Jerritt Elliott

Jerritt Kurt Elliott (born April 28, 1968) is an American volleyball head coach of the Texas Longhorns women's volleyball team since 2001.

Jerritt Elliott
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamTexas
ConferenceBig 12
Record561–110 (.836)
Annual salary$557,500.00[1]
Biographical details
Born (1968-04-28) April 28, 1968
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California
Alma materPepperdine
Hawai'i
Cal State Northridge
Playing career
1986-1988Pepperdine
1989-1990Hawai'i
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991Palisades
1992—1995Westside Volleyball Club
1992—1993Forum Team Cup Volleyball Club
1992—1994Marymount High School
1993Cal State Northridge (Assistant, Men's)
1995—1998USC (Assistant)
1999—2000USC (Interim Head Coach)
2001USA Junior National Team (Assistant)
2008USA Volleyball A2 Team
2001—presentTexas
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards
  • AVCA National Coach of the Year (2012)
  • 7x AVCA Southwest Region Coach of the Year (2004, 2007, 2010–11, 2013, 2021–22)
  • AVCA Pacific Region Coach of the Year (2000)
  • 9x Big 12 Coach of the Year (2004, 2007, 2010–12, 2014, 2020–22)

Personal life

Elliott is a native of California and graduated from Palisades High School in Pacific Palisades, California, where he was a high school standout in volleyball. He was teammates with Olympic gold medalist Kent Steffes and led his high school team to an undefeated 36-0 record during his senior year.[2]

After high school, he played men's volleyball at both Pepperdine from 1986-1988 and Hawai'i from 1989-1990 before graduating from Cal State Northridge in 1991 with a degree in kinesiology.

Elliott married Andrea Nucete-Elliott in 2018. His first wife was Washington State University two-time All-American volleyball player Sarah Silvernail, whom he married in 2004. He has two sons with her, Parker, born 2005, and Mack, born 2006, and a step-daughter, Kahle, born 1998.[3][4]

Coaching

Prior to collegiate coaching, Elliott coached for high school and club volleyball teams. Additionally, he served as the director/head coach of the Westside Volleyball Club from 1992-95, where he led his 1994 squad to a fourth-place finish in the Nike Volleyball Festival. In 1992-93, Elliott assumed the role as head coach for the Forum Team Cup Volleyball.

Cal State Northridge (1993)

As an assistant coach on the men's volleyball team, Elliott helped the Matadors reach the NCAA national championship, where they fell to UCLA.

University of Southern California (1995—2000)
Main article: USC Trojans women's volleyball

Elliott joined USC's coaching staff as an assistant coach under then-head coach Lisa Love. As an assistant at USC, Elliott helped guide the Women of Troy to finish in the top 15 nationally all four years. He also was instrumental in developing two-time All-American middle blocker Jasmina Marinkovic (1995—98).

Elliott was named the interim head coach for the 1999 and 2000 season, as then-head coach Mick Haley took on the head coach position for the USA Women's National Team at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.[5] As interim head coach, Elliot led the team to its first NCAA Final Four appearance in 15 seasons as well as a share of the Pac-10 volleyball title. The Trojans featured two All-Americans in 2000 (April Ross] and Jennifer Pahl) and six all-conference players, including the Pac-10 and Region Freshman of the Year (Ross). In both 2000 and 2001, Elliott’s recruiting class was regarded as No. 1 in the nation, the school’s first-ever No. 1 recruiting classes.

Texas (2001—present)
Main article: Texas Longhorns volleyball

In April 2001, Elliott was appointed as Texas's new head volleyball coach. He quickly propelled Texas back into national prominence. Since he began in 2001, he has made every NCAA Tournament except one, has reached the Final Four six times, and won the national championship twice, in 2012 and 2022.

In the 2021 season, Elliott guided Texas to its fifth-consecutive and 14th overall Big 12 Championship. The Longhorns have won or shared ten of the last 11 league championships and 13 of the previous 15. He won his 8th Big 12 Coach of the Year award in 2021.[6]

In the 2022 season, Elliott led Texas to the program's fourth national championship, going 28–1 on the season en route to winning its sixth straight Big 12 title.[7] He was named Big 12 Coach of the Year while the team also had the league's player, setter, and libero of the year award winners. Texas senior Logan Eggleston was named the AVCA National Player of the Year, marking the first time in program history a Texas player won the award, and six players were named All-Americans.[8][9]

Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
USC Trojans (Pacific-10 Conference) (1999–2000)
1999 USC 21–913–53rdNCAA second round
2000 USC 29–316–2T–1stNCAA National semifinals
USC: 50–12 (.806)29–7 (.806)
Texas Longhorns (Big 12 Conference) (2001–present)
2001 Texas 17–149–11T–6thNCAA second round
2002 Texas 23–913–44thNCAA second round
2003 Texas 15–1410–107th
2004 Texas 26–516–42ndNCAA regional semifinal
2005 Texas 24–517–32ndNCAA second round
2006 Texas 24–716–43rdNCAA Regional final
2007 Texas 27–419–1T–1stNCAA Regional final
2008 Texas 29–418–2T–1stNCAA semifinal
2009 Texas 29–219–11stNCAA Runner-up
2010 Texas 27–618–22ndNCAA semifinal
2011 Texas 25–515–11stNCAA Regional final
2012 Texas 29–415–11stNCAA Champion
2013 Texas 27–316–01stNCAA semifinal
2014 Texas 27–315–11stNCAA semifinal
2015 Texas 30–315–11stNCAA Runner-up
2016 Texas 27–514–22ndNCAA Runner-up
2017 Texas 27–316–01stNCAA Regional final
2018 Texas 23–515–11stNCAA Regional final
2019 Texas 23–415–1T–1stNCAA regional semifinal
2020 Texas 27–216–01stNCAA Runner-up
2021 Texas 27–215–11stNCAA Regional final
2022 Texas 28–115–11stNCAA Champion
Texas: 561–110 (.836)337–52 (.866)
Total:611–122 (.834)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References
  1. "Texas regents expected to approve Chris Beard's contract, raises for David Pierce, Jerritt Elliott".
  2. "Jerritt Elliott - Volleyball Coach".
  3. "Jerritt Elliott - Head Coach - Staff Directory". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  4. "Ex-WSU great is wife of successful Texas volleyball coach | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  5. "Jerritt Elliott Accepts Head Coaching Position at Texas".
  6. "Volleyball All-Big 12 Awards Released".
  7. "Texas Wins Third National Title After Sweeping Louisville".
  8. "All-Big 12 Volleyball Awards Announced".
  9. "No. 1 Volleyball lands six on AVCA All-America teams".
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