HEAD COACH: Cal Wickens
(585) 389-2189
E-mail: cwicken0@naz.edu

Cal Wickens, coach and director of the Rochester Volleyball Club for more than two decades, is back for his fourth season as head coach of the Golden Flyers' women's volleyball team.

Wickens took over prior to the 2003 season and promptly guided the Golden Flyers to the Empire 8 Conference title as well as their fourth straight NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. Nazareth finished 29-10 in 2003, then 18-16 in 2004 and 12-20 last season.

A native of Santa Monica, Calif., Wickens started the Rochester Volleyball Club in 1979. The club includes the Volley FX girls' team and the Pace Bootlegger boys' team. The boys' team won the 18-and-under AAU National Championship in 1990 and has been national runner-up six other times. The team also captured the USA Men's National Championship in 2000.

Wickens also has coached at numerous camps and clinics and served for 10 years as try-out coach for the USA High Performance/Youth National Team.

Wickens has an Associate in Occupational Studies degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. and has coached and lectured at numerous camps and clinics.

Wickens also coached Nazareth's men's volleyball team in its inaugural season in 2005. The men's team finished 20-9 in 2006 and lost to D'Youville in the quarterfinals of the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association Tournament.