Keith Murlless

Murlless was named the Coordinator of Beach Volleyball Officials for the Ohio Valley Conference in October 2019.

Murlless, who brings nearly 20 years of beach volleyball officiating experience, will work to oversee the recruiting, training, educating and assigning of officials for the Conference.

Murlless, serves as the director of beach referee training and certification for USA Volleyball for the last 15 years, a role he has held for almost 15 years. He is also the Beach Volleyball Referee Assignor for a number of independent Division I, II and III institutions. He regularly serves as a Head Referee for USAV at various Qualifiers and Championships. Murlless is a member of the USAV International Referee Advisory Commission.

In addition to these administrative roles, Murlless has extensive referee experience. As an FIVB International Beach Volleyball Referee for 14 years, he worked the 2005 Junior Beach World Championship, the 2009 and 2011 Adult Beach World Championships and the 2018 FIVB Beach Volleyball U-21 Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As a National Beach Official, he is a regular on the AVP Tour, and has served as a Championship Referee at Gulf Shores, as well as at the CCSA and Pac 12 Conference Tournaments.

Murlless has significant indoor officiating experience as well, having served as an NCAA referee for over 30 years. He has multiple NCAA DI and DII Tournaments to his credit and has worked both the NJCAA and NJCCAA National Championships.

Murlless is married to International Beach Volleyball Referee Suzanne Lowry. They live near Greenville, SC.