After spending four years as Concordia Volleyball's top assistant, Kyle Kvasnicka was named the program's seventh head coach in the spring of 2009.

This is his first head coaching job at the collegiate level.

Kvasnicka served under 2008 NAIA Coach of the Year Paula Weishoff-the winningest coach in school history-throughout his tenure as assistant coach, which one of his two stints working under highly successful collegiate coaches.

As an undergraduate at University of Nebraska, Kvasnicka was an undergraduate volunteer assistant under head coach John Cook, who led his Cornhuskers to NCAA Div. I national titles in 2000 and 2006.

His work at Concordia has helped the Eagles to three consecutive NAIA National Championships Semifinals berths, including a runner-up finish in 2008.

Kvasnicka, who has been involved with the U.S. Volleyball High Performance Programs during the past four seasons, he also serves in the capacities of U-17 head coach and assistant director at the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club.

In the summer of 2005, he was the head coach for the Southern California High Performance Regional Team that competed in its respective national tournament. He coached the U-15 and U-17 teams for Team Complete Athlete of Long Beach, guiding the U-15 squad to a fifth-place finish in the National Division of the Junior Olympics. The U-17 team placed 13th in the American Division.

Prior to his Southern California coaching experience, Kvasnicka coached the Challengers Volleyball Club from 2001 to 2004 in Nebraska, where he led its U-17 team to a No.1-ranking en route to an eventual second-place finish at the Junior Olympics.

In 2003, he led his U-16 team to a fifth-place finish at the Junior Olympics in the 16 Open Division. In 2002, his U-15 team qualified for the Junior Olympics in the Open Division, finishing in 21st place. 

During his four years coaching the Challengers, Kvasnicka helped develop four Junior Olympic All-Americans and won the Great Plains Regional Championships each year.  Kvasnicka had previously coached two additional teams in the Midwest.

Kvasnicka completed his bachelor's degree in business administration at the University of Nebraska in 2004. While pursuing his degree, he served as student manager for a team that went 34-0 and won the NCAA National Championship as only the second undefeated team in college volleyball history.

Kvasnicka also spent three years as a student coach at Norris High in Firth, Neb., helping guide the team to a conference championship in 1998 and a No. 5 ranking in the state. He also spent two seasons as assistant coach at Lincoln Southeast High School in Lincoln, Neb., helping the program to a third-place finish in the 2002 State tournament.

Kvasnicka is single and lives in Irvine.