About Coach Talamantes...
- Alma Mater: Cal State-Dominguez Hills
- Men's Coaching Record: 308-84 (overall); 291-74 (at Park)
- Women's Coaching Record: 449-102 (overall); 401-68 (at Park)
- Combined Collegiate Coaching Record: 757-186 (overall); 692-142 (at Park)
- 5-time NAIA National Champion head coach at Park University (Men's Volleyball, 2012, 2014, 2017 | Women's Volleyball, 2014, 2018)
- Entering 14th season as head women's and men's volleyball coach and 7th season for the beach volleyball program.
Coaching experience before Park University...
- 2008-2010 / Occidental College, Head Women's Volleyball Coach
- High school coaching experience: Rosary High School (girls), Viewpoint High School (boys)
MEN'S VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS
2012
* NAIA National Champions (21-7)
* NAIA Tournament Coach of the Year
* AVCA National Coach of the Year
* MAMVIC West Regular Season Champion (9-1)
* MAMVIC West Coach of the Year
* Trained 1 AVCA All-American (Fray Arteaga), MAMVIC West Setter of the Year (Rob Cordero) & MAMVIC West Player of the Year (Fray Arteaga)
2013
* NAIA National Runner-Up (27-2)
* MAMVIC West Tournament Champions
* MAMVIC West Regular Season Champions (9-1)
*Trained 2 AVCA All-Americans (Rob Cordero & Matheus Roham) & MAMVIC West Player of the Year (Matheus Roham)
2014
* NAIA National Champions (30-4)
* NAIA Tournament Coach of the Year
* South Conference Tournament Champions
* South Conference Regular Season Champions (8-0)
* South Conference Coach of the Year
* Trained 2 AVCA All-Americans (Rob Cordero & Daniel Arteaga), South Conference Player of the Year & South Conference Freshman of the Year (Daniel Arteaga)
2015
* NAIA Fab Four (26-6)
* South Conference Regular Season Champions (7-1)
* South Conference Coach of the Year
* Trained AVCA Player of the Year and All American (Caio Nunes De Souza)
2016
* NAIA Opening Round (21-11)
* Midwest Conference Tournament - Runner-Up
* Trained 1 AVCA All American (Daniel Arteaga)
2017
* NAIA National Champions (26-5)
* NAIA Tournament Coach of the Year
* Trained 3 AVCA All Americans (Oscar Tuero, Murilo Pereira & Daniel Arteaga), Midwest Conference Libero of the Year (Billy Crow), & Midwest Conference Defensive Player of The Year (Murilo Pereira)
2018
*Victor Neves became a two-time Google Cloud Academic All-America First Team recipient in 2018.
*Andrea Maggio made it six-straight seasons that Park has garnered an NAIA-AVCA All-America award, as he earned a spot on the Honorable Mention All-America team.
2019
*NAIA Opening Round (21-6)
*Trained two NAIA/AVCA Honorable Mention All-Americans (Andrea Maggio & Felipe Guirau)
2020
* Trained four NVA/AVCA NAIA Men's Volleyball All-Americans (Hiago Crins, Felipe Guirau, Luciano Bucci, & Felipe Chagas), AMC /GPAC/KCAC Conference Defender of the Year (Hiago Crins), and AMC/GPAC/KCAC Conference Setter of the Year (Luciano Bucci).
