Bio

Geno Frugoli enters his third season as the Head Coach for the Lady Saints during the 2022-23 season. During the first two seasons with the Lady Saints Frugoli has a 45-15 overall record and a 27-5 KJCCC regular season conference record.

Last season (2021-22) the Lady Saints had a 23-10 record under Frugoli and ended conference play third with a 12-4 record.

Seward County defeated Hutchinson in the first round of the Regional tournament and advanced to the semifinals in El Dorado, KS. The Lady Saints defeated Barton in a five-set thriller to advance to the championship match. Seward County fell to No. 3 Butler to claim the Region VI runner-up and finished the year ranked No. 14 in the NJCAA.

In the first year with the program (2020-21), Frugoli led Seward County to a 22-5 record, and 15-1 conference record as they claimed the KJCCC regular season title. Frugoli received the 2020-21 Coach of the year for the KJCCC as the Lady Saints hosted the Region VI tournament in Liberal, KS. In the Region VI tournament, Seward County was named the Region VI runner-up and finished ranked No. 10 in the NJCAA.

Frugoli a Las Vegas, NV native, was previously at the University of North Texas where he spent two seasons as the associate head coach. At North Texas, they finished 3rd in Conference USA last year with a National RPI of 44.  

Frugoli has 15 years of collegiate coaching experience with over 9 years at the NCAA Division 1 level.  Frugoli got his start at the college level as the Head Coach at Dakota Wesleyan in Mitchell, South Dakota. He first got into NCAA Division 1 as an assistant at Baylor University in the Big XII.  From there he was named the Head Coach at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the Summit League. After four seasons at UMKC, he moved to Southeastern Lousiana University in the Southland Conference.

While apart of Baylor University, Frugoli served as the main recruiter for three seasons. During his time, he brought in seven players that were named in the top 150 and brought in the number one recruit in Texas. The Bears' 2006 class received national acclaim, as it was tabbed the No. 16 ranked class in the country.

Prior to making the jump to the NCAA level, Frugoli coached at Nebraska at Peru State College where he not only served as the women's coach but also started a Men's program, being ranked #7 in the nation.  At Dakota Wesley University he took a team that was 2-29 to a .500 record.

He also keeps academics a high priority, with three teams earning the AVCA Academic Team Award for having at least a 3.30 cumulative team GPA. While at UMKC a total of 32 student-athletes were named to The Summit League Academic All-League team and 14 were selected to the Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.