Coach Profile
Director
Bruce Shang
Bruce Shang is the Girls and Boys volleyball Head coach at Phillips Exeter Academy and former Rutgers University (DI) Assistant Coach.
Bruce enters his 12th season as the girls’ head coach at Phillips Exeter Academy. During that time, he has built the program into a top contender of the New England Prep School Athletic Conference. Since 2013, the team has finished in the top 4 of the conference. Phillips Exeter girls’ team has attended 5 finals and won 3 championships during the last 10 years. In 2019, the team finished undefeated with a 20-0 record.
In 2014, Bruce started the boys’ program at Phillips Exeter Academy. Since beginning the program the boys have won 5 championships in the last 6 years.
In the summers, Bruce works as a strength and conditioning coach for prep soccer camps and a prep volleyball camp. He founded the Phillips Exeter Academy summer volleyball camp.
Prior to Exeter, Bruce coached for San Francisco Juniors 16’s club volleyball team. He taught PE and coached his middle school teams to championships in multiple sports. He started his own sports camps in the summer teaching volleyball and basketball.
Bruce has worked Nike volleyball camps for University of San Francisco, Fairfield University, and Rutgers University. He would run demonstrations, day to day practices, and court management.
In 1999-2001, he worked as a volunteer assistant coach for Rutgers University division 1 team and helped with recruiting, day to day practice, and scouting.