César Hernández González Tabbed as LOVB Minnesota Head Coach

Spanish Head Coach Becomes First Head Coach in LOVB Minnesota Volleyball History

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Thursday, June 4, 2026) – League One Volleyball (LOVB), the nation's first professional volleyball league built from the club up, has named esteemed Spanish coach César Hernández González as the first head coach of LOVB Minnesota Volleyball.

“César is one of the top up-and-coming head coaches in international volleyball. The work he has done with the French National Team this quadrennial is nothing short of incredible,” said LOVB Pro Chief of Sport Tom Hogan. “His passion for advancing our sport and supporting the development and experience of his athletes is second to none. We are very excited to add César to our talent-filled cadre of coaches as he takes the reins of LOVB Minnesota in its inaugural season.”

Hernández González brings both international and club coaching success to the Twin Cities. He has coached the French National Team the last two years, a role he’ll maintain during the LOVB Pro offseason, and led the squad to a quarterfinal berth in the 2025 FIVB World Championship. Hernández González also served as head coach for South Korea in 2022 and 2023 before leading them to an Olympic semifinal berth as an assistant in 2021. 

Hailing from Madrid, Hernández González also worked for the Spanish National Team for 12 years, first as team manager before becoming an assistant coach.

In addition to his international resume, Hernández González has led several top club squads. Most recently, he served as head coach of KS DevelopRes Rzeszów in Poland’s TAURON Liga. Before that, he was head coach at Neptunes de Nantes Volleyball in France, picking up a 2023/24 French Cup title and finishing second in league play both seasons. 

Hernández González also served as an assistant in two of the world’s biggest clubs VakifBank (Türkiye) and Savino Del Bene Scandicci (Italy), helping VakifBank win seven major titles in three seasons. In all, he’s coached for 20 seasons and worked in the sport for 26.

LOVB Minnesota will join three fellow expansion teams in Los Angeles, Miami and San Francisco and begin play during the 2026-27 season. These new squads will join teams in Atlanta, Austin, Houston, Madison, Nebraska and Salt Lake, helping the League introduce an Eastern and Western Conference format, with new regional rivalries and a more dynamic competition structure.