The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Volleyball
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- Assistant Coach, 7th year
With the start of the 2010 season, Brian Hosfeld enters his seventh year as an assistant coach on Jerritt Elliott's staff at Texas. He was hired on June 14, 2004, after a successful eight-year head coaching tenure at Baylor University. In addition to his on-court duties with the middle blockers and the team's defense, he oversees the team's training program as well as match preparation.
Hosfeld's arrival on the Forty Acres coincided with UT's return to the top of the collegiate volleyball scene. The Longhorns have earned four Top 10 rankings in six seasons with Hosfeld on the bench, while advancing to six NCAA Tournaments, including consecutive trips to the 2008 and 2009 NCAA Championships and trips to the NCAA Regional finals in 2006 and 2007. Additionally, Texas won a share of the Big 12 title in 2007 and 2008 and claimed the crown outright in 2009.
Under Hosfeld's tutelage, Texas' middle blockers averaged 2.96 blocks per-set in 2009 and ranked fifth-best in the NCAA. Additionally, the Horns' formidable block held Big 12 opponents to a league-best .145 hitting percentage during conference play.
In 2008, Hosfeld mentored freshman setter Michelle Kocher as Texas made its first trip to the NCAA Semifinals since 1995. Kocher led the Longhorns to the nation's second-best hitting percentage (.335) in her inaugural campaign, a mark that ranks second all-time at Texas. Kocher, the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, ranked 24th nationally with 11.08 assists per-set for the season.
In his first four seasons at Texas, Hosfeld worked with setter Michelle Moriarty as she paced the team to three of its top four season hitting percentages in program history: .343 in 2007 (1st), .305 in 2004 (3rd) and .272 in 2005 (4th). Moriarty earned AVCA All-America honors three times in her four-year career, while setting the UT career assists record with 5,819. Behind Moriarty, Texas finished the 2007 season ranked second nationally in hitting percentage and Moriarty ranked fourth nationally with 14.18 assists per-set.
During her junior campaign, Moriarty earned AVCA All-America Third Team honors as well as AVCA All-Central Region accolades. Moriarty ranked fourth nationally in 2006, recording 13.68 assists per-set and leading her Texas team that ranked 21st nationally in hitting percentage.
As a sophomore, Moriarty earned AVCA honorable mention All-America honors, as well as AVCA First Team All-Central and First Team All-Big 12 accolades. Moriarty finished the 2005 season ranked 10th nationally in assists per-set (13.38) while pacing the team to the fourth-best hitting mark in school history.
At the conclusion of the 2004 season, Hosfeld was selected to coach the 2005 USA Volleyball A2 junior national team, where he coached former Longhorns Moriarty and Lauren Paolini in summer training sessions in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Before coming to Texas, Hosfeld elevated the Baylor program to new heights. He led the 1999 squad to the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance, and followed that up with another showing in 2001. Hosfeld guided Baylor to three-straight winning seasons (1999-2001) for the first time in school history. Additionally, Volleyball Magazine rated his 1999 recruiting class fourth in the nation.
Prior to arriving at Baylor, Hosfeld was an assistant coach at Long Beach State for three years (1993-95). During this time the 49ers advanced to three straight NCAA Tournaments and won th NCAA Championship in 1993. LBSU had an overall winning percentage of 81.8 percent (81-18) while Hosfeld worked with the team.
In addition to his collegiate coaching duties, Hosfeld also was selected to lead USA Volleyball's silver-medal winning entry at the 1997 World University Games in Sicily, Italy. Prior to his work with that team, Hosfeld served as USA Volleyball's director of the World University and National Team tryouts at the Olympic Training Center.
A native of Long Beach, Calif., Hosfeld was active in junior volleyball before his ascension to head coaching duties at Baylor. In 1986, he co-founded the Magnum Volleyball Club and served as head coach until 1995. Today, the Magnum Volleyball Club still stands as one of the most successful junior development programs in the U.S.
Hosfeld graduated from Long Beach State in 1991. He and his wife, Jaimie (Lee), have a daughter, Ella (6) and a son, Max (5). Jaimie was the 1996 and 1997 BigEast Most Valuable Player while she played volleyball at Notre Dame. After college she competed professionally on the AVP Tour, where she was the 2003 AVP Rookie of the Year.
