Gilad Doron serves as director of volleyball for IMG Academy. A volleyball coach since 1994, Doron has amassed 247 career victories as an NCAA Division I head coach at Dartmouth College, the University of San Francisco, and Villanova University.
At Dartmouth College (2016-2023), Doron led the program's first back-to-back winning seasons after the COVID-19 pandemic. Before Dartmouth, Doron became the winningest coach in University of San Francisco volleyball history, guiding the Dons to their highest AVCA final poll ranking (No. 22) and an NCAA Tournament appearance, and founded the university's first beach volleyball program. Doron's first NCAA Division I head-coaching job came at Villanova University (2004-2007).
Before his NCAA head-coaching career, Doron served as head coach of Mate Asher Volleyball Club in Israel's top professional league from 1994 to 1996, compiling a 68-22 record, winning the 1994 Israeli Division I Championship, and reaching three consecutive league finals and the 1995 Israeli Cup Final while coaching Israeli National Team players and international athletes from Croatia, the Czech Republic, and Romania. Doron also served as an assistant women's volleyball coach at Temple University (1996-2000) and at the United States Military Academy in 2023, helping lead Army to a Patriot League runner-up finish and the conference's top-ranked defense.
A native of Kibbutz Ein Hamifratz, Israel, Doron competed professionally for 12 years in the Israeli Men's Premier Volleyball League and represented Israel's Men's National Team from 1986 to 1996, finishing fourth at the 1995 FISU World University Games in Fukuoka, Japan. Doron won four Israeli League championships (1987, 1988, 1992, 1994) and two Israeli Cup titles (1987, 1988) with Mate Asher Volleyball Club.
Married to Jennifer Thomas, Doron has a son, Kai. As director of volleyball, Doron supports IMG Academy's mission to empower student-athletes to win their future.