Travis Magorien enters his first season as an assistant coach at West Virginia University after joining the staff in January 2023.
Magorien comes to West Virginia after spending two seasons with the University of Oklahoma volleyball program. During his time with the Sooners, he played an integral part in Oklahoma’s top-10 2022 recruiting class and developed the AVCA Southwest Region Freshman of the year. The squad also ranked top 50 in the NCAA in hitting percentage.
Prior to Oklahoma, the Agoura Hills, California, native spent three seasons as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator with James Madison University volleyball. While at JMU, the Dukes went 49-18 and 22-7 in the Colonial Athletic Association. Magorien helped JMU’s setter earn All-CAA honors in 2018 and 2019 and tally 1,999 assists in her final two seasons.
Magorien spent the 2017 season at the University of Kentucky as a volunteer assistant coach, where he acted as the primary setter coach and offensive coordinator. He helped guide the Wildcats to their first NCAA Elite Eight appearance and a 29-4 overall record.
Before joining Kentucky, Magorien served as the primary setter coach at his alma mater, California State University Northridge. He spent the 2015-16 season as a volunteer assistant with the women’s volleyball team and continued in the same role with the men’s volleyball team for the 2016-17 season.
Magorien was a four-year team captain with the Matadors. The former setter ranks seventh all-time in CSUN program history with 2,911 assists over 345 sets. While in college, Magorien earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology in 2015 and later obtained his masters of coaching and athletic administration in 2017 from Concordia University-Irvine.
Magorien comes to Morgantown with his wife, Brooke, and their daughters Brady and Baker.
