Peter Maniscalco is in his first season as a volunteer assistant with the Loyola women’s volleyball program. He joins Amanda Berkley’s staff in Rogers Park after serving as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams at North Central College.
Hired as the first assistant coach in North Central men’s volleyball history, the Loyola Chicago graduate successfully helped the program make the transition from a collegiate club sport to NCAA Division III status. In 2018, North Central reached new heights, going undefeated in conference play (9-0) to win the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League regular-season title. As an assistant coach with the women’s program at NCC, Maniscalco guided the Cardinals to a 12-7 overall record in 2017, his only season with the women’s team.
After beginning his collegiate playing career at Loyola, Maniscalco transferred to Carthage College, where he helped the Red Men program to a NCAA Final Four appearance and a 23-8 overall record in 2014, tying for the team lead with 31 service aces that season.
He previously coached at Division I Volleyball Club in the Chicago area for three years and is the founder/director of volleyball operations at Rip City Sports Performance, Chicago’s first volleyball-specific physical training company.
Maniscalco graduated from Loyola in 2015 with a degree in communications.
