Head Coach Adler Augustin
Adler Augustin was named head coach of the East Carolina volleyball program in June of 2020.
Augustin has increased the Pirates' win total each season at the helm, notching nine victories in 2021, 12 in 2022 and 21 in 2023.
The 2023 campaign was one for the record books as the Pirates notched their first 20-win season since 2017. Behind elite-level blocking and defense, ECU produced a 21-11 overall record and 11-8 mark in American Athletic Conference play - good for third place in the East Division. The Pirates earned their first-ever postseason bid, receiving an at-large selection to the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. East Carolina hosted the first and second rounds of the tournament, sweeping Southern Conference regular season champion The Citadel before bowing out with a loss to Georgia Southern.
Sophomore Angeles Alderete was named to the All-AAC First Team while Alyssa Finister and Carlia Northcross garnered AAC Defensive Player of the Week accolades during the campaign. Collectively, ECU led the conference in blocks per set (2.51) while ranking second in opponent hitting percentage (.161), third in hitting percentage (.233) and fourth in aces per set (1.53).
Augustin led the Pirates to a seventh-place finish in the American Athletic Conference standings in 2022, marking their highest ranking in the league since a fourth-place result in 2017. Augustin also oversaw the development of Angeles Alderete who became the first ECU player since 2017 to win American Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year accolades. Alderete was also the first Pirate to record 500 or more kills in a season since Kelley Wernert in 2007.
In his first season at the helm, Augustin led the Pirates to their first victory over in-state opponent North Carolina since 1978 as ECU swept the Tar Heels in Greenville. East Carolina also picked up wins over Temple, Davidson and North Carolina A&T. Augustin mentored senior right side Bri Wood to All AAC First Team accolades while the Pirate defense averaged a league third-best 17.96 digs per set.
Before his arrival in Greenville, Augustin helped guide Stephen F. Austin to 129 victories, three Southland Conference regular season titles, two conference tournament championships, two undefeated league campaigns and a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances from 2015-19.
After spending his first four seasons in Nacogdoches, Texas as an assistant coach, Augustin was elevated to the position of associate head coach in July of 2019. He had a hand in producing 18 All-Southland Conference players and mentored a pair of all-region players in Danae Daron and Ann Hollas. Under Augustin's tutelage, Hollas was a two-time Southland Conference First-Team selection, was named the league's Setter of the Year in 2018 and was a Google Cloud Academic All-America First-Team choice as a junior.
Augustin helped guide the Ladyjacks to a number of notable wins the last three seasons, including victories over American Athletic Conference teams USF, Tulane and Tulsa as well as Mississippi State, Northwestern and Texas Tech. Stephen F. Austin’s No. 29 ranking in the final 2019 NCAA RPI was the highest in program history.
From 2010-15, Augustin served as head coach of the Austin Juniors Volleyball Club, leading the Cedar Park Team to the 2013 USA Volleyball 17 USA Division national title. He also guided the side to a third-place national finish in 2014.
As head coach of the University of Texas Women’s Volleyball Club (2018-13), Augustin coached two National MVPs, eight First Team All-Tournament selections, two all-conference honorees and two second team all-tournament players. The team captured national titles in 2012 and 2013 as well a pair of third-place tournament finishes in 2010 and 2011. Augustin also ran the men’s program from 2007-09.
Augustin earned a Bachelor of Science degree in kinesiology from the University of Texas in in 2007.
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