Charli Fouts Tabbed as Assistant Coach for Bobcat Volleyball
Texas State volleyball head coach Sean Huiet announced Thursday morning the addition of Charli Fouts to his coaching staff as a full-time assistant coach.
"This hire was a no brainer for me," Huiet said. "Charli is one of the hardest working people I have been around. I have been fortunate enough to know her since she was 15 years old and have watched her grow up in the volleyball world. She has an incredibly bright future ahead of her in the coaching profession and I'm so excited to keep her in San Marcos. Charli is ready for this next phase of her coaching career and our program is so lucky to have her.
Fouts joined the Texas State volleyball program as a graduate assistant in July 2021. In her second season she has continued her responsibilities working hand-in-hand with the Texas State volleyball coaching staff on practice schedules and strategies, travel and logistical obligations, and additional behind-the-scene tasks. Fouts also worked with the communication department for shape the program's social media strategy for the season.
"Stepping into the assistant coaching role here at Texas State was simply an opportunity I could not pass up," Fouts said. "I am eager to be a part of continuing this volleyball program's championship legacy and excited I get to do it around people I love!"
In November 2021, Fouts was one of 18 recipients of the 2021 Coaches 4 Coaches Scholarship that allowed a select group of up-and-coming volleyball coaches to attend their first AVCA Convention, by covering their registration fee and hotel costs for the event. Current Texas State volleyball associate head coach Keith Anderson, who was a recipient of the opportunity in 2014, severed as a mentor for one of the recipients of Fouts' class.
Fouts is a three-year letter from Canyon High School and played NCAA Division I volleyball as a defensive specialist at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La. where she was named on the Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll every season.
While Fouts was in Louisiana, she spent two years as the head coach for Rocketfuel, Natchitoches' first-ever club volleyball team. After spreading the game of volleyball in the small Louisiana community, she returned home to the competitive Lone Star region. Fouts then interned under former Texas State recruiting coordinator Tracy Smith with United VBA's 17 Purple National team. Fouts helped lead the team to a fifth-place finish at the Red Rock Rave Junior National Qualifier in Las Vegas. Fouts will head coach the 141 Purple National team this season at United.
Fouts graduated from NSU in May 2021 with a bachelor's of science degree in health and exercise science with a minor in business administration. She is pursuing a master's degree at Texas State in exercise science with a concentration in sports coaching and strength and conditioning.
Fouts was the president of the Quidditch Club in high school as well as an honorary winner of the most recent Triwizard Tournament, hosted by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy.
