Bio

Patricia "Pati" Gandolfo is entering her third season as the head coach for Pensacola State College volleyball program. In her second year she helped the Pirates climb to the #1 seed in conference, becoming the 2022 regular season Conference Champions, also earning 2022 Sun-Lakes Conference Coach of the Year.

In her past two seasons, the Pirates have been ranked nationally numerous times, as high as #15 in the national poll. In just two years, the program has produced four 1^st team All Sun-Lakes, three 2^nd team All Sun-Lakes, four DII All-FCSAA/All-NJCAA Region 8, and four Gulf District All-Tournament Team.

The program’s current overall record is 43-15 and in conference 23-8, since Gandolfo has started leading the Pirates

Gandolfo joined the PSC athletic department after previously serving as assistant coach for the University of West Florida (UWF). Gandolfo spent two stints on the Argonaut staff with a stop as assistant coach at the University of South Alabama in between.

In her time as an assistant coach at UWF the Argonauts won at least 24 matches every year, eight Gulf South Conference (GSC) regular season championships in addition to six GSC Tournament Championships. In 2022 Gandolfo was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame.

Gandolfo also spent two seasons in uniform playing at UWF (2008 & 2009). As a team captain she led the Argonauts to a collective 54-21 record which included two GSC Championships and was named Third Team AVCA All-American during her final season. Overall, she added AVCA All-South Region First Team, NCAA South Region All-Tournament Team, All-GSC First Team and GSC Tournament Most Valuable Player to her honors.

Prior to playing at UWF, Gandolfo spent two seasons in junior college competition playing at Missouri State University-West Plains. While there she received NJCAA First Team and Second Team All-American honors and in 2017 was inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame as well.