{"id":331817,"date":"2026-05-25T17:37:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/331817\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T17:37:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T17:37:58","slug":"natalie-reagan-womens-volleyball-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/331817\/","title":{"rendered":"Natalie Reagan – Women’s Volleyball Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natalie Reagan enters her third season at the helm of Long Beach State Women\u2019s Volleyball, continuing a tradition of success at the Beach after two straight winnings season that have solidified her status as a rising star in the coaching ranks.

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\nImproving on an already impressive debut, Reagan recorded the program\u2019s second 20-win season since 2016, finishing with a 22-9 overall record and a 14-4 mark in Big West play and reaching the Big West Championship semifinals for the second straight season. The Beach had a nine-match winning streak in the middle of the season, swept the season series with Hawai\u2019i, and defeated league champions UC Davis at home on senior night. Freshman Logan King earned First Team All-Big West honors, while Elise Agi and Madi Maxwell earned Second-Team honors, with Maxwell transitioning to setter with the guidance of Reagan and her staff.

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\nInitially named interim head coach in February 2024, Reagan\u2019s leadership quickly earned the trust of Executive Director of Athletics Bobby Smitheran, who appointed her as the program\u2019s permanent head coach in November of the same year. In her first season guiding the Beach, Reagan led the team to a 19-11 overall record, a berth in the Big West Championship semifinals, and a pair of marquee victories: an emphatic home sweep of Washington State and a four-set win over Pepperdine. Four players earned All-Big West honors in 2024, including first team outside hitter Natalie Glenn.

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\nReagan made an immediate impact upon her arrival at Long Beach State in 2023 as an assistant coach. Her first season on the bench helped power the program to its best season in nearly a decade, finishing 21-10 overall and 13-5 in Big West play while advancing to the conference championship match. That 2023 squad delivered landmark wins, including a four-set victory over defending national champion No. 1 Texas and a road sweep at Arizona. In conference play, the Beach snapped an 11-match skid against Hawai\u2019i with a dominant three-set victory, the program\u2019s first sweep of the Rainbow Wahine since 1997.

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\nThat breakout season featured five All-Big West selections, the most for LBSU since 2018. Zayna Meyer earned Big West Setter of the Year honors and became the program\u2019s first major Big West award winner in a decade, later collecting AVCA Pacific South All-Region Honorable Mention accolades. Meyer was joined on the All-Big West first team by Katie Kennedy, with Elise Agi and Natalie Glenn named to the second team and Kameron Bacon earning honorable mention recognition.

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\nBefore joining the Beach, Reagan served as head coach at Harvard-Westlake School, where she led the Wolverines to the CIF Division I Southern Regional Championship, which was the highest division state title in school history. Her success garnered national recognition as she earned AVCA All-Region Coach of the Year honors and a spot on the AVCA \u201cThirty Under 30\u201d list.

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\nReagan\u2019s collegiate coaching resume includes four seasons at Loyola Marymount as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator, where she helped guide the Lions to their first NCAA Tournament win since 2015 and to consecutive Top 30 recruiting classes. She also served as technical coordinator at Nebraska, contributing to three NCAA Tournament teams and the 2015 National Championship squad.

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\nAs a student-athlete, Reagan competed at Oregon State before transitioning into the coaching ranks as the Beavers\u2019 assistant director of volleyball operations, where she handled practice logistics and statistical analysis using Data Volley. She has also worked with USA Volleyball as an assistant coach and technical coordinator, including roles with the 2016 U.S. National Team and Pan Am Cup squads.

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\nReagan and her husband, Kevin, reside in El Segundo.

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