NCAA Men
December 25, 2023
It’s been since 2019 that VolleyballMag.com presented a College Coaching Hotshots list.
Just as a ton of new talent has come into the collegiate game in that timeframe, the same holds true on the coaching front, whether it’s veterans of the sport taking their game to the next level or newcomers getting their feet wet.
And as you will see, there is no shortage of coaching talent in NCAA Division I women’s, NCAA Division I-II men, and NCAA collegiate beach programs.
We initially asked sports information directors at the conference level to spread the word to their member institutions to nominate coaches for this list.
They did not disappoint. A big hats off here to the conference-level SIDs for helping get the process started and to the volleyball SIDs at these schools for finishing the job and submitting these up-and-coming coaching hotshots across the three disciplines. In addition to submitting the usual vitals, SIDs were asked to provide a summation as to why folks are worthy of being a Coaching Hotshot.
This list spans the gamut from the veteran unsung heroes, such as Wisconsin’s Gary White and Long Beach State’s Nick MacRae, to brand-new Santa Clara volunteer beach assistant Lance Muret, who by the way, was the final nominee,…
