Volleyball Head Coach Flavia Siqueira

• Head coach of CF's inaugural women's volleyball team

College of Central Florida has hired Flavia Siqueira, a former All-American athlete and accomplished collegiate coach, to guide the launch of the CF women’s volleyball team.

Siqueira comes to CF after three seasons at Northwest College, a National Junior College Athletic Association member school in Powell, Wyo. She holds a master’s degree in college teaching and a bachelor’s degree in physical education from the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D.

A native of Brazil, Siqueira signed in 2000 with Western Nebraska Community College, leading the team to consecutive top-four national finishes and earning All-Region and Academic All-American honors. She then transferred to the University of Mary, where she earned All-American honors and led the program to the first national top-10 ranking in its history.

Siqueira began her coaching career at the College of the Southwest in Hobbs, N.M., before taking the position at Northwest College. She led the Trappers to a 90-38 record in her tenure with the program, including a regional championship and an NJCAA national tournament berth in the fall of 2009. The same year, Siqueira earned a Thirty Under 30 Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association, one of two coaches from two-year programs to earn the distinction.

Student Assistant Paulo Marion

Former standout international player Paulo Marion joins CF volleyball in its inaugural year as a student assistant coach. A native of Catanduva, Brazil, Marion enjoyed a prestigious 15-year professional career in South America, including a stint in Brazil's elite Superliga.