Michael Nguyen

 In 2021, we welcomed Coach Michael Nguyen to the Edison family as our JV coach.  Michael Nguyen has acquired a broad range of volleyball experience as a player, certified official, and coach. Coach Nguyen graduated from Loara High School where he played four years of volleyball. While at Loara, Nguyen played as an outside hitter where he earned the recognition as All-Empire League Player and overall Varsity Team MVP during his Junior and Senior years. After graduating, Nguyen attended Golden West College where he was an All-Pacific Conference Libero.  After Golden West, he pursued an Associate degree in Fire Science and became a Vet Technician for several years.

Michael Nguyen has been coaching since 2005. He has experience at the prep, club, high school, and collegiate levels. His coaching began at University High assisting the Boys Volleyball team. After University High, Coach Nguyen also coached at Westminster High, Villa Park High, Marina High, Loara High, Mater Dei, Santa Ana College, Fullerton College, Golden West College, and Hope International University.

Coach Nguyen has succeeded in winning multiple league titles with all the schools he’s been with. From 2011-2019, Nguyen coached at the Ohana Athletic Club for the Boys’ and Girls’ Teams and was the Club Director. Coach Nguyen currently coaches at Pulse Athletics Volleyball Club and has loved coaching there these past few years. Coach Nguyen has been coaching at Mater Dei for the boys’ volleyball team since 2014 and continues to help build this program and has won numerous Trinity League titles. Coach Nguyen entered the fall season of 2022 with Hope International University with the Men's Volleyball team as their new Assistant Coach. Michael Nguyen’s favorite hobby outside of volleyball is hiking and spending time with his wife, Helen.