Springfield College

11 TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)

AT SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE
28th season as Head Coach of Springfield College Men’s Volleyball (1999-present)
543-206 (.725) overall record - 15 Seasons of 20 or more wins
330-32 (.912) Record vs. Division III Opponents (2012-Present)
Won 47 straight matches vs. Division III Opponents from 2017-19
Five Time NCAA Division III National Champions (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018)
Six Time Molten Division III National Champions (1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010)
Four Time NCAA Division III National Runner Up (2015, 2016, 2022, 2025)
One Time Molten Division III National Runner Up (2011)
Coached Seven AVCA Division III National Players of the Year
41 Student-Athletes Have Combined for Division III Leading 74 AVCA All-America Honors
Professor in physical education department and teaches sports psychology at Springfield College
Co-Authored the books “Winning the Game of Belief: Cultivating the Culture Grit that Defines America’s Greatest Coaches” in 2019 and “Coaching Youth Sports: Guidelines to Ensure Development of Young Athletes” in 2021.

ON THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE
Current Head Coach for United State Men’s National Under-19 Team (2021-Present)

2024 - Head Coach of USA U19 Team - Gold medal, undefeated in the tournament, NORCECA in Puerto Rico, Qualified for World Championship
2023 - 4th Place finish at World Championship in San Juan, Argentina. Highest finish ever for a U19 team from USA Volleyball. Defeated #1 seed Bulgaria in Quater Finals. 
2022 - Norceca Regional Qualifier. Guatemala. Undefeated Gold medal finish to qualify for World Championship. 
2021 – First Division III coach to be named head coach of United States Men’s National Under-19 Team. Coach Sullivan runs the National Team Development Program (NTDP) training camps in fall, winter & spring.
2016 – Sullivan and USA Men’s Volleyball defeated Russia to win Bronze at 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil. Sullivan served as a scout coach throughout the Olympics, World Championships and World Cup that year
2014 – Sullivan guided the U.S. Men's Pan American Team to the silver medal of the IX Men's Pan American Cup, the NORCECA region qualifier for the annual World League competition. 
2013 – Led 12 Springfield College student-athletes at the World University Games in Kazan, Russia as they represented the United States of America.
2008 – Sullivan was also named the head coach for the 2008 USA Select A1 Camp and Competition, which consists of 40 of the top 15 and 16 year olds in the country.
2007 – Rejoined the U.S. National Team as an assistant coach as the squad traveled to Japan for the 2007 FIVB World Cup.
2005 – Sullivan coached with Feffe DeGiorgi and the Marcerata Volleyball Club, a top professional league in Italy.
2001 – Sullivan was selected by USA Athletes International to coach a United States team that traveled to Darwin, Australia, to compete in the Arafura Games. After falling in the Gold Medal round, the team won the Bronze Medal match against the South Australian Adelaide team.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES
2015 USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach Award recipient
Ranks 10th all-time across all NCAA Divisions for wins as head men’s volleyball coach
Ranks 3rd all-time in NCAA Division III for wins as a head men’s volleyball coach
Five Time AVCA Division III National Coach of the Year (2010, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2022)
Six Time EIVA Division III Coach of the Year
Two Time ECAC Division III Coach of the Year
Four Time AVCA Division III Regional Coach of the Year

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE MEN’S VOLLEYBALL RECORDS BROKEN
Holds Division III record for most consecutive sets won – 43 – 1/29/18-3/8/18
Holds Division III record for most consecutive matches won – 28 – 1/13/18-4/7/18
Holds Division III record for most consecutive home matches won – 44 – 4/5/16-2/22/20
Holds the top five places for best hitting percentage in a season highlighted by a .414 performance (1,322 K – 319 E – 2,424 TA) during the 2017 season
Only NCAA Division III program to reach 1,000 wins

AVCA NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

Jarrett Anderson – 2022
Brennen Brandow – 2020
Sergio Figueroa Velez – 2018
Luis Vega - 2017
Jimmy O’Leary – 2014
Cal Palumbo – 2011
AJ Nally – 2010

AVCA NATIONAL NEWCOMERS OF THE YEAR

Sam Levinson - 2024
Dylan Mulvaney - 2023
Jarrett Anderson – 2020
Brennen Brandon – 2019
Ricardo Padilla Ayala – 2015
Angel Perez – 2012
Cal Palumbo – 2008
AJ Nally – 2007
Nick Beer - 2004

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE HALL OF FAMERS

Brandon Mueller ’05 – 2018
AJ Nally ’10 – 2022

OFF THE COURT
Sullivan was named to the Volleyball Hall of Fame Board of Directors in 1999 and has participated in the NCAA “Youth Education Through Sports” (YES) Clinics held in conjunction with NCAA Men’s Volleyball Championships.

He is the founder and director of the Springfield Boys' Volleyball School as well the director of Systematic Training, a unique volleyball experience that combines a coaching and players clinic.

BEFORE SPRINGFIELD

In 1998, Sullivan became the head coach at Marycrest International University in Davenport, Iowa, and was instrumental in the development of the first National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Men’s Volleyball Championship that was held at Marycrest. During that year, Sullivan headed the NAIA National Championship committee and chaired the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (MIVA) Conference.

EDUCATION

Sullivan earned his bachelor’s degree in business management from Springfield College in 1991 and his master’s degree in physical education from Springfield in 1997.