Trevor Johnson became the 14th Head Coach in CBU program history in December of 2024.

In Johnson's first season at the helm, the Lancers finished 7-18 with a conference record of 3-9 in the program's final year in the WAC. Coach Johnson's first DI win as the head coach for CBU came against Idaho State at the Ridge Invitational in five sets. Coach Johnson would finish with a home record of 5-4 with wins over UNLV, CSUF, UT Arlington, Southern Utah, and Abilene Christian. The Lancers would fall in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament in a five-set loss to #3 Tarleton at Moody Coliseum. Emery DeJong became the third outside hitter to be named First Team All-WAC while freshman Bella Breuer as named to the WAC All-Freshman Team.

Johnson was most recently an assistant coach on the Georgia Bulldogs during the 2024 season. Johnson helped the Bulldogs upset #16 Florida in an SEC match and helped train future Team USA middle blocker Sophie Fisher to being named First Team All-SEC and finishing second in the conference in blocks.

Johnson also served as the head coach at Liberty from 2018 to 2023, where he amassed 89 wins in six seasons as the Lady Flames' coach. Liberty topped 20 wins two times under Johnson, going 21-12 in 2019 and 23-9 in 2022. The Lady Flames made NIVC appearances in both seasons, including an Elite Eight run in 2019.

In 2022, Liberty posted a 23-9 record, winning its first ASUN regular-season title after going 14-2 in conference play under Johnson, who was named the ASUN Coach of the Year. The Lady Flames made their first appearance in a conference final since 2012 and were selected to host the first and second rounds of the NIVC. Liberty tied a program record with 14 conference wins and took a 12-match winning streak into the ASUN final.

Johnson guided Liberty to win improvements in each of his first two seasons at the helm. In 2019, the Lady Flames posted a 21-12 record, including 11-5 in ASUN play. Liberty made its first postseason appearance since 2012, competing in the NIVC, where the Lady Flames earned two wins and qualified for the quarterfinals. Following the 2019 season, Johnson was named to the VolleyballMag.com Under 40 Coaching Hotshots list.

Prior to Liberty, Johnson was on staff at Texas A&M as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator in 2016 and 2017. He joined the Aggie staff after a year-long stint at Baylor in 2015.
An accomplished player turned coach, Johnson is the only athlete in the NAIA's history to win a national championship as a player (2004, 2005, California Baptist), assistant coach (2012, Concordia University women’s team), and head coach (2013, Concordia University men’s team).

Johnson spent five years at Concordia University in Irvine, California, where he was an assistant women’s volleyball coach (2011-12), head men’s volleyball coach (2013), and Director of Volleyball (2013-15). During the 2011-12 seasons with Concordia’s women’s program, the Eagles won the NAIA national title in 2012 with a perfect 38-0 overall record and posted a 37-2 mark en route to a national runner-up finish in 2011.

Johnson also led the men’s volleyball program to a NAIA national championship in 2013 during the program’s inaugural season. Following a 25-7 record, he was named the NAIA Men’s Coach of the Year and MAMVIC Conference Coach of the Year.

During his final three seasons at Concordia, Johnson served as Director of Volleyball, serving as head women’s coach and oversaw the men’s volleyball and sand volleyball programs. Johnson guided the women’s program to back-to-back GSAC conference championships, and he had seven players earn NAIA All-America honors.

Johnson served as an assistant men’s and women’s volleyball coach at California Baptist University in Riverside, California, during the 2007-09 and 2010-11 seasons. The Lancers posted a 127-39 record in his five seasons with the programs, spotlighted by the men’s team winning the 2011 NAIA national championship.
Johnson was an accomplished player during his time as a four-year starter at California Baptist. He helped the Lancers win back-to-back NAIA national titles in 2004 and 2005 and he trained with the USA Men’s National Volleyball team in 2005 and 2006.

He was the NAIA assists leader in 2003 and 2004 and finished his career as CBU’s all-time assists leader with 3,820, a record that stood until 2011. Johnson graduated from California Baptist in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology. He earned a Master of Science degree in kinesiology from Cal State Fullerton in 2009.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona, and raised in Cerritos, Calif., Johnson and his wife, Jane, have a son, Riley, and a daughter, Chloe.

Name	Title	Email Address	Phone (951 Area Code)
Trevor Johnson	Head Women's Volleyball Coach	tjohnson@calbaptist.edu	951-343-4596
Kimberly DeBoer	Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach	kdeboer@calbaptist.edu	951-343-4920
Jonathan Predney	Assistant Women's Volleyball Coach	jpredney@calbaptist.edu
Jamie Hofman	Assistant Women’s Volleyball Coach	jhofman@calbaptist.edu	951-552-8191

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Results

Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus #3 Tarleton State University on November 20, 2025 , Loss , 2, to, 3

Completed Event: Women's Volleyball at Abilene Christian University on November 13, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 3

Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus Utah Tech on November 8, 2025 , Loss , 2, to, 3

Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus Southern Utah University on November 6, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 0

Completed Event: Women's Volleyball at Utah Valley University on November 1, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 3

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