Vanguard University of Southern California Volleyball

Her athletic coaching has covered NCAA Division I & II, and NAIA schools during her 17-year span. She returned to Southern California after four years in St. Charles, Missouri, at Lindenwood University, where she served as an assistant coach for both men's and women's volleyball, on their NCAA Division I and II teams. It was at Lindenwood University that Dorn implemented a fresh coaching philosophy and skill instruction, and increased her winning ways from 5-25 to 15-15 within six months of implementation. Before her time at Lindenwood University, Dorn spent four years at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. Dorn was also the men's and women's volleyball assistant coach and broke history with a 31-8 winning season with the women. She also assisted the men's team in making their first-ever appearance at the NAIA National Invitational. Dorn also served as men's and women's volunteer volleyball coach at California Baptist University in Riverside from 2004-2009, where she assisted the women's team to the NAIA Volleyball National Champions in 2004 and 2005. While playing for the University of Southern California (USC) in her own collegiate career, Dorn was an All-Pac 10 Academic Selection, and earned First Team All-Pac 10 Conference Selections from 1998-2001. She was also an American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American Selection in 2001, and on the All-Region teams in 2000-01, during her time at USC.

Brian Rofer debuted at Vanguard with a memorable season in smashing debut season in 2022-2023. Taking over an experienced roster, Rofer guided the team to a near perfect GSAC record and a regular season championship. Despite falling short in the GSAC Tournament, the Blue and Gold went to Des Moines, Iowa, and beat Jamestown (N.D.) and Grand View (Iowa) to reach the semifinals. Exacting some vengeance on The Master's to reach the finals, VU went down 2-0 against Benedictine Mesa. But Coach Rofer told the broadcast that the fifth set would be fun, and so it proved to be, as the Lions rallied to complete the reverse-sweep and claim the first NAIA team Championship since men's basketball in 2015. His squad battled hard in 2025 in the new world of NCAA competition that pitted the Blue and Gold against some of the top collegiate programs in country. In 2026, the Lions had a major improvement in MPSF play, beat AVCA #9 UCSD, and placed fourth at the end of the regular season in the league. Rofer brings extensive coaching experience to the Blue and Gold, having spent 22 years as the top men's volleyball assistant at UCLA. Most recently, he has served as the assistant boys coach at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. He also has strong connections to the club scene with his involvement the last five years as a consulting coach for Manhattan Beach Surf Volleyball. A 1982 graduate of UCLA with a degree in Psychology, Rofer was named the American Volleyball Coaches Association Assistant C

Bryndon Paulsen comes to Costa Mesa after spending four years as the head women's volleyball coach at his alma mater Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. Clarke went

Matthew Compos brings over a decade of volleyball experience as both a player and coach, with a career spanning high school, club, collegiate, and international