Brian Gold
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- Title:
- Assistant Coach
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- Phone:
- 402-557-7069
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- Email:
- brgold@bellevue.edu
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- Year:
- 1st Season
Brian Gold begins his first season with the Bruin Volleyball program as an assistant coach in 2023.
Gold comes to Bellevue from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Ark. As an assistant coach at HSU, he was responsible for recruiting, travel planning, and scouting, in addition to serving as head coach of the junior varsity program.
Before Henderson State, Gold spent one year at Cleveland State University, where he served as the volunteer assistant coach during the 2021-22 season. Prior to that, Gold saw coaching stints at Notre Dame College, Baldwin Wallace University, and Wayne State University from 2017-2020, where his responsibilities included being the video coordinator, creating gameplans, training offensive hitters and setters, and providing statistical analysis.
In addition to coaching in the collegiate ranks, Gold spent seven years coaching at the club level, most recently at Elite Volleyball Academy in Little Rock, Ark., working with their National teams. Before moving to Arkansas, he spent two years at Academy Volleyball Cleveland in Ohio, where his AVC 16 White team qualified for USAV Nationals in the 16 American division in 2021.
In 2018 and 2019, Gold coached at Legacy Volleyball Club in Detroit, Mich., leading his National 16 East squad to a top-5 finish at AAU Nationals in 2019, while also serving as an assistant coach for Legacy 15 Elite. In addition, Gold was an assistant coach on the staff of the Lakeshore Region's Girls' Youth Team when they finished fifth at the 2019 USAV High Performance Championships held in Tulsa, Okla.
Before joining the coaching ranks, Gold played for the Grand Valley State University men's club volleyball team, where he was trained as a libero, outside hitter, and setter. Gold also served as an Executive Board Member with the team for three years, where his tasks included helping to recruit new players and plan fundraiser activities for the club. During this time, Gold started on his coaching path, working as a student assistant for three seasons with GVSU volleyball, including handling film recording and breakdown for the 2014 team that reached the NCAA DII Final Four.
Gold was born in Detroit and was raised in Huntington Woods, Mich. He is an alum of GVSU, where he was a double major in Sports Management and Broadcasting, earning his two Bachelor of Science degrees in 2016.
