Nazareth College Men's Volleyball

Eben Meyer took over as head coach of the Nazareth men's volleyball program in May of 2025, following the retirement of longtime head coach Cal Wickens. Meyer began as an assistant coach for the Nazareth men's volleyball program in 2022-23. In each of his first three seasons, Nazareth had AVCA all-americans, with Seth Terzo (second team) and Owen Wickens (first team) in 2023 and Owen Wickens First Team in 2024, and honorable mention in 2025.. In addition, Wickens was the Empire 8 Player of the Year in both 2023, 2024, and 2025.  Meyer spent two years coaching the Pace Bootlegger 17s and 18s. Collegiatley, Meyer played at Juniata College in Huntington, PA, winning a national championship in 1998. He went on to play professionally, including in Belgium where he also ran practices and clinics for the second and third teams. His squad won the AA Men's National Championship in 2000. 

Dave Wethers joined the Nazareth men's volleyball coaching staff as an assistant coach for the start of the 2025 season. Wethers has extensive experience as a club level coach, accumulating over 17 years of experience. He also has 10 years experience coaching individual lessons.  Wethers has multiple local and national junior level qualifier championships as a both a player and coach. He also has multiple top ten finishes as a player and coach at junior national championships. 

Austin served as a women's assistant coach there for four seasons and also organized a men's club team there. He has served as head coach of the Spencerport High boys' team since 2006 and was named Monroe County Coach of the Year in 2013. He also has experience as a coach for the Pace Bootlegger club program.  At Nazareth, Austin is working on a graduate degree in Education. Graduate Assistant Phone Email

Salisbury has been an assistant coach for the Golden Flyers' men's volleyball team since the program's inception in 2005. He also has been active in the area volleyball scene for nearly three decades. Salisbury played an integral role in helping Nazareth capture the Molten Division III championship in 2011 and was recognized as Assistant Coach of the Year by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. He also assisted in getting Nazareth to the inaugural NCAA Division III Tournament in 2012 as well as a berth in the national championship match in 2013. Salisbury coaches both the boys' and girls' volleyball teams at Midlakes High School in Clifton Springs, N.Y. For the boys' team, he has been selected Section Five Coach of the Year four times while guiding the Screaming Eagles to five Finger Lakes League titles and three Section Five titles. He helped the girls' team to a Section Five title in 2014 and was named Class CC Coach of the Year. Salisburys experience also includes coaching the Western Scholastic boys volleyball team at the Empire State Games in 2004; serving as Director of Education and Clinician for the Western Empire Volleyball Association; serving as coordinator for the Finger Lakes Volleyball League; and coaching at various levels in the Rochester Volleyball Club. Salisbury has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from St. Francis College of Pennsylvania and a Masters degree in education from Nazareth. He has been a teacher at Midlakes High School since 1994.

Gimello graduated in 2012 with a degree in business administration and was a two-time All-American on the volleyball court. He also was a two-time first-team all-star in the United Volleyball Conference. A native of Hauppauge, N.Y., Gimello ranks second all-time with 1,305 career kills. He also ranks among Nazareth's all-time leaders in digs (546), service aces (94) and total blocks (234). Gimello's coaching experience includes one season as a women's assistant coach at Brockport and a recent stint with the Pace Bootlegger club team. Assistant Coach Phone Email

Wickens started the men's volleyball program at Nazareth in 2005 and quickly established the Golden Flyers as one of the top teams in Division III. They proved that wholeheartedly in 2011 by hosting and winning the Molten Division III national championship. Four Nazareth players earned All-American honors and Wickens was chosen Division III Coach of the Year. Nazareth finished 31-3 overall. Nazareth followed that up with deep post-season runs in 2012, 2013 and 2015 with records of 27-9, 36-2 and 28-7 respectively. The Golden Flyers were represented in the first two NCAA Division III Tournaments and lost in the finals in 2013 in a season that featured a 31-match winning streak. Wickens was named Division III Coach of the Year for the second time in three seasons. They reached the NCAAs again in 2015 and advanced to the national semifinals. His 12-year coaching record of 291-97 (.750) includes a 49-9 record in United Volleyball Conference matches and conference titles in 2011, 2012 and 2013. Nazareth first ascended to No. 1 in the Division III rankings in 2008 and has hovered among the nation's elite ever since. In 2009, Nazareth finished 28-5 overall and reached the finals of the North East Collegiate Volleyball Association Tournament. Wickens was recognized as the NECVA West Coach of the Year in 2007 and 2009 as well as United Volleyball Conference Coach of the Year in 2011 and 2013. In 2010, after a somewhat lackluster regular season, Wickens helped Nazareth become a surprise winner of the NECVA Tournament as the No. 15 seed in the 16-team event. The Golden Flyers recorded four straight upset wins to win the title and gain their first-ever berth in the Molten Division III Tournament. Wickens took over the Nazareth women's program prior to the 2003 season and promptly guided the Golden Flyers to the Empire 8 Conference title as well as their fourth straight trip to the NCAA Division III Tournament. Also noteworthy was the Golden Flyers' ascent to the E8 championship in 2006, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In '06, Nazareth posted a 5-2 E8 dual meet record and was seeded third for the winner-take-all conference tournament. Nazareth won a wild, five-game semifinal match over second-seeded Ithaca and then fought equally hard in a three-game sweep of top-seeded RIT to win the title and coveted automatic berth to the NCAAs. The 2011 season featured a similar outcome and included upset wins over Stevens and Elmira to win the E8 title and an NCAA berth. In 2012, Nazareth finished 4-3 in regular-season conference matches to gain the fourth seed in the E8 Tournament. Upset wins over host and top-seeded Elmira and second-seeded Stevens landed the Golden Flyers yet another E8 title and another trip to the NCAAs. Yet another conference title came in 2013 as Nazareth knocked off Elmira and top-seeded Stevens to claim a third straight title and 11th NCAA berth. Wickens has been named E8 Coach of the Year three times (2006, 2011, 2012) and has an 13-year mark of 298-186 (.616). A native of Santa Monica, Calif., Wickens started the Rochester Volleyball Club in 1979. The club includes the Volley FX girls' team and the Pace Bootlegger boys' team. The boys' team won the 18-and-under AAU National Championship in 1990 and has been national runner-up six other times. The team also captured the USA Men's National Championship in 2000. Wickens also has coached at numerous camps and clinics and served for 10 years as try-out coach for the USA High Performance/Youth National Team. Wickens has an Associate in Occupational Studies degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. Wickens resides in West Irondequoit with his wife Tammy, daughter Madi and sons Spencer and Owen. Men's / Women's Volleyball Coach Phone Email