Brian Hofman 14th Season Record 257-98 (2000-Present)

Hofman was a standout volleyball player for the Iowa State University men's volleyball club team during his undergraduate studies, which cumulated in a bachelor s degree in 1993. He captained the Cyclones to two top 10 finishes in the Division I collegiate club national tournament during his playing days. He was a Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association Division One All-Conference selection his senior year.

Hofman has received the United State Volleyball Association's Honorable-mention Leader in Volleyball award for his service to the USA Volleyball, and has previously served as a member of the Board of Directors for the Ohio Valley Region, USA Volleyball. He earned his master's degree from Bowling Green State University in recreational management in 1995 and his doctorate degree from the University of Toledo in higher education administration in 2004.

 At ONU Hofman serves as an Assistant Coach for the nationally ranked women's volleyball program, junior varsity women's coach, Assistant Director of summer volleyball camps, Associate Professor in the Department of Human Performance & Sport Sciences, as well as an Assistant Director of Athletics. He is also a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association and USA Volleyball.

What I like best about ONU Men's Volleyball: The excellence we are striving for and achieving in our program and the personalities of the guy’s on the team.  We have quite the variety.  It also means a great deal to me how the alumni stay in touch and follow the team; it reinforces for me that we are doing things right in our program.

What I like best about Ohio Northern: The sincerity of the students, faculty, and staff I've found here.

Favorite Volleyball Drill: 5 Ball & the Louisville drill

Least Favorite Volleyball Drill: One's where I have to hit a lot at the team. My arm feels like it is about to fall off.

Greatest Volleyball Memories:
Player: 1) Being down 11-14 in rally scoring and beating Graceland 16-14 my senior year in front of my family. 2) Scoring Match point against #2 Ohio State my last year at Iowa State to put us into the gold playoffs at nationals and turning around to see how excited our whole team was after we had played with both of our setters on the bench due to injuries.  It was the gutsiest performance by a team I've ever seen in volleyball as a player or coach.
Coach: 1) Beating top ranked Eckerd our first year at nationals in 1995. 2) The belief system of the team in coming back to beat Millersville at Nationals in 2001. 3) The trip to Wisconsin in 2002.  It was one of those magical weekends both on and off the court. 4) Beating #1 Santa Clara at nationals in 2004. 5) Winning nationals in 2007.  It still makes me smile every time I think about it.

Nickname: Butcher ­during my playing days; Bri-bri with my friends

Pre-game Routine:
Player: 30 seconds of stretching and pulling up my colored polyester socks.
Coach: Visualize scoring match point against the team we are about to play.

Birthdate: February 21, 1967

Degrees:
Undergraduate: B.B.A. in Transportation/Logistics (Iowa State,  '92)
Master's: M.Ed. in Recreation & Leisure Services (Bowling Green,  '94)
Doctoral: Ph. D. in Higher Education Administration (Un. of Toledo,  '04)

Future Plans: Travel overseas and win a national championship with the women’s team at ONU.

Strangest thing about me people don't know: I was Man-of-Honor at my sister’s wedding, I’m a landlord, I raise Silver Bengal cats. www.titanbengals.com , and that I’m a doctor.