Reyes Promoted to Associate Head Coach

Jaylen Reyes has been promoted to associate head coach for the Nebraska volleyball program, head coach Dani Busboom Kelly announced today. 

Reyes joined the Husker staff in 2018 and completed his eighth season as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator on the Husker staff in 2025. 

With Reyes on staff, the Huskers have been to the NCAA Championship match three times and won Big Ten titles in 2023, 2024 and 2025. In 2025, Nebraska finished the regular season unbeaten for the third time in school history (1994 and 2000) and won 33 matches in a row, the second-longest win streak in school history in the NCAA era. The Huskers completed their first unbeaten conference season since 2004 in the Big 12 to win a third straight Big Ten title. NU set a school record and led the nation with a .351 hitting percentage, while NU's defense was once again the best in the nation with a .129 opponent hitting percentage.

"After working with Jaylen for a year, it was a no-brainer to promote him to associate head coach," Busboom Kelly said. "Jaylen has been integral to the success of this program for the past eight years and he continues to show his love for Nebraska. Jaylen brings so much joy and energy to our gym every day. His work ethic and passion for everything he does - whether it be coaching, scouting, recruiting or beach volleyball - are hard to match, and we are so grateful to have him in our program."

"I am so grateful to Dani for giving me the opportunity to be part of her first coaching staff here at Nebraska and now continuing on this journey as associate head coach," Reyes said. "The state of Nebraska and Husker fans have been so good to me over the last eight years. I love it here and am thankful for all the support. Go Big Red!” 

In his eight years with the program, Reyes has played an instrumental role in helping the Huskers consistently rank among the nation’s top defensive teams. Since Reyes joined the Nebraska volleyball program in 2018, Nebraska has ranked in the top 10 nationally in defense seven times, including the No. 1 opponent hitting percentage in 2022, 2023 and 2025. Reyes has also established himself as one of the top recruiters in the nation, helping Nebraska land the nation’s No. 1-ranked recruiting class for both 2021 and 2023 according to PrepVolleyball.com, as well as the No. 2-ranked class for 2025 according to VB Adrenaline.

In the 2022 season, Nebraska led the nation with a .128 opponent hitting percentage, the best defensive mark for the program since 2005. The Huskers followed up in 2023 by leading the nation in opponent hitting percentage again (.137) as they won the Big Ten title and finished the season in the NCAA Championship match with a 33-2 record. The Huskers went 33-3 in 2024 and reached the NCAA Semifinals once again after earning a repeat Big Ten title.

Reyes has been actively involved with the U.S. National Team as well. In May of 2019 he served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s Collegiate National Team as they toured Japan. In June of 2024, he served as an assistant coach for the U21 National Team as they won gold at the U21 NORCECA Continental Championship in Toronto.

Prior to Nebraska, Reyes was an assistant coach for the BYU men’s volleyball team from 2016-18. He handled player development and was the recruiting coordinator for the Cougars, who reached the NCAA Championship match in 2016 and 2017 and were NCAA semifinalists in 2018.

A native of Honolulu, Hawaii, Reyes is the son of Tino Reyes, who was the head women’s volleyball coach at the University of Hawaii at Hilo from 2010-15 and spent 17 years as associate head coach on the Hawaii men’s volleyball coaching staff.

Reyes helped lead BYU to a 26-5 (16-2 MPSF) record in 2017, winning a share of the conference regular-season title. The Cougars reached the national championship match for a second-consecutive season. BYU went 27-4 (19-3 MPSF) in 2016 – Reyes’ first season on staff – also winning the conference title and playing in the national final. In 2018, the Cougars reached the national semifinals once again and finished with a 22-7 overall record while winning the MPSF tournament title. Reyes coached four AVCA All-Americans in each of his three seasons at BYU.

Reyes’ other coaching experience includes serving as the lead coach at the Gold Medal Squared Clinic since 2014, and as an assistant coach with the SCVA High Performance Team in the International Youth Division at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships, winning silver in 2017 and bronze in 2016.

Reyes received his bachelor’s degree from BYU in exercise science in 2015. He was the starting libero for the Cougars from 2012-15 and received AVCA All-America honorable mention in 2015. Reyes helped his team to back-to-back MPSF regular-season and tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances in 2013-14. Reyes is BYU’s all-time rally-scoring era leader in sets played (431) and is second in career digs (762).