Stockton, Calif. - University of the Pacific Men's Volleyball head coach Joe Wortmann has announced the addition of Jeff Hall as assistant coach.

Jeff Hall returns to Pacific as assistant coach after one of the most storied men's volleyball careers at Pacific. Hall was named the team's Offensive Player of the Year in 1993 and 1994 in his two years as a Tiger.

After earning his bachelor's degree of fine arts in graphic design in 1999, he was selected to the United States Olympic Festival in the summers of both 1993 and 1994. He played on the beach for the AVP professionally for four seasons.

The St. Paul, Minn. native returns back in Tiger territory after a three year stint with University of California, San Diego (UCSD). While working as an assistant with the volleyball program, he focused on the teams' middle blockers. Hall helped guide the UCSD women's volleyball team to the NCAA Division II elite eight, their season ended in the quarterfinals. Additionally he coached locally at Mission Bay High School for three years.

Hall comes to Pacific after coaching for over 10 years at the club, high school, junior college and recently at the four year collegiate level. He was the head coach of the No. 1 ranked Seaside 18's team in Del Mar for seven seasons, and won the gold medal at the Junior Olympics in Minneapolis in the summer of 2006. His club teams have had seven top ten finishes nationally with five in the top five.

In other coaching experience, Hall was the first assistant at Grossmont College for five seasons, where his teams finished fifth in the state twice.

Jeff Hall and his wife Jayme Gutierez have two daughters, Dylan Makela (2) born in November of 2005 and the newest family member, Devon Hana, born in August 2007.

"I am delighted to have Jeff rejoin the Pacific family," says head coach Joe Wortmann. "He has worked diligently over the past decade to become a highly respected coach and in the volleyball community. He has been a very successful junior and collegiate coach. His passion for coaching and teaching is evident in his daily preparation and enthusiasm while on the court. The players are overjoyed to have him here and I am so proud to call Jeff a colleague and to have him represent this program."