Leslie Gabriel

Leslie Gabriel (née Tuiasosopo) (born August 2, 1977) is the head women's volleyball coach at the University of Washington.

In addition to assisting head coaches Jim McLaughlin and Keegan Cook with all administrative responsibilities, Gabriel worked with the team's setters and defense.

After completing her eligibility in 1998, Gabriel trained with the United States women's national volleyball team program and was selected to participate at the 1999 Universiade (also known as the World University Games) in Spain.

In December 2022, the UW announced that Gabriel would take over as head coach of the program, which boasts 21 years of consecutive NCAA tournament appearances.

In 2006, Gabriel helped guide senior setter Courtney Thompson to one of the best individual seasons in Husky history.

[5] She married Anthony Gabriel, an academic advisor at the University of Washington, in the summer of 2010, and has three children, Daylon, Myles, and Lanea.