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West Florida Waves is proud to have Pensacola State College Head Coach Patricia Gandolfo as our Master Club Coach.

Gandolfo spent two stints on the UWF Argonaut staff with a stop as assistant coach at the University of South Alabama in between.

In her time at UWF the Argonauts won at least 24 matches every year, seven Gulf South Conference (GSC) regular season championship in addition to five GSC Tournament Championships.

Gandolfo also spent two seasons in uniform playing at UWF (2008 & 2009). As a team captain she led the Argonauts to a collective 54-21 record which included a GSC Championship and was named a Third Team AVCA All-American during her final season. Overall, she added AVCA All-South Region First Team, NCAA South Region All-Tournament Team, All-GSC First Team and GSC Tournament Most Valuable Player to her honors.

Prior to playing at UWF, Gandolfo spent two seasons in junior college competition playing at Missouri State University-West Plains. While there she received NJCAA First Team and Second Team All-American honors and in 2017 was inducted into the school’s athletic Hall of Fame.