Nate Thompson enters his third year with the Lipscomb volleyball program after joining as an assistant coach in July 2018.
Thompson comes to Lipscomb after serving two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on Carol Price-Torok’s staff. He was also instrumental in overseeing the team’s social media presence.
In his two seasons with the Braves, Thompson helped guide Bradley to improved overall and Missouri Valley Conference win totals in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 1993 and 1994 seasons.
In 2017, not only did Thompson help guide Bradley to its first double-digit win campaign (10) since 2013, he also helped the Braves to their highest attack percentage (.189) since 2011 and their best kills per set average (13.22) since 2006. On the other side of the ball, the Braves ranked 11th in the nation in digs per set (18.21), which was the program’s highest average since rally scoring was introduced in 2001.
Prior to joining the staff at Bradley, Thompson spent the previous two seasons as co-director of the Vision Volleyball Club in Indianapolis, Indiana in addition to serving as head coach at Fishers High School where he led the team to 22 victories in his final season.
While at Vision, Thompson helped mentor 26 individuals who went on to play collegiate volleyball. He was a part of VVC for five seasons where he began as an assistant in 2011 before working his way to co-director.
Thompson was a 2013 graduate from IUPUI where he earned a degree in Kinesiology. He spent two seasons as a volunteer assistant there, helping the Jaguars to a then school record 20 wins in 2009. He also helped co-found the IUPUI men’s club volleyball team.
