Makani Cantor
Makani Cantor enters his 18th season as an assistant coach for the Grand View Viking volleyball program and has been an instrumental part of its recent success, including a school-record fifth-place finish at the 2013 and 2018 NAIA National Championships.
Cantor was named AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2017 and 2018. He has also been named Heart of America Conference Assistant Coach of the Year since 2017. Cantor also supported the Vikings Men’s Volleyball Team for the first 2 years of the program’s inception
Cantor came to Grand View after serving as an assistant coach at Northwestern State University and Graceland University, where he played collegiately. He also coached for Iowa Power Volleyball Alliance as the program's 17's coach from 2006-2009. He also has coached for Iowa HP for over a decade.
He resides in West Des Moines with his wife and two kids and originally hails from Hawaii.