PuaLehua Keola
Co-Director
PuaLehua Keola is the Assistant Volleyball Coach at Florida Tech.
PuaLehua Keola was hired as the assistant volleyball coach in April 2023.
During the 2023 season, Keola's first as an assistant coach of the Panthers, saw the team finish 9-21 overall with a 3-17 conference record. She helped Tech defeat SSC Opponents Barry twice, sweeping the regular season series for the first time in program history since 2008. At the start of the season, Keola helped guide the team to a 4-0 finish at the Rollins College Invitation defeating Chadron State, Auburn Montgomery, Bluefield State and Tusculum.
Keola came to Florida Tech after serving as an assistant coach at Davis & Elkins since 2020.
Over her three years with the Senators, she helped lead Davis & Elkins to a .551 overall winning percentage and a 27-15 mark in conference play to earn three consecutive top-three finishes in the Mountain East Conference South Division.
Keola also served part-time as a Sports Information Director at Davis & Elkins from October 2021 to January 2022.
Prior to Davis & Elkins Keola served as the head coach for the Southern Colorado Precision Volleyball Club 17U and 14U.
A successful collegiate athlete herself, Keola was a five-year member of the CSU-Pueblo volleyball team. Keola finished her career with 430 digs, averaging 2.46 digs per set.
Keola, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, graduated from Colorado State University-Pueblo with a bachelor's degree in General Exercise Science and a minor in Coaching in May 2020. She graduated with her Masters in Coaching and Administration from Concordia University Irvine in May 2023.