Chris Duenow joined the Concordia staff as an assistant coach in April of 2016. In 2018, he was promoted to associate head coach.
In his first year, he helped lead the Eagles to the the first PacWest Conference Title for Concordia in 2016 with a 17-3 conference and 26-3 overall record. Following that, Concordia placed fourth in the PacWest in 2017 and consisted of four All-PacWest selections including CUI's first AVCA All-American.
Prior to arriving at Concordia, Duenow spent four seasons with Spiral Volleyball, a premier club program in Chandler, Arizona as Assistant Club Director and Head Coach.  He has coached teams from U14-U18 ages in addition to his role as Technical Advisor and Recruiting Coordinator for both the Boys and Girls Programs.
Prior to his time at Spiral, Chris was the top assistant coach at Cornell University, a member of the Ivy League, from 2009-2012, and he spent four months as the interim head coach.  While he also had stints as an assistant at Virginia ('00-'02), Seattle University (2000), and Washington (1999), the most significant stretch of his college coaching career was spent as the head coach at Concordia University in Portland. His tenure with the Cavaliers from 2002-2009 included the 2002 Cascade Collegiate Conference Championship. That 2002 team posted a perfect 18-0 conference mark on its way to a 24-3 overall record and earned Duenow Cascade Conference Coach of the Year honors.
Duenow has also been very involved with the USA Volleyball High Performance program. He was selected as the Arizona Region Girls Youth High Performance Head Coach for 2013 and 2014 and for the last two years has been on staff for various USAV HP summer training programs. He has worked with numerous club programs over the past 25 years including Nike Northwest Juniors and Virginia Volleyball Academy, and he founded and directed the Kitsap Juniors Volleyball Club from 1992-1999.
Duenow graduated from the University of Washington in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in music education. He was a four-year starter for the men's club volleyball program where he trained both as a middle hitter and as a setter. He is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association and USA Volleyball.
