Bio

Justin Hernandez joins the Clarke University men's and women's volleyball coaching staffs as the lead assistant coach for both teams starting in the 2025-26 seasons.

The Clinton, Utah native stays at 1550 Clarke Drive after completing a strong four-year playing career for the Pride men's volleyball team from 2022 to 2025 that culminated in the right side hitter to earn Heart of America All Conference Honorable Mention in his senior season of 2025.

In that 2025 season, Hernandez finished career-highs kills (313), kills per set (3.40), hitting percentage (.232), digs (122), and service aces (22) to lead the Pride in kills and kills per set while finishing second on the team in hitting percentage and aces as he also finished with the team's best total block number at 62 on the season with 50 block assists and 12 solo blocks, just coming up shy of his career-best block number of 65 as a junior.

In his career, the left-handed swinger finishes with 701 kills, a .211 hitting percentage, 2.41 kills per set, 267 digs, 189 total blocks, and 32 service aces over his four-year Clarke career, producing the first 300-kill season since the 2018 season in his senior season of 2025.

Prior to landing on the CU coaching staff, Hernandez was able to provide instruction at a variety of levels including coaching the Western Dubuque High School girls' sophomore team in 2024 as well as assisting 15U girls' team at the Vortex Volleyball Club and volunteering back home in Utah for the Utah Hill Air Force Base Volleyball Teams.