Pepperdine University Women's Volleyball

Sicoli enters his eighth season with the Waves in 2015-16. Sicoli was a member of the indoor volleyball coaching staff for six seasons from 2008-13. He now focusses solely on the beach game, where he has been Nina Matthies assistant coach since the sport emerged in the spring of 2012. In his four seasons with the sand squad, the Waves have taken home the AVCA National Championship title twice. Sicoli tutored Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor, arguably the best beach volleyball duo of all time, during the 2012 Olympics in London. Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor entered the Games as the No. 3 seed, and went a perfect 7-0 to claim an unprecedented third-straight gold medal. He continues to train Walsh Jennings and April Ross as the pair sets their sights on the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. Prior to London, Sicoli served as the assistant coach for the Waves during the inaugural year of collegiate sand volleyball. After an undefeated season, Pepperdine captured the AVCA Collegiate Sand Volleyball National Championship in Gulf Shores, Ala. The teams top pair of Caitlin Racich and Summer Ross won the individual pairs championship. Pepperdine reached the finals of the sand national championship once again in 2013 after finishing the regular season with an 18-0 record. Since joining the Waves staff in 2008, the indoor squad has posted a record of 116-57 (.671), won one West Coast Conference Championship and reached the NCAA Tournament three times. Pepperdine has gone a combined 65-8 (.890) in beach volleyball with Sicoli on the sidelines. Sicoli, a native of , boasts an impressive international resume, as he was an assistant coach for the Brazilian Olympic womens beach volleyball team from 2000-04. One of their duos earned a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. His wisdom is well beyond his years, Walsh Jennings said of Sicoli. Theres also a youthfulness and enthusiasm that is really contagious. He makes practice every single day really fast, really challenging. He has coached various other indoor and beach volleyball teams, including serving as the head coach for womens beach volleyball legend Holly McPeak and as head coach of the AVP womens beach volleyball team of Tatiana Minello and Semirames Marins during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. In 2007, Sicoli served as head coach for the womens beach team of Minello and Carrie Dodd and as coach of the mens beach team of Casey Jennings and Matt Fuerbringer. Were really excited to have Marcio, said head coach at the time of Sicolis hiring. He brings some great experience and a lot of enthusiasm, energy and some new ideas and were really thrilled to have him. Sicoli has also coached at the Beverly Hills-based Sports Shack Volleyball Club. He received the Sports Shack Coach of the Year Award in 2007 as the coach of the 18-2 team. Sicoli also recently served as the head coach of the Southern California Volleyball Clubs 12-1 indoor team in 2007, and assisted USC mens head coach Bill Ferguson with the 17-1s. Sicoli received his bachelors of physical education degree from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 2001 and competed for the mens volleyball team as the setter from 1999-2002. He holds a specialization in sports training (earned in 2002-03) and holds a Brazilian Beach Volleyball Level II coaching credential (earned in 2001).