Reno, Nev. - University of Nevada head volleyball coach Devin Scruggs has announced the hiring of Nate Hallett as the Wolf Pack’s fulltime assistant coach. Hallett spent two seasons as a volunteer assistant coach with the Pack, one year as the team’s administrative assistant and served as the interim assistant coach with the team since April.
“I am really pleased to announce Nate as my new full time assistant coach,” said Scruggs. “Nate has been working with our program in a volunteer capacity for over three years. He knows the system. He has a great rapport with the players and staff, and I am extremely excited to have him both in the gym and in the office each day.”
“I’m extremely pleased to continue working at the University of Nevada as a fulltime member of the Wolf Pack volleyball coaching staff,” said Hallett. “I would like to thank coach Scruggs and all those involved in the search process for giving me this opportunity.”
Prior to joining the Wolf Pack staff, he coached at various levels including junior college, club, high school and overseas. With the fulltime appointment his duties have changed and will include working primarily with the setters and right side hitters. Additionally he will be in charge of team travel and the ordering and distribution of equipment. He will organize on-campus recruit visits, assist in recruit evaluations, work as an underclassmen academic advisor, serve as assistant camp coordinator and assist in scouting of opponents
Before joining the Wolf Pack coaching staff he was the head volleyball coach at Churchill High School in Fallon, Nev. where he led the Greenwave to a 7-10 overall record and a 7-5 High Desert League mark in his only season in 2005. Locally, he has coached the Sierra Nevada Volleyball Club and the Capitol City Volleyball Club teams. He coached three former Pack players Teal Ericson, Carly Sorensen and Tristin Johnson when working with the Sierra Nevada and Capitol City Volleyball Clubs.
Internationally he played and coached in Germany. In 2002 he served as an assistant men’s coach at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, Calif. and the next year was an assistant with the women’s team.
This past summer he completed work on a degree in general studies at Nevada. The Rocklin, Calif. native graduated from Rocklin High School in 1999.
