University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics

Volleyball

Jon Haruguchi
Jon Haruguchi
  • Title:
    Assistant Coach
Jon Haruguchi was hired as the assistant coach for the Ragin’ Cajuns volleyball program in March 2010. He was promoted to associate head coach in the 2014 season.
 
Before his arrival in Lafayette, Haruguchi spent three seasons at Southeastern Louisiana.
 
In addition to serving as recruiting coordinator of the SLU program, Haruguchi was responsible for video exchange, breakdown of film, managing of player’s academic progress and running of the annual Hammond Volleyball Festival and summer camps.
 
In his final season at SLU in 2009, Haruguchi helped lead the Lions to the Southland Conference Tournament - the school’s first appearance since 2002.
 
A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Haruguchi brings 16 years of experience to the Louisiana volleyball program. He had tremendous success coaching in the Colorado club ranks with the Fort Collins-based organization, NORCO. He served two stints with the club (1997-2000 and 2004-2007) as both an assistant and as a head coach.
 
In 2000, he worked as an assistant coach and helped the NORCO 18 Black team to a silver medal in the open division at the Junior National Championships
 
Haruguchi also served for two seasons as the head girl’s coach at Poudre High School, in Fort Collins, Colo., where he took his team to the district tournament both seasons.
 
Haruguchi served as the head coach of Louisiana Volleyball, a club team in Covington. In the 2009 season he guided his Louisiana Volleyball 18’s team to a fifth-place finish in the club division at the Junior National Championships, a first-place finish in the state and an overall record of 66-17.
 
He has served as a camp clinician at SLU, Colorado, Colorado State and Nebraska.
 
Haruguchi received his bachelor’s degree from Colorado State in 1996 and was a member of the men’s club volleyball team from 1992-1996. He also was a volunteer assistant with CSU during the spring of 2000.
 
He received his master’s degree from the University of Hawaii in 2003.