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Head Coach David Kniffin
David Kniffin was named head men's volleyball coach on July 9, 2012.

Kniffin returns to his alma mater after serving one year as an assistant coach with the women’s volleyball program at Illinois.

Kniffin helped guide the Illini women to the championship match of the NCAA tournament in 2011 for the first time in school history.  While at Illinois, he was instrumental in the implementation of training, scouting and game management.
Kniffin spent five seasons (2007-2011) as an assistant coach with the men’s program at UC Irvine, earning American Volleyball Coaches Association Division I-II Men’s National Assistant Coach of the Year accolades in 2010.

While Kniffin was a member of the UCI staff, the Anteaters advanced to the post-season each year, winning national titles in 2007 and 2009.  In his five years at UCI, the program posted a 96-52 record and was nationally ranked each of those five seasons, including 12 weeks at No. 1.

Kniffin graduated from UC Irvine with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 2003.  He was the starting setter for the 2002 and 2003 teams, guiding UCI to the school’s first No. 1 ranking and first Mountain Pacific Sports Federation post-season victory as a senior.  He ranks fifth in UCI career assists (2,806) and posted the second-most single-season assists (1,632) in 2003.  Kniffin earned UCI Scholar-Athlete and MPSF All-Academic honors during his Anteater career.

Following graduation, Kniffin played professionally for CAI Voleibol Teruel (Spain) for two seasons, helping the team to the division championship one year, while teaching English and helping organize European Tours for American volleyball players looking to compete abroad.

A graduate of Chico (Calif.) High School, Kniffin began his playing career at Loyola Marymount until the program was dropped following the 2000 season.  He transferred to Los Angeles Pierce College and started on the undefeated state-championship team in 2001, garnering first-team all-league honors.

 

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Assistant Coach Mark Presho

Mark Presho is in his seventh season with the Anteaters as an assistant coach.

Presho is a 1993 graduate of the University of Hawaii where he earned All-American honors as a junior and senior. He is second all-time in kills 1,582 for the Warriors behind Costa Theocharidis, who was ruled ineligible by the NCAA but his statistics remain.

A former national team member, Presho went on to have a successful career on the Bud Light Pro Beach Volleyball 4-Man Tour playing for Team Paul Mitchell, where he won a league championship. He has won eight US Open National Championships with Team Paul Mitchell.

The Orange County native is a graduate of Edison High School.

    

 

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Volunteer Assistant Coach Michelle Bartsch

Michelle Bartsch will serve as a volunteer assistant coach after serving for one season as an undergraduate assistant at her alma mater, University of Illinois where she earned a degree in sports management.

Bartsch was named a first-team All-American by Volleyball Magazine in 2011 after helping the Illini to the national runner-up. She earned her third AVCA All-American as well, claiming third team accolades after having being named third team as a junior in 2010 and honorable mention as a sophomore in 2009. She was also the Mideast Region Freshman of the Year in 2008. Bartsch was named to the Gainesville Regional All-Tournament team after combining for 30 kills and 17 digs in victories over Ohio State and Florida. The All-Big Ten performer was named MVP of the BYU/Nike Invitational, the State Farm Illini Classic and the Big Ten/Big East Challenge.

Bartsch ended her career ranked seventh on Illinois' career kills list with 1,644 and 10th in career digs with 1,035. She is fifth on the Illinois single-season kills list with 557, seventh in single-season digs with 466, fourth on the all-time career block assists list (422) and eighth in career total blocks (451).

She helped Illinois to four straight Big Ten runner-up finishes and four straight appearances in the NCAA Sweet 16, culminating in the win over No. 1 USC in the NCAA National Semifinal match in 2011. She was named to the All-NCAA Tournament Team after totaling 44 kills and 36 digs in the final two matches of the tournament.

A regular member of the USA Volleyball ladder, she was a starter at middle blocker for the U.S. Junior National Team that won gold at the 2008 NORCE-CA Championships, where she also was named best server of the tournament. She also was one of several Illinois players invited to compete on the USA Volleyball A2 select team at the United States Volleyball Open Championships. After the collegiate season, she competed professionally in Puerto Rico.

 

 

 

 

 

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Statistician Kevin Carroll

 

Kevin Carroll is in his first year as an assistant coach at his alma mater.

The outside hitter played for the Anteaters from 2008-2012 and was a member of UCI's National Championship teams in 2009 and 2012. During his tenure, UCI was 87-37 (.701) overall and won the MPSF Championship in 2012.

He recorded 516 kills in his collegiate career, including a career-best 29 kills versus Penn State in 2010.

As a prep at Los Alamitos High School, Carroll was honored as a Mizuno Volleyball Magazine All-America and Feb 50 as well as the Press Telegram Dream Team Player of the Year in 2007.

He was a member of the USA Men's Junior National Team in 2006 and 2007.

Carroll graduated in 2012 with a degree in political science.

 





 

 

 

 

 

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