Grayson DuBose Named Head Volleyball Coach at Utah State

March 27, 2006

LOGAN, Utah - Grayson DuBose has been named the new head women's volleyball coach at Utah State University it was announced by Aggie athletics director Randy Spetman Monday [March 27].

 

DuBose (pronounced Do-Boz), a former assistant coach at Utah State from 1999-2000, has spent the last four seasons as an assistant on Brigham Young's men's volleyball team. He replaces Burt Fuller, who resigned in February after posting an 82-70 record in five years, including two trips to the NCAA Tournament.

 

"We are very excited that someone the caliber of Grayson applied for and then accepted our coaching position," said senior associate athletics director Ken Peterson. Peterson, who directed the search added, "We've been able to achieve a high-level of success that we want to maintain at Utah State, and we feel like Grayson is the man to keep it there."

 

DuBose began his collegiate coaching career at Utah State from 1999-2000 as an assistant to Tom Peterson. During that time, the Aggies won the Eastern Division of the Big West Conference in 1999, and advanced to the school's first-ever NCAA Tournament in 2000, defeating Missouri in the first round. USU finished the 2000 season ranked 22nd in the country, the program's first-ever top-25 ranking.

 

"I am excited about returning to Utah State University and I'm looking forward to the challenge of maintaining the high standards that the volleyball program, the university, and the community has come to expect," said DuBose. "I'm very anxious to return to the women's game and start working with the student-athletes and teaching them the game I love.

 

"I want to thank Randy Spetman and Ken Peterson for this opportunity," added DuBose, "along with my mentor, Dr. Tom Peterson. I have really grown as a coach because of his patience and insights. And finally, I also want to thank my family for their support."

 

In his four seasons at Brigham Young, DuBose has helped lead the Cougar's men's program to an 86-25 (.775) record, including a National Championship in 2004 and a second-place finish at the 2003 NCAA Tournament. This season, BYU is 16-4 overall and ranked second in the nation.

 

DuBose began his coaching career as an assistant for Brighton High School in Sandy, Utah, from 1997-99, and also assisted with the Cache Valley Juniors and the Mountain West Volleyball Club during that time period. Following his two-year stint at Utah State, DuBose spent one year as an assistant to Peterson at the University of New Mexico, working with the women's program, before following Peterson to BYU.

 

DuBose played two years of collegiate volleyball at Golden West Community College in Huntington Beach, Calif., after graduating from Edision High School in Huntington Beach where he earned all-county honors his senior season.

 

DuBose graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in history in 1993 and then received his teaching certificate from Utah State University in 1995. He and his wife, Lenonnie, have three children, Kline (8), Cassandra (6) and Jackson (2).