Digging Deep with Hudson Bates: His volleyball journey a AVP Pro to coaching at Ohio State!

Meet Hudson Bate's Ohio State Men's Volleyball Associate Head coach. He stopped by the podcast to share his amazing volleyball history! • Named Ohio State associate head coach in June 2019 • Also serves as the program’s recruiting coordinator • Four members of the 2023 Recruiting class were named Volleyballmag.com Fab 50 roster with Wetzel earning the No. 4 spot on the list … He joined Dan Hurley, Jack O’Riordan and Niko Williams on the roster • In 2023 helped coach the Buckeyes to a 23-10 record, MIVA regular-season and tournament titles and a berth in the 2023 NCAA Tournament in Fairfax, Virginia • Came to Columbus with eight seasons of collegiate coaching experience • Assistant coach for Virginia women’s volleyball for two seasons (2017-18) • Started a men’s volleyball program at Marymount University (Arlington, Va.) in 2013 • Lifted Marymount from its inaugural season to a conference championship and top-10 (D-III) national ranking in just four years (2017) • Long history of USA Volleyball coaching (involved since 2007), including his continuation as the Boys High Performance Coach • Spent nearly a decade playing professionally both indoors and on the beach after a four-year college career at George Mason University (2005-08) • Retired from the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour in 2016 after a nine-year stretch in the sand • Member of the 2010 U.S. National Beach Team and donned the Stars & Stripes representing Team USA in multiple international FIVB tournaments over the years • Indoors, Bates trained with the U.S. National Team from 2008-10 and competed professionally in the Puerto Rico Superior League and Qatar National League from 2008-12 • Served as George Mason volunteer coach during the 2009 season • Two-time First Team EIVA All-East honoree