Coaches

Rick Reynolds
Volleyball Head Coach
Office:1561
Phone: 307-382-1627

Rick Reynolds is entering his fourth season with Western Wyoming Community College.  In his three years with the Mustangs, he has led the team to an 80-53 record and a 31-11 record in Region IX North play.  The 2010 season saw Western Wyoming achieve a level never reached by another Wyoming NJCAA school with the Mustangs being ranked #2 in the nation and finishing 3rd at the NJCAA National Championship.  The 40 wins were the most ever recorded in Western Wyoming history.

Since taking over the program, Reynolds has been voted the 2008 and 2010 WCCAC Coach of the Year by his peers, while also being named Region IX North and District I Coach of the Year in 2010.  Eleven players have made the All-Region Team and 10 have made the WCCAC All-Conference Team.  This past season, he coached Olivera Medic who became a 1st Team NJCAA All-American, 1st Team AVCA All-American, Region IX North Player of the Year and Region IX North Freshman of the Year.  Medic and Viktorija Teivane were both members of the NJCAA National Championship All-Tournament Team.  Three players have gone on to play at four-year colleges (Kaili Aiono – Northern State University, Alisha Kearsley – University of Montana Western, Kirstin Knowles – Weber State University). 

Academically, the program has won two NJCAA Academic Team awards for having over a 3.0 GPA (2009-2010, 2010-2011), finishing with the 8th best GPA of all volleyball teams in the NJCAA.  This past season saw the team win an AVCA Academic Team award for having over a 3.3 GPA.  Kaili Aiono, Alisha Kearsley and Kirstin Knowles have received NJCAA Academic All American awards for their work in the classroom.         

He came to Western Wyoming after spending three years at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he coached two All CAA (Colonial Athletic Association) Rookie Team members, one CAA Player of the Week, and two CAA Rookie of the Week.  Reynolds coached eight All-Tournament Award winners.  During his time with the program, the team won two AVCA/GamePlan Academic Awards for having a 3.3 GPA or higher. 

Prior to UNC Wilmington, Reynolds was the head coach for both volleyball and softball at Colorado Northwestern Community College.  He helped two of his players become All Scenic West Athletic Conference and All Region XVIII players.

Reynolds enjoys being active with the volleyball community at a local and national level.  In the time he has been in Rock Springs, he started a 3v3 League for 7th-12th graders of Southwest Wyoming, created Mustang Volleyball Club, and held various camps and clinics throughout Wyoming and Idaho.  In Wilmington, he coached for Cape Fear Volleyball Club while serving as their Director for Development.  In his six seasons of being involved at the junior’s level, 20 of his players have gone on to play in college with 11 of them going to NCAA Division I schools. 

He is an active member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and has served on several committees for the organization including the Assistant Coaches Committee and the Two-Year West Region Coach of the Year Committee.  Currently, he is serving on the Two-Year Head Coaches Committee and the Hall of Fame Committee.  He is the chairman of the Two-Year Publications Committee.  Reynolds has authored an article that was featured in the April/May 2009 Coaching Volleyball magazine published by the AVCA. 

He is also a member of the NJCAA Volleyball Coaches Association, Wyoming Coaches Association, National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics, and USA Volleyball.      
 
Reynolds and his wife, Brenna, live in Rock Springs and have three children: Keylee, Kaysen, and Kyndal.

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Jahrae Hampton comes to Western Wyoming from D’Evelyn High School in Denver, CO where he served this past season as the Director of the Junior High volleyball Gold Crown program and assistant coach to the varsity program. He helped guide them to a 3rd place finish in conference. He brings five years of coaching experience at the high school and junior levels. During the past five years, Hampton has coached at Denver Volleyball Club where he was the assistant coach to the 15-1 team and court coach to the 17-1 and 18-1 teams.

In his efforts to continue growing in the game of volleyball, the new Mustang assistant coach is CAP II certified within the Coaches Accreditation program through USA Volleyball. Hampton is also an active member of the High Performance (HP) program where he helps to develop, train, and coach young athletes for potential possibilities with the USA National teams. He has been busy working camps throughout the Midwest with stops at the Air Force Academy, University of Nebraska, and Regis University. He is a member of the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and USA Volleyball.
    
Hampton is a graduate from Regis University with a Masters in Nonprofit Management and received a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Lenoir Rhyne University.