{{Short description|American volleyball coach}} {{notability|1=Biographies|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox college coach | player_years1 = 2004-2006 | player_team1 = Graceland University (Volleyball) | coach_years1 = 2012-2022 | coach_team1 = Grand View<ref>{{Cite web | title=Donan Cruz 2020-21 Men's Volleyball Roster {{!}} Grand View Athletics | url=https://www.gvvikings.com/roster/19/36/15242 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008024303/https://www.gvvikings.com/roster/19/36/15242 | access-date=2026-05-22 | archive-date=2022-10-08}}</ref> | coach_years2 = 2022–2025 | coach_team2 = Ball State | coach_years3 = 2025–present | coach_team3 = Hawai'i (assistant) | overall_record = {{winpct|292|91|record=y}} | Conference_tournament = | tournament_record = 0-1 (NCAA) | championships = 1× Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Tournament (2022) <ref>{{Cite web | title=Tournament and Regular Season Archives - Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association | url=https://mivavolleyball.com/sports/2020/12/28/MVB_1228205849.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205193312/https://mivavolleyball.com/sports/2020/12/28/MVB_1228205849.aspx | access-date=2026-05-22 | archive-date=2022-12-05}}</ref> <br>1× NAIA National Invitational Championship (2018)<ref>https://www.naia.org/sports/mvball/2017-18/Files/2018_MVB_Bracket.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=December 2025}}</ref><br>1× NAIA National Championship (2021) <ref>https://www.naia.org/sports/mvball/2020-21/releases/Champ_Recap</ref> | NCAA tournament_record = | awards = 1× AVCA National Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2022)<ref>{{Cite web | title=Donan Cruz Selected as the 2022 AVCA National Coach of the Year - Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association | url=https://mivavolleyball.com/news/2022/5/3/mens-volleyball-donan-cruz-selected-as-the-2022-avca-national-coach-of-the-year.aspx | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503152354/https://mivavolleyball.com/news/2022/5/3/mens-volleyball-donan-cruz-selected-as-the-2022-avca-national-coach-of-the-year.aspx | access-date=2026-05-22 | archive-date=2022-05-03}}</ref><ref>https://www.guampdn.com/sports/donan-cruz-named-national-coach-of-the-year/article_92308a72-c9e2-11ec-a606-7ba10cb89a57.html</ref> <br> 2× AVCA National Coach of the Year (NAIA 2017, 2021) <br> 2× MIVA Coach of the Year (NCAA Div. I-II 2022, 2024) }}
'''Donan Cruz''' is an American men's college volleyball coach, who is currently an assistant coach for the University of Hawaii Rainbows men’s volleyball team. He previously served as the head coach of the Ball State Cardinals men's volleyball team.<ref name="New head coach">{{cite web|url=https://ballstatesports.com/staff-directory/donan-cruz/576 |title=Donan Cruz - Head Coach - Staff Directory |publisher=Ball State University Athletics |access-date=2023-04-15}}</ref><ref>https://www.mauinews.com/sports/local-sports/2021/06/cruz-named-new-head-coach-at-ball-state/</ref><ref>https://www.staradvertiser.com/2022/05/05/sports/ball-state-mens-volleyball-coach-donan-cruz-raised-on-maui/</ref> He previously held the same position at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Cruz leads Vikings to NAIA national title {{!}} Local Sports {{!}} postguam.com | url=https://www.postguam.com/sports/local/cruz-leads-vikings-to-naia-national-title/article_0ebf82d0-46d1-11e8-9b5e-cb86daabb135.html | access-date=2026-05-22 | website=www.postguam.com}}</ref>
==Coaching career==
In his first year as head coach at Ball State, the Cardinals compiled a 23–4 record and were the second seed at the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament.<ref>{{Cite web | title=2022 Men's Volleyball Schedule - Ball State University Athletics | url=https://ballstatesports.com/sports/mens-volleyball/schedule/2022 | access-date=2026-05-22 | website=ballstatesports.com}}</ref> To conclude the 2022 season, the Cardinals fell in five sets in the semi-finals of the 2022 NCAA Men's National Collegiate Volleyball Tournament to the eventual national champions, the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.<ref>{{Cite web | title=2022 Men's Volleyball Schedule - Ball State University Athletics | url=https://ballstatesports.com/sports/mens-volleyball/schedule/2022 | access-date=2026-05-22 | website=ballstatesports.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=Ball State men's volleyball coach Donan Cruz speaks after semifinal loss to Hawai'i | url=https://www.thestarpress.com/videos/sports/college/ball-state/2022/05/06/ball-state-mens-volleyball-coach-donan-cruz-speaks-after-semifinal-loss-hawaii/9671499002/ | access-date=2026-05-22 | website=www.thestarpress.com}}</ref> On June 28, 2025, Cruz resigned as head coach of Ball State.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Ball State men's volleyball coach Donan Cruz has resigned | url=https://www.thestarpress.com/story/sports/high-school/2025/06/30/ball-state-mens-volleyball-coach-donan-cruz-has-resigned/84415227007/ | access-date=2026-05-22 | website=www.thestarpress.com}}</ref>
===Year by Year Record=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason= | poll =}} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name = Grand View |startyear = 2012 |endyear = 2021 |conference = Heart of America Athletic Conference }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2012 | name = Grand View | overall = 13-13 | conference = 3-7 | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2013 | name = Grand View | overall = 15-10 | conference = 5-5 | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2014 | name = Grand View | overall = 28-3 | conference = 8-0 | confstanding = | postseason = NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2015 | name = Grand View | overall = 20-9 | conference = 8-2 | confstanding = | postseason = NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2016 | name = Grand View | overall = 20-8 | conference = 7-1 | confstanding = | postseason = NAIA National Invitational Semi-Finals }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2017 | name = Grand View | overall = 25-4 | conference = 10-0 | confstanding = | postseason = NAIA National Invitational Finals (L) }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = national | season = 2018 | name = Grand View | overall = 23-5 | conference = 10-0 | confstanding = | postseason = NAIA National Invitational Finals (W) }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference tournament | season = 2019 | name = Grand View | overall = 20-2 | conference = 9-1 | confstanding = | postseason = NAIA National Championship Semi-Finals }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2020 | name = Grand View | overall = 22-1 | conference = 10-0 | confstanding = | postseason = Postseason Cancelled due to COVID-19 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = national | season = 2021 | name = Grand View | overall = 26-0 | conference = 19-0 | confstanding = | postseason = NAIA National Championship Finals (W) }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Grand View | overall = {{Winning percentage|211|55|record=y}} | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|89|16|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name = Ball State |startyear = 2022 |conference = Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = confboth | season = 2022 | name = Ball State | overall = 23-4 | conference = 12-2 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = NCAA Semi-Finals }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 2023 | name = Ball State | overall = 20-9 | conference = 11-3 | confstanding = T-1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = conference | season = 2024 | name = Ball State | overall = 21-10 | conference = 11-3 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | season = 2025 | name = Ball State | overall = 17-13 | conference = 9-7 | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Ball State | overall = {{Winning percentage|81|36|record=y}} | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|43|15|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = {{Winning percentage|292|91|record=y}} }}
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