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University of North Carolina Athletics
Volleyball
- Title:
- Volunteer Assistant Coach
- Email:
- gwatt@unc.edu
Gavin Watt was appointed as volunteer assistant coach in July 2017. Originally from Edinburgh, Scotland, Watt comes to Chapel Hill after spending four years (2013-16) as the top assistant coach at Lehigh University, where he led the Mountain Hawks to a 74-49 record. Under his guidance, Lehigh posted back-to-back 20-win campaigns for just the second time in program history and picked up a school-record 14 Patriot League wins in 2014.
Prior to moving to the States, Watt spent four years as the head coach of the 19U Junior & National Teams at the City of Edinburgh Volleyball Club, for whom he played from 2002-10, preparing athletes for competing at the national level.
A decorated volleyball player, Watt was a setter for the Scotland National and Junior National Teams from 2004-13 and played in the Great Britain National Team program from 2007-12. Watt was named FINALWHISTLEMEDIA Player of the Year in 2010 with City of Edinburgh Volleyball Club. He then went on to play professionally in France for three years with Amiens Metropole VBC (2010-11) followed by AS Cannes Volleyball Club (2011-13).
Watt graduated from Napier University (Edinburgh, Scotland) in 2009 with a bachelor's degree in sport and exercise science with coaching. Watt also received his HND in sports coaching with development of sport from Edinburgh Telford College in 2008.
