University of Arizona Athletics

UA alum and coaching veteran Matt Dyck returned to his alma mater to join the Arizona volleyball coaching staff in July of 2020.

Dyck brings an extensive coaching background to the program, including nearly two decades of head coaching experience at the club level locally as well as six seasons of collegiate coaching experience.

A head coach/college recruiting coordinator/camp director for Zona Volleyball for 16 years in addition to very successful stints leading the Arizona men’s volleyball club team, Arizona Premier Volleyball and the Arizona High Performance Team for USA Volleyball, Dyck owned an extensive and triumphant club coaching pedigree with him. Dyck also has collegiate volleyball experience, serving as the head coach of Central Arizona College (2011-14) and first assistant of Eastern Washington University (2015-16).
 
Dyck, who has deep family roots to the Arizona volleyball program, attended UA from 2001-2005, when he was a team manager for the Wildcats, kickstarting his career in volleyball. His sister, Amy Dyck, was Arizona’s setter from 2004-07 and their father, Jack Dyck, served as Arizona’s volunteer assistant coach in 2014.
 
Dyck has seen incredible levels of success on the club level, with extensive experience at the respected Zona Volleyball Club as well as founding the now nationally-acclaimed Arizona Premier Volleyball club. As the director of Arizona Premier Volleyball, Dyck led his 18-1 team to a perfect 33-0 record in the Arizona Region of USA Volleyball season, winning back-to-back region titles in 2007 and 2011. From 2010 to 2013, he led the team to a pair of silver medals and one bronze medal on the national level in the USAV Junior National CLUB Division. The club produced nine All-Americans and several collegiate athletes.
 
In addition to his coaching duties with Zona Volleyball Club, Dyck also served as the Recruiting Coordinator, helping manage college recruitment processes for competitive players.
 
From 2008-10, Dyck was the head coach of the University of Arizona men’s volleyball club team, leading the team to a No. 3 national ranking in 2008. Dyck then spent time as the head coach of the Arizona High Performance Teams for USA Volleyball, finishing fifth in the USA Volleyball High Performance World Championship in 2011 and 2012.
 
On the collegiate level, Dyck was hired to reinstate volleyball at Central Arizona College, where he served as the head coach from 2011-15. Dyck built the program into one of best in the conference, earning ACCAC Coach of the Year in 2013.
 
From 2015 to 2016, Dyck served as an assistant coach at Eastern Washington, where he helped turn around the program. In year 1, the Eagles saw a five-win improvement; overall in his two seasons, the team was over .500 after a 20-41 two-year record the pair of seasons prior to his arrival.
 
Dyck graduated from the University of Arizona with a B.A. in History in 2005 and earned his M.A. in Coaching and Athletic Administration form Concordia University.