Kevin Endsley, a Pepperdine men’s volleyball alum, came back and served as an assistant coach during the 2018-19 school year.
His one season back with the Waves was a successful one, as Pepperdine captured MPSF regular-season and tournament titles, made it to the semifinals of the NCAA Championships and finished with a #3 national ranking.
Endsley coached club volleyball for 13 years, beginning in his freshman year of college. Before his coaching stint at Pepperdine, he was last the head coach for the Top Select 17s in Orlando, Florida. During that time, he worked as a coach of the MB Surf 18’s volleyball club, a team that went on to win the bronze medal at the Junior Olympic National Championships in Dallas, Texas.
In 2016, Endsley served as the assistant varsity coach at Loyola High School in Los Angeles. The Cubs went on to a 30-2 season and won the CIF Division I Southern Section championship. This marked the first championship in volleyball for the school in more than five years.
Prior to joining the sidelines at Pepperdine, Endsley worked at Golf Channel as the Senior Director of Franchise Development & Innovation, where he was responsible for the successful development and growth of owned and operated golf franchises within the NBC Sports Group. In 2017, Endsley was nominated for an Emmy for his work as a producer on the show, Feherty.
Before working with Golf Channel, he served as Vice President of Communications for entrepreneur Todd Wagner and his company The Charity Network. Endsley’s responsibilities also included overseeing communication for three celebrity-focused consumer-facing online charitable platforms: Charitybuzz, Chideo and Prizeo.
From 2005 to 2014, Endsley spent time within the NBCUniversal family. Throughout his tenure, Endsley worked day-to-day media relations efforts for “The Voice, “Last Call With Carson Daly,” “Hollywood Game Night,” and, most notably, oversaw “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” including the final season of the show in 2014 and helped with the transition to new host, Jimmy Fallon. Additionally, Endsley was responsible for many of the network’s specials including “The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards,” “iHeart Radio Music Awards,” “New Year’s Eve with Carson Daly,” “The Golden Globes” and more.
Endsley, who played for the Waves in 2003 and 2004 and graduated in 2005, resides in Santa Monica with his fiancé Jessica and their dog, Cali.
