Aug. 6, 2015
RENO, Nev. - Nevada volleyball head coach Lee Nelson has announced the addition of volunteer assistant coach
Jordan Reeder and graduate assistant coach Vish Djurdjevic to his coaching staff. Reeder and Djurdjevic joins assistants Tyson Norton and Megan Burton on the bench.
"We have really put together a top notch staff," said Nelson, who enters his first season leading the Pack. "Vish brings an understanding of how you have to compete in order to be successful at the highest levels while Jordan is a local product who will help us with the setters and our team defense. I am enthusiastic about this staff and am really looking forward to getting all of us in the gym with the team."
Djurdjevic joins the Pack after a stint as an assistant at Boston College this past season and a stellar collegiate career.
Djurdjevic assisted Golden Eagle head coach Chris Campbell in a myriad of areas including team and player scouting coordination and organizing recruiting visits for prospective student-athletes. The Zitizte, Serbia native also earned a master's degree at BC in administrative studies with a concentration in sports management.
Prior to playing professionally in Slovenia and Austria and later beginning her coaching career in those two countries, Djurdjevic enjoyed a decorated four-year career as a student-athlete at Tulane and Florida State. She was named Second Team All-Conference USA with the Green Wave as a freshman in 2008 after ranking third on the team in kills (305), digs (300) and points (365.5) After a sophomore campaign that saw Co-Player of the Year honors in Conference USA, Djurdjevic finished her career at Florida State where she was a two-time All-ACC performer. The Seminoles went 50-18 and reached the Final Four in 2011 in the two seasons Djurdjevic spent in Tallahassee.
Reeder has worked as a coach at Silver State Volleyball Club in Carson City from 2008-15. At Silver State, Reeder led teams of different age groups while designing practices and developing technical and foundational skills. Reeder also implemented iPad and applications to provide visual and constructive statistical feedback for players and coaches.
The Zephyr Cove, Nev. native graduated from George Whittell High School and attended Cornell where she ranks seventh in program history with 354 assists and 16th with 834 digs. Reeder also saw action in every set as a junior and senior at setter.
After graduating with a degree in natural resources with a concentration in resource policy management, Reeder used her education locally in the private sector where she founded her own environmental services company and most recently worked at Tahoe Resource Conservation District in the summer of 2014.
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