Levi Gibson is in his second year as a volunteer assistant coach with the Boilermakers after spending the previous three years as a head coach with the Asics Munciana Volleyball Club 14s team and as a manager with the Ball State women's volleyball team. His Boiler Juniors 12U team was the 2017 GJNC National Runner-Up.
"I am very excited for the opportunity to join the Boilermaker coaching staff for 2016," Gibson said. "Everyone here has welcomed me with open arms. I look forward to making West Lafayette my new home."
The son of Mark and KimMarie Gibson has been an instructor as skills camps across the state of Indiana since 2009, beginning at the Zionsville High School men's and women's volleyball camps. He aided with the team and elite skills camps at Ball State in 2013 and 2014. He also served on the staff at Purdue's setter and team camp in 2014, at Butler's skills camp in 2014 and Munciana's team and skills camps in 2014 and 2015.
As a student manager at Ball State for three and a half years, Gibson helped with all team and individual training sessions, while providing assistance with a video, statistics, DataVolley entry and scouting reports while coordinating operations of the team merchandise store during the season.
The Zionsville, Indiana, native graduated in May 2016 with a degree in sports administration from Ball State and a minor in foundations of management and coaching.
Levi Gibson