New UCLA Beach Volleyball head coach Jenny Johnson Jordan announced the return of beach volleyball Hall of Famer and current USA Beach Volleyball National Team head coach Jose Loiola as an assistant coach. Loiola was a volunteer assistant coach for the Bruins in 2021, helping guide UCLA to a Pac-12 Championship and NCAA runner-up finish.
“I am very excited to welcome Jose back to our coaching staff,” said Johnson Jordan. “Jose brings a wealth of knowledge and passion for the game from his legacy as a player, and more recently his expertise as a coach with the Beach National Team and in the pro ranks. Our team is looking forward to Jose joining us again.”
After Loiola’s previous season with the Bruins, he went on to coach 2020 Olympian Tri Bourne and also served as head coach of the USA Volleyball squad that won gold at the 2021 U19 World Championships. In 2022, he coached Miles Partain and Andy Benesh to gold at the FIVB Challenger Dubai.
Loiola began his professional coaching career in 2014, coaching Casey Jennings and UCLA alum Jeremy Casebeer. He mentored three different teams in 2015, highlighted by the duo of Theo Brunner and Nick Lucena, who placed fourth at the FIVB World Championship. Also in 2015, he coached the tandem of Irene (Hester) Pollock and Caitlin Ledoux. Pollock would later help guide the Bruins to their second-straight NCAA Championship in 2019 as the volunteer assistant coach. Loiola coached Sara Hughes and Kelley Claes in 2017 to an AVP victory in Chicago. He also coached Hughes and Summer Ross in 2018-19, as the pair would claim two tour stop victories in the AVP and won gold in Russia on the FIVB circuit.
He got his start in coaching in 2011 as the head coach of Team Wave (indoor volleyball club). He has also served stints as an assistant coach at West Torrance High School in 2012 and that same year was an assistant coach for the Men’s U19 World Championship in Cypress. Also in 2012, he served as the head coach for the U17 Women’s Junior National Team. He was a head coach for the U21 Men’s and Women’s World Championships in Croatia in 2013. In 2014, he guided the U21 Women to a bronze medal at the World Championship and served as the head coach for the U21 Junior National Team in 2015. He also served as the head coach of the U21 Travel Team that went to China. He spent four…
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