Staff Directory

Greg Faulkner

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
Phone:
3221

Greg Faulkner opens his third season as an assistant coach with the CSUN women's volleyball program in 2026. In Faulkner's first two seasons on Aquiles Montoya's staff, the Matadors have won 27 matches, CSUN's best two-year stretch since 2013-2014.

Before joining the CSUN Women's Volleyball staff, Faulkner spent six seasons on the CSUN Men’s Volleyball coaching staff from 2019-24. Faulkner was an assistant coach under Jeff Campbell from 2019-22 and has worked on Theo Edwards' staff in his final two seasons (2023-24).

A four-year letterwinner and an All-MPSF middle blocker for the Matadors from 2011-2015, Faulkner ranks 10th in school history with 304 total blocks. He was named to the MPSF All-Freshman Team in 2011 before earning honorable-mention accolades in his junior and senior seasons. 15444

Following his collegiate career, Faulkner played professional volleyball for Volei Club Banatal in Caransebes, Romania in 2015-16 and for Club Regatas in Lima, Peru from 2016-17. He was named Best Middle Blocker of the LNSV League, helping Club Regatas to a second-place league finish.

He began his coaching career as the head coach of the Girls JV squad at Palos Verdes High School in 2017. He was also the head coach and assistant for the Palos Verdes Boys’ squad, which went on to win the 2017 Bay League title. He moved on to coach various Palos Verdes Gold squads as an assistant coach and served as a coach for Surfside Volleyball Club in Palos Verdes, Calif.

Faulkner is also currently an assistant coach at Harvard-Westlake High School in Studio City, Calif. He helped his varsity team to a CIF Division I State Championship in 2021 as well as a 2021 CIF Southern Section Regional Championship.

A native of Long Beach, Faulkner was the Division II City Section Player of the Year at Westchester High School in Los Angeles. He helped his team to the 2010 City Section Championship, compiling a record of 15-3.

Faulkner graduated from CSUN in 2015, earning his bachelor’s degree in urban studies and regional planning with a minor in geographical information science and technology.