Rodnei Santos - Volleyball Coach - Bowling Green State University Athletics

Northern Illinois

Oct 9 (Thu)

6 p.m.

Rodnei Santos

Title:
Assistant Volleyball Coach
Email:
drodnei@bgsu.edu
Phone:
419-372-5388

Rodnei Santos begins his third year as an assistant coach for the volleyball program in 2015. He came to BGSU after serving two years as a volunteer assistant coach at Mid-American Conference opponent Central Michigan.

In Santos’ first two years at BGSU, the program has seen its share of high points. In 2013, BGSU defeated No. 13 BYU – the program’s first win over a ranked opponent. The Falcons went 10-6 in Mid-American Conference play that year to finish second in the MAC East Division. The program also earned a four-set victory over Battle of I-75 rival Toledo in 2014.

Prior to joining the staff at Bowling Green, Santos oversaw the development of the middle blockers and right side hitters and helped Central Michigan to a MAC Tournament Championship in 2011, the first in the program's history. Under his tutelage, CMU led the MAC in kills in 2012 and tied for second in blocks in 2011. Santos also served as a recruiting and travel technician, was the video exchange coordinator and did database management.

Santos has also served as a lead coach for Gold Medal Squared, the premier provider of volleyball camps and volleyball clinics designed to improve the quality of volleyball players and coaches. He has worked as head coach of 16's regional team and 15's national team for CT Impact Volleyball Club and was a junior varsity coach at John Jay High School.

A native of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Santos came to the United States to play volleyball at the collegiate level, spending a year at Brigham Young before transferring to Pepperdine. He was named to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) All-Academic Team three times and ranked fourth in the country in blocks as a junior, finishing ninth all-time at Pepperdine in career blocks. He earned the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar first team honor twice.

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