The Puerto Rico Volleyball Federation has not yet decided whether Juan Carlos Núñez will continue as head coach of the women’s national team, and the same applies to Jamille Torres, who led the men’s team last season, federation vice president Marxuach said. Both coaches are available to return to their teams, and Marxuach said the federation is not evaluating other candidates for the national team jobs at the moment.
In comments sent by text message, Marxuach said the review is a routine federation procedure: "We are in the process of evaluating all the national teams. Everyone is going to go through the process. It is something we always have to do."
The decision is pending as Puerto Rico prepares for two 2027 World Championships. The women’s team learned this week of its group for the 2027 World Championship, hosted jointly by Canada and the United States in August and September. The men’s team does not yet know its group for the 2027 World Championship in Poland, scheduled for September.
Under Núñez, the women’s team reached the podium in three of the five regional competitions it played this year, including bronze at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo, and finished its international calendar with a 13-14 overall record. The women’s team is scheduled to begin its 2027 competitive activity in May, before the World Championship in August.
The men’s team, coached by Torres, won silver at the 2026 Santo Domingo Games, played for bronze in two other regional tournaments and closed its season with a 13-11 overall record. Núñez remains working in Puerto Rico and will coach the Criollas de Caguas in the 2027 season of the Liga de Voleibol Superior Femenino (LVSF), which the Criollas will begin under a new administration.
Torres works in the United States as an assistant coach for the Dallas Pulse of the women’s professional Major League Volleyball (MLV). The U.S. team will visit Puerto Rico in December to play two exhibition matches against the Cangrejeras de Santurce at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.