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Megan Moenoa is in her third year (2025) as an assistant coach for the Women of Troy. She was initially brought on as the volunteer assistant in March of 2023 but was elevated to a full-time role in July.

In her first season with the Women of Troy (2023), Moenoa helped USC go 19-13 with a 12-8 mark in Pac-12 matches for a fifth-place finish. Outside hitter Skylar Fields was chosen for AVCA All-America first-team laurels. In 2024, the Trojans advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the third straight year and finished 22-10 overall with a 13-7 mark in the Big Ten (tied for sixth). Setter Mia Tuaniga was named to the AVCA All-America third team.

Previously, Moenoa served as an assistant coach at UC Irvine for five years, including four as a full-time assistant (2016-19). The Anteaters went 71-77 and made two appearances in the NIVC postseason tournament while Moenoa was on staff. Moenoa also has experience as a coach with Mizuno Long Beach Volleyball Club and as the director of the Long Beach Volleyball Club Girl's program.

She is a 2015 graduate of UCLA where she earned a bachelor's degree in sociology. As a setter, she was a part of the Bruins’ 2011 NCAA national championship team and averaged 8.42 assists per set over her four-year career.

Moenoa prepped at Lakewood High School where she was named an ESPN Rise All-American and was an All-CIF first-team selection and the two-time Moore League Co-Player of the Year. She was the 10th-ranked recruit on PrepVolleyball’s Senior Aces list and was a three-time Press-Telegram Dream Team selection. Moenoa was twice chosen as the Lakewood High School Athlete of the Year where she helped the Lancers win the 2007 State Championship and advance to the CIF state semifinals in 2010.

Moenoa was selected to the U.S. Women’s Junior National Training Team in 2010 and played for the Mizuno Long Beach Volleyball Club where she won gold at the 2009 Junior National Championships and silver in 2008, where she earned all-tournament team honors.

Brad Keller is in his sixth season (2025) as the head coach of the USC women’s volleyball team. He was hired as the seventh coach in program history on February 20, 2020.

The Trojans are 85-57 (.599) in five seasons under Keller. In Keller’s first official season as a head coach, the Trojans played the 2020 season during the spring of 2021 due to COVID-19 precautions. USC went 7-8 amidst match cancellations and delays but won its final four matches of the spring. The Trojans went 15-15 in the fall of 2021 and were 10-10 in Pac-12 matches to finish seventh in the league standings.

Keller’s 2022 Trojans broke through and earned an at-large postseason berth into the NCAA tournament. USC finished fourth in the Pac-12 standings with a 13-7 mark in league matches and was 22-11 overall. That year, the Women of Troy reached the second round of the tournament. Outside hitter Skylar Fields was named to the AVCA All-America first team to become the first USC All-American student-athlete under Keller’s tutelage.

In 2023, USC was 12-8 to finish fifth in the final year of the Pac-12 as a 12-team conference. Overall, the Trojans went 19-13 and earned a second consecutive selection to the NCAA tournament. USC won its first-round match but fell to host Pittsburgh in the second round. Fields earned her second All-America award as a Trojan; the third of her career.

The Trojans earned a third straight NCAA berth in 2024 and were 22-10 overall with a 13-7 mark in their first season in the Big Ten for a sixth-place finish. USC advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament but was eliminated by Texas. Setter Mia Tuaniga was named to the AVCA All-America third team.

Prior to USC, Keller was the associate women’s head coach at UCLA in 2019 and helped the Bruins to a 19-12 overall record. UCLA took fourth place in the Pac-12 at 13-7 and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament where the Bruins fell to eventual NCAA national runner-up Wisconsin.

Prior to the 2019 season with the women’s team, Keller served six years (2013-18) as an assistant coach for the UCLA men’s volleyball program. While on staff, Keller coached 10 All-Americans and helped the Bruins reach the NCAA national semifinals in 2016 and to a national runner-up finish in 2018. According to Volleyball Magazine rankings, Keller helped bring in four top-ranked recruiting classes at UCLA: in 2013, ’14, ’17, and ’18.

On the national level, Keller has served as a coach for the U.S. Youth National Team programs. He was the head coach of the A1 U.S. Boys’ Youth Team that won silver at the 2018 NORCECA U19 Continental Championship. Keller was also the U.S. Youth National Team’s associate head coach in 2016 and 2017; and served as an assistant coach in 2014 and 2015.

Keller’s collegiate coaching career began at USC where he served as an assistant coach for the Trojans’ men’s program for four seasons (2007-10). In 2009, USC won the MPSF Tournament and finished as the NCAA runner-up. Among the outstanding Trojan men that he coached were Murphy Troy, Tony Ciarelli, Tri Bourne, and brothers Riley and Maddison McKibbin.

Keller joined the UC Irvine men’s program for the 2011 season as an assistant coach where he helped the Anteaters to a No. 3 national ranking and a semifinal appearance in the MPSF tournament. In the fall of 2011, Keller moved to the women’s side of the sport and spent that season as an assistant coach a UConn. In the spring of 2012, Keller was named an assistant coach for the Santa Clara women’s volleyball program. He helped the Broncos through the spring season before he was hired by the UCLA men’s program that summer.

Prior to joining the collegiate coaching ranks, Keller was the owner, director, and a coach of Bay to Bay, a boys’ volleyball club in Northern California, from 2000-06. His club won a pair of silver medals at the Junior Olympics and produced numerous NCAA Division I student-athletes. In the summer of 2006, he served as an assistant coach with the U.S. Men’s Junior National Team.

Keller’s other coaching experience includes two seasons (1995-96) as an assistant with the girls’ team at Del Mar High School in San Jose, California, and as head coach in 1999 of the girls’ junior high team at Harvard-Westlake High School in North Hollywood.

