O.J. Catalan Jr. joined the LIU Brooklyn volleyball coaching staff in March of 2014. Before arriving in Brooklyn, he was a volunteer assistant coach for two seasons at the University of Oklahoma under head coach Santiago Restrepo.

At Oklahoma, Catalan worked with a squad that went to the NCAA Tournament each of his two seasons, advancing to the second round each time. In the two seasons Catalan was at OU, the volleyball team went 46-19 overall, including a 2013 squad that went 24-8, and finished the season tied for third in the Big 12. Under Restrepo, he worked with All-American and Big 12 honoree Sallie McLaurin, and a senior class that graduates in 2014 as the second winningiest class in Oklahoma volleyball history.

Prior to his time in Norman, Catalan served as the second assistant for the Team Florida High Performance Boy's Youth National Team, the head coach of the Atlantic Coast Juniors (18 year group) in Daytona Beach, Fla., and as a volunteer assistant for Joslynn Gallop at Embry Riddle University, where he helped the team to a conference championship without dropping a single set (42-0).

The Eagles ended the year ranked No. 6 in the nation, with a 30-6 record, which included a trip to the Elite Eight at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) national tournament. Catalan's main responsibilities while with the Eagles were coaching setters, scouting and recruiting. The Florida native played collegiate volleyball at Warner University in Lake Wales, Fla., from 2007-11.

In his senior year at Warner, Catalan was selected team captain and named the starting setter. The Royals finished with a program-best No. 5 ranking in the NAIA, and a 16-7 final record.

Catalan also has international volleyball experience, having trained with SCC Berlin, a professional volleyball team that competes in the Bundesliga in Germany, and was a member of the USA Athletes International Volleyball Team in the 2010 DKV International Volleyball Tournament in Holland.