Texas A&M International University Athletics

Jerry Hulla enters his second season as Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at TAMIU, after joining the program in 2016. He brings over twenty-five years of coaching experience to the Dustdevils’ coaching staff, including collegiate coaching at the Division I, Division II & Junior College levels, plus international experience.
 
Before coming to TAMIU, Hulla spent three seasons at Bemidji State University (BSU) in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), the top Division II volleyball conference in the country. There he was involved in multiple facets of the program, including recruiting, developing scouting reports and breaking down video, coordinating with the Strength & Conditioning Staff on year-round programs and training the setters and liberos. During his tenure one of his setters finished fifth All-Time in career assists and one of his liberos finished fourth All-Time in career digs. In addition, Hulla coached the All-Time career kills and attempts leader at BSU, who also finished eighth All-Time in career games played. He also coached a player who finished tenth All-Time in career block assists, plus two players who reached 1,000 kills in their careers; one of which was only the third player in program history to record both 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs during their career.
 
Academically during his time at BSU, Hulla coached 20 NSIC Fall All-Academic Team members; the 2013-14 and 2014-15 Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year; the 2014-15 Butch Raymond Scholarship recipient; the 2015 NSIC Myles Brand All-Academic with Distinction Award winner and the 2015 NSIC Female Honor Student-Athlete of the Year.
 
Hulla also served as Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance while at BSU and was responsible for twelve Division II Men’s & Women’s sports, plus Division I Men’s & Women’s Ice Hockey. His duties included initial eligibility for incoming student-athletes and transfers; preparation and distribution of National Letters of Intent and Financial Aid Agreements; monitoring continuing eligibility and progress towards degree and graduation, maintaining Institutional Request Lists and certifying and processing official and unofficial visits.
 
International experience is also something Hulla brings to Laredo. In the summer of 2013 he was invited to serve as the Head Coach for a Bring It Promotions team that participated in the Ninth Annual European Global Challenge held in Croatia. His team, comprised of collegiate volleyball players from all divisions, finished fifth overall while competing against Junior National Teams from Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, Croatia, Montenegro and the Czech Republic. Additionally, Hulla served as a statistician for the 2001 United States Men's National and World University Games teams in Colorado Springs. There he worked with many players who ended up being selected to the teams that won Gold in 2008 in China and Bronze this past summer in Brazil. Hulla’s international experience doesn’t end there, as he also served as the Assistant Coach for the United States Disabled Standing National Team from 1998-2001. During that time the team finished fourth at the 1998 World Championships in Poland, won the Silver Medal at the 1999 Pan-American Championships in Canada and finished fourth at the 2000 Paralympic Games in Australia. He trained four All-Tournament Team selections, including a three-time Best Blocker in the World, two-time Best Spiker in the World and one-time Best Receiver in the World. He has also been involved with USA Volleyball’s High Performance Program on-and-off for over fifteen years, serving as both a talent evaluator and assisting in the selection of members of multiple Youth and Junior National Teams. Hulla is CAP Level IV certified by USA Volleyball.
 
Hulla collegiate experience is also extensive. At the NCAA Division I level, he served as the Recruiting Coordinator and Assistant Coach at Towson University in Maryland from 2007-2009 and University of Louisiana-Monroe from 2004-05. At Towson, he was responsible for all aspects of recruiting and talent evaluation, in addition to on-court coaching, video duties and scouting reports. His 2009 recruiting class received Honorable Mention status from Prep Volleyball, while he was responsible for signing an Under Armour Second Team All-American and Maryland Gatorade Player of the Year to the 2010 class. He also managed all aspects of the Tiger Volleyball Camps and served as the liaison to both the Compliance and Academic Advising departments. While at Towson, he trained two multi-year All-Conference selections and one All-Rookie team member. At Louisiana-Monroe, he was the primary recruiter, was responsible for video analysis and opponent scouting, coordinated the Strength & Conditioning program, plus training setters and managed the team's defense. He also continued his involvement with Athletic Compliance by handling all paperwork necessary to comply with NCAA, conference and university rules.
 
At the NCAA Division II level, Hulla’s experience isn’t limited to just his time at Bemidji State. He was the Recruiting Coordinator and Assistant Coach at the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) from 2003-04. There he served as the primary recruiter; was responsible for the team’s defense and trained their defensive specialists. He also created and managed both the spring and summer Strength & Conditioning programs; handled opponent scouting and video analysis, as well as coordinated a nutrition program with UCA’s Family & Consumer Sciences Dept. While at UCA he trained two All-Conference selections and two Conference Players of the Week (one offensive and one defensive) while helping the team to a second place finish in the Western Division in 2003 and a Quarterfinal appearance in the Gulf South Conference Tournament.
 
In addition to his NCAA experience, Hulla has also coached at the Junior College level. He served as the Head Coach at National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Galveston College from 2001-02, where he was responsible for all aspects of the program from recruiting to scheduling; arranging student-athlete housing; scouting opponents and developing game plans; managing statistics and developing the program’s media guide. During his tenure he guided several Whitecap players to All-Conference and All-Region laurels.
 
Hulla’s first Head Coaching position at the NJCAA level came at the Colleges of Baltimore County in Catonsville (CCBC-Catonsville), formerly known as Catonsville Community College. From 1996-2000 he led the Cardinals to back-to-back undefeated seasons within the region (37-0) and conference (22-0), as well as consecutive Maryland Junior College, Region XX and District IV titles. His teams finish as high as seventh at the NJCAA Division II National Championships and ninth in the National poll. His teams played four consecutive seasons at home without a loss, while his student-athletes went on to gain All-Conference honors 11 times, All-Region honors 10 times (including one All-Tournament MVP), Region XX All-America accolades on two occasions and one garnered NJCAA All-America Honorable Mention. He also saw five players statistically nationally ranked by the NJCAA. While at CCBC-Catonsville, Hulla was recognized for his efforts by being named both the 1998 and 1999 Tachikara/American Volleyball Coaches Association Junior College Northeast/Southeast Region Coach of the Year; 1999 NJCAA Division II District Coach of the Year, 1999 Region XX Coach of the Year and the Maryland Junior College Coach of the Year both in 1998 and 1999.
 
At the high school level, Hulla has guided numerous programs to extremely successful seasons and holds an .800 winning percentage overall. His athletes have received over 55 individual honors and awards at the local, regional and national levels for their accomplishments.
 
In addition, he has extensive experience as a youth camp instructor. He has been involved with camps at University of Texas, Stanford University, University of Illinois, University of Florida and Long Beach State University, amongst others, dating back to 1996. Most recently he has spent the last eight years involved with Volley Performance Camps & A5 Volleyball Club, one of the most successful volleyball clubs in the country; based out of Roswell, Georgia.
 
Hulla, who has numerous published works to his credit in periodicals such as Performance Conditioning Volleyball, Coaching Volleyball and Volleyball USA, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in Information Systems Management in 1991.