Los Medanos College Women's Volleyball

Head Coach Lou Panzella Coach Lou Panzella retired as a special education teacher from the Antioch Unified School District in 2016 after a 34 year teaching career. Coach Lou coached both the mens and womens volleyball teams, first at Antioch High School from 1988, then at Deer Valley High from 1996-2015. His team record for high school women's volleyball is 430-224. In men's volleyball his teams have a record of 595-123. Coach Lou was named North Coast Section Honor Coach for women's volleyball in 2010 and NCS boys Honor Coach in 1997. He coached teams that won NCS section titles in 1995 and 1996 at Antioch High and in 2013, 2014 and 2015 at Deer Valley High School.  At LMC, in 2012, our first year coaching at LMC, the women's team record was 4-17. In 2013 that improved to 11-13.  In 2014 LMC had its first winning season under Coach Lou, improving to 14-12 and making the State playoffs for the first time in over 10 seasons. In 2015, the Mustang Spikers were 13-11 and in 2016 improved to 15-13, winning the conference championship for the first time in 14 years. Overall Coach Lou has a record of  122-102, with a streak of 6 consecutive winning seasons, earning a spot in the state playoffs in 4 of the last 5 years and 2 conference championships. Coach Lou was honored as BVC Coach of the Year for the 2016 season and again in 2018.