CLAUDIO PINHEIRO AT A GLANCE
Full name: Claudio Lopes Pinheiro
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Twitter: @ClaudioLopesPi1
Instagram: @pinheiroclaudiolopes
Pinheiro’s Coaching Timeline
2021-present – Associate head coach, Georgia Tech
2017-2021 – Assistant coach, Georgia Tech
2005 – 2017 – Brazil Women’s National Volleyball Team – Brazil
2012 – 2013 – Volei Amil – Campinas
2011 – 2014 – Brazil Women’s National Volleyball Team U23 (Head Coach)
2007 – 2008 – Vakifbank Gunes Sigorta – Istanbul – Turkey
2007 – Esporte Clube Pinheiros – São Paulo – Brazil
2006 – 2007 – Club Voleibol Tenerife – Canary Islands – Spain
2004 – Brazil Women’s National Volleyball Team – Brazil
1997 – 2006 – Esporte Clube Pinheiros – São Paulo – Brazil
1996 – 1997, Minas Tênis Clube – Belo Horizonte – Brazil
1996 – Brazil Women’s National Volleyball Team (South American Women’s U20 Championship in Venezuela)
1993 – 1996, Associação Classista BCN – São Paulo – Brazil
1993 – Brazil Women’s National Volleyball Team (7th Women’s U20 World Championship in Brazil)
1992 – Brazil Women’s National Volleyball Team (South American Women’s U20 Championship in Bolivia)
1991 – Brazil Women’s National Volleyball Team (South American Girls’ U18 Championship in Chile)
1990 – 1991 – Associação Classista Armazém das Fábricas – Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
1988 – 1990 – Lufkin
1985 – 1988 – Brazil Women’s National Volleyball Team
Claudio Pinheiro joined the Georgia Tech volleyball coaching staff as an assistant coach in August 2017. He was promoted to associate head coach in August 2021.
Pinheiro, a native of Rio de Janeiro, coached with the Brazil Women’s National Team since 2005 and served as the head coach for the U23 Brazil Women’s National Team from 2011-14. In addition to coaching at the top level in Brazil, he has also coached at the professional level in Turkey, Puerto Rico, and Spain.
With the Brazilian National Team, he claimed gold medals at the 2012 London and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.
Pinheiro aided the Georgia Tech volleyball staff during the 2016 season as a consultant. The Jackets saw their best season since 2004, recording the best overall (.750) and ACC (.750) winning percentages in 12 years. Since, the Yellow Jackets have advanced to three consecutive NCAA tournaments beginning in 2020-21 as Pinheiro guided Matti McKissock to become one of the best setters in program history, leading the White and Gold in career assists during the 25-point rally scoring era with 4,103 assists.
Pinheiro’s impressive career spans decades and several countries with countless accolades. Those most notable include:
