Date Posted: 8/7/2006

MACON, Ga-Kyle Peck, formerly of the University of Central Florida, has accepted the volleyball assistant coaching position at Mercer University.

Peck will be involved in all aspects of the Mercer volleyball program. His primary responsibilities include operations, scouting, recruiting and working closely with outside and middle hitters.

"I am very excited about Kyle and the knowledge that he brings to our program," head coach Noelle Hughes said. "He has a full understanding of the game through all of his coaching and playing experience and will be a benefit to Mercer volleyball. We are glad to have him here."

Peck comes to Mercer with over 10 years of coaching and playing experience at all levels of volleyball. He was most recently a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Central Florida during the 2005 season.

He was the assistant coach at West Alabama from 2003-2004, where he worked primarily with the middle hitters, helping them lead the conference in team blocking and garnering a conference Freshman of the Year middle blocker. He also supervised the team's strength and conditioning program and assisted with recruiting.

Prior to his time at UWA, Peck was the assistant coach at Hiram College in Ohio under head coach Ellen Dempsey. He helped turn around a program that had been a perennial last-place team into a top 25 D-III program while he was there. During his tenure at Hiram, he helped produce two all-conference middle hitters and one All-American outside hitter. Peck also has four years of high school and club coaching experience, in Miami and Panama City, Fla., and Atlanta.

Peck began playing volleyball in high school in his hometown of Panama City, Fla. He played for four years on the UWA men's club team, where he earned his bachelor's of science degree in exercise science. He has also played in many professional beach volleyball tournaments all over the country.

While attending Mercer, Peck will be working towards his master's in public health.