Quinn Lukens enters his first season as the Madison College women's volleyball coach after being hired in March 2020. Lukens also serves as the Madison College Athletics Performance Coach, working with all student-athletes regarding physical strength, conditioning, mental training, and overall performance.
Lukens comes to Madison College after a successful 12-year coaching career at the youth club level, which included two years with the Pacific Palisades Volleyball Club in California and ten years with Capital Volleyball Academy in Madison. While at Capital, Lukens led teams at the 16-18 age groups and has been to organizations top 17's coach for the past seven years. The 17's were the 2019 Badger Region Champions, the 2018 JVA World Challenge Champions, and finished in 9th place at the AAU National Championships in 2016. Also with Capital, Lukens served as the Skill and Technical Director for five years, featuring club-wide skill and technical training development, and strength and conditioning programming. Lukens was named the Badger Region/AVCAÂ Club Director of the Year for 2020-21 for his work with Capital.
Lukens also spend three years as a student manager for the NCAA Division I University of Wisconsin Badgers from 2012 to 2015, helping the program finish as the NCAA National Runner-up in 2013 and win a Big Ten title in 2014. During his time with the program, he worked under head coaches Pete Waite and Kelly Sheffield.
Lukens is certainly familiar with junior college athletics, having played volleyball for two years at Santa Monica College, where he guided the Corsairs to consecutive Western State Conference titles. A 6'7" middle blocker, he was a two-time All-WSC selection, was named to the 2009 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) All-Tournament Team, and was chosen as the 2009 Santa Monica College Student-Athlete of the Year. Following his time at SMC, Lukens transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison to finish his undergraduate work, and eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. In June 2020, he is expected to receive his Masters Degree in Sport and Performance Psychology from National University.Â
Prior to college, Lukens was a two-sport athlete at Aptos High School in Santa Cruz, California. He earned three varsity letters over four years of volleyball participation, and claimed two All-SCCAL honors as a middle blocker and right side. Lukens also was a three-year participant and a one-time letter winner in basketball, playing small forward and shooting guard.
Lukens currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin. Away from volleyball, he likes working out, hiking, playing tennis, and finding new music.
