Ali Oliver is entering her first season as the head coach of the Whittier College Volleyball program.  She has been the co-head coach at Cerritos College for two seasons, and led the Falcons to a second place finish in the South Coast Conference last season.

Oliver began playing volleyball at San Gabriel High School where she was a four-year letter winner in three sports.  She went on to play for Cerritos College and led the state in kills as a freshman.  Her junior season, she received a scholarship to play at Southeastern Louisiana University.  An injury forced her to transfer once again, this time to Sonoma State, where she was the starting outside hitter and team co-captain.  She graduated from Sonoma State in 2000 with a Bachelor's degree in Communications, and in 2003, returned to Sonoma to earn her Master's degree in Education with an emphasis in Kinesiology.

Oliver's coaching career started in 1997-98 when she was the head coach of a 14 and under team for the Huntington Beach Volleyball Club and has coached all levels of volleyball since then. She served as the coach at Holy Ghost (LA) Junior High (1998), Redwood High (Marin County) Junior Varsity girls and Varsity boys (2000-02), Marin Juniors Volleyball Club 16's (2000-01) and 18's (2001-02), Creekside Middle School (2001-02), Napa Valley College assistant coach (2002-03), Napa Sonoma Volleyball Club girls and boys 18's (2002-03), Cypress College assistant coach (2003) and Beach Cities Volleyball Club 15's (2004).