HEAD COACH: Suzanne Kilian

In her first season, she led the Tigers to a program best 12 victories.  Her sophomore campaign saw a huge jump in the program with an 18-21 overall record, including a 14-4 mark in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC). The Tigers qualified for the CACC Championship Tournament for the first time, reaching the championship match.

Prior to Holy Family, Kilian spent two years as head coach for the both the boy’s and girl’s volleyball teams at Council Rock South High School. She led the girl’s team to two Continental Conference titles and an eighth place finish in the PIAA Class AAA state playoffs in 2005.

From 1998 to 2002, she was the head girl’s volleyball coach at North Penn High School. During her tenure, the team made three trips to the PIAA District I championships, and won the Suburban One tournament in 2001.

Kilian also had a stop as the head coach of Mount Saint Joseph Academy from 1990 to 1995.

She has prior collegiate coaching experience. From 1996 to 1998, Kilian established the women’s volleyball program at Philadelphia Textile and Science (now Philadelphia University) as its first head coach.

A 1992 graduate of then Allentown College (now DeSales University), she previously helped run the BuxMont Volleyball club for over a decade.

In the off-season, Kilian runs volleyball clinics across the country as part of the Gold Medal Squared program.  She is also a certified PIAA Volleyball Official and holds a Level 2 coaching certification from USA Volleyball.

She resides in Warminster with her husband and daughter, Mhairi.


ASSISTANT COACH: Tim Kilian

Tim Kilian is also entering his third year as assistant coach at Holy Family. He is the recruiting coordinator and in charge of directing the offense.

Kilian came to Holy Family from Archbishop Wood, where he served as head girl’s volleyball coach from 2002 to 2005. During his four-year tenure as head coach, Kilian led Archbishop Wood to the Philadelphia Catholic League North Division Title in 2003, 2004 and 2005. Archbishop Wood only lost four league games in four seasons, and made Catholic League playoffs in all four seasons. The team finished as league runner up in 2004.

A 1993 graduate of La Salle University with a degree in Business Administration, Kilian received his Level 2 accreditation in coaching from USA Volleyball in 1998. In the off-season, Tim runs volleyball clinics across the country as part of the Gold Medal Squared program.