Nicki Holmes - Assistant Coach - Women's Volleyball Coaches

Miami

Oct 3 (Fri)

7pm

Nicki Holmes

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
nsholmes@ncsu.edu
Phone:
(919) 515-3774

Nicki Holmes enters his second season as an assistant coach on Wolfpack head coach Linda Hampton-Keith's staff. Holmes works with the team's setters, helps coordinate the offense, assists with opponent's scouting and manages the DataVolley software in addition to other technology.

Under his direction, setter Maggie Speaks claimed AVCA All-East Honorable Mention honors and she also secured second team All-ACC. Holmes helped Speaks tally the third-most assists in the conference with 1,148 during the 2016 season.

Additionally, Speaks broke the rally-scoring era program record for assists in a match with 64 assists in NC State's five-set victory against SMU. For the season, the Wolfpack finished with the fourth-most assists in the conference with 12.81 per set - the most during the program's rally-scoring era.

NC State recorded a .226 attacking percentage for the season, which is the second best in program history.

Holmes joined the Wolfpack following two seasons as the head coach at North Carolina Central University in Durham. While with the Eagles, he coached an all-conference player in both seasons and also guided the program to national recognition by receiving the 2014 AVCA Team Academic Award for a team grade point average (GPA) better than 3.3.

He also helped return NCCU to the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Tournament in his first season, after the program did not qualify for the event the previous year.

Before accepting the head coaching position, Holmes was an assistant coach at the University of Central Florida (UCF) for two years. He worked with the Knights’ setters and was also responsible for practice planning and opponent scouting.

Holmes played an instrumental role in UCF posting a 21-10 record during the 2013 season, the program’s best mark since 2003. He also coached two All-Americans, two all-region performers and seven all-conference selections.

In 2013, he guided UCF’s setter Marie Reiterova to a career-best 1,173 assists en route to earning second team all-conference honors. She led the American Conference with 11.39 assists per set and charted 12 double-doubles. The previous season, Holmes helped Reiterova claim Conference USA setter of the week honors three times during the season, which is a program record.

He was the camp director with UCF, leading the staff in planning and execution of summer camps, while overseeing all of the day-to-day operations, including marketing, registration, outside vendor support, lodging and apparel. Holmes also supervised the team managers and volunteer assistant coach.

Holmes spent the 2011 season as a volunteer assistant with the Stetson Hatters, helping with the training of both indoor and sand players. He assisted with practice planning and equipment management.

Since 2005, Holmes has been actively involved with USA Volleyball, serving in numerous capacities. He has served as the program manager for the Collegiate National Team since 2012 where he works with the top 48 student-athletes in the nation with college eligibility remaining.

Additionally, he has been a member of the lead tryout staff for the U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryout since 2012, evaluating more than 250 participants. Holmes is an assistant coach for the USA Select/Youth National Team and is the head coach for multiple USA Training Camps.

Holmes graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science in general studies (Core Engineering Curriculum) and earned a Master’s of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University. He served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force for seven years and was hand-selected to the premier space unit in the United States Military.

What They’re Saying About Holmes…
Mike Hebert, Former Head Coach at the University of Minnesota
“Coach Nicki Holmes was an absolute professional during all of the years we spent together with the collegiate national team. Nicki is going to do a great job for Coach Hampton-Keith and NC State. Nicki is a great recruiter and a great coach. The student-athletes will be challenged by Nicki in the gym, and they’re going to enjoy working with him on all levels.”

Linda Hampton-Keith, NC State Volleyball Head Coach
“Nicki Holmes is a rising star in the coaching profession who I have worked side-by-side for several summers in the USA Volleyball Collegiate National Team program.

"It’s immediately clear when you work with Nicki, that he brings a high level of knowledge about the game and can communicate with the athletes in a way that maximizes their potential. His coaching experiences, creative technical savvy and familiarity of the North Carolina region will allow our staff to seamlessly transition into a highly-functioning program that will allow our athletes to compete at the highest levels immediately.”