Who we are

Altamont Volleyball was established in 2024 as a way to make quality volleyball coaching available to everyone, regardless of location or experience level.

AV’s founder and head coach, Nate, has over 15 years of experience in coaching indoor boys’ and girls’ volleyball. He began coaching club at Mountain View Volleyball Club while attending graduate school, and later directed the boys’ program at NorCal Volleyball Club. He currently coaches at Front Range Volleyball Club.

His teams have earned five top-five finishes at USAV/AAU Nationals, a Bronze medal at USAV Nationals in 2021, a Gold medal at USAV Nationals in 2019, and several top-five finishes at invitational and qualifying tournaments.

Before coaching, he played volleyball for 15 years, primarily at the college club level at Middle Blocker and Opposite positions.

When he’s not coaching, he’s an engineer specializing in microscopy and imaging, general image processing, and biomedical computer vision. He holds a BS degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA as well as MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

Nate currently lives in Colorado with his family.