Jojit Coronel enters his second season with HCU Volleyball with 32 years of coaching experience on the national, collegiate and club level.
Coronel has spent the last 6 seasons as a club director, master coach and recruiting coordinator in the Houston area and most recently with Katy United & The Woodlands United Volleyball Club.
Before making the move into the junior club world, Coronel spent 2 years at West Virginia University helping guide the Mountaineers to a marked improvement in his first season at the WVU Coliseum, as the squad more than doubled its total of wins from 2015 with 12 victories in 2016.
While at WVU, Libero Gianna Gotterba notched her 1,000th career dig during her junior season, freshmen setter Erin Slinde and outside hitter Payton Caffey made the Big 12 All-Freshman team with Caffey earning 1st team All-Big 12 honors and honorable mention All-American honors under Coronel’s tutelage. In 2017 he helped guide the Mountaineers to a 2nd postseason appearance, a run to the semifinals of the NIVC as senior middle hitter Mia Swanegan garnered All-Tournament honors. In addition, sophomore outside hitter Payton Caffey made 1st team All-Big 12 for the second year in a row.
Coronel oversaw West Virginia’s setter training, coordinated the offense, assisted in recruiting, was the primary academic liaison and directed volleyball camps and clinics.
Prior to joining the Mountaineers, Coronel served as the interim head coach for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, after serving as the associate head coach from 2011-15. He joined the TTU staff in 2011 as an assistant coach. Coronel worked primarily with the middle hitters, setters, and was responsible for defensive schemes. The Red Raiders made great strides during his tenure in Lubbock, as libero Rachel Brummitt broke TTU’s all-time digs mark and earned both Big 12 and AVCA honors under Coronel’s tutelage
He also served as Tech’s primary scout, producing scouting reports and tracking both team and individual statistics. In addition, Coronel assisted with Tech’s recruiting efforts and was the co director of volleyball summer camps.
Coronel spent 11 seasons as the head coach at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. as he compiled a 176-153 and led the Colonials to six trips to the Atlantic-10 Championships. He guided the squad to the NCAA tournament in his first season at the helm, winning both Atlantic 10 and AVCA Division I Northeast Region Coach of the Year honors in 2000 then posted three 20-win seasons in D.C. Prior to his promotion, he served as an assistant coach during the 1999 season at George Washington.
Coronel got his start on the men's side as an assistant coach at The University of the Pacific in Stockton, California from 1995-99. He was the head coach at the University of California at Santa Cruz from 1993-95.
Coronel has strong ties to USA Volleyball, serving as the head coach for the Girls’ High-Performance Teams in both the Sun Country and Chesapeake regions as well as several positions with the USA Men’s National team. He also has been a member of the NCAA Northeast Regional and AVCA All-American Committee.
A native of Los Angeles, Coronel was a standout setter and defensive specialist at UC-Santa Cruz. He led the Banana Slugs to a pair of Pacific Coast Volleyball Association titles and a 74-42 record before graduating with a degree in political science. He holds CAP and BCAP Certification and is a Positive Coaching Alliance Trainer.
Coronel lives in The Woodlands and has two sons Ethan (19) and Drew (17).
