Alex Venardos Named Beach Volleyball Head Coach

BOISE, Idaho – Alex Venardos has been elevated to the head coach position of Boise State Beach Volleyball, Director of Athletics Jeramiah Dickey announced on Thursday.

Venardos will succeed Allison Voigt, who decided to step down from the head coaching position earlier on Thursday.

"After years of playing an important role on our coaching staff, we are proud to announce Alex as the new head coach in the next era of Boise State beach volleyball," Dickey said. "He has served as the primary recruiter over the past few seasons and has experience building up a team that won a conference title and made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history.

"He has a great understanding of the game and shown an ability to strategize at an elite level. He has also built great working relationships with student-athletes as well as the volleyball community throughout the Treasure Valley. He is the right person for the job at this transformational time for our beach volleyball program. We look forward to him taking our program into What's Next!"

Venardos has been a part of the program since 2016, when he joined as a practice player. He worked his way up into a volunteer assistant during the 2017 season and was promoted to a full-time assistant coaching role in 2019.

Since then, he has had his hand in nearly every aspect of the day-to-day operation as the assistant coach, partaking in running practices, managing travel, leading scouting sessions and running point on the program's recruiting.

"I'm honored and humbled by the opportunity to take over this historic program," Venardos said. "I want to thank Jeramiah [Dickey] for allowing me to have this opportunity. I'm extremely passionate about Boise State beach volleyball and can't wait to continue leading this program to compete among the nation's best.

"I also can't thank Allison [Voigt] enough. She took a chance on me years ago and helped me understand what being a collegiate coach is all about. I wouldn't be where I'm at without her guidance and I'm looking forward to continuing to lean on her well into the future."

Venardos has been widely recognized throughout the collegiate beach volleyball community, having been named to the 2023 class of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Thirty Under 30 honor.

Venardos has played a huge role in the program's recent success, leading the squad to new heights in each season he has served as an assistant coach. Most recently, he helped guide the Broncos to their first NCAA Beach Volleyball National Championship appearance after claiming the program's first regular season and conference championship title.

Prior to this past season's success, Venardos was a part of back-to-back Boise State teams that set the program record for most wins in a season. The Broncos finished as runners-up at the SLC Championship in both seasons.

Venardos is a native of Manhattan Beach, Calif., where he graduated from Vistamar High School in 2015. He graduated from Boise State in 2018 with a degree in philosophy and a minor in Chinese studies.

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