David Glass enters his fourth year as an assistant coach in the Pacific volleyball program after several years of coaching experience at the Division I level.
Before his arrival at Pacific, Glass spent the 2008 season as an assistant coach at Portland State, where he specialized in increasing offensive production and running practices. During his tenure Portland State, Glass helped lead the Vikings to a 21-8 record, a Big Sky Conference regular season championship and a runner-up finish in the Big Sky Conference Championship Tournament.
Prior to Portland State, Glass spent one season as an assistant coach at the University of Portland, where his duties included tape exchange, skills development and working as the associate director for the Pilots’ annual volleyball camp. Glass also spent the 2003 and 2004 seasons as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Tennessee and was head coach of the university’s club program.
At the club level, Glass has spent the last five years working with the Athena Volleyball Academy, operated by Pacific head coach Lena Chan, including the last few years as assistant club director. Much of his work has been with the club’s under-18 teams.
Glass has also served as an assistant coach at Aloha and Milwaukie high schools and has worked at volleyball camps for Portland State, Mt. Hood Community College, University of Portland, Washington, Wyoming and Tennessee. In addition, Glass operates his own series of summer camps, specializing in teaching arm swing technique to attackers and assisting setters in adapting to college-level offenses.
A native of Burbank, Calif., Glass earned his bachelor’s degree in marketing and management from Oregon in 1993. He earned a master’s degree in sport administration from American Military University in 2007.
