Chris Volk joined the UC Riverside men's soccer team as an assistant coach in August of 2017, entering his ninth year on staff in 2025.
In 2018, Volk helped guide the Highlanders to the two seed in the Big West Tournament and the program's first Big West title. That year the Highlanders topped Cal State Fullerton in the semi-finals and bear UC Davis in the finals to move on to the NCAA tournament. Four years later, the Highlanders topped UC Santa Barbara, 1-0 to capture its second Big West Tournament title. For the second time since 2018, UCR made it to the NCAA Tournament.
Volk is best known to area soccer fans as the longtime assistant coach and head coach at UC Irvine. During his 20 years with the Anteaters, Volk helped UCI to five NCAA Tournament appearances, including three trips to the Sweet 16.
UCI won four Big West Championships, and four conference tournament titles during his final nine years with the program. Over that time span, UC Irvine compile a 106-67-22 win-loss record, and six national Top-25 rankings.
Volk was named the NSCAA Far West Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2008, and was a finalist for the national assistant coach of the year that same season.
Eleven of his student-athletes were drafted by MLS teams, and 33 earned Big West All-Academic honors.
Prior to his time at UC Irvine, Volk was the men's assistant coach at San Diego State, the assistant coach and goalkeeper coach at San Diego Mesa College, an assistant in the California Soccer Association South, and a Region IV ODP/Coach and Instructor. He also serves as the head coach of the Orange County SC U23 USL PDL, and as the DOC for North Huntington Beach FC.
Volk received his bachelor's degree in social science with a minor in Spanish from San Diego State in 1992.