*AMC/GPAC/KCAC Head Coach of the Year
2021
*NAIA National Championship Semifinals (21-6)
*Talamantes also experienced four Pirates earn 2020-21 Heart Scholar-Athlete honors
*Five student-athletes recieved Heart All-Conference honors (First Team: Luciano Bucci and Felipe Guirau; Second Team: Felipe Chagas and Hiago Crins; Honorable Mention: Joao Friedrich)
*Five Pirates selected AVCA-NAIA All-Americans (First Team: Luciano Bucci and Joao Friedrich; Second Team: Hiago Crins and Felipe Guirau; Honorable Mention: Felipe Chagas)
*Luciano Bucci honored with a CoSIDA Academic All-District team selection
2022
*NAIA National Championship Semifinals (22-7)
*Luciano Bucci is the only 3x CoSIDA Academic All-American in Park history
*Talamantes coached four AVCA NAIA All-Americans and four Heart All-Conference honorees
*Joao Friedrich set NAIA Tournament record which was 30 kills in a match at the time
2023
*NAIA National Championship Semifinals (27-2)
*Talamantes earns 2023 Heart Head Coach of the Year
*Park earned their first Heart Conference Regular Season and Tournament Championships
*He led Park to a new program record of a 22-match win streak
*Joao Friedrich named Heart Player and Attacker of the Year, Samuel Essilfie named Heart Newcomer of the Year, Eduardo Faquin named Heart Setter of the Year
*Six Pirates earn Heart All-Conference accolades under Talamantes
*The Pirates ranked has high as No. 3 in the NAIA Coaches' Top 15 poll
2024
*Heart Semifinals appearance (22-7)
*Surpassed 300 men's volleyball collegiate wins
*Joao Friedrich NAIA 1st Team All-American & AVCA NAIA 1st Team All-American, Eduardo Sabi AVCA NAIA All-American Honorable Mention
*Eduardo Sabi named Heart Setter of the Year (second consecutive year)
*Coached 4 Heart All-Conference student-athletes (2x 1st TM, 1x 2nd TM, 1x HM)
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL HIGHLIGHTS
2011
* AMC Tournament Semifinalist (22-11)
* Trained AMC Libero of the Year and Capital One First-Team Academic All-American (Vanessa Lawrenz)
2012
* AMC Tournament Runner-Up (27-11)
* Finished ranked #24 in the nation
* Trained 1 AVCA All-American (Lauren Purdy) & AMC Newcomer of the Year (Lauren Purdy)
2013
* NAIA National Tournament - Final Site
* AMC Tournament Runner-Up (35-7)
* AMC Conference Champion (10-1)
* Finished ranked #13 in the nation
* Trained 2 AVCA All-Americans (Wanessa Siqueira & Lauren Purdy) & AMC Player of the Year (Wanessa Siqueira)
2014
* NAIA National Champions
* AVCA National Coach of the Year
* NAIA Tournament Coach of the Year
* AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year
* AMC Tournament Champions (40-0)
* AMC Conference Champions (11-0)
* AMC Coach of the Year
* Finished ranked #1 in the nation
* Trained 3 AVCA All Americans (Wendy Romero, Julianna Barros & Wanessa Siquiera), 3 AVCA All-Midwest Region Players (Wendy Romero, Julianna Barros & Wanessa Siquiera), AVCA Midwest Region Player of the Year (Wendy Romero), AMC Setter of the Year (Julianna Barros) & AMC Player of the Year (Wendy Romero)
2015
* NAIA National Tournament - Final Site (24-11)
* Finished ranked #8 in the nation
* Trained 2 AVCA All Americans (Danna Gomes & Raissa Herczfeld), 3 AVCA All-Midwest Region members (Raissa Herczfeld, Daniela Duarte & Danna Gomes), AMC & Midwest Region Freshman of the Year (Danna Gomes).
2016
* NAIA Fab Four (36-4)
* AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year
* AMC Conference Champions (11-0)
* AMC Coach of the Year
* Finished ranked #4 in the nation
* Trained AVCA All American & National Player of the Year (Wendy Romero), NAIA Libero of the Year (Daniela Duarte), AVCA Midwest Region Player of the Year (Wendy Romero), AMC Libero of the Year (Daniela Duarte) & AMC Player of the Year (Wendy Romero)
2017
*NAIA National Quarterfinals (33-4)
*Nada Meawad became Park's first-ever freshman to garner First Team AVCA-NAIA All-American, she was also the 2017 AMC Player of the Year
*2017 AMC Conference Tournament Champions
*Aneisha Ford earned the prestigious Google Cloud Academic All-America award
2018
*NAIA National Champions (36-1)
*2018 United State Marine Corp/AVCA NAIA National Coach of the Year
*2018 NAIA National Tournament Coach of the Year
*2018 AMC Coach of the Year
*2018 AVCA/NAIA Midwest Region Coach of the Year
*Helped lead Nada Meawad to a myriad of awards including, 2018 Team Snap/AVCA NAIA National Player of the Year, 2018 NAIA National Tournament MVP, 2018 AMC Player of the Year, 2018 AVCA/NAIA Midwest Region Player of the Year, 2018 Google Cloud First-Team Academic All-American
*Celina Monteiro was selected the 2018 NAIA National Tournament Defender of the Year and the 2018 AMC Co-Defensive Player of the Year
*Danna Gomes became Park's all-time leader in career assists and service aces in 2018 and she was selected to the First Team All-America.
