Tim Balice will be in his eighth year as a Dayton volleyball assistant coach in 2025 after returning to the staff prior to the 2018 season. He also serves as the team's recruiting coordinator. A former Dayton volunteer assistant coach, Balice spent the previous three seasons as head coach at Urbana University in Urbana, Ohio. He focuses on offensive training and recruiting for the Flyers.
"Timmy does a great job training our setters and is our offensive coordinator. We were excited to bring Timmy back after his stint as our volunteer. From that time, I loved his energy and ability to train in the gym and I thought that same infectious personality would be great on the recruiting trail." - Head coach Tim Horsmon
Under Balice's tutelage, setter Brooke Westbeld was named to the AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team and AVCA All-America Honorable Mention Team in 2018, In 2020, setter Bridget Doherty was named the A-10 Setter of the Year and to the AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team, and Livie Sandt was named A-10 Setter of the Year following the 2021 season. Most recently, Alyssa Miller earned an AVCA All-Midwest Region First Team nod and was an All-Atlantic 10 First Team selection.
Dayton set the record for highest hitting efficiency in program history in 2024 by hitting .293, breaking the record set by the 2020 Flyers that hit .289.
Balice raised the level of success for the volleyball program at Urbana, where he constructed the first back-to-back winning seasons and the first post-season victory during the school's NCAA era. He posted an overall record of 52-48 (27-21 MEC) after three seasons, most recently leading the Blue Knights to their fifth-straight conference tournament appearance in 2017. UU finished 2017 19-17 overall while tying the program's best record in league play at 10-6.
During his time as a volunteer assistant at UD, Balice aided the Flyers to a 30-6 finish in 2014 and a Second Round appearance in the NCAA Tournament, losing to eventual National Champion Penn State. During the 2014 campaign the Flyers were able to win both regular season and conference tournament titles while finishing with a RPI of 56 while receiving votes in the AVCA Top-25 Poll.
Prior to his first stint at Dayton, Balice managed Kalamazoo Valley, compiling an overall record of 36-28, including a 20-8 mark in Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) play. He led the Cougars to back-to-back conference tournament appearances as well as twice qualified for the NJCAA Regional Tournament. The Cougars also had one All-American, one Regional Player of the Year, one Conference Freshman of the Year and eight All-MCCAA selections.
Balice received two bachelor of science degrees (exercise science and biomedical science) in December of 2010 from Western Michigan. He was a varsity student-athlete for WMU’s football program, starting his career as a walk-on and eventually earning a full athletic scholarship. During his time as a student-athlete at WMU, Balice played on the men's club volleyball team as a middle hitter (2005-2007) as well as the WMU club baseball team. Additionally, Balice coached the club women’s volleyball team at WMU 2010-14.
