Volleyball
Kyle Breitbarth
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
- Email:
- columbiavball@gmail.com
- Phone:
- 212-854-9901
- Hometown:
- Illinois '14
Kyle Breitbarth joined Columbia Volleyball on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020, after spending the past three seasons as a member of the staff at Arizona State. While on Morningside, Breibarth will spend time working with the defense and assisting with video duties and recruiting.
While at Arizona State, Breibarth helped the Sun Devils secure an eighth place finish in the conference (2019), the teams highest since 2015. The team registered a 17-14 overall record, 9-11 in the Pac-12. ASU managed sweeps over Arizona, Oregon, and Oregon State.
During his time at ASU, Breitbarth coached libero Courtney Leffel to a pair of PAC-12 Defensive Player of the Week Awards and five All-Tournament Teams.
Breitbarth rejoined the Sun Devils in 2019 for his third season at ASU. He had been the volunteer assistant coach since the 2017 season. He returned after previously serving as the volunteer assistant at Kansas State University during the final weeks of the Spring 2019 season where he worked with the liberos and defensive unit. He also conducted multiple statistical analysis projects for K-State during his time in Manhattan, Kansas.
During April of 2019, Breitbarth went back and helped his alma mater, serving as the Head Coach of the University of Illinois Men's Volleyball team, where he helped lead the Illini to the NCVF Division I National Championship match where they fell in 3 sets to Cal Poly.
In the 2018 season at ASU, Breitbarth helped the team improve immensely from the 2017 season. They earned five more conference wins and was ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll for the first time since 2015. They also had three wins over top-15 teams.
His primary duties with ASU included working with the liberos and defensive unit, reviewing film with those players throughout each week. He was also completely in charge of opponent scouting reports for the Sun Devils throughout the season and helped facilitate and run pre-game film sessions.
Through the ASU Global Launch program, Breitbarth helped co-lead a 13-week curriculum with over 20 university-level coaches from China. Throughout this program, he helped instruct these coaches with on-court instruction sessions as well as classroom time where topics such as recruiting, scheduling strategy, film review, etc. were gone over. He also was responsible for creating Data Volley worksheets to aid the staff to make in-game and practice strategic decisions. Furthermore, Breitbarth served as the 2018 Camp Director for Sun Devil Volleyball Camps.
Before arriving in Tempe, Arizona, Breitbarth spent one season as the volunteer assistant at Loyola University Chicago under the direction of head coach Chris Muscat. During his one-year tenure at Loyola (Ill.), he served the program in a number of facets including scouting analysis, skill development, live coding and travel logistics. Breitbarth most notably worked extensively with the team’s defensive unit, featuring libero Maddy Moser who finished fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference in digs/set (4.55) while earning the league’s player of the week honors in for the week of September 6.
Prior to his stint at Loyola, Breitbarth accumulated coaching experience at the prep level, coaching at Champaign Central High School and Edison Middle School in Champaign, Illinois from 2013-16. During his time at the respective institutions, he helped the lead the programs to a cumulative 118-44 overall record and appearances in four regional championships, two sectional championships, and two state championship series.
Prior to entering coaching, Breitbarth competed as a member of the University of Illinois men’s volleyball team from 2010-16. His collegiate career donning the Illini blue and orange culminated in a NCVF National Championship in 2013.
Breitbarth earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism in 2014, while also recently earning a masters of education degree in 2016 respectively from the University of Illinois.
A native of Frankfort, Illinois, Breitbarth prepped at Providence Catholic High School.
While at Arizona State, Breibarth helped the Sun Devils secure an eighth place finish in the conference (2019), the teams highest since 2015. The team registered a 17-14 overall record, 9-11 in the Pac-12. ASU managed sweeps over Arizona, Oregon, and Oregon State.
During his time at ASU, Breitbarth coached libero Courtney Leffel to a pair of PAC-12 Defensive Player of the Week Awards and five All-Tournament Teams.
Breitbarth rejoined the Sun Devils in 2019 for his third season at ASU. He had been the volunteer assistant coach since the 2017 season. He returned after previously serving as the volunteer assistant at Kansas State University during the final weeks of the Spring 2019 season where he worked with the liberos and defensive unit. He also conducted multiple statistical analysis projects for K-State during his time in Manhattan, Kansas.
During April of 2019, Breitbarth went back and helped his alma mater, serving as the Head Coach of the University of Illinois Men's Volleyball team, where he helped lead the Illini to the NCVF Division I National Championship match where they fell in 3 sets to Cal Poly.
In the 2018 season at ASU, Breitbarth helped the team improve immensely from the 2017 season. They earned five more conference wins and was ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll for the first time since 2015. They also had three wins over top-15 teams.
His primary duties with ASU included working with the liberos and defensive unit, reviewing film with those players throughout each week. He was also completely in charge of opponent scouting reports for the Sun Devils throughout the season and helped facilitate and run pre-game film sessions.
Through the ASU Global Launch program, Breitbarth helped co-lead a 13-week curriculum with over 20 university-level coaches from China. Throughout this program, he helped instruct these coaches with on-court instruction sessions as well as classroom time where topics such as recruiting, scheduling strategy, film review, etc. were gone over. He also was responsible for creating Data Volley worksheets to aid the staff to make in-game and practice strategic decisions. Furthermore, Breitbarth served as the 2018 Camp Director for Sun Devil Volleyball Camps.
Before arriving in Tempe, Arizona, Breitbarth spent one season as the volunteer assistant at Loyola University Chicago under the direction of head coach Chris Muscat. During his one-year tenure at Loyola (Ill.), he served the program in a number of facets including scouting analysis, skill development, live coding and travel logistics. Breitbarth most notably worked extensively with the team’s defensive unit, featuring libero Maddy Moser who finished fourth in the Missouri Valley Conference in digs/set (4.55) while earning the league’s player of the week honors in for the week of September 6.
Prior to his stint at Loyola, Breitbarth accumulated coaching experience at the prep level, coaching at Champaign Central High School and Edison Middle School in Champaign, Illinois from 2013-16. During his time at the respective institutions, he helped the lead the programs to a cumulative 118-44 overall record and appearances in four regional championships, two sectional championships, and two state championship series.
Prior to entering coaching, Breitbarth competed as a member of the University of Illinois men’s volleyball team from 2010-16. His collegiate career donning the Illini blue and orange culminated in a NCVF National Championship in 2013.
Breitbarth earned a bachelor’s degree in broadcast journalism in 2014, while also recently earning a masters of education degree in 2016 respectively from the University of Illinois.
A native of Frankfort, Illinois, Breitbarth prepped at Providence Catholic High School.
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