Jason Skoch

Head Women's Volleyball Coach at Oklahoma Christian University.

Jason Skoch, a veteran of NCAA Division II volleyball who has guided six of his teams into the Elite Eight, began his tenure as Oklahoma Christian’s volleyball coach on June 3, 2021.

In his first season with the Eagles, he guided them to a 12-18 record, a spot in the Lone Star Conference tournament and an upset of No. 5-seeded Texas A&M-Commerce in the opening round of that event.

Before arriving at OC, in 15 seasons as a Division II coach at Truman State (Mo.), West Texas A&M and Saint Leo (Fla.), Skoch posted a 437-121 record (a .783 winning percentage) and was named as a conference coach of the year five times and as a regional coach of the year once. He’s won 13 conference titles and made 12 NCAA tournament appearances. Nine of his teams have won more than 30 games in a season.

A native of nearby Yukon, Skoch graduated in 1998 from Oklahoma State, where he played club volleyball. He’s a former club player not only at OSU but also at Memphis and Penn State. He earned his master’s degree from the latter in 2001.

Skoch picked up his 400th coaching win on Sept. 8, 2018, against Midwestern State (Texas). He has guided 69 all-conference players and 35 all-Americans at Truman State West Texas A&M and Saint Leo, enjoying considerable success along the way.

He spent only one season at Saint Leo, but it was memorable, as he coached the Lions in 2019 to a 24-11 record and their first Division II South Region championship (despite being stuck with a No. 5 seed in the region tournament) and Elite Eight berth. Saint Leo’s 2020 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before coaching in Florida, Skoch dominated the Lone Star Conference – of which OC now is a member – during his 10 seasons at West Texas A&M from 2009 to 2018. He guided the Buffaloes to five LSC championships, seven NCAA regional appearances and three South Central Region titles and Elite Eight berths.

The four-time LSC coach of the year (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014) helped West Texas A&M set the Division II record for longest conference winning streak at 87 games – a run which began in 2006 and continued until Sept. 17, 2011. Under Skoch, the Buffaloes recorded perfect conference records in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2014.

In 2009, West Texas A&M finished 39-4 and advanced to the Division II championship match and in 2013, the Buffaloes made the national semifinals in a season in which Skoch was honored as the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s South Central Region coach of the year.

In his first head-coaching job, at Truman State from 2005 to 2008, Skoch also enjoyed considerable success, posting a 137-22 record and making four trips to the NCAA tournament, including regional titles and Elite Eight appearances in 2005 and 2008. The Bulldogs made the national semifinals the latter season.

The Bulldogs won Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular-season and tournament titles in 2006 (when Skoch was named as the MIAA’s coach of the year) and 2007 and spent a portion of the 2005 season ranked No. 1 in Division II. Truman State never fell out of the top 25 in the AVCA poll during Skoch’s tenure.

He arrived at Truman State after one season as an assistant coach at Mississippi State in 2004 and a season as an assistant coach at Central Oklahoma in 2003. He also spent one season as the head coach with the Stillwater Volleyball Club and the Kaeppa Oklahoma Charge Volleyball Club in Oklahoma. He’s a former club player not only at OSU but also at Memphis and Penn State. He earned his master’s degree from the latter in 2001.

Jason and his wife, Karen, have three sons, Jay, Kyle and Kade, and one daughter, Emmie