Alec Straw is entering his 5th coaching year at Iowa Select. Prior to coaching at Select, Alec spent 4 years as a player on the boys side with the club. He will be a master coach this season assisting a variety of teams and running several camps and clinics.

This past year, Alec was an assistant coach at UC Santa Barbara - A NCAA I program competing in the Big West Conference. At UCSB, he was the team’s offensive coordinator where he was responsible for in-match strategy. He trained all positions but was primarily the setters coach, first tier of recruiting for the program, and camp coordinator.

Prior to his time at UCSB, Alec coached both high school and club volleyball in the QC area. He spent 3 years at Iowa Select coaching teams competing in 15 open and 16 open nationally as well as 14 and 17 Black regionally. At the high school level, Alec was the varsity head coach at Durant high school in 2023 where his team finished 17-13 - The programs best finish in 6 years. In 2022, Alec was the varsity assistant coach at Moline High School where his team made it to the Illinois 4A sectional finals. He also has coached a variety of volleyball camps across the Midwest - Iowa High Performance (2023) and University of Northern Iowa summer camps (2023).

Alec graduated from Rock Island High School and attended Augustana College where he received his bachelors in finance and a minor in communications. While in college, he played for the Augustana Vikings as a pin and DS.