Beach National Team
Performance Analyst
Brian Hurler was hired in February 2023 to serve as performance analyst for the U.S. Beach National Team. Hurler re-joined USAV after serving on the staff of the U.S. Women’s National Team, where he helped the team to a fourth-place finish at the FIVB World Championship in 2022.
Since joining the Beach National Teams, Hurler has contributed over 100 scouting reports on FIVB Beach Pro Tour opponents. He has contributed to four BNT Paris 2024 Olympic qualifications, a BNT gold medal at the 2023 FIVB World Championships, a BNT gold medal at the 2023 FIVB World Tour Final, and 28 BNT medals in FIVB Elite 16 and Challenge events, including 9 BNT gold medals.
Hurler originally came to USAV from Stanford University where he served as the technical coordinator for the women’s volleyball team for two seasons. Prior to Stanford, he spent two seasons at Creighton as the graduate manager-technical coordinator. He was part of the Big East Coaching Staff of the Year.
Hurler served as a performance analyst at the 2020 U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryouts and was later selected to the staff of the 2020 and 2021 U.S. Collegiate National Teams. He also supported USAV during the 2019 FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Cup and the FIVB Volleyball Nations League in 2019 and 2021.
Hurler has previously coached for the Garden Empire Region High Performance Program, Montclair State University and for Ocean County Volleyball Club in New Jersey. He grew up in Toms River, New Jersey, and graduated from The College of New Jersey in 2015 with a degree in finance. In 2024, he received a Master’s in Analytics from Creighton University’s Heider College of Business.