Nate Michaels

Nate Michael brings over 20 years of coaching experience from the youth and collegiate level to the Montana Volleyball Academy and is proud to direct MVA to the next level.

Nate has been the head coach of the MVA 18 National team since 2011. In that time Nate has coached over 60 seniors that went on to play collegiate volleyball. Also, in that time the MVA 18 National team has qualified to the Girls’ Junior National Championships 8 times winning the Evergreen Regional Championship in 2012 and 2015. In 2019 Nate coached the MVA 16 National to an Evergreen Power League Title. In addition to the MVA 18 and 16 National teams’ successes, MVA has had 14 teams qualify for the Girls’ Junior National Championships in his tenure.  

Before MVA, Nate directed Bexar County Volleyball Academy in San Antonio, Texas. In his first and only season with BCVA he Head Coached the 18 Asics and Co-Head Coached the 17 Asics. The 18 Asics finished with a 34-14 overall record and earned an American Bid to the Junior National Championships. The Bexar 17 Asics finished 6th in the Tour of Texas and qualified in the National Division for the Junior National Championships.

Nate began his club coaching career as an administrator at Club West Volleyball, in Southern California. Since its conception in 2002, Nate played a crucial role in bringing the humble 8-team club to the 2nd largest in its region with 29 competitive teams and over 300 athletes. In Nate’s final year with the club, they qualified 7 teams to Junior Nationals. While at Club West Nate coached at the 14’s, 16’s, 17’s and 18’s age groups as well as design training curriculums for volleyball athletes and the club’s head coaches.

Beyond coaching at the club level, Nate was an assistant coach at Claremont McKenna College (Claremont, CA) for five years and also was the Head Coach at Ontario Christian High School, where in 2008 he was named the Christian Conference Coach of the Year.

As a player in 1999 and 2000 Nate attended Grossmont College. He helped lead the “Griffins” to two consecutive final four appearances and was named to the OEC All-Conference team in 2000 as well as leading the conference in aces. Nate played his final two seasons at the University of La Verne. He was a two-year captain and in 2002 Nate was twice named AVCA National Player of the Week in leading the “Leos” to a National Runner-Up finish in 2002. He was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Final Four in 2002. At the end of his ULV career, Nate ranked in the top 5 in nearly every offensive category in the program’s history. He was also named team MVP and MVP of the 2002 Molten Invitational Tournament.

Nate also spent several years as an outdoor player earning his “AAA” rating on the beach and spent three years playing in AVP events. Nate’s highest finish in a professional event was 33rd in the Redondo Beach Open.

As a prep-athlete, Nate was recognized as one of the top 50 high school recruits in the country in Volleyball Magazine’s Fab 50 list.

Nate and his wife Allison have two sons, Wyatt and Carson, and would like to thank everyone at the Montana Volleyball Academy for a great 13 years and they know the best is yet to come!