The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Volleyball announces coaching staff adjustments
05.09.2022 | Volleyball
The Longhorns add David Hunt as associate head coach and Jordan Larson transitions to volunteer assistant.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Volleyball has announced the addition of David Hunt as associate head coach and the transition of Jordan Larson to the volunteer assistant position, head coach Jerritt Elliott announced. One of the nation's top up-and-coming head coaches in Men's Volleyball at Pepperdine for the past five seasons and a veteran of multiple stints coaching the men's and women's USA national teams, Hunt brings 15 years of high-level coaching experience to the Longhorns.
"With this transition, we have two of the most elite coaches in the country," Elliott said of the couple, who married in 2021. "Jordan and David get to bring their family together, which is an important step for them. The excitement that Jordan has about them both being part of our program is awesome. This is all about putting together a winning team, and we're able to do that with these two. It's a perfect match for their family and for our program."
After joining the Texas Volleyball staff in January, Larson later decided to continue her professional volleyball career this spring. Her work with the program has been ongoing, and she is now moving into a volunteer assistant coach role, while Hunt takes on the associate head coach position.
"David is so deserving of this opportunity and I am excited for him and for The University of Texas," Larson said. "The experience he brings to the program, both at the collegiate and international level, makes him a great fit here. We both are thrilled to be part of the Texas Volleyball program."
Hunt spent five seasons as the Pepperdine Men's Volleyball head coach, compiling a career record of 78-38 and leading the program to three-straight NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2019, just his second season as head coach Hunt led the Waves to MPSF regular season and tournament titles, as well as to the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament. He was named the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year following the 2019 and 2022 seasons.
Prior to being named Pepperdine's head coach, Hunt had spent several seasons on the Waves' coaching staff from 2007-14. As an assistant, he was recognized on three occasions with an American Volleyball Coaches Association Thirty Under 30 Award (2010, 2016, 2017).
"Our family is excited to get to Texas," Hunt said. "This is a program that I've watched from afar for a long time and I have seen the high-level athletes who have come through here. This is a unique opportunity to work for a program that's been the best in the country for the last 15 years and to do it with such great people is an opportunity I couldn't pass up."
During his time as head coach, Hunt saw 14 of his players selected as All-Americans and had 15 players named MPSF All-Conference.
Hunt's coaching experience goes beyond the collegiate ranks, as he has spent multiple stints with USA Volleyball with both the men's and women's national teams. In the summer of 2016, Hunt was an assistant coach with the U.S. Women's National Team and helped lead Team USA to a bronze medal finish at the Rio Olympic Games.
In 2014, Hunt was picked as head coach for the U.S. Women's National Team that competed at the NORCECA World Championship Qualification Tournament at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. He was a member of the coaching staff for the 2012 U.S. Boys' Youth National Team where the squad won the bronze medal at the NORCECA Boys' Youth Continental Championship.
In 2011, he worked as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's Junior National Team that competed at the FIVB World Championships. In 2008, he was on the staff for the U.S. Men's National Team at the Pan American Cup.
Hunt also spent a brief stint serving as an assistant coach for the Japanese Men's National Team in 2013.
A native of Glendale, Calif., Hunt played volleyball at Pierce College for two years before going on to graduate from UCLA in 2008 with a bachelor's degree in history.
