From Players to Graduate Assistants
Digital Marketing & Sports Communication • 2026

Former Bluefield University student-athletes Liberty Wolf, Nathan Herstich, and Kyle Pietrzak once excelled on the field and court as players — Wolf for women’s soccer, Herstich for football, and Pietrzak for men’s volleyball. Now, the three are helping coach current BU student-athletes as graduate assistant coaches for their respective sports.
Hear what they had to say about why they became coaches, how their experience as a player benefits them as a coach, the challenges they anticipate, how their relationship with players has changed, what they hope to achieve in this new role, and what advice they would give other graduate assistant coaches in this Rampage video news story.