SPARRING COACHES
Joe Van
Head Coach Joe Van has been coaching for Texas Taekwondo since 2008. He has led us to our five consecutive National Championship titles and has recently coached for Team USA at the 2023 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China.
Mike Tran
Coach Mike has been with Texas Taekwondo since 2000. He is our current alumni outreach chair and has documented much of the team’s history through his podcast “In the Coach’s Corner” (check it out on your favorite platform!). Coach Mike is a proud father of three future Longhorns and is infamous for his dad jokes!
Maria El-Aswad
Maria El-Aswad joined Texas Taekwondo in 2021 and is one of our assistant sparring coaches. She recently graduated UT in 2023 with a B.A. in Psychology and Philosophy and is currently working in Austin as a Qualified Mental Health Professional for a Mobile Crisis Outreach Team. She is a former Lebanese National Team Member and continues to share her passion of taekwondo through coaching and training with the club.
Anna Huntington
Anna Huntington joined Texas Taekwondo in 2016 and is one of our assistant sparring coaches. She graduated UT with a B.S. in Mathematics in 2019 and completed her M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from Texas State in 2024. Anna has been a coach with Texas Taekwondo for the last 7 years and has been an integral part of the program for many championship runs.