Keone Coronado

Biography

Coronado enters his fifth year with the Lopes in the 2026-27 season. In his third season as the lead assistant coach, the GCU squad finished the season 19-16 highlighted by the program's third NCAA Tournament appearance. The team claimed wins at #12 LSU, #12 Arizona State, and at the MPSF torunament over LSU. The Lopes earned two AVCA Top Flight awards in Mae Manthe and Rhea Kohl. In his second season as the lead assistant, Coronado helped lead the GCU squad to finish the season 23-11 with eight wins over ranked opponents and a No. 13 national AVCA ranking. The Lopes earned two All-Conference honors and six AVCA Top Flight All-American awards across multiple pairs. GCU also went 7-0 at home during the season The Lopes opened the season with four straight wins as well as two CCSA All-Academic athletes, two CCSA All-Tournament team members, two All-CCSA athletes, and two CCSA All-Freshman team members. The Lopes also took down No. 6 LSU in a neutral site match. Coronado, a Phoenix native (Mountain Pointe High School graduate) was hired as the head assistant coach in July of 2023. Coronado joined the GCU Beach Volleyball staff as a Volunteer Coach in the fall of 2022; in his first year on the staff the Lopes posted a 26-8 record, finished second in the Coastal Collegiate Sports Associataion (CCSA), and earned their second at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. Coronado has coached at the high school and club level since 2018, and has even played at the highest level in the United