Nolan Albrecht American NCAA men's volleyball coach and active indoor, grass and sand player. And Illinois native, his outstanding juniors play got him recruited to play outside hitter at Belmont Abbey. He was won multiple award including AVCA National Player of the Week, finishing third in voting for the "Karch Kiraly Award" for the nation's best Outside Hitter, and lead the nation in kills (523) and kills per set (5.03). He climbed up the coaching chain of command and from 2017 to the present is the Head men's volleyball coach for his alma mater. He remains an active player on the regional and national indoor and outdoor scene, recently finishing second at the Pottstown Rumble - the biggest grass tournament of the year.
Tune in, as we chat up the formula that helps win side-out grass tournaments, the transition from player all the way up to head coach at Belmont Abbey, how coaching translates to ones mindset as an active player, why home teams play better, the advantage of "Zoom" and how it helped us through the pandemic, the "VCN" team in the indoor professional league, what kind of shape the USA national team is in going into Tokyo, why we felt Patch did not make the team how there are two different "sores" from playing indoor and sand, playing with Marc Fornaciari, how theatre performance has helped shaped his coaching style, reverting to techniques and moves that work under or absent of pressure, and more!
