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Hal Messersmith enters his third season at UAB in 2008 and his second in the director of volleyball operations role. He moved into that position in 2007 after serving in 2006 as a volunteer assistant coach for the Blazers. Messersmith has worked with his wife, UAB head coach Kerry Messersmith, for the past seven seasons. He spent five years with her on the staff at Georgia Southern prior to arriving at UAB in 2006. As the Blazers' director of volleyball operations, Messersmith performs various administrative roles in addition to overseeing the academic and financial aid aspects of the program. He organizes team travel and facilities scheduling while also coordinating all video operations for the Blazers. In addition to his seven seasons in collegiate volleyball, Messersmith has nearly 20 years of head coaching experience in college football, baseball and basketball. From the mid-1980s through 2001, he posted 17 winning seasons in those sports while graduating 95 percent of his student-athletes. Messersmith's coaching experience includes stops at Chadron State (Neb.) College, Allen County Community College, Fort Scott Community College and Arizona Western College. |
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