Alan Knipe (born January 1, 1969) is the head coach of the Long Beach State men's volleyball team.

Knipe played on the Long Beach State men's volleyball team from 1990 to 1992.

[1] Knipe was the men's head volleyball coach at Golden West College in 1994 and 1995.

In 1995, along with Co-Head Coach and former CSULB teammate Patrick Sullivan, led the team to the California State JC championship.

Knipe lead Long Beach State to four straight NCAA Final Four appearances from 2016 to 2019.

He has helped develop 6 National Player of the Year, starting with Paul Lotman (2008), Taylor Crabb (2013), Josh Tuaniga (2017), TJ DeFalco (2017, 2019) and Aleksander Nikolov (2022).

Leading the team to the Silver Medal at the 2009 and 2011 at the NORCECA Championships as well as the 2012 FIVB World League.