| Title: | Head Volleyball Coach |
| Phone: | 351-204-9199 |
| Email: | fnival@necc.mass.edu |
Northern Essex will be the first collegiate coaching position for Nival who brings several years of club coaching while also adding experience at the high school level. Her club coaching experience includes with both the Andover Pumas and Athleta Sports Club. At the high school level she served as an assistant coach at Lowell High for two seasons.
As a player, she has 17 years’ experience as an outside hitter and defensive specialist, including four years at Lowell High School and three seasons at UMass-Lowell as they transitioned to the NCAA Division I level.
Nival is the current owner of the Athleta Sports Club which aims to train youth and teens in preparing to play volleyball at a high level and is a certified coach by USA Volleyball.
A native of Lowell, she currently resides in Andover and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in communication from UMass-Lowell.