Chris Lamb is the longtime head coach of the women’s volleyball program at Wichita State University and one of the most accomplished coaches in NCAA Division I volleyball. Since taking over the program in 2000, Lamb has transformed Wichita State into a nationally competitive program, guiding the Shockers to multiple conference championships and numerous NCAA Tournament appearances. 

Entering his 27th season in 2026, Lamb has compiled more than 545 career Division I wins with a winning percentage near .680, ranking him among the winningest active coaches in college volleyball. His teams have consistently produced success, including multiple 20-win seasons, conference titles, and a historic Sweet 16 appearance in 2012, the first in program history. 

Lamb’s leadership has also produced elite individual talent, with 11 All-Americans developing under his guidance. In recognition of his success, he was named Volleyball Magazine National Coach of the Year in 2017, after leading Wichita State to an undefeated conference season and an NCAA Tournament national seed. 

Before becoming head coach at Wichita State, Lamb served as an assistant coach at University of Arizona and California State University, Bakersfield and founded the successful Empire Volleyball Club in California, where he helped more than 80 athletes earn collegiate scholarships.

Blinn College welcomes Gregg Whitis for his first season as head coach of the Buccaneers. 

Whitis comes to Blinn following a four-year run as an assistant coach at New Mexico State University. 

Whitis brings a wealth of coaching experience spanning more than 30 years, including over 20 seasons at NCAA Division I programs such as New Mexico State, Arizona, Tennessee, Clemson, Michigan, Southern Methodist, Indiana State, and Appalachian State. 

Whitis is a revered recruiter and talent developer, with experience as a recruiting coordinator at Tennessee, Clemson, Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico State, and Appalachian State. 

During his career, Whitis has recruited and coached numerous NCAA All-Americans and has helped guide four different programs to numerous appearances in the NCAA National Tournament. 

In 2010, Whitis secured a recruiting class for Tennessee that ranked as the fourth-best in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com, and it later was regarded as the best in program history. 

Whitis began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Indiana State from 1995 to 1997, before taking the head coaching position at the NJCAA program Kankakee Community College from 1997 to 1998. 

Hosto is in his first season as an assistant coach with the Wildcats in 2024, but it is his second stint with the program after serving as a student manager (2014, 2015) and volunteer assistant (2017) previously.

Hosto joins the Wildcats staff after serving as the head coach of Arizona Premier Volleyball Club the past three years, where he led multiple age groups and one of the lead coaches with the club. He was also a head coach, camp lead and social media coordinator for Zona Volleyball Club in Tucson since 2021, coaching regional and travel teams while also developing programming, camp sessions, practice plans and instructional content. 

Prior his work with Arizona Premier Volleyball Club and Zona Volleyball Club, Hosto was an assistant coach for the indoor volleyball team at Wichita State for three seasons. He helped the Shockers earn the No. 16 overall seed in the 2017 NCAA Tournament and coached the 2017 American Athletic Conference Player of the Year and Setter of the Year as well as the 2019 AAC Libero of the Year.  

He was a volunteer assistant coach with Walker and the Wildcats during the 2017 beach volleyball season and was a student manager with the team starting with the first practice the program ever had in 2014 through the 2015 season.