006: Terry Gamble, Iowa Western Community College
2007: Jane Peterson, Central Lakes College
2008: Terry McLaughlin, Chemeketa Community College
2009: Sue Sinclair, Illinois Central College
2010: Nabil Mardini, Los Angeles Pierce College
2011: David Rehr, Blinn College
2012: Nabil Mardini, Los Angeles Pierce College
2013: Jenifer Bahner, Cowley College
2014: Erin Mellinger, Blinn College
2015: Cliff Hastings, Parkland College
2016: Bob Vilsoet, Harper College
2017: Origenes Benoit, Miami Dade College
2018: Jim Cartisser, College of Southern Idaho
2019: Jenni Rosselli-Hull, Spokane Falls Community College
2021 (spring): Alicia Williams, Iowa Western Community College
2021 (fall): Alicia Williams, Iowa Western Community College
2022: Thais Baziquetto-Allen, Florida SouthWestern State College and DiShondra Goree, Columbia Basin College
2023: Phil Nickel, Dallas College Eastfield
2024: Steven Gream, Cowley College
2025: Mary Frahm, Heartland Community College

 

AVCA TWO-YEAR COLLEGE NATIONAL ASSISTANT COACHES OF THE YEAR

2009: Monica Medvid, Hillsborough Community College
2010: Donna Zidek, Moraine Valley Community College
2011: Traci Reach, Illinois Central College
2012: Riann Mullis, Los Angeles Pierce College
2013: Scott Keister, Salt Lake Community College
2014: James Exley, Miami Dade College
2015: Monica Medvid, Hillsborough Community College
2016: Jared Johnson, Central Community College
2017: Alonso Ibarra, New Mexico Military Institute
2018: Mark Wimberley, Catawba Valley Community College
2019: Kenzie Chrisman, Northeastern Junior College
2021 (spring): Gabby Sullivan, Iowa Central Community College
2021 (fall): Ron Happe-Hastings, Parkland College
2022: Ivan Marquez, Miami Dade College
2023: Lana Milner, Cowley College
2024: Camila Araujo, New Mexico Military Institute
2025: Nolan McDaniel, Cleveland State Community College