Even when he was just a quiet, reserved outside attacker for the Ball State men’s volleyball team in the early '90s, a future in coaching was always a possibility for Paul Baxter.
“I always kind of liked it because I like how things come together,” Baxter said. “Trying to figure out the moving pieces and everything is the biggest part of coaching I like.”
Baxter made his Olympic Games coaching debut as head coach for Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena on the men’s side and Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat on the women’s side.
“We’ve been going all over the place, it’s been a grind,” said Baxter on working with Dalhausser and Lucena for the past year.