Completed Event: Volleyball versus Bucknell on August 29, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 0
Final
Volleyball
3
Bucknell
0
Iowa State University Athletics
Volleyball
Neef, Marc
Marc Neef
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- mneef@iastate.edu
Marc Neef joined the Iowa State volleyball coaching staff in the role of assistant coach in February 2022 and began his fourth season in 2025. Neef joined the Cyclones after spending the past five seasons as an assistant coach at Stony Brook.
Neef primarily works with middle blockers. In his first two seasons working with pin hitters, Neef helped coach a pair to AVCA Honorable Mention All-America honors in back-to-back seasons. In 2022, Eleanor Holthaus became AVCA Midwest Region Player of the Year, a first for Iowa State, in addition to picking up All-America honors. In 2023, Nayeli Gonzalez also recorded an ISU first, becoming the first freshman in ISU history to earn All-America honors or First Team All-Big 12.
In his five seasons with the Seawolves, Neef was crucial in many areas of the program, helping Stony Brook to a pair of NCAA Championships appearances in 2017 and 2018. The 2018 squad went 14-0 in conference play, with Neef and his fellow Stony Brook coaching staff being named the 2018 America East Coaching Staff of the Year. He was the primary trainer of the Seawolves middle blockers and also called the team’s defense, helping hold opponents to .175 hitting across his five seasons on staff.
Prior to Stony Brook, Neef served a variety of roles at UCF, starting out as a volunteer assistant coach in 2015 before moving up to Director of Volleyball Operations and eventually Assistant Coach. Along with customary roles in the DOVO position, Neef was also responsible for scouting and analysis efforts for the Knights via Data Volley.
Neef’s Iowa roots and background come from his time at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, where he was a student who worked as an assistant coach before being elevated to assistant coach upon graduation in Spring 2012, a position he held for three seasons.
Neef also has background as a club volleyball coaching, working for MBS Volleyball Club and Orlando Volleyball Academy in Florida and for Eastern Iowa Xtreme Volleyball in Mount Vernon.
Neef received his Bachelor’s Degrees from Cornell College in Economics and Business and Studio Art in 2012. He got a Master of Business Administration in December 2016 and a Master of Sports Business Management in May 2017, both from UCF.
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