David Noble began as the Academy of Art University women's volleyball assistant coach in April 2018.
Noble was the head women's volleyball coach for the University of San Francisco for five seasons highlighted by one of the most-improved years in West Coast Conference history as the Dons had a 12-win improvement from 1998 to 1999.
Before USF, Noble spent one year at New Mexico State where he led the Aggies to their first Big West Conference Tournament in school history in 1997. From 1994 to 1997, Noble was at UC Santa Barbara as the assistant women's volleyball coach where, upon being hired as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator, he brought in numerous All-Big West Conference players and AVCA All-Americans while leading the Gauchos to NCAA Division I Top 10 rankings.
In addition to his work at the collegiate level, Noble also spent time as a USA Boys' Youth National Team assistant coach, founded the Nike Boys' Volleyball Club, and coached the Boys 18's team to three consecutive top 10 finishes at Nationals including a Gold Medal at the USAV Junior Olympic Championships with Nike Santa Barbara. In 1995, Noble received the USA Volleyball Outstanding Male Coach Award.
At Mt. Madonna High School in 1992-1993, Noble helped start the very successful boys' high school program, and led them to consecutive SCBVL league titles while being named Coach of the Year. At Soquel High School those same years, he turned around a program that would eventually share the SCCAL title and finish third in the CIF State Finals.
The founder and director of Team Santa Cruz Boys' Volleyball, which he would develop into one of the top junior programs in the country, Noble would plant the seeds for starting boys CIF volleyball in the Monterey Bay region. During his time at TSC, he also served as the head coach for the UC Santa Cruz women's volleyball team for one season, helping them achieve a winning season for the first time in four years in 1990.
Beyond his work with the teams mentioned above, Noble served as the Boys' Commissioner for the Northern California Volleyball Association (NCVA), spent time as an original member of the USAV Junior Olympic Development Steering Committee, and has put more than 20 years in as the head volleyball coach for the Native Vision Life Skills and Sports Camp, where every summer, he works with other professional and collegiate coaches and athletes to inspire 1,000 Native American youth from across the country.
Noble, who received his Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz and his Master's Degree in Sports and Fitness Management from the University of San Francisco, resides in Merced with his wife, Lynn, and two sons, Hunter and Will.
