Loiola Named AVCA Collegiate Beach Assistant Coach of the Year

LEXINGTON, Ky., — The American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) named Jose Loiola as the AVCA National Assistant Beach Coach of the Year on Thursday.

Loiola just completed his second season as an assistant with the UCLA beach volleyball team in 2025, helping the Bruins earn a No. 1 seed in this weekend’s NCAA Championship.

• Loiola and the Bruins arrive in Gulf Shores as the top seed in the NCAA Championship after going 30-6 during the 2025 season.
• This is the beach volleyball Hall of Famer‘s second year as an assistant under Bruin Head Coach Jenny Johnson Jordan.
• He has helped the Bruins to the No. 1 ranking in the AVCA Beach Poll in seven of the 11 weeks this season.
• The 2025 UCLA team had four players earn AVCA All-American honors: Maggie Boyd, Peri Brennan, Natalie Myszkowski, and Sally Perez.
• This is Loiola‘s first AVCA Assistant Coach of the Year award.

UCLA Head Coach Jenny Johnson Jordan also earned this distinction in 2019.

The Bruins open NCAA Tournament play tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. PT/10:00 a.m. CT against 16th-seeded Chattanooga on ESPN2.

AVCA COLLEGIATE BEACH NATIONAL ASSISTANT COACHES OF THE YEAR

2018: Marcio Sicoli, Pepperdine University

2019: Jenny Johnson Jordan, UCLA

2021: Majo Orellana, Texas Christian University

2022: Steve Grotowski, Florida Atlantic University

2023: Gustavo Rocha, University of Southern California

2024: Angela Rock, Cal Poly

2025: Jose Loiola, UCLA