Alex Venardos - Women's Volleyball Coach - Boise State University Athletics

Alex Venardos

Title:
Director of Operations
Email:
alexvenardos@boisestate.edu

Alex Venardos was named the program's third head coach on July 17, 2025 after serving as an assistant coach since the fall of 2019.

Venardos has been with the program during its rise to national prominence, coming off four consecutive 20+ win seasons. In 2025, Venardos helped guide the Broncos to their first NCAA National Championship appearance after claiming both a regular season and conference tournament title.

In 2024, the Broncos recorded a program-record 31 wins and appeared in the Southland Conference Championship for the second-straight season. Boise State spent the entire season receiving votes in the AVCA Coaches Poll and won two duals over ranked opponents. The team’s entire starting lineup earned all-conference accolades, marking the first time a team has done that in league history.

Venardos was named to the 2023 class of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Thirty Under 30 Beach honorees after helping guide the program to a program-record 25 wins in his fourth season with the team. The Broncos finished 25-10 and ended the season as the Southland Conference Runner-Up in their first season of conference play. He coached three pairs that garnered First Team All-SLC honors, the most of any team in the conference.

Prior to the 25-win season, Venardos helped the Broncos reach 20 wins for the first time in program history in his third year with the squad. The team finished 20-9 on the year, including sweeps at the Northwest Invitational in Salem, Ore., the Cal-State Northridge Tournament in Northridge, Calif., and the Utah Tournament in Salt Lake City, Utah. The team also went undefeated at their home tournament, including wins over both Washington and Oregon.

The team got a big win in the opening tournament of his second season, defeating No. 20 Arizona State 3-2 at the Cactus Classic in Tuscon, Ariz. The team finished the season 6-11, including two wins over Utah.

His first season as an assistant was cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring of 2020. Unfortunately, the team was able to play only the opening weekend of the season before things were shutdown. The Broncos went 1-3 at the Cactus Classic in Tucson, Ariz., where two of their three losses came at the hands of 15th-ranked Arizona and No. 20 Arizona State.

PREVIOUS BOISE STATE EXPERIENCE
Venardos is a 2018 graduate of Boise State. During his four-year undergraduate career, he served in various capacities with both the beach and indoor volleyball teams as a practice player and later as a volunteer assistant coach.

In relation to his previous experience assisting with the beach program, Venardos’ responsibilities were built up annually. He initially served as a practice player for the Broncos in 2016. During 2017 he worked his way into a volunteer assistant coach position where he helped run practices, assisted with drills and worked with the various pairs to fine tune their specific systems for competition.

During his time with the indoor squad, Venardos also started off as a student practice player where he helped simulating players and their tendencies from other teams. After that first year, he was moved to a volunteer assistant where he assisted in various aspects of the program including: running drills in practices at home and on the road, helped in scouting opponents, as well as, worked with the outside hitters and passers.

Venardos has also worked as a club director and U14s coach for the Idaho Strike Boys Volleyball Club of Boise from 2016 to 2018. As part of his responsibilities for the club he managed social media, promotions, created practice structures and drills, as well as, handled the budget for the entire club. In addition, Venardos was responsible for traveling with the team to local and interstate tournaments.

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