Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus UT Rio Grande Valley on August 30, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 0
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vs UT Rio Grande Valley
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Grand Canyon University Athletics
Women's Volleyball
Nollan, Tim
Tim Nollan
- Title:
- Head Coach
- Years at GCU:
- 8th
- Email:
- tim.nollan@gcu.edu
- Phone:
- 602-639-6844
- Alma Mater:
- USC (2000)
- Career Record:
- 97-84
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Tim Nollan was named the seventh head coach in GCU women’s volleyball program history on Jan. 9, 2016, and completed his seventh season at the helm in 2022.
Under Nollan, the Lopes have won six major All-WAC awards (Setter of the Year, Libero of the Year and Freshman of the Year). In the 2020-21 season, the Lopes set a program record with six Lopes earning All-WAC honors and had their first-ever WAC Setter of the Year (Klaire Mitchell) and Libero of the Year (K.J. Adams). GCU earned WAC Setter of the Year (Mitchell) and WAC Libero of the Year (Teagan DeFalco) for the second year in a row in 2021 and also clamed Freshman of the Year.
In Nollan's seven seasons, the Lopes put 24 players on the WAC All-Academic squad and have claimed 18 WAC award-winners, including five first-teamers, seven second-teamers and seven to Freshman All-WAC teams.
The Lopes completed a historic 2022 season, making their first ever Division I postseason appearance, where they defeated Wichita State in the first round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship for the program's highest RPI opponent victory (No. 60).
In the shortened spring season of 2021, GCU notched its first undefeated home record since 1993: an 11-4 record made the Lopes 35-10 (.778) though 2019.
Nollan engineered one of the nation's best turnarounds in his fourth season leading the program, posting a 13-win improvement from 2018 to 2019 for the fifth-largest increase in the country. After a runner-up finish in conference play, GCU marched to the WAC Tournament championship match after a 3-1 win over Kansas City in the semifinal round.
After nine seasons with the women’s volleyball program at USC, where he served as the associate head coach for five years (2011-15) and assistant coach for four seasons (2007-10), Nollan joined the Lopes in 2016. In addition to USC coaching duties, Nollan served as the program’s recruiting coordinator and assisted with day-to-day training, setter training, team offense and the development of game-day strategy.
Nollan’s 2010 USC recruiting class was ranked No. 1 in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com and his 2013 and 2014 recruiting classes were tabbed No. 2. USC’s 2011 class was ranked 10th.
In his nine years at USC, Nollan helped the program advance to three NCAA semifinal matches and six appearances in NCAA regional title matches. The Trojans won two Pac-12 titles (2011 and 2015) and produced 17 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America selections, including the 2011 and 2015 national Players of the Year.
Prior to arriving at USC, Nollan spent four seasons as an assistant coach (2004-07) at Pepperdine, where the Waves registered a 63-50 record and made three trips to the NCAA tournament.
Nollan assisted Pepperdine in landing back-to-back top-10 recruiting classes with the No. 10 class in 2005, according to Volleyball Magazine, and the No. 7 class in 2006, according to PrepVolleyball.com. He also had a hand in recruiting Pepperdine’s 2008 class, which was ranked No. 8 by Volleyball Magazine.
In 2003, Nollan served as a volunteer assistant coach for USC during the second of the program's back-to-back national championship seasons.
At the club level, Nollan guided his Club Troy 16's to a bronze medal at the 2012 Junior Olympics. Previously, Nollan took his Sports Shack 16-1 team to the 2007 Reno Festival title. In 2008, his team finished second at the Reno Festival while his 2009 team went 16-1 and finished in the regional top 10 to qualify for the Junior Olympics. He previously served as head coach for Sports Shack for four years (1999-2003). His 2005 squad went 14-1 and finished seventh at the Reno Festival.
Nollan was the head coach for the boys varsity volleyball team at Campbell Hall High School in North Hollywood, where he graduated in 1996. He began working with the volleyball teams there in 1998, when he was hired as the girls volleyball varsity assistant coach. That season, he helped lead the team to the California Southern Section semifinals.
In 1999, he also became the boys junior varsity head coach. Nollan was promoted to head coach of the girls and boys varsity teams in 1999. He guided the 1999 girls squad and the 2002 boys squad to the Southern Section quarterfinals and led his boys squad to the 1999 Delphic League championship.
Nollan graduated from USC in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in International Relations and a minor in Psychology. He earned his master's degree from Pepperdine in 2007 in Educational Technology.
