Our Staff

Coach Tolis Koskinaris is the Owner and Head Coach of Cyclones Volleyball.

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Coach Tolis is the Head Coach for the 2022 National Champion Women’s Volleyball Team at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. He also serves as the Head Coach of the newly formed Men’s Volleyball team at the College of DuPage. He previously served as an assistant volleyball coach under Coach LuAnn Zimmick at COD. That program won two National Championships

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For many years Coach Tolis has served as the head coach of the Boys’ Varsity Volleyball team at West Aurora High School where he will soon be taking on an exciting new role for the entire volleyball program.

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As a player, Coach Tolis helped establish the boys’ volleyball program at Waubonsie Valley High School where he played on the inaugural team under Coach Al Lagger. He also played on the mens’ club volleyball team at the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.

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After serving for several years as a member of the Board of Directors for the USA Volleyball Great Lakes Region, Tolis is currently serving as Chairman of the Board.

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Tolis works for USA High Performance, serving as a lead-evaluator during tryouts and as a pipeline coach throughout the summer. He previously assumed the role of boys' program coordinator at Saints Peter & Paul Middle School in Naperville.

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The only things that surpasses Coach Tolis’ love of volleyball, and the joy he takes in introducing to the game and helping develop young players, is his love of his family.

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Lastly, Tolis credentials include USA Impact, CAP 1, CAP 2, and ASEP certifications