Terry  Pettit

Terry Pettit


As the Director of Leadership Academies at the University of Denver and Colorado State University, Terry served as a mentor coach to over one hundred coaches, team captains and emerging leaders. He also presents and conducts workshops on leadership and team building for some of the most progressive athletic departments and corporations in the country. For twenty-three years Terry was the head coach of one of the most successful athletic teams in NCAA history. Under his leadership the University of Nebraska’s women’s volleyball team won 21 Big 8 and Big 12 conference championships. He directed the Nebraska volleyball team to forty-three NCAA tournament victories and the school’s first National Championship in women’s volleyball 1995. Terry earned National Coach of the Year honors in 1986, 1994 and 1996 before becoming a mentor coach to the University of Nebraska Athletic Department in 2000. In 2003 he began his current passion, Terry Pettit Coaching Enhancement.