Blinn College welcomes Gregg Whitis for his first season as head coach of the Buccaneers.
Whitis comes to Blinn following a four-year run as an assistant coach at New Mexico State University.
Whitis brings a wealth of coaching experience spanning more than 30 years, including over 20 seasons at NCAA Division I programs such as New Mexico State, Arizona, Tennessee, Clemson, Michigan, Southern Methodist, Indiana State, and Appalachian State.
Whitis is a revered recruiter and talent developer, with experience as a recruiting coordinator at Tennessee, Clemson, Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico State, and Appalachian State.
During his career, Whitis has recruited and coached numerous NCAA All-Americans and has helped guide four different programs to numerous appearances in the NCAA National Tournament.
In 2010, Whitis secured a recruiting class for Tennessee that ranked as the fourth-best in the nation by PrepVolleyball.com, and it later was regarded as the best in program history.
Whitis began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Indiana State from 1995 to 1997, before taking the head coaching position at the NJCAA program Kankakee Community College from 1997 to 1998.
Whitis earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Education from Olivet Nazarene University in 1991. He is originally from Bourbonnais, Ill.
