Ben Boldt

Position: Assistant Coach (Fourth Season) Alma Mater, Year: University of Nebraska, 2005

Ben Boldt enters his fourth season as an assistant coach at Iowa.

In 2011, Boldt helped a young Hawkeye team capture a pair of non-conference tournament championships en route to a 10-3 non-conference record.

In the summer of 2010, Boldt served as an assistant coach for USA Volleyball, and in the spring of 2011, he was among the staff personnel at the U.S. Women's National Team tryouts.

In his second season in charge of backrow defenders, Boldt helped Bethany Yeager become the first Hawkeyes freshman in five years to lead the team in digs.

In his first season with the Hawkeyes, Boldt helped lead the team to six straight wins to start the season, a mark that matched the best program start in school history. He was instrumental in leading a Hawkeye defense that ranked third in the Big Ten in digs per game. Boldt also coached first-year libero Christina Meister, who ranked second in the conference in digs per game and became Iowa's first Big Ten Player of the Week since 2006.

Boldt, a native of Hickman, NE, comes to Iowa after serving two years as an assistant coach at Alabama. In his first season, Boldt helped the Crimson Tide to its third-straight NCAA Tournament berth, and its third overall NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. Boldt also coached middle blocker Crystal Hudson to All-America honors, and helped bring in Alabama's first top 30 recruiting class.

Boldt was honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) in the spring of 2009 when he was given the "Thirty Under 30 Award." The "Thirty Under 30 Award" was established so the volleyball community could spotlight up-and-coming professionals in the sport at all levels of the game, including high school and all NCAA Divisions.

Boldt served as a staff assistant for five seasons at the University of Nebraska while pursuing his degree, prior to joining the Alabama staff. While at Nebraska, Boldt was a part of one of the most successful programs in NCAA history. Nebraska won five Big 12 championships and advanced to the National Semifinals three times. In his final season at Nebraska, the Cornhuskers finished 33-1 at were crowned NCAA champions after knocking off Stanford in the title game. While at Nebraska, Boldt served as a coach for USA Volleyball at numerous levels. He was a USA Youth National Team coach in 2005-06, and was also a part of the A2 team in 2004.

Boldt also has experience coaching at the club level. He has served as head coach for the Iowa Rockets club for the past three years. He was also a head coach for both the Challenger Volleyball Club from 2000-04 and the Nebraska Juniors from 2005-06.

Boldt is married to current Hawkeye Director of Volleyball Operations Angie Boldt.