Entering his second year with the University of Evansville volleyball team is Tom Mendoza, who serves as the Purple Aces' assistant coach. Mendoza will work with the setters and outsides along with primary passers.
Mendoza, a native of Buffalo Grove, Illinois, came to UE after spending two seasons as the volunteer assistant at Michigan State. While at Michigan State, Mendoza and the Spartans appeared in the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2007. He also served on the Michigan State volleyball summer camp staff in 2007 and 2008 and was the director of Spartan Session volleyball camps and clinics.
A three-year letterwinner in volleyball at Newman University and a one-year letterwinner at Lewis University, Mendoza had an outstanding playing career. He was a 10-time Mid-America Men’s Volleyball Intercollegiate Conference Setter of the Week and was a three-time all-conference selection. During his playing career, he was also named a NAIA All-American.
Mendoza served as the head coach of the Spartan Junior 16 Girls club team that finished first in the Michigan Power League. He was also the head coach for the Juggernaut Volleyball Club in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, and the Sports Performance 15 Elite Boys that earned fifth place at the Junior Olympic Nationals.
Mendoza received his bachelor’s degree in management information systems from Lewis University in Romeoville, Illinois.
