Weber State University Athletics
Women's Volleyball
- Title:
- Head Coach
Tom Peterson begins his fourth season as the head coach of Weber State volleyball.
After watching a young Weber State team struggled to just three wins during his first season, Peterson's Wildcats improved by eight wins in 2012, and won the Tangi Tourism Lion Classic in Louisiana with a 4-0 mark. During the 2013 season, Peterson lead the Wildcats to a fast start as they won three of their first four games during Wildcat Weekend.
Peterson, who was hired as the Wildcats' head women's volleyball coach on Jan. 7, 2011, is one of the most decorated and well-credentialed volleyball coaches in the western United States and is the ninth head coach in program history.
Dr. Peterson came to Weber State after serving as associate head coach for the women's team at Utah State for the two seasons. He served for one season as an assistant coach before being promoted to his current position in 2009.
Peterson, who has more than three decades of collegiate coaching experience in both men's and women's volleyball, won two NCAA Division I national championships as the head men's volleyball coach at Pennsylvania State University (1994) and Brigham Young University (2004), and coached in seven NCAA men's championship games. His career also includes stops at the University of Utah, Utah State University and the University of New Mexico.
Peterson's collegiate coaching career started in 1980 as an assistant for the women's volleyball team at Utah, before moving on to BYU as an assistant for the women's team. After serving for five seasons as the head men's club coach for the Cougars, Peterson was hired by Penn State, where he coached the Nittany Lions to five championship game berths in six seasons, including the 1994 NCAA title.
Peterson returned to BYU following his tenure at Penn State as an assistant coach to the Cougars men's team for two seasons, before helping Salt Lake Community College launch its women's volleyball team in 1996. Peterson spent three seasons with the Bruins, before taking over Utah State's women's team in 1999, where he helped the Aggies reach the Top 25 in 2000.
Peterson left USU in 2001 to coach New Mexico, before being offered the BYU men's job in 2002. He coached the Cougars for four seasons, advancing to the 2003 and 2004 NCAA title game and staking claim to the 2004 national championship.
Peterson earned his doctorate in 1992 from BYU in Physical Education Administration, Curriculum and Instruction. He earned his masters in Professional Leadership from BYU in 1982, and a bachelors of science in Physical Education from BYU in 1978.
