SEAN HUIET  |  CAMP DIRECTOR / HEAD COACH

Sean Huiet took over as head coach of the Bobcat volleyball program in 2020 after spending 14 seasons as the assistant/associate head coach. In two seasons at the helm of the program, Huiet as accumulated a 51-21 overall record and 29-3 mark in Sun Belt Conference matches.

Since joining the staff in 2006, Huiet has helped guide Texas State to 11 total championship titles, six with the Sun Belt Conference and five with the Southland Conference.

Huiet has helped the Bobcats post a 354-189 (.651) record, which includes a 211-58 (.787) mark in conference matches, since arriving in San Marcos.

Huiet became the second-fast head coach in program history to earn 50 career wins after finishing his second season at the helm of the Texas State volleyball program with a 20-12 record, including a 14-2 mark against Sun Belt Conference foes during the regular season. Huiet, with the assistance of Keith Anderson, Tori Plugge and Charlie Fouts, helped guide Texas State to its fifth consecutive Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship match appearance after earning the number one seed out of the league’s west division.

Huiet and his staff helped senior setter Emily DeWalt become the first player in program history to earn the Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year as well as become the first four-time Sun Belt Conference Setter of the Year. During the season, DeWalt became the league’s active career leader in Sun Belt Conference Setter of the Week honors as well. The quintet of coaches was also instrumental in helping guide senior outside hitter Janell Fitzgerald to become the program’s first-ever Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year. Fitzgerald picked up the postseason award after being selected as the league’s preseason offensive player of the year, too. The duo of DeWalt and Fitzgerald were also named AVCA All-Southwest Region Honorable Mention selections following the season.

Under Huiet, Texas State finished second in the league in hitting percentage (.245), first in assists per game (12.86) and first in kills per set (13.76). Junior middle blocker Tessa Marshall concluded the season third in the conference with a .323 hitting percentage, while DeWalt was the only student-athlete in the league to average 11-or-more assists per set as she was credited with 11.09 assists per set on the season.

In his first season at the helm of the program, which was filled with the effects of COVID-19 and multiple national disasters, Coach Huiet led the Bobcats to a 31-9 overall record and 15-1 mark in Sun Belt Conference play. The 2020-21 season featured a third consecutive Sun Belt Conference Tournament title and the second NCAA Tournament victory in program history. The program was ranked in the national American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Poll for the first time in school history on Sept. 30 and ranked as high as No. 11 in the AVCA Fall Top 15 Coaches Poll (Nov. 25, 2020).

The Bobcats led the NCAA with their 31 wins in the 2020-21 season and led the country in team assists (1,802), kills (1,927), blocks (286.5), and digs (2,293). Individually, the Bobcats boasted national leaders in several NCAA statistical categories including Emily DeWalt’s 1,501 total assists, Janell Fitzgerald’s 548.5 total points, and Kayla Granado’s 548 total digs.

DeWalt won the Sun Belt Conference Setter of the Year award for the third consecutive season and was joined by Fitzgerald and Tyeranee Scott on the All-Sun Belt Conference First Team. Scott was also named the Sun Belt Conference Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player and DeWalt accompanied her on the Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team. Lauren Teske earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors. DeWalt and Fitzgerald were tabbed VolleyballMag.com All-Americans and the duo was also selected to the AVCA Southwest Region Team. Scott was also listed AVCA Southwest Region Honorable Mention.

In 2019, the Bobcats remained the undisputed champions of the Sun Belt Conference, winning the regular-season and tournament title for the second consecutive year, and the Sun Belt West Division for the third straight season. Texas State went 24-9 overall, 14-2 in league play, and was 15-3 at home. The team reached their second NCAA Tournament appearance in as many seasons, but fell in the first round to UC Santa Barbara, 3-1. The Bobcats paced the Sun Belt in opponent hitting percentage (.165) and ranked in the top five in service aces per set (1.57, No. 2), blocks per set (2.09, No. 3), hitting percentage (.234, No. 3), assists per set (11.99, No. 4), and kills per set (12.89, No. 4).

Huiet coached Emily DeWalt to her second consecutive Sun Belt Conference Setter of the Year accolade and All-Sun Belt First Team selection. DeWalt was also selected to the AVCA Southwest All-Region Team and was named an honorable mention All-American by VolleyballMag.com for the second-straight season along with Cheyenne Huskey. Including DeWalt, the Bobcats had four All-Sun Belt selections, which included Huskey (first-team), Janell Fitzgerald (second-team), and Tyeranee Scott (second-team). Huskey was honored as the Sun Belt Conference Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player to become the third Bobcat to earn the distinction (Madison Daigle, 2018; Caylin Mahoney, 2013). DeWalt also joined Huskey on the all-tournament team.

