Former IU coach Doug West is back for his third year as an assistant coach for Grace’s volleyball team in 2017.
West spent four years as the head coach at Indiana University from 1983-86. He was the second coach in the Hoosiers’ program history. He racked up 65 wins in four years and posted a winning record in his final three seasons.
He also has 13 years of experience coaching at area high schools, including stops at Warsaw, Whitko and Plymouth. He coached the Tigers from 2001-07, took over Whitko’s program from 2009-11 and has led Plymouth since 2011.
West graduated high school at Yorktown and went on to graduate from Ball State with a degree in journalism. While at Ball State, West was the men’s volleyball team’s setter, earning All-Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association First Team honors in 1981-82. He also began his coaching career while at Ball State, assisting Muncie Burris High School as a college student. He went on to coach the Munciana Volleyball Club team, leading the squad to a fifth-place finish at the ESVBA Junior Nationals in 1981.
After graduating in 1982, West took a position as an assistant coach at Illinois State University, helping the team to a Gateway Conference title and a berth to the NCAA tournament. He was also a volunteer assistant at the University of Nebraska from 1992-96, including the Huskers’ NCAA championship season in 1995.
