MOBILE, Ala. – Jesse Ortiz has been named head volleyball coach at the University of South Alabama it was announced by Director of Athletics Joel Erdmann Tuesday.
He comes to South from Clemson — where he is in his first year as an assistant for the Tigers, who are currently 10-7 overall — after helping three other programs make a combined eight NCAA Tournament appearances at the NCAA Division I and II levels over the last 12 years.
"We are very excited to have Jesse join Jaguar Nation as our head volleyball coach," said Erdmann. "We had a very competitive group of candidates from across the nation, of which Jesse rose above.