Jeff Wayne Nygaard (born August 3, 1972, in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American volleyball and

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player who participated in the

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with partner

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in Athens, Greece. In 1996 and 2000 he was a member of the Men's Olympic National Indoor Team. He is a

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.Volleyball Tips: The jump serve with Jeff Nygaard
/ref> He attended La Follette High School in Madison, Wisconsin, where he played volleyball under coach Randy Ramig. Nicknamed "Little Ny" because his older, and then larger, brother Brad also played on the volleyball team, Nygaard improved quickly to become a key and then a star player. The La Follette High School volleyball team won state championships in 1987 and 1989 and came in second in 1988. In 1989 and 1990, he played for the Wisconsin Select volleyball club. He was named college player of the year in 1994 and 1995. Nygaard was an assistant coach for the

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women's volleyball team in 2009. Currently Nygaard is active as a featured professional on the volleyball website Volleyball 1on1, where he produces instructional volleyball videos featuring himself and other well-known volleyball professionals. He is the head coach of the USC Trojans men's volleyball team.

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1972 births Living people American men's volleyball players American men's beach volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Beach volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic beach volleyball players of the United States Olympic volleyball players of the United States Panathinaikos V.C. players Sportspeople from Madison, Wisconsin Whittier College people UCLA Bruins men's volleyball players USC Trojans men's volleyball coaches {{US-volleyball-bio-stub