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In his professional career, JASON HOLT has assisted one collegiate volleyball program to a huge turnaround and another to its first post-season appearances. Now, he will get the opportunity to put his own stamp on a program right from the beginning.

Holt has been selected to head up the University of Missouri-Rolla’s volleyball program, which will begin play in the fall of 2007. The Great Lakes Valley Conference mandated that UMR add the sport of women’s volleyball to its varsity athletics program by that time.

“We are excited about adding Jason to our outstanding coaching staff,” said UMR director of athletics Mark Mullin. “I believe his personality, qualifications and work ethic will assure a successful start for our volleyball program. I know the campus is excited about the addition of the program, especially those involved with women’s recruitment. “There is a great deal of planning, scheduling and recruitment to do over the next year and I know Jason is eager to get started,” Mullin added.

“First and foremost, I’m extremely excited about the opportunity to work at UMR and to get the opportunity to start the Lady Miner volleyball program,” Holt said. “We have the chance to start something great and this university has a lot of things to offer that are attractive to the type of student-athletes that we need to compete in the GLVC.”

Holt will begin his duties in July and will spend much of the upcoming year on the recruiting trail putting together the Lady Miner volleyball squad that will take the floor 14 months from now.

“Because we are starting from scratch, this is going to allow us to build something that will be unique to UMR,” Holt said. “Volleyball is a sport that we feel can get a lot of community support right away and allow us a chance to have success.”

Holt has spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach at the University of North Dakota, where he helped lead the Sioux to their first two appearances in the NCAA Division II Tournament. He served as the interim head coach on two separate occasions. During the last three years, the Sioux had an overall record of 65-59 with national tournament appearances in 2002 and 2003.

The 2003 team beat ninth-ranked Minnesota-Duluth in the opening round of the NCAA North Central Regional before falling in a tight match to No. 12 North Dakota State in the next round, while the 2002 Sioux won 24 matches, tying the second-best total in school history.

Prior to his stint at UND, Holt spent two seasons assisting the program at Fort Hays State University and helped lead the team to a 16 1/2-game improvement in his second season.

“There are two things that I think are keys to building programs,” Holt said. “One is getting the right players into the program and the other is getting ones with the proper work ethic and the belief that we can and want to get the program going in the right direction. You need to have smart and dedicated student-athletes who will commit to make it a success right away.”

Holt, a native of Grants Pass, Ore., received his bachelor’s degree in physical education and interdisciplinary studies from Western Oregon University in 1995 and earned his master’s degree in physical education and sports administration in 2002 from Fort Hays State.

He began his coaching career at the high school level in 1989 as the junior varsity coach at Springfield High School in Oregon. After three seasons in Springfield, he moved on to head coaching stints at Central High in Independence, Ore., for three seasons and at Sprague (Ore.) High for four years before taking a position with the Front Range Volleyball Club in Denver, Colo.

Holt spent one year with the Front Range program before joining the staff at Fort Hays State.

MEGAN REMLEY joins the Missouri S&T staff as the team's assistant coach after serving as an assistant at Southwest Baptist University for the last two seasons.

"One of the things that attracted me to this program is that it is still brand new," Remley said. "It is a program with plenty of room to grow. Having been a player and coach at the Division II level, I know the level of play and what we need to do to help build this program to compete at the highest level."

"I am extremely excited about hiring Megan as our new assistant coach here at Missouri S&T," said Lady Miner head coach Jason Holt. "We couldn’t ask for a better person to come in and help me continue the building of this new program. Megan brings a wealth of both playing and coaching experiences that will be so invaluable to the continual development of our players.

"She has a tremendous amount of knowledge, enthusiasm and drive for what she does and I really believe she will be quite successful here as assistant volleyball coach, both with me and with the team," Holt added. "I'm looking forward to getting Megan started."

Remley, a native of Kearney, Mo., played her collegiate volleyball at Truman State University and was part of two teams that reached the NCAA Division II Championship game. She was a three-time all-conference selection as a middle hitter and right side hitter and helped lead the Bulldogs to three Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association regular season titles and four tournament championships.

The Truman State teams that Remley played for reached the national championship game in 2002 and 2004 and also reached the national quarterfinals in 2003.

Remley received her bachelor's degree from Truman in 2006 in exercise science and has been working on her master's degree in education at SBU while assisting the volleyball program.

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