University of Mount Union

Email: mihelima@mountunion.edu

Matt Mihelic is in his eighth season as Mount Union's only head men's volleyball coach. 

Mihelic coached Mount Union to its first undefeated conference play and helped the Purple Raiders win the MCVL Tournament championship  advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the second time ever in 2025. 

Mihelic led the Purple Raiders to their first Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League Conference Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2022 and guiding the Raiders to the league’s championship match three of the past four years. Earning Coach of the Year in 2022 in the MCVL.

Mihelic has coached two American Coaches Volleyball Association All-Americans with Cameron Ternent (2023) and Michael Bowler (2025)

Prior to coming to Mount Union, Mihelic had spent two years and continues to be the Boys Program Director for Ohio Valley Region of USA Volleyball. He was responsible for the participation and growth of boys volleyball in a region that includes Ohio, Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. The program has seen substantial growth in many areas in particular the 12U and 14U levels and the creation of a 12U Regional Championship.

From 2003 to 2015, Mihelic was the head boys volleyball coach at Archbishop Hoban High School in Akron, Ohio, where he led the Knights to five regional championships, two state runner-up finishes and state championships in 2008 and 2010. He had a win-loss record of 211-90 winning the Ohio High School Boys Volleyball Coach of the Year Award in 2008 and North Region Coach of the Year honors three times. He is a past regional director and past president of the Ohio High School Boys Volleyball Association.

He was a four-year starter and two-time captain on the men's club volleyball team at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa., and holds a Bachelor's degree in Communications. 

Matt and his wife Alicia are the parents of three sons and reside in Louisville, Ohio.