American International College

AIC alumnus Wade Robidoux ’22 MBA was named Head Men’s Volleyball Coach at the College on May 7, 2024.

The burgeoning program has seen some individual success under Robidoux in his first two seasons, led by program-record setting performances in 2025 by Robert Santana, who became the first student-athlete to record 500 kills in team history, and Fabian Lugo, who set the program record for sets and matches played as well as total digs.

Robidoux is a incredibly familiar with the College itself as an alumnus, having earned his master’s degree in business administration from AIC in 2022; his time as a student at the College occurred during the infancy of the men’s volleyball program. He joined an impressive list of five other AIC alums serving as head coach of teams at the College.

Robidoux is familiar with the volleyball landscape in Western Massachusetts; the Agawam, Massachusetts native brings a half-decade of experience in coaching to the job at the high school and club levels. He has been the head coach of the Pioneer Valley Club Volleyball program since 2019, and also has served as the head junior varsity girls and boys coach at Westfield High School, helping develop players for the Bombers varsity programs that have won sectional and state championships.

This followed an undergraduate education at Regis College, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management. At Regis, Robidoux was a two-year member of the men’s volleyball team at middle blocker, compiling 171 kills and 44 blocks in 28 matches. He hit an impressive .411 as a junior in 2016 before having his season cut short by injury.