Hugh McCutcheon Assistant Coach USA Men’s National Team Second Year

Former Brigham Young University assistant coach Hugh McCutcheon joined USA Volleyball as a full-time assistant coach for the USA men’s national volleyball team in April 2003.

McCutcheon filled the spot previously vacated by Brad Saindon, who resigned in February 2003 to become the women’s volleyball head coach at Arizona State University.

McCutcheon is no stranger to USA Volleyball. In 2001 and 2002 he was a volunteer assistant coach for the men’s national team, helping out during the 2001 World League, the 2002 World Championships and on five international tours. He has also served as the head coach of the USA Boys Youth National Team in 2000 and 2001.

He was the top assistant coach and recruiter for BYU from 1995-2001. During that time the Cougars posted a record of 138-44 and captured two NCAA men’s volleyball championships (1999 and 2001).

After leaving BYU, McCutcheon was the head coach of the Vienna Hotvolleys in Austria for two seasons. In his first season there, the Hotvolleys won the 2001-02 Inter-Liga, Austrian Cup and Austrian League championships, and he had the opportunity to work with USA national team players Rich Lambourne, Dave McKienzie, Adam Naeve, Reid Priddy and Brandon Taliaferro. He also coached the first Austrian team to ever beat an Italian A1 opponent.

McCutcheon, a native of Christchurch, New Zealand, played on the New Zealand junior and senior national teams from 1988-90 before coming to the United States. He was also a member of New Zealand’s national team in 1996 and represented his country on the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 1997.

He played for BYU from 1991-1993 after transferring from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand. In 1993 he earned honorable mention All-America honors after leading the team in kills (476) and hitting percentage (.337) and averaging 1.5 digs and 1.2 blocks per game. In 1992 he earned Academic All-Conference honors from the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

After receiving his bachelor’s degree in physical education from BYU in 1993, McCutcheon played professionally for two years in Finland and Japan before returning to BYU to complete his master’s degree in exercise science in 1998. In 1999, McCutcheon received an MBA from BYU’s Marriott School of Management.