Assistant Coaches

CIARA JONES

ASSISTANT COACH | FIRST SEASON | MARQUETTE ‘ 12

Ciara Jones enters her first season as an assistant coach after spending the last three seasons with the Howard University volleyball program.

Jones earned the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Thirty Under 30 award in 2019 where she was one of 11 NCAA Division I women coaches selected. Also in 2019, Jones made VolleyMag.com 40 coaching hotshots, consisting of coaches under the age of 40 from NCAA Division I women’s volleyball programs, NCAA Division I and II men’s volleyball programs and all NCAA beach volleyball programs.

In a shortened 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Jones guided Jessica Bolden and Amari Patterson to All-MEAC Rookie honors. During the 2019 campaign, Howard went 20-13 (14-1 MEAC) en route to its fifth consecutive MEAC Championship and fifth straight NCAA appearance. Three Bison earned league postseason honors: Tamar Wells (MEAC Freshman of the Year; All-MEAC); Jurnee Tipton (All-MEAC); and Kira Porter (All-MEAC). In her first year (2018), Jones was instrumental in recruiting new talent and developing current players. With an established and reputable program, Howard volleyball won its fourth consecutive Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) title. Additionally, Howard placed four players on the All-MEAC team and six on the AllMEAC Academic Team. Setter Tamia Dockery was selected MEAC Player of the Year and also named AVCA and VolleyballMag.com Honorable Mention.

Before coming to Howard, Jones served as Director of Operations for the Clemson Tigers where some of the responsibilities and duties at Clemson included Assistant Camp Director camp preparation, coordinating schedules, assist with coaching duties of over 300 campers, performed day to day administrative operations of the program which included handling team travel logistics and itineraries, transportation, hotels, meals, and away practice times; assisting with on campus recruiting visits logistical details; and assist with managing team budget.

Before Clemson, she spent a year as the head coach and recruiting coordinator for Top Select Volleyball Club in Orlando, Fla. Recently, she was named Head Coach of the Year for Top Select. Jones also served as the head volleyball coach at Edgewater High School in Orlando for three seasons, beginning in 2014. Her high school team won district championships all three seasons, and Jones was voted Metro Coach of the Year in 2016.

From 2014-16, Jones worked for the Orlando Health Foundation as an event coordinator, gaining valuable experience in event management and coordination as well as donor relations. She also spent two years, from 2012-14, as a Blue & Gold Fund Assistant for the Marquette Athletic Department, where she gained additional experience planning events and working with donors.

Jones, who played for Marquette from 2008-12 under the leadership of Head Coach Bond Shymansky (Iowa) and Clemson’s head coach Michaela Franklin’s time as an assistant coach with the Golden Eagles. She was a four-year letterwinner where she led the Golden Eagles to the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2011, a season in which she was named a Big East First Team All-American. Jones earned Marquette Athletics’ Outstanding Female Leadership & Service Award in 2012 and served on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee in 2011-12.

In the summer of 2018, Jones was inducted into the Marquette University M Club Hall of Fame.

In May 2012, Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in Broadcast & Electronic Communications from Marquette and earned a master’s in Leadership Studies with a specialization in Sports Leadership, also from Marquette, in December 2014.

TRAVIS MAGORIEN

ASSISTANT COACH | FIRST SEASON | CSUN ‘ 15

Travis Magorien enters his first season as an assistant coach after spending the last three seasons with the James Madison volleyball program.

In his three seasons at JMU, the Dukes went 49-18 and 22-7 in Colonial Athletic Association play. Magorien helped setter Sarah Martin earn All-CAA honors in 2018 and 2019. Under Magorian, Martin tallied 1,999 assists in her final two seasons with the Dukes.

Prior to James Madison, Magorien spent the 2017 season at the University of Kentucky as a volunteer assistant coach where he served as the primary setter coach and offensive coordinator. He helped guide the Wildcats to their first NCAA regional finals appearance in program history with an overall record of 29-4 and their first SEC Championship since 1988, finishing league play with a 17-1 record.

In 2017, Magorien was the primary setter coach for Madison Lilley who was an AVCA Second Team All-American, the SEC Freshman of the Year and ACVA Southeast Region Freshman of the Year. He guided the Wildcats offense that ranked first in the SEC and third in the NCAA in hitting percentage (.321).

Prior to Kentucky, Magorien spent two years at his alma mater, CSUN, as an assistant coach to the men’s volleyball team (2016-17) and a volunteer assistant with the women’s team (2015-16). He served as the primary setter coach for the men’s team that ranked in the top ten nationally in assists per set and hitting percentage in 2016. Magorien was a four-year team captain and letterwinner as a setter for the Matadors, where he led the team in sets for three consecutive years. He ranks seventh all-time in assists with 2,911 over 345 sets at CSUN.

While in college, Magorien also spent time coaching the Bones Volleyball Club, where he led them to a Bronze Medal in 2015 at the Boy’s Junior Olympics Open Division. He coached and assisted in the development of four setters who would go on to play at the collegiate level.

Magorien is also involved in the USA Volleyball High Performance coaching pipeline, which allows him to coach and get to know potential top recruits in the nation.

A native of Agoura Hills, Calif., Magorien received a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from California State University Northridge in 2015 and later obtained his masters of coaching and athletic administration in 2017 from Concordia University-Irvine.

Magorien comes to Norman with wife, Brooke, who also was a volleyball player at CSUN, and their daughter, Brady.