Nollan and his wife, Kristen, have two daughters, Avery and Emma, and a son, Deacon.
| Year | School | Record |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | GCU | 6-21 |
| 2017 | GCU | 8-18 |
| 2018 | GCU | 11-17 |
| 2019 | GCU | 24-6 |
| 2020-21 | GCU | 11-4 |
| 2021 | GCU | 19-7 |
| 2022 | GCU | 18-11 |
| Total | 97-84 |
Under Nollan, the Lopes have won six major All-WAC awards (Setter of the Year, Libero of the Year and Freshman of the Year). In the 2020-21 season, the Lopes set a program record with six Lopes earning All-WAC honors and had their first-ever WAC Setter of the Year (Klaire Mitchell) and Libero of the Year (K.J. Adams). GCU earned WAC Setter of the Year (Mitchell) and WAC Libero of the Year (Teagan DeFalco) for the second year in a row in 2021 and also clamed Freshman of the Year.
In Nollan's seven seasons, the Lopes put 24 players on the WAC All-Academic squad and have claimed 18 WAC award-winners, including five first-teamers, seven second-teamers and seven to Freshman All-WAC teams.
The Lopes completed a historic 2022 season, making their first ever Division I postseason appearance, where they defeated Wichita State in the first round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship for the program's highest RPI opponent victory (No. 60).
In the shortened spring season of 2021, GCU notched its first undefeated home record since 1993: an 11-4 record made the Lopes 35-10 (.778) though 2019.
Nollan engineered one of the nation's best turnarounds in his fourth season leading the program, posting a 13-win improvement from 2018 to 2019 for the fifth-largest increase in the country. After a runner-up finish in conference play, GCU marched to the WAC Tournament championship match after a 3-1 win over Kansas City in the semifinal round.
After nine seasons with the women’s volleyball program at USC, where he served as the associate head coach for five years (2011-15) and assistant coach for four seasons (2007-10), Nollan joined the Lopes in 2016. In addition to USC coaching duties, Nollan served as the program’s recruiting coordinator and assisted with day-to-day training, setter training, team offense and the development of game-day strategy.
Nollan’s 2010 USC recruiting class was ranked No. 1 in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com and his 2013 and 2014 recruiting classes were tabbed No. 2. USC’s 2011 class was ranked 10th.
In his nine years at USC, Nollan helped the program advance to three NCAA semifinal matches and six appearances in NCAA regional title matches. The Trojans won two Pac-12 titles (2011 and 2015) and produced 17 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America selections, including the 2011 and 2015 national Players of the Year.
Prior to arriving at USC, Nollan spent four seasons as an assistant coach (2004-07) at Pepperdine, where the Waves registered a 63-50 record and made three trips to the NCAA tournament.
Nollan assisted Pepperdine in landing back-to-back top-10 recruiting classes with the No. 10 class in 2005, according to Volleyball Magazine, and the No. 7 class in 2006, according to PrepVolleyball.com. He also had a hand in recruiting Pepperdine’s 2008 class, which was ranked No. 8 by Volleyball Magazine.
In 2003, Nollan served as a volunteer assistant coach for USC during the second of the program's back-to-back national championship seasons.
At the club level, Nollan guided his Club Troy 16's to a bronze medal at the 2012 Junior Olympics. Previously, Nollan took his Sports Shack 16-1 team to the 2007 Reno Festival title. In 2008, his team finished second at the Reno Festival while his 2009 team went 16-1 and finished in the regional top 10 to qualify for the Junior Olympics. He previously served as head coach for Sports Shack for four years (1999-2003). His 2005 squad went 14-1 and finished seventh at the Reno Festival.
Nollan was the head coach for the boys varsity volleyball team at Campbell Hall High School in North Hollywood, where he graduated in 1996. He began working with the volleyball teams there in 1998, when he was hired as the girls volleyball varsity assistant coach. That season, he helped lead the team to the California Southern Section semifinals.
In 1999, he also became the boys junior varsity head coach. Nollan was promoted to head coach of the girls and boys varsity teams in 1999. He guided the 1999 girls squad and the 2002 boys squad to the Southern Section quarterfinals and led his boys squad to the 1999 Delphic League championship.
Nollan graduated from USC in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in International Relations and a minor in Psychology. He earned his master's degree from Pepperdine in 2007 in Educational Technology.
Nollan and his wife, Kristen, have two daughters, Avery and Emma, and a son, Deacon.
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