Heather Olmstead Staff Bio | Women's Volleyball Assistant Coach

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Helped the Cougars to their first conference title since 2005, their best record since 1998 at 28-4 and a finish in the round of 16 at the NCAA tournament, the team's first showing at the tournament since 2007, during the 2012 season
Coached four All-Americans, including AVCA first teamer Jennifer Hamson, in 2012
Helped Cougars to 21-9 (10-6 WCC) season in 2011
Coached players to three all-conference honors, three academic all-conference honors, one all-region accolade and one AVCA All-America citation in 2011
Helped the team to a third-place finish in BYU’s first season in the West Coast Conference

Served as assistant coach at Utah State 2003-05
Helped Utah State to an NCAA tournament appearance in 2005
Served as assistant coach at Utah 2006-10
Helped Utah to a Sweet-16 finish in the NCAA tournament and an MWC title in 2008
Helped Utah to a second-round NCAA tournament finish and 16-0 conference finish in 2006
Utes compiled a 103-51 record with Olmstead as assistant coach
Coached the Intermountain Volleyball Association High Performance team at the 2006 Global Challenge in Maribor, Slovenia
Served as head coach of the IVA HP Select Team in Florida July 2010

Started all four years at Utah State 1998-2001
Helped Utah State to a second-round NCAA tournament finish and No. 21 final ranking in 2001
Recorded second-most career digs for Utah State with 981
Recorded sixth-most career sets played with 412 and eighth-most career matches played with 116
Set single-season record at Utah State for most digs with 340
Was the only libero named to the United States Professional Volleyball team for the 2002-03 season

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