ASU Volleyball Coach JJ Van Niel Named AVCA Pacific-South Coach of the Year

Originally posted on Burn City Sports | By Zac Tipton | Last updated Dec 6, 2023 3:25 AM ET

JJ Van Niel is also racking in the awards, and he deserves it. Van Niel was now named the Pacific-South Region Coach of the Year, given to the best coach in the Pacific-South region.

That’s our coach @jjvanniel is the Pacific South Region Coach of the Year! He is the first Sun Devil head coach in our program win this award! #ForksUp pic.twitter.com/gp3imZm8Pj

— Sun Devil Volleyball (@SunDevilVB) December 5, 2023

Van Niel has led the Sun Devils to their first multi-win tournament in team history in his first year as head coach of ASU. Not just that, but he led Arizona State to its best record since the 80s and first tournament since 2015. He is leading a team of new players despite losing the most transfers out of any Power 5 school.

What Van Niel has done for ASU this year has been incredible, and he is building an excellent program. The program looks like it can be successful for years to come.

This article first appeared on Burn City Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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