Ed Tolentino is now in his fourth season as an assistant coach at Georgia Tech. In his first season in Atlanta, the Yellow Jackets compiled a 21-10 record and earned their first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2004. The Jackets finished third in the ACC after being picked eighth in the preseason poll with a 15-5 conference record. Tolentino coached two AVCA honorable mention All-Americans, the ACC Freshman of the Year and three All-ACC picks.
This past season, Tech finished 18-14 and 11-9 in the ACC. Four more players earned all-conference honors, while senior Mary Ashley Tippins and sophomore Monique Mead earned honorable mention All-American accolades. In addition, Mead was named to the U.S. Volleyball Women[apos]s National A2 Program roster for the second straight season.
Prior to arriving at Georgia Tech, Tolentino spent three seasons as an assistant volleyball coach at Madonna University in Livonia, Mich., where he helped guide the Crusaders to three Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference tournament and regular season titles as well as a trio of NAIA National Championship appearances. Under his tutelage, three Crusaders earned WHAC Player of the Year honors, one was named the WHAC Libero of the Year and another received WHAC Freshman of the Year accolades. He also coached the runner-up for the 2007 NAIA National Libero of the Year award in addition to six All-America and 14 All-WHAC honorees. Madonna University posted a 108-27 overall record and went 37-3 in conference matches during his three-year stint while finishing all three seasons ranked among the top-25 in the nation, including a final ranking of No. 10 in 2008.
Prior to his stint at Madonna, Tolentino served as an interim assistant volleyball coach at the University of Michigan in 2005, where he assisted in player development and recruiting while coordinating scouting reports.
Tolentino joined the staff of Premier Volleyball and M-Junior Volleyball in January, 2005, serving as head tier trainer for Premier for four years and director of M-Juniors for the last three.
Before joining the staff at Premier Volleyball, Tolentino was an assistant coach at Michigan State University, where he assisted with all aspects of the program, including coordinating travel and scouting reports while assisting in development and recruiting.
His stint in East Lansing came after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Eastern Michigan, where he helped guide the Eagles to a pair of MAC Tournament appearances and a 27-7 record in 2002.
After spending two years (1997-98) as an assistant coach at Oakland University, Tolentino was promoted to head coach – a position he held for three seasons before joining the Eastern Michigan volleyball staff.
Tolentino began his coaching career at Bishop Foley High School in Madison Heights, Mich., where he served as the head varsity volleyball coach from 1994-96. He was a brief member of the Cranbrook Kingswood volleyball staff in early 1997 before earning his first collegiate coaching role at Oakland later the same year.
Between his assistant and head coaching positions at Oakland, Tolentino spent 10 months as a certified athletic trainer with the Detroit Tigers[apos] Gulf Coast League team. He is currently a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA).
Tolentino began his college career as a setter and defensive specialist at Macomb College before transferring to the University of Detroit Mercy, where he earned his degree in sports medicine in 1997.
