Steve Hutcheson
Hutch working with men's volleyball team in Nairobi, Kenya
MEET HUTCH
Hutch is a veteran volleyball coach, clinician, and program leader with more than five decades of playing and coaching experience in the United States and internationally. He has coached 50 teams and conducted more than 100 player camps and coaches’ clinics. After beginning his varsity playing career in 1969, he competed for 24 years, including in the Open and BB divisions. He earned a B.B.A. and an M.B.A. from Abilene Christian University and a J.D. from Texas Tech School of Law. He is president of Hutch Volleyball, LLC, and has coached at several private high schools in North Texas.
USA Volleyball
Hutch holds several USA Volleyball certifications, including IMPACT, CAP I, CAP II, CAP III, and IMPACT Instructor credentials. He is one of five CAP III coaches in the North Texas Region. At the Olympic Training Center, he served on the tryout staff of several USA Volleyball national teams as a court coach and administrator for the Women’s National Team, a court coach and evaluator for the Youth National Team, and an evaluator for the Junior National Team.
USAV High Performance Program
Hutch served as a USA Volleyball High Performance coach for 14 years, until the program ended in January 2021. In that role, he regularly attended the annual High Performance Coaches’ Clinic at the Olympic Training Center, evaluated USAV High Performance tryouts across the United States, and for many years, served as the lead evaluator. He also coached at USA Volleyball National High Performance Camps during the summers.
International Volleyball Experience
International Coaching Enrichment Certificate Program (ICECP)
In 2012, USA Volleyball, in cooperation with the U.S. Olympic Committee, invited Hutch to represent the United States at an ICECP session held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. Funded by the International Olympic Committee, ICECP provides national-level coaches with intensive education through lectures, projects, guest speakers, participant presentations, group work, field trips, and project planning. The session brought together coaches from 31 nations across five continents, representing 11 Olympic sports.
Africa Outreach
Hutch collaborated with the Vision 21 Group in Nairobi, Kenya, as well as former Kenyan National Team coach and player Edinah Rotich and former national team player Catherine Kirongo, to strengthen the country’s volleyball infrastructure. He conducted Protégé Hutch Camps, player camps, and coaches’ clinics, including free camps for children in Nairobi’s Mathare North community. Coaches from the Kenyan and Cameroonian national teams attended the clinics, and two of Hutch’s former players traveled to Kenya to serve as camp coaches. The outreach also included speaking at the Church of Christ in Mathare North and shipping volleyball shoes to players who could not afford proper footwear.
Professional Memberships
Hutch is or has been a member of USA Volleyball, the American Volleyball Coaches Association, the National Federation of High School Volleyball Association, the Texas High School Coaches Association, and the Texas Girls Coaches Association.
