LAKE CHARLES—McNeese head volleyball coach Sasha Karelov has announced the hiring of Josh Comer as assistant coach.  Comer replaces Joe Morales who was named the Texas A&M-Commerce Head Coach in January.
 
Comer spent two seasons as assistant indoor/outdoor volleyball coach at Nicholls and most recently served as the Colonels' interim head coach since last December.
 
Prior to his stint in Thibodaux, Comer spent two years at UL-Lafayette, serving as assistant coach and before that spent three years as an assistant coach at Troy.
 
While at Nicholls he was responsible for recruiting the first two beach volleyball classes in both 2022 and 2023 while helping the indoor volleyball program lead the conference in blocks per set in 2022.  
 
Comer helped guide the Cajuns to their first national ranking in school history (15^th), best start in program history (11-0), a third place finish in the conference regular season race, and an appearance in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament in 2020.   
 
The St. Louis-area native aided in the position development of setters, passers and blockers while at Troy, and also focused on the scouting of serve receive and opponent attacks. A recipient of the 2018 AVCA Coaches 4 Coaches Scholarship, he also assisted with the Trojans' youth clinics and camps.
 
Comer was deeply involved in the club circuit in his hometown, primarily working with St. Louis High Performance Volleyball Club from 2012-17.
 
An outside hitter and defensive specialist as a collegiate athlete, Comer competed for Missouri Baptist University from 2013-16. He earned Defensive Player of the Year accolades in 2015 and helped lead the program to four conference championships and a pair of national championships (2015, 2016).