Aquiles Montoya

Biography

Aquiles Montoya opens his second season as head coach of the CSUN Women's Volleyball team in 2025. In his first season, Montoya led the Matadors to a 10-19 overall record, as CSUN reached double figures in wins for the first time since 2019. With five Big West wins, Montoya led CSUN to its highest conference win total in three seasons. Montoya became the ninth coach to lead the Matadors when he was named head coach in April 2024. Montoya earned his first head coaching win when the Matadors knocked off San Diego State in five sets in Pocatello, Idaho, on Aug. 31, 2024. He picked up his first Big West win when CSUN defeated Cal State Fullerton at Titan Gym on Oct. 5, 2024. Libero Paige Sentes led the Matadors with 468 digs during the 2024 season, the sixth-best total for a single season in program history. Setter Katie Kolar also ranked among the NCAA leaders in total assists during the 2024 campaign. Montoya came to CSUN in 2024 after spending the previous four seasons as associate head coach and director of recruiting at Portland State. Montoya was instrumental in three straight Vikings' student-athletes earning the Big Sky Conference's Top Newcomer award. On the court, Portland State made consecutive postseason appearances in 2021 and 2022, qualifying for the National Invitational Volleyball Championship (NIVC). The Vikings won their first-round match in 2021, giving Portland State its first win at a national postseason tournament in Division I program history. Prior to Port