Volleyball Welcomes Imran Niazi as Technical Coordinator

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State volleyball welcomed the addition of Imran Niazi to its staff as Technical Coordinator for Player Development. Niazi joins ISU from Northwestern, where he served as the Wildcats' Technical Coordinator for the past 18 months.

"We are exciting about hiring Imran as our Technical Coordinator," Iowa State head volleyball coach Christy Johnson-Lynch said. "He's worked with some great coaches and programs throughout his career and comes highly recommended. He has a lot of great information and insight to share, and will bring knowledge, experience and an application of the sport that will be really valuable to our student-athletes and staff. We look forward to helping him get settled into the position, and seeing the positive impact he can have on our program."

At Northwestern, Niazi helped the Wildcats helped develop a scouting infrascruture involving scoring worksheets, VolleyMetrics and video equipment that helped the NU program develop. During the 2019 season, his worked helped Northwestern pick up its first win over Illinois since 2014. During the off-season, Niazi helped run summer team camps and put new technology into the practice facilities at Northwestern.

For two seasons prior, Niazi worked at University of South Florida as Director of Volleyball Operations. He was a member of the USF staff that helped the Bulls reach the NIVC in 2018, their first trip to the postseason since 2002. While also handling DOVO duties, Niazi also assisted in running DataVolley and opposition scooting with USF.

Niazi got his start in college volleyball at UC-Santa Barbara as a volunteer assistant coach in 2016, where he did DataVolley and scouting work for the Gauchos.

Niazi is a graduate of California State University Northridge, earning his Bachelor's Degree in Communications Studies in 2013.

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Volleyball Welcomes Imran Niazi as Technical Coordinator

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