COACHING STAFF

Aryn Moura  |  Assistant Coach

Aryn Moura came to UCA in August of 2021, after spending a year at ETSU as an assistant coach. Before that Moura was a volunteer coach at High Point University, where he oversaw the outside hitters.

Prior to High Point, Moura was a graduate assistant coach at Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU) where in his first year, he helped lead the Mustangs to a 29-4 record and a top-3 ranking in the 2017 AVCA Division II poll. In his second season in Marshall, Minn., SMSU held a 24-9 record and finished seventh in the final AVCA DII poll.

At SMSU, Moura coached five DII All-Americans and the 2017 and 2018 AVCA National Player of the Year.

His first coaching position was as a student assistant coach at the University of Colorado. Colorado Springs (UCCS). At UCCS, Moura saw the Mountain Lions improve from 11-16 to 18-10 over the course of four seasons.

Moura, originally from ‘Ele’ele, Hawaii, graduated from UCCS with a Bachelor of Science in business with an emphasis in Human Resources and General Management. He earned a Master of Science in education with an emphasis in Sport Leadership from SMSU in 2019.

Catherine Griffith | Assistant Coach

Catherine Griffith joins the Sugar Bears fresh off of being the Interim Head Coach at Catawba College, in which she led the Indians to an 8-10 conference record and an 11-14.

Griffith, a 2019 graduate of the University of Louisiana-Monroe, is entering her fourth year of volleyball coaching. Her experience, however, reaches far beyond that, as she was a member of the War Hawks’ Volleyball and Beach Volleyball teams.

In her volleyball career, she posted 225 blocks, and was named second-team All-Louisiana in 2018.  After her playing career, she received her MBA from Louisiana-Monroe in 2020, while coaching the  North East Louisiana Volleyball Club in the process.

Griffith transitioned to an assistant coaching role with Catawba College in 2021, and eventually took over as the Interim Head Coach during the season.