Joelle Mafo

Title

Head Women's Volleyball Coach/Senior Woman Administrator
Email

jmafo@cau.edu
Phone

(404) 880-6066

Joelle Mafo is entering her fourth season as the Head Women's Volleyball Coach for Clark Atlanta. In her first season at the helm of the program, she beat the record for the most wins in the program history since 2012. In the same year she was named on the 2023 ABIS Head coaches Watch list.

In June 2024, Mafo was promoted to Senior Woman Administrator; and she is supervising the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and was a key role in organizing the End of the year Athletics Banquet.

In the same academic year, Mafo brought the Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society Nu Chapter to Clark Atlanta University. She is currently serving as the chapter advisor and recently had the first ever induction ceremony in November.

In June 2025, Mafo was named the SIAC Head Volleyball Coaches Chair, and she serves as the liaison between the coaches and the conference office.

Mafo came to Clark Atlanta from Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas, where she has served as head volleyball coach since July 2020. Before HT, Mafo worked as the head women's and assistant men's volleyball coach at Divison II University of Mount Olive in Mount Olive, North Carolina from 2017 to 2019.

Prior to Mount Olive, Joelle was the assistant coach at NCAA Division I Jackson State University from 2012 to 2017. During her time at JSU, Mafo helped lead the Tigers to two Southwestern Athletic Conference championships and two NCAA Tournament appearances. Before her tenure at Jackson State, Mafo spent two years as a graduate assistant at NCAA Division II Arkansas Tech University where she earned her Master's in College Student Personnel.

During her playing career, Mafo was a standout performer at Missouri State University - West Plains, where she was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022. In her time as a Grizzly, Joelle garnered 770 kills (3.36/set), a 3.30 attack percentage, 271 digs, and 959 points accrued. After graduating with an Associate of Arts degree in General Studies in May 2007, Joelle transferred to Arkansas State University in Jonesboro where she completed her collegiate career.

"CAU Athletics is proud to have Coach Mafo as our new Head Women's Volleyball Coach. Her experience and leadership will bring great value and success to our program. We look forward to the success and structure she will provide for our wonderful student-athletes as the first full-time Head Volleyball Coach in program history" said Director of Athletics Dr. Jerel Drew on his latest hire.

Mafo is originally from Cameroon, Africa, where she attended high school while competing on the Cameroonian National Volleyball Team. While on the Olympic team in 2004 she was part of the team that qualified the country to the 2006 World League for the first time ever. She earned the opportunity to move to the United States in 2005 to play volleyball at Missouri State University – West Plains. She graduated with her Associate of Arts in General Studies from MSUWP before obtaining her Bachelor of Science in Health Promotions at Arkansas State University in 2009. Mafo also graduated from Arkansas Tech University with her Master of Science in College Student Personnel in May 2012.