Jeffery Hicks - Volleyball Coach - Michigan State University Athletics

Jeffery Hicks

Title:
Technical Coordinator
Email:
hicksj17@ath.msu.edu
Phone:
353-1756

Jeffery Hicks joined the Spartan volleyball staff as the technical coordinator in the summer of 2018.

Hicks has been involved with the USA Volleyball Women’s National Sitting Team for the last five years, serving as the team’s technical coordinator and business management assistant. He produces live statistics and analysis, creates detailed pre-match and in-game strategies utilizing analytics, and is greatly involved with scouting and generating video analysis for athlete development. He earned a silver medal with the US sitting team at the 2018 World Championships, and has won gold medals with the sitting team in 2015 at the Para PanAm Games in Toronto, and in 2016 at the International Cup. The Women’s National Sitting Team achieved gold in 2016 at Rio Paralympic Games and earned the world #1 ranking after that historic win.

Previously based in Atlanta, he worked with the Emory University women’s program in the fall of 2017, helping the No. 2-seeded Eagles to an Elite Eight appearance. Other collegiate stops included at Mississippi State (2013) where he had a role in operations in addition to statistical analysis, and at Pfeiffer University in North Carolina (2012-13) where he was an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s programs and seeing the men’s team to a Conference Carolina’s Championship.

A graduate of Mercer University in 2012 with a degree in Business Administration and a concentration in Business Management, he currently sits on the Sports Marketing and Analytics Advisory Board at his alma mater.