The 2018 campaign was one for the record books for the Texas State volleyball program. The Bobcats posted 27 victories, the most since 2011, won their second consecutive Sun Belt West Division title and the first SBC regular season title behind a 15-1 mark. They claimed their second Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship and earned their first postseason victory in the NCAA Tournament when they topped Rice in the first round. The Bobcats led the league in assists, hitting percentage and kills.

For the second consecutive season, Texas State led the conference in all-conference postseason accolades claiming five in 2018, one shy of tying the school-record set the previous year. They did, however, match the school-record with four first-team honorees and three specialty awards set in 2017. In addition to head coach Karen Chisum’s Coach of the Year award, Emily DeWalt claimed two players of the year awards (Setter and Freshman of the Year) and became the program’s first-ever AVCA National Player of the Week (Oct. 1). Joining DeWalt on the first-team was Madison Daigle, Janell Fitzgerald and Cheyenne Huskey. Amy Pflughaupt was the fifth all-conference selection by being named to the second-team. Daigle was selected as the Sun Belt Conference Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, becoming the second Bobcat to win the award (Caylin Mahoney in 2013). She was joined by Fitzgerald and Huskey on the all-tournament team.

The 2017 season was another banner year for Huiet and the Bobcats. The maroon and gold finished the season with 25 victories, a Sun Belt West Division title and the first postseason victory in school history when they defeated Rice in the first round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. TXST led the SBC in digs, assists, opponent hitting percentage and kills.

Texas State finished with a school-record mark of six all-conference selections and three players of the year in Micah Dinwiddie (Defensive Player of the Year), Erin Hoppe (Setter of the Year) and Amy Pflughaupt (Newcomer of the Year). All three were joined by Madison Daigle on the All-SBC First Team. Dinwiddie broke the single-season school record with 599 digs in 2017, and Hoppe ended her career with the second-most assists in the school’s modern era.

The 2016 campaign saw Hoppe named to the All-SBC Second Team. In 2015, libero Sierra Smith capped her career as the all-time leader in digs with 1,646. She set the mark after tallying the most digs ever by a Bobcat in a season when she finished 2013 with 548. She also holds the school record for most digs in a match with 37 against UTA (Oct. 9, 2013)

Before Texas State joined the SBC, Huiet’s work with the setters and outside hitters resulted in some of the most efficient offenses in the Southland Conference. The 2011 Bobcats ranked 18th nationally in hitting percentage. Under his tutelage, former Bobcat setter Caleigh McCorquodale achieved an All-Southland Conference First Team selection.

He kept his stellar work going with setters into the Sun Belt. In 2013, Caylin Mahoney was recognized as the Sun Belt Conference Tournament’s Most Outstanding Player after leading the team to a championship. After sitting out most of 2014 with injury, Mahoney returned to earn a second SBC Championship All-Tournament Team honor. In 2017, Hoppe led the league in assists during league play. She was second in the conference in assists during the 2016 campaign.

Prior to joining Texas State’s staff, Huiet spent four seasons at Bowling Green, his alma mater. He first served as a student assistant from 2000-02 before being elevated to assistant coach in 2003. The Falcons won 21 matches in each of his first two years along with capturing two Mid-American Conference East Division Championships. Huiet coached Caty Rommeck, who went on to play two seasons with the USA training team.

Huiet briefly left Bowling Green to take an assistant coaching position at Indiana State in 2004 before returning to his alma mater after one season. At ISU, he helped guide the Sycamores to their best record in school history and a semifinal berth in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship.

Huiet has additional coaching experience as a club coach dating back to 2000. He coached at Premier Volleyball club in Ohio from 2000-2006 before coming to the Lone Star State to work with Academy/Alamo Volleyball Club (2006-2016). Huiet’s last club team he coached for was United Volleyball Club from 2016-2019.

He also earned playing experience while a student at Bowling Green as a libero and setter for the Falcon men’s club team. Bowling Green had a pair of top 25 finishes on the national level, and Huiet was named All-Conference First Team in 2003 after leading the Falcons to a ninth-place finish at nationals.

Huiet received his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Bowling Green in 2003. He is the father of Declan Thomas Zionn Huiet, born Dec. 19, 2015.