2019
* NAIA National Quarterfinals (32-4)
* Finished ranked #5 in the nation
* 2019 American Midwest Conference Regular Season Champions and Tournament Champions
* Trained three NAIA-AVCA All-Americans (Nada Meawad, Celina Monteiro & Maren Roper), and AMC Defensive Player of the Year (Celina Montiero)
* Maren Roper received the honor of landing on the 2019 NAIA Volleyball First-Team Academic All-American.
2020
*NAIA National Championship Pool Play (21-4)
*Heart of America Athletic Conference Head Coach of the Year
*Heart of America Co-Regular Season Champions (First in program's history in the Heart)
*Heart of America Conference Tournament Champions (First in program's history in the Heart)
*Earned 300th career women's volleyball win on November 12 in the 3-1 victory over Evangel
*Coached six Heart All-Conference athletes (First Team: Nada Meawad, Noura Meawad, Amanda Mendes; Second Team: Rebekah Rothacher; Honorable Mention: Alissa Flint and Kyra Kaloi)
*Led the Pirates to three Heart Players of the Year awards (Nada Meawad: Attacker of the Year and Player of the Year; Amanda Mendes: Setter of the Year)
*Trained three NAIA All-Americans (First Team: Nada Meawad, Second Team: Amanda Mendes, and Honorable Mention: Noura Meawad)
*Nada Meawad became the first, two-time NAIA National Player of the Year in Park University history.
2021
*NAIA National Championship Runner-Up (34-3)
*Talamantes named Heart Coach of the Year, AVCA Midwest Region Coach of the Year, and AVCA NAIA Head Coach of the Year
*Nada Meawad named NAIA Player of the Year, the first-ever 5-time women's volleyball NAIA All-American
*Three AVCA NAIA All-Americans and seven Pirates named Heart All-Conference
2022
*NAIA National Championship quarterfinal appearance (29-6)
*Talamantes led Park to its third Heart Regular Season Title as 2023 co-regular season champions.
*Program record 15 NAIA Scholar-Athletes
*Malaina Hensley named Heart Player of the Year and Jullia Alvarez selected as Heart Setter of the Year
*Three Pirates named AVCA NAIA All-Americans trained by coach Talamantes
2023
*NAIA National Championship pool play appearance (32-3)
*Talamantes surpassed 400 career Park WVB wins
*2x NAIA All-Americans (Arianna Marino 2nd TM and Debora Bernardi 3rd TM)
*3x AVCA NAIA All-Americans (Marino 2nd TM, Bernardi 3rd TM, Grecia Ung Honorable Mention)
*Talamantes leads Park to fourth Heart Regular Season Title with perfect 17-0 conference record (10th WVB conference regular season title of Talamantes' career)
*Park is Heart Conference Tournment Champions for the third time (6th conference tournament championship of Talamantes' WVB coaching career)
*Heart Conference Coach of the Year for the third time (6x WVB conference coach of the year award of his career)
*Arianna Marino Named Heart Setter and Newcomer of the Year
*7x Heart All-Conference student-athletes (4x 1st TM, 1x 2nd TM, 2x 3rd TM)
More about Coach Talamantes...
- Also serves as head coach of Asics MAVS, a club in Kansas City where he's trained multiple NCAA Divison I athletes and won a Junior National championship in 2013.
- Also coached an All-American at Occidental, as sophomore outside hitter Logan Boyer-Hayse was an AVCA All-American at season's end, after earning MVP honors at the Tiger Fall Classic, All-Tournament at Colorado College's Marriott Spike It Up Classic, First-Team All-SCIAC, and First-Team All-West Region.
