Women’s Volleyball head coach Brian Gimmillaro has announced the hiring of Gavin Christensen as the program’s volunteer assistant for the 2009 season.

Christensen previously worked as an assistant coach with the Cal Juniors club team with the Long Beach State staff, and has also worked at Lakewood High School and the Riptide Volleyball club coaching boys.

“I knew when I met Gavin that he would be a good coach, and so when he was available, I asked him to come join our staff,” said Gimmillaro. “He’s a hard worker, has great volleyball skills and has a great rapport with the team already.”

During his time as a player at Long Beach State, Christensen played in 118 games as an outside hitter and advanced with the team to the 2008 NCAA Final Four in Irvine, Calif. He was a High School All-American at Wilson High School in Long Beach

Christensen is working to graduate in the spring of 2010 as a double major in Political Science and Kinesiology.

Report By LBSU