Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG – Head Coach Marci Byers announced on Wednesday that Kevin Cardoza has been named assistant coach and will be joining the Virginia Tech volleyball program. Cardoza follows Byers from Radford, where he served as an assistant coach during the Highlanders' 2019 season.
Cardoza joined the Radford volleyball program in February of 2019 and helped lead the Highlanders to a record of 10-16 along with six conference wins throughout the season. Radford garnered victories over Lehigh, Garnder-Webb and Campbell. The Highlanders earned nine sweeps (3-0) last season.
Prior to Radford, Cardoza was an assistant coach at the University Albany, where he helped the Great Danes total 16 wins along with nine American East Conference victories in 2018. He helped Albany earn one of their most successful seasons in recent history.
The New York Institute of Technology graduate served as the director of operations at Tennessee, where he was in charge of a multitude of aspects of the Vols' program. Cardoza was also a volunteer assistant coach at Maryland in 2015, along with a stint at Concordia College.
Cardoza spent three seasons as the assistant coach at NYIT. There he helped lead the Bears to two NCAA Tournament appearances, including a run to the East Semifinals in the 2013 season.
The assistant coach also has experience as a recruiting coordinator, director of operations, social media manager and has also run several professional volleyball camps, including camps at Maryland and Tennessee.