Grand Rapids Community College Women's Volleyball

Coach Chip Will begins his 15th season as the head coach of the Grand Rapids Community College volleyball program. Prior to his time at GRCC, Chip was an assistant coach at Grand Valley State for 4 years, head coach at Forest Hills Northern for 4 years and West Catholic High for 3 years.  Coach Will has enjoyed success on the court throughout his career. While at Grand Valley, the team went to 3 National Championships and 1 Final Four.  Will led the Forest Hills Northern to 3 District Titles and in 2007, lost in the Class A state championship game.  This success has continued at GRCC, as the volleyball program has won 10 Regional and 9 Conference Championships. The GRCC volleyball program has gained a reputation as a top 10 team nationally as they have made nine national tournament appearances, with one National Championship (2012), since he began his career at GRCC. Will has witnessed numerous players transfer to four year schools on athletic scholarships and has had 10 players earning athletic NJCAA All-American honors.   Chip lives in Grand Rapids with his wife Tracy and children Logan and Harper. Coach Will also works for the Michigan Volleyball Academy as a Master Coach.

Associate Head Coach, David Rawles, enters his tenth season at GRCC, bringing with him over 25 years of coaching experience--most of those years coaching college volleyball at its highest level. Before coaching at GRCC, Rawles spent the previous two collegiate seasons with the University Of Notre Dame competing in the Big East and then the ACC. After coaching the 2006 season in the Big Ten with Michigan State University he took over a struggling Aquinas College program in the NAIA. After five seasons of being the head coach at Aquinas College he had the program competing and ranked in the top 25 in the country. His team went 102-42 (.708) over his last four seasons at AQ.   During his time at Aquinas, Rawles founded the Saints Volleyball Club which began operations in 2008. Along with helping student athletes become better volleyball players on and off the court, the club has helped propel student athletes' moves up to the next level  to continue to play volleyball in the NAIA as well as the highest level, Division I (NCAA).   Before finding himself preparing for teams like Penn State and UCLA, Rawles excelled in the High School ranks winning a State Championship in 2006 at North Muskegon High School.   As a player, like most males that get involved in the sport of volleyball, Rawles picked the game up on the beach. He competed on the EVP/MPVA from 2000 through 2008. He was a Rookie of the Year finalist in 2000 and received Most Improved Player in 2001. Rawles, fought his way to being one of the best defensive players on the tour, and was ranked as high as number three in the 2006 tour. Coaching Records: YEAR SCHOOL OVERALL RECORD CONFERENCE RECORD FINISH 2006 Michigan State 19-12 (.613) 10-10 (.500) NCAA Tournament Appearance 2007 Aquinas College 5-29 (.147) 0-14 (.000) - 2008 Aquinas College 22-13 (.629) 10-4 (.714) 3rd in Conference 2009 Aquinas College 26-6 (.813) 11-3 (.786) 2nd in Conference 2010 Aquinas College 29-12 (.707) 12-4 (.750) 3rd in Conference / WHAC Tourny Runner-Up 2011 Aquinas College 26-12 (.684) 6-3 (.667) 3rd in Conference 2012 Notre Dame 20-10 (.667) 13-2 (.867) NCAA Tournament Appearance 2013 Notre Dame 13-18 (.419) 7-13 (.350) 11th in Conference 2014 GRCC 27-6 (.818) 14-0 (1.000) 1st in Conference/Region, 1-2 at Nationals 2015 GRCC 19-11 (.633) 11-3 (.786) 2nd in Conference 2016 GRCC 28-8 (.778) 16-0 (1.000) 1st in Conference/Region, 10th at Nationals 2017 GRCC 27-3 (.900) 16-0 (1.000) 1st in Conference/Region Runner-Up 2018 GRCC 31-8 (.795) 15-1 (.938) 1st in Conference/Region, 6th at Nationals 2019 GRCC 33-7 (.825) 15-1 (.938) 1st in Conference/Region, 5th at Nationals 2020-21 GRCC 10-7 (.588) 8-4 (.667) 2nd in Conference/Region, 10th at Nationals 2021 GRCC 24-7 (.774) 14-0 (1.000) 1st in Conference/Region Runner-Up 2022 GRCC 27-4 (.871) 9-1 (.900) 1st in Conference/Region, 5th at Nationals TOTAL: 17 Seasons 386-173 (.691) 187-63 (.748)