Micah Cewe (pronounced Sea-We) returns to the Volleyball Factory this
season as the Head Coach of Iowa Select16 Mizuno.

After taking a year away from club volleyball, Cewe most recently coached
Iowa Select 14 Mizuno during the 2025 season. Under his leadership, the
team captured the prestigious Iowa Regional Championship, earning a
National Division bid to the USAV Girls Junior National Championships in
Dallas, Texas, where they finished 42nd nationally. Previously, he coached
12 Mizuno during the 2023 club season, guiding the team to a runner-up
finish in the American Division at the USAV Girls Junior National
Championships. Cewe also led the Iowa Select 18s during the 2017 club
season.

With more than 20 years of coaching experience at the collegiate, high
school, and club levels, Cewe brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership
to the program.

Since 2016, Cewe has served as the Head Girls Volleyball Coach at
Clinton High School. During his tenure, he compiled 141 victories, guided
the program to Iowa Top-15 state rankings in four of his first six seasons,
and led the River Queens to five top-half finishes in the Mississippi Athletic
Conference (MAC), including a third-place finish in 2018.

One of the highlights of his high school coaching career came during the
2018 season. The Class 4A No. 10 River Queens finished 27-11 overall,
placed third in the highly competitive MAC with a 6-2 conference record,
and advanced to the Regional Finals, finishing one match shy of the Iowa
State Tournament. Their season ended in a hard-fought loss to three-time
defending state champion Dubuque Wahlert.

The 2018 team embraced one of the toughest schedules in the state,
facing a school-record 19 IGHSAU-ranked opponents and earning nine

victories against ranked teams. Signature wins included victories over
Class 4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier and Class 5A No. 10 Pleasant Valley.
Senior Grace Tubbs earned numerous honors, including IGCA Second
Team All-State, MAC Player of the Year, Quad-City Times Player of the
Year, and Clinton Herald Player of the Year. She led the team with 360 kills
and 72 total blocks. Junior setter Brooke Mulholland recorded 833 assists,
while senior libero Haley Dash anchored the defense with 444 digs. Both
earned Second Team All-MAC honors.

Before joining Clinton High School, Cewe spent 11 seasons as the Head
Women's Volleyball Coach at Ashford University (NAIA) in Clinton, Iowa.
During his tenure, the Saints consistently competed among the conference
leaders, reaching the 20-win mark and finishing in the top four of the
Midwest Collegiate Conference (MCC) and Association of Independent
Institutions (A.I.I.) in nine seasons.

Cewe guided Ashford to seven consecutive seasons with at least 22
victories and led the program to its first conference championship and first
NAIA National Tournament appearance. He finished his collegiate coaching
career with a school-record 241 wins, while mentoring 43 All-Conference
selections, 22 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, three NAIA All-Americans, and 14
NAIA and AVCA All-Region performers.

The Saints posted a program-record 29-win season in 2015, surpassing the
previous school record of 28 wins set in 2014. That same year, Cewe was
named A.I.I. Conference Coach of the Year by his fellow conference
coaches.

Among the program's individual milestones under Cewe's leadership,
Pakalana Helekahi became the first player in Ashford history to earn both
Tachikara-NAIA and AVCA All-American honors, receiving Third Team
recognition in 2015. Danielle Tombolato (2014) and Jenny Buelow (2008)
were also recognized as Tachikara-NAIA All-Americans during his tenure.

Beyond coaching, Cewe has been actively involved in collegiate and high
school volleyball leadership. He has served as an NAIA National Rater,
AVCA-NAIA All-Region Awards Rater, A.I.I. Conference Rater, and
member of the NAIA Head Coaches Committee. At the high school level,
he has coordinated MAC coaches' meetings and all-conference selections
and has served the past five years on the Class 4A IGHSAU All-
Tournament Selection Committee.

As a student-athlete, Cewe played men's basketball at Ashford University
and earned Academic All-MCC honors in 2003 and 2004. He graduated
from Ashford in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in Secondary Education and
completed a Master's of Coaching and Athletic Administration (MCAA) from
Concordia University Irvine in 2022.

Micah and his wife, Trina, have been married for 17 years this July and are
deeply involved in education and athletics within the Clinton community.
Trina has more than 20 years of experience teaching health and wellness
at Clinton High School and recently transitioned to a physical education
teaching position at Whittier Elementary School. Micah has taught for 11
years at Clinton High School and more recently as a US History teacher the
past two years. Together, they have three daughters, Tenley (15), Taedyn
(13), and Teegan (9) all of whom attend Clinton Community Schools.