In August of 2019, head coach T.J. Bruce brought Kyle Hunt back to the Wolf Pack as a volunteer assistant coach. He is now entering his third season with the team as a volunteer assistant coach in 2021-22.
In 2021 Hunt, who serves as the team’s third base coach, helped the Wolf Pack capture its third Mountain West regular season championship overall and its first since the 2018 season. Due to the conference tournament not being held in 2021, the Wolf Pack also earned the league’s automatic bid to NCAA Regionals, the program’s first trip to regionals since 2000 and its fifth trip overall in program history. After a slow start to conference play and sitting at 7-9 in league action, the Wolf Pack rattled off 15 consecutive Mountain West wins to end the regular season and climb up the standings into first place. Nevada finished the regular season 25-20 overall and went 22-9 in league play.
Hunt played for the Pack from 2012-15 and posted a career batting average of .244 with 203 starts, 37 doubles, eight homers and 86 RBI. Hunt was part of the Pack’s first ever Mountain West regular season championship in 2015 where he had a career-best fielding percentage of .971 and batted .261 with 27 RBI.
Hunt is no stranger to serving on the Pack coaching staff, serving as an undergrad assistant in 2016 before being elevated to Director of Player Development and On-Campus Recruiting in 2017. Hunt then spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Irvine Valley Community College coaching the infielders.
