The 2023-24 season will be Cole Mortland's second as a member of the Triton coaching staff.
Mortland was named a volunteer assistant coach at UC San in October of 2022.
Well-known in the San Diego volleyball scene, he has served as the head coach of boys’ 16-1s and director of college recruitment for the WAVE club program out of Del Mar since 2019. In 2022, his 16-1s team placed 10th at Boys’ Junior Nationals and finished 13th in 2021.
Prior to joining WAVE, Mortland coached with Balboa Bay in Newport Beach. Between 2012 and 2019 he held titles of head coach and assistant coach. With Mortland on staff, his teams won gold medals at Boys’ Junior Nationals in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019. While at Balboa Bay, he trained 18 USAV BJNC All-Americans and helped send over 25 players to play collegiate volleyball.
For the 2013 and 2014 high school seasons, Cole served as the assistant coach for the Laguna Beach Boys Volleyball varsity team. During his time with the Breakers, he helped guide the team to two Orange Coast League championships as well as a D-III state championship in 2014.
Cole has also served as a coach and evaluator in the USA Volleyball High Performance pipeline.
As a player, Cole was a setter for Epic Volleyball Club from 2003 to 2008. He won a silver medal in the 18 Open Division at the 2008 USAV BJNC and was named an All-American at the tournament.
A San Diego native, Cole played for Mt. Carmel High School from 2005 to 2008, serving as the varsity squad's starting setter for his last three seasons. At Mt. Carmel, Cole was a three-time first team All-CIF selection. In his senior season, Cole served as captain and helped lead his team to a CIF San Diego Section DII Championship.
In college, Cole played club volleyball for UC Berkeley from 2008 to 2012, and took on team captain duties his senior year. He was a first team All-NCCVL selection in 2012 and helped lead his team to a silver medal at the 2012 NCVF National Championships. At the conclusion of his senior season, Cole was the runner-up for Cal Club Sports Male Athlete of the Year.
He received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Cal in 2012.
In 2018, Mortland earned his MBA from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business with a double major in marketing and management. He currently works full-time in commercial real estate as a member of the marketing team at CBRE.
