Texas Tech University Athletics
Women's Volleyball Names Gregg Nunley as an Assistant Coach
June 21, 1999 | Women's Volleyball
June 25, 1998
LUBBOCK, Texas - Former Estacado High School volleyball coach Gregg Nunley has been hired to serve as an assistant volleyball coach at Texas Tech University, Texas Tech volleyball coach Jeff Nelson announced Thursday. Nunley, who replaces former assistant Mike Lessinger who accepted a job at Ohio University in May, joins Nelson's staff which also consists of assistant volleyball coach Nancy Todd.
"It's an exciting and outstanding opportunity for me," Nunley said. "Although I really enjoyed coaching and teaching at Estacado, I can't wait for the season to get started."
Nunley rejoins the Texas Tech volleyball program after teaching two years and serving one year as head volleyball coach at Lubbock's Estacado High School. Last season, Nunley turned the Estacado High School volleyball program around and the led the school to its first-ever winning season and first-ever appearance in the district playoffs. Estacado finished with a 7-5 record in district play.
Nunley is no stranger to Texas Tech volleyball as he served as a volunteer assistant coach during the 1995 season and has worked four straight summers at the Texas Tech volleyball camp. Nelson said his familiarity with the program was a major factor in his decision to hire Nunley.
"We were looking for continuity," Nelson said. "Gregg's been around our program, he knows our system and he's worked our summer camps. It's a perfect fit for our program."
GREGG NUNLEY'S BIO
Gregg Nunley rejoins the Texas Tech volleyball program for the 1998 season after teaching two years and serving one year as head volleyball coach at Lubbock's Estacado High School. Nunley will concentrate on promotions and marketing of the Texas Tech volleyball program along with the day-to-day duties of an assistant coach.
Last season, Nunley turned the Estacado High School volleyball program around and the led the school to its first-ever winning season and first-ever appearance in the district playoffs in school history. Estacado finished with a 7-5 record in district play.
A 1992 graduate of Cal State Sacramento, Nunley, worked with the Texas Tech volleyball program during the 1995 season as a volunteer assistant coach while coordinating marketing and promotions activities for the team. Following his one-year stint with the Red Raider volleyball program, Nunley worked two years as a teacher at Lubbock's Estacado High School. He was honored with the prestigious Sally Mae Award as the state of Texas' First Year Teacher of the Year in 1996 while teaching criminal justice and law in the school's law program.
Nunley, a former tennis letterman at Cal State Sacramento, majored in economics and marketing. He completed his coursework for teacher certification at Texas Tech University which he began at Arizona State. A 1987 graduate of Cactus High School in Glendale, Arizona, Nunley has also worked for Enterprise Rent-A-Car as a marketing management assistant.
THE GREGG NUNLEY FILE
Hometown: Glendale, Ariz.
Began at Texas Tech: June 28, 1998
Education: Cactus High School (Glendale, Ariz.); Bachelor of Arts-Economics and Marketing, Cal State Sacramento, 1992; Teacher Certification, Texas Tech University, 1996.
Coaching Career: 1995- Volunteer Assistant Volleyball Coach, Texas Tech University; 1997-98- Head Volleyball Coach, Lubbock Estacado High School; 1998- Assistant Volleyball Coach, Texas Tech University. Club Coaching Career: Three years of Lubbock Juniors Volleyball Club (14 year olds and 16 year olds); four-year member of TTU volleyball summer camp staff.
