Hokie ClubKevin Cardoza was named an assistant volleyball coach at Virginia Tech in 2020, joining head coach Marci Byers' staff. Cardoza primarily oversees middle blockers and pins.
The 2023 season began with the Hokies starting off 10-0, a program record. Tech's 13-16 record was the best in the Byers' era. This season also saw the first victory for the Hokies against Notre Dame since 2015. Hanna Borer recorded her 1,000th career assist in a match vs. Delaware State, and Sydney Petersen recorded her 1,000th career point against Syracuse. The Hokies also registered ACC wins over Wake Forest and Syracuse.
The 2022 season saw the Hokies defeat Clemson 3-2 on the road, the first win over the Tigers in the Byers' era and the first win at Clemson since 2019. Hanna Borer was also named ACC Freshman of the Week on September 26 and November 15, the first Freshman of the Week honor since 2017. She had 13 double-doubles in 2022, the most by any freshman in the ACC. The Hokies recorded ACC wins over Boston College, Wake Forest and Duke as well.
The Hokie block took a big step during the 2021 season, ranking as high as 12th in Division I in total team blocks. Tech ended the season with 259.6 total blocks compared to 205.5 by opponents. Angel Robinson was named Second Team All-State by VaSID after she led the team with 114 blocks, with 1.04 per set. The Hokies also recorded a season-high 19 blocks against Boston College in 2021, two away from the school record.
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, Gardner-Webb and Campbell. The Highlanders earned nine sweeps (3-0) in 2019.
Prior to Radford, Cardoza was an assistant coach at the University at 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.