As a student-athlete, Keller played outside hitter and defensive specialist at Loyola Marymount for two seasons (1999-2000) before the school stopped sponsoring the sport. He received his bachelor’s degree in graphic design with a minor in marketing from LMU in 2002.

Keller attended Bellarmine Prep in San Jose, Calif., where he was the CIF Central Coast Section MVP in 1998. His younger brother Jarod played libero for the Stanford men’s volleyball program. Keller was born Dec. 30, 1979.

Spencer McLachlin is in his third season (2025) as an associate head coach for the USC women's volleyball program.

In his first season with the Women of Troy (2023), McLachlin helped USC go 19-13 with a 12-8 mark in Pac-12 matches for a fifth-place finish. Outside hitter Skylar Fields was chosen for AVCA All-America first-team laurels. In 2024, the Trojans advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the third straight year and finished 22-10 overall with a 13-7 mark in the Big Ten (tied for sixth). Setter Mia Tuaniga was named to the AVCA All-America third team.

Previously, McLachlin served as the associate head coach at Indiana in 2022 where he was responsible for coordinating the defense and blocking. The Hoosiers were 16-16 and went 9-11 in the Big Ten to finish eighth in the conference standings. IU’s nine conference victories were its most since 2010 and the team had its highest finish since the Big Ten expanded to 14 teams (2014).

While at Indiana, McLachlin helped coach the Hoosiers to wins over a fifth-ranked Ohio State and No. 25 Michigan on the road; the first season in program history that IU had multiple road victories over ranked opponents. Under his guidance, middle blocker Savannah Kjolhede produced 118 blocks and had 14 matches with five or more blocks. Five different Hoosiers had more than 40 blocks in 2022 and as a team, IU had 250 blocks with a season-high 18 in a victory over Northwestern.

Prior to Indiana, McLachlin was an assistant coach for the UCLA men’s volleyball program for four years (2018-21). He has also had experience coaching at the international level with the U.S. men’s national team where he was on staffs for squads which competed in the Pan American Cup and NORCECA Champions cup.

Before he joined the UCLA men’s program, McLachlin spent two seasons (2016-17) as an assistant coach at California for the Golden Bears’ women’s team. In 2017, he was named to the American Volleyball Coach Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 list, an honor presented to up-and-coming coaching talents across all levels of volleyball. McLachlin got his start in coaching as an assistant for the men’s volleyball program at Hawai’i. During his time with the Warriors, the team earned a bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time in 13 seasons.

As a student-athlete, McLachlin played outside hitter at Stanford (2008-11) where he won a national championship with the Cardinal in 2010 and finished his career among the program’s all-time leaders in kills with 1,288. McLachlin was a senior captain, an All-MPSF second team choice, and received MPSF all-academic team recognition three times.

McLachlin graduated from Stanford with a degree in political science in 2011 and completed a Master of Education in 2012 while serving as a club coach for the Bay-to-Bay Volleyball Club.

As a professional athlete, McLachlin was an outside hitter for Mas NIKI Aiginio in Greece for three years (2012-14).

McLachlin is married to former USC volleyball standout opposite hitter Diane Copenhagen (2004-07), a 2004 Pac-10 All-Freshman Team selection. The McLachlins are parents to two daughters, Leila and Malia, and a son named Koa.

Blossom Sato is in her first season (2025) as an assistant coach for the USC women’s volleyball program.

Sato previously served as an assistant coach with UC San Diego’s men’s volleyball team. She was hired in September 2024 and served on staff through the fall and the beginning of the 2025 season. Middle blocker Jim Garrison and opposite hitter Anthony Cherfan each earned Big West Defensive Player of the Week honors.

Prior to joining the staff at UC San Diego, Sato got her start in coaching as a volunteer assistant with Pepperdine’s women’s program in 2019. After leaving to coach at Portland State (2020-21), she returned to Pepperdine as a full-time assistant in January 2022. With Sato, the Waves won a West Coast Conference title in 2023. That year, she coached pin-hitter Grace Chillingworth to AVCA All-America honorable mention and helped put three Waves on the AVCA’s All-Pacific South Region team.

Sato received her first full-time appointment at Portland State where she served as an assistant coach from January 2020 through December 2021. With Sato on staff, the Vikings earned their first national postseason berth since 2010 and produced their first 20-win season since 2017. Three different PSU players earned All-Big Sky first-team honors including former USC libero Ellie Snook, Makayla Lewis and Parker Webb. Snook was chosen as the Big Sky Libero of the Year for a season time and became just the fifth player in league history to repeat as Libero of the Year.

As a student-athlete, Sato was a setter at Pepperdine (2017-19) where she was recognized as an All-WCC first-team selection in 2018 after helping the Waves to an NCAA second-round appearance. Prior to transferring to Pepperdine, Sato played two seasons at Mississippi State. As a freshman, she amassed 872 assists, which stood at the time at fourth in a single season by a Bulldog freshman.

At the club level, Sato coached both Mizuno Long Beach Girls and Rockstar Boys and played a crucial role in assisting and educating athletes and families about the college recruitment process and timelines. Under her direction, the Rockstar 18s once earned a third-place finish at AAU Junior Nationals.

Sato hails from a revered volleyball family. Her mother Liane was a member of the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team in 1988 and again in 1992 when the squad captured an Olympic bronze medal. Her uncles, Eric and Gary, were also standouts in the sport, playing or coaching alongside legendary Pepperdine men's volleyball coach Marv Dunphy. Eric was a member of the 1988 U.S. Men's National Team that claimed gold as well as the team that earned bronze in 1992. Gary, an assistant coach for the USC men, served as the United States' head coach for the 1985 FIVB World Cup, and led the squad to a gold medal. He also served as an assistant for the U.S. Men's National Team from 1984-88, 1992, and from 2009 to 2012.