Donan Cruz

Donan Cruz
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Ball State
Conference	Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association
Record	41–13 (.759)
Playing career
2004-2006	Graceland University (Volleyball)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2012-2022	Grand View[1]
2022–present	Ball State
Head coaching record
Overall	254–68 (.789)
Tournaments	0-1 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1× Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament (2022) [2] ; 1× NAIA National Invitational Championship (2018)[3]; 1× NAIA National Championship (2021) [4]
Awards
	1× AVCA National Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2022)[5][6] ; 2× AVCA National Coach of the Year (NAIA 2017, 2021) ; 1× MIVA Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2021)

Donan Cruz is an American men's college volleyball coach, who currently serves as the head coach of the men's volleyball team at Ball State University.[7][8][9] He previously held the same position at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.[10]

Coaching career

In his first year as head coach at Ball State, the Cardinals compiled a 23-4 record and earned a "2" seed at the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament.[11] To conclude the 2022 season, the Cardinals fell in five sets to eventual national champions, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors, in the semi-finals of the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament.[12][13]

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Grand View (Heart of America Athletic Conference) (2012–2021)
2012	Grand View	13-13	3-7
2013	Grand View	15-10	5-5
2014	Grand View	28-3	8-0		NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals
2015	Grand View	20-9	8-2		NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals
2016	Grand View	20-8	7-1		NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals
2017	Grand View	25-4	10-0		NAIA National Invitational Finals (L)
2018	Grand View	23-5	10-0		NAIA National Invitational Finals (W)
2019	Grand View	20-2	9-1		NAIA National Championship Semi-Finals
2020	Grand View	22-1	10-0		Postseason Cancelled due to Covid-19
2021	Grand View	26-0	19-0		NAIA National Championship Finals (W)
Grand View:		211–55 (.793)	89–16 (.848)
Ball State (Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association) (2022–present)
2022	Ball State	23-4	12-2	1st	NCAA Semi-Finals
2023	Ball State	20-9	11-3	T-1st
Ball State:		43–13 (.768)	23–5 (.821)
Total:		254–68 (.789)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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