Casey Shingler - Volleyball Coach - Grand Canyon University Athletics

Casey Shingler

Title:
Associate Head Coach
Email:
casey.shingler@gcu.edu

Shingler was announced as the GCU volleyball associate head coach on February 23 and will enter his first season with the Lopes in the fall of 2024.

“I am extremely excited to welcome Casey Shingler to the GCU family," Lopes head coach Kendra Potts said. "Casey brings in a wealth of knowledge and experience to our staff and knows how to win at the highest level. More importantly, Casey has an amazing way of connecting with every person he meets which creates an amazing environment for our student-athletes and the GCU community."

Shingler comes to GCU after spending the 2023 season at UTSA, where the Roadrunners went 15-15 in their first season in the American Athletic Conference, and the previous six seasons at West Texas A&M where he was promoted to associate head coach in 2019 after spending his first three seasons as an assistant coach. In 2022, Shingler was named the AVCA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year as he helped guide the Lady Buffs to a national championship.

With Shingler as the associate head coach, West Texas A&M reached the pinnacle of college athletics, capturing the 2022 Division II National Championship. In 2022, the Lady Buffs went a perfect 16-0 in Lone Star Conference play and were 33-4 overall. In 2021, Shingler’s second season as associate head coach, WT claimed its 16th Lone Star Conference Tournament crown as well as its 14th NCAA South Central Regional title. In the challenging COVID-shortened 2020 season, WT went 9-3 in the LSC and was 10-4 overall.

In his first season as an assistant at WT, Shingler helped guide the Lady Buffs to a 23-14 overall record as they went 12-8 in Lone Star Conference play. The strong 2017 performance landed WT in the DII South Central Region where it made a run to the Regional Championship before falling to Regis. In 2019, WT made a run to the South Central Regional Quarterfinals and finished the campaign with an overall record of 22-7.

A native of Tucson, Arizona, Shingler graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.S. in physical education in 2009 and completed his Master's in educational leadership from Arkansas-Monticello in 2012. While at Arizona, Shingler was a libero for the Wildcats, helping lead Arizona to the 2009 Mountain West Conference Title and earning a fifth-place finish in the national tournament.

After graduation, Shingler was hired as an assistant coach at Arkansas-Monticello. When he was promoted to head coach in 2011, he more than doubled the team’s win total and claimed four conference matches in the Great American Conference after the team had gone winless in league play in 2010. During the 2012 season, Shingler was an assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania. During his time at Penn, they produced the nation’s highest dig average and All-American Dani Shepard.

Shingler has also coached at the club level, leading multiple teams to top-16 finishes including a Zona 17-1 second-place finish at the 2014 Far Westerners Qualifier and a fifth-place finish at the 2014 GJNC.