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Van Niel, JJ
JJ Van Niel
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- jvanniel@huntsman.utah.edu
- Phone:
- 801-581-6544
JJ Van Niel enters his second season with the Utah volleyball program in 2016.
Prior to making his move to Salt Lake City, Van Niel served as a consultant coach/scoutman for the USA Women's National Volleyball Team, where he also served as a team leader and assisted in group training since 2013. During his time with the USWNT, Van Niel was responsible for coordinating and performing various data analysis, game planning and assistance during on-court practices.
While with the USWNT, Van Niel helped lead the squad to a fourth-place finish at the 2013 U23 World Championships, a Silver Medal finish at the 2014 Volleymasters and a Gold Medal finish at the 2014 World Championships.
Van Niel most recently spent the 2016 summer in Rio, serving as a scout coach for the U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team.
Since 2006, Van Niel has also worked with COAST Volleyball Club of San Diego, Calif., where he served as head coach of COAST's elite travel teams for the past five seasons. Most recently, Van Niel's 17-1 team won the Pacific Northwest National Qualifier and earned a bid to the USA Junior Nationals Open Division. In addition to his coaching duties, Van Niel also served as Chief Financial Officer for COAST Volleyball.
Over the last three seasons at COAST, Van Niel has coached four Open Division teams at the 16's and 17's level to a Gold Medal, Bronze Medal, fifth-place finish and a 10th-place finish at the USA Volleyball Girl's Junior National Championships. In eight national qualifiers, his teams earned five Gold Medals, a pair of Silver Medals and VolleyballNow.net named him Coach of the Year in 2012.
Van Niel has served as an assistant coach for UC-San Diego's men's volleyball program from 2011-2014 and most recently operated as head coach of La Costa Canyon High School where he took over head coaching duties of the volleyball program in 2014. Prior to his stint as head coach, he served in various different capacities at LCCHS since 2010.
Van Niel's coaching education includes being a USA Volleyball CAP Level III coach, working at the USA Volleyball High Performance Coaching Clinic and having completed both Gold Medal Square Level I and II programs.
Van Niel, who spent 12 years in the financial world before entering the volleyball-coaching field, is a 1998 graduate of USC, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Cum Laude.
Prior to making his move to Salt Lake City, Van Niel served as a consultant coach/scoutman for the USA Women's National Volleyball Team, where he also served as a team leader and assisted in group training since 2013. During his time with the USWNT, Van Niel was responsible for coordinating and performing various data analysis, game planning and assistance during on-court practices.
While with the USWNT, Van Niel helped lead the squad to a fourth-place finish at the 2013 U23 World Championships, a Silver Medal finish at the 2014 Volleymasters and a Gold Medal finish at the 2014 World Championships.
Van Niel most recently spent the 2016 summer in Rio, serving as a scout coach for the U.S. Olympic Women's Volleyball Team.
Since 2006, Van Niel has also worked with COAST Volleyball Club of San Diego, Calif., where he served as head coach of COAST's elite travel teams for the past five seasons. Most recently, Van Niel's 17-1 team won the Pacific Northwest National Qualifier and earned a bid to the USA Junior Nationals Open Division. In addition to his coaching duties, Van Niel also served as Chief Financial Officer for COAST Volleyball.
Over the last three seasons at COAST, Van Niel has coached four Open Division teams at the 16's and 17's level to a Gold Medal, Bronze Medal, fifth-place finish and a 10th-place finish at the USA Volleyball Girl's Junior National Championships. In eight national qualifiers, his teams earned five Gold Medals, a pair of Silver Medals and VolleyballNow.net named him Coach of the Year in 2012.
Van Niel has served as an assistant coach for UC-San Diego's men's volleyball program from 2011-2014 and most recently operated as head coach of La Costa Canyon High School where he took over head coaching duties of the volleyball program in 2014. Prior to his stint as head coach, he served in various different capacities at LCCHS since 2010.
Van Niel's coaching education includes being a USA Volleyball CAP Level III coach, working at the USA Volleyball High Performance Coaching Clinic and having completed both Gold Medal Square Level I and II programs.
Van Niel, who spent 12 years in the financial world before entering the volleyball-coaching field, is a 1998 graduate of USC, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Cum Laude.
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