Todd Lyles

The 2012 season will be Todd Lyles’s fourth as the Pioneers’ Assistant Volleyball Coach. He came to TWU after serving as assistant coach at Panola College in Carthage, TX.

Lyles brings 15 years of club and college coaching experience to TWU. At Panola he assisted in all aspects of coaching including strength and conditioning and recruiting. Lyles helped lead the team to a 16-14 record last season.

He is also a co-director of High Octane Skills Team Camp and Junior Volleyball Coach at East Texas Juniors. Lyles served as the volleyball coach at YMCA in Houston from 1998-2001 and worked at the University of Florida volleyball camps from 1998-2000.

He is the co-founder of Texas Sports Juniors Volleyball Club, a non-profit volleyball club for nine junior high school students who desired intense training. As a director and head coach, Lyles guided his team to 31-4 record. All nine players obtained full volleyball scholarships to major universities. Additionally, two players became three-time All-Americans and one player (Kristee Porter) was named 2000 ASICS/Volleyball Magazine Player of the Year.

Lyles graduated from University of Houston in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology and minor in